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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01068910 MOUSAM RIVER AT ROUTE 4 NEAR SANFORD, ME
LOCATION - Lat 43°25'06", long 70°44'17" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, York County, ME, Hydrologic Unit 01060003, on right bank 50 ft upstream of State Route 4 highway bridge, 0.5 mi northeast of South Sanford, 1.0 mi east of Curtis Pond.
DRAINAGE AREA - 44.6 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - DISCHARGE: April 2008 to current year.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASUREMENTS: 1996-2007.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 229.30 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Square Pond and Mousam Lake. Occasional fluctuation caused by powerplants upstream.
Water Year 2020: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair.
Water Year 2019: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair.
Water Year 2018: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair.
Water Year 2017: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Dec. 15-21, 26, Jan. 8-10, Feb. 9-10, 12-16, Mar. 4-6, 11-14, and period of doubtful stage-discharge relation, Oct. 10-21, which are fair.
Water Year 2016: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Jan. 19-21, 24, and Feb. 11-16, which are fair.
Water Year 2015: Records good, except for period of ice effect, Dec. 31 to Mar. 25, which is fair.
Water Year 2014: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Dec. 31, Jan. 23 to Feb. 6, Feb. 8, 11, Feb. 25 to Mar. 8, and Mar. 14, which are fair.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - The flood of April 15-18, 2007 reached a discharge of 2,400 ft³/s, from indirect methods; gage height unknown.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 1,440 ft³/s, Feb. 26, 2010, gage height, 7.65 ft; minimum daily discharge, 2.52 ft³/s (estimated), Sept. 26-27, 2020.
