USGS Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow

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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

Hartford County, Connecticut

Hydrologic Unit Code 01080205

Latitude 41°42'43", Longitude 72°44'15" NAD27

Drainage area 14.60 square miles

Gage datum 47.02 feet above NGVD29

Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
1955	1955-08-19	9.50	2,200^2,7
1958	1958-07-11	5.54	400
1959	1959-03-06	7.03	920
1960	1960-09-12	8.40	1,700
1961	1961-08-23	5.64	420
1962	1962-03-12	6.54	750
1963	1963-03-06	5.48	390
1964	1963-11-30	5.34	360
1965	1965-02-25	6.87	850
1966	1966-02-13	5.85	480
1967	1966-12-27	5.40	360
1968	1967-12-12	5.32	350
1969	1969-03-25	6.63	760
1970	1970-02-03	7.05	940
1971	1971-09-12	5.52	390
1972	1972-06-30	6.73	820
1973	1973-02-02	7.34	1,100
1974	1973-12-21	8.27	1,600
1975	1975-09-26	7.27	1,050
1976	1976-01-28	7.23	1,050
1977	1977-09-26	7.36⁵	1,100
1978	1978-01-26	7.63	1,240
1979	1979-01-25	8.65	1,880
1980	1979-10-03	11.62	2,400
1981	1981-02-04	7.01	360^C
1982	1982-06-05	9.46	1,150^C
1983	1983-04-10	9.01	840^C
1984	1983-10-02	6.07	230^C

Peak Streamflow Qualification Codes.

2 -- Discharge is an Estimate
7 -- Discharge is an Historic Peak
C -- All or part of the record affected by Urbanization, Mining, Agricultural changes, Channelization, or other

USGS 01190100 PIPER BK AT NEWINGTON JUNCTION, CT.