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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

01046500 KENNEBEC RIVER AT BINGHAM, ME

LOCATION - Lat 45°03'07", long 69°53'08" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Somerset County, ME, Hydrologic Unit 01030003, on right bank at Bingham, 50 ft downstream from State Route 16 highway bridge, 0.4 mi downstream from Austin Stream, and 1.6 mi downstream from Wyman Dam.

DRAINAGE AREA - 2,715 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1271: 1951(M). WSP 1301: 1936(M). WDR 81-1: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - DISCHARGE: June 1907 to June 1910, October 1930 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods prior to June 1910 published in WSP 1301.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 330.20 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. June 1907 to June 1910, nonrecording gage on highway bridge at different datum.

REMARKS - Flow regulated by Moosehead Lake, Indian Pond, and Brassua, Flagstaff, and Wyman Lakes. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by power plant above station.

Water Year 2023: No estimated daily discharges. Records good.

Water Year 2022: Records good, including estimated daily discharges.

Water Year 2021: Records good, including estimated daily discharges.

Water Year 2020: No estimated daily discharges. Records good.

Water Year 2019: Records good, including estimated daily discharges.

Water Year 2018: Records good, including estimated daily discharges.

Water Year 2017: Records good, including periods of ice effect, Feb. 9-10 and 26-27.

Water Year 2016: Records good, including periods of ice effect, Feb. 13-14 and 18.

Water Year 2015: Records good, including periods of ice effect, Feb. 5-6, 15-18, Feb. 23 to Mar. 3, Mar. 5-6, 13, 18-19, 21-24.

Water Year 2014: Records good, including periods of ice effect, Nov. 24-25, Jan. 8-9, Feb. 8, 11-12, 14-15, 17-18, Feb. 24 to Mar. 9, Mar. 13-14, 16-19, 22-27, and periods of no gage-height record, July 17, Sept. 21-22.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 65,200 ft³/s, June 1, 1984, gage height, 15.61 ft; minimum daily discharge, 110 ft³/s, Dec. 25, 1947.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - CHEMICAL ANALYSES: Water years 1966 to 1978. SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 1975 to September 1978. WATER TEMPERATURE: October 1975 to September 1978. REVISED RECords: WSP 1271: 1951(M). WSP 1301: 1936(M). WDR ME-81-1: Drainage area.