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LOCATION.--Lat
42°27'02.3", long 79°21'01.6" referenced to North
American Datum of 1983, Chautauqua County, NY, Hydrologic Unit
04120101, 60 ft downstream of bridge on Van Buren Road (Matteson
Street), 0.8 mi northwest of Fredonia corporate boundary, and 1.2 mi
upstream from Beaver Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--32.9 mi².
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Miscellaneous measurements--1962-63, annual
maximum only--1987-2017. August 2017 to current year.
REVISIONS HISTORY.--WDR NY-89-3: 1987 (gage height). 2015: 1991,
1996-97, 2002-07, 2009, 2011, 2013-14 (M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Elevation of
gage is 650 ft above NAVD of 1988, from topographic map. Prior to
August 10, 2017, crest-stage gage at site 100 ft upstream and at datum
3.00 ft higher.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 5,380 ft³/s,
10.73 ft, July 14, 2015, on basis of slope-area measurement of
discharge.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Aug. 7, 1979,
reached an estimated discharge of 12,000 ft³/3, from U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (US Geological Survey WRI 83-4211), at site 1.7 mi upstream,
drainage area, 30.6 mi². Flood of Aug. 1, 1986, reached an estimated
discharge of 9,000 ft³/s.
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