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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01199050 SALMON CREEK AT LIME ROCK, CT
LOCATION - Lat 41°56'32", long 73°23'29" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Litchfield County, CT, Hydrologic Unit 01100005, on left bank 300 ft upstream from bridge on Uptown Salisbury Rd., 0.6 mi north of Lime Rock, and 3.0 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 29.4 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1961 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 620.37 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite telemetry at station.
REMARKS -
Water Year 2019- 2023: Records good except for periods of estimated discharges, which are fair.
Water Year 2017-2018: Records fair except for periods of estimated discharges, which are poor.
Water Year 2016: Records good except for periods of estimated daily discharges, which are fair.
Water Year 2015: Records good except for periods of estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Water Year 2014: Records good except for periods of estimated daily discharges, which are fair.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Aug. 19, 1955 reached a stage of about 13.5 ft, from floodmarks, discharge 6,300 ft³/s, from rating curve extended above 1,320 ft³/s on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow.
