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USGS 0422016550 OAK ORCHARD CREEK NEAR KENYONVILLE NY

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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> Site Information
LOCATION.--Lat 43°18'03.6", long 78°18'37.6" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Orleans County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 04130001, on right bank, at downstream side of bridge on Townline Road, 1.6 mi southwest of Kenyonville, and 9.6 mi upstream of mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--202 mi².
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 2012 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 327.43 ft above NAVD of 1988.
REMARKS.--Discharge includes undetermined diversion from Erie (Barge) Canal, 6 mi upstream from station. Flow regulated to some extent by Glenwood Lake hydroelectric reservoir 9.6 mi upstream from station.
Water Years 2014-17: Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are fair. Water Years 2018-19: Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water Years 2020-24: Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 3,590 ft³/s, May 2, 2017, gage height, 5.40 ft; maximum gage height, 8.82 ft, Dec. 22, 2013 (ice jam); minimum discharge, about 5 ft³/s, Aug. 24, 2018, due to regulation.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD1.--WATER TEMPERATURE: July 2020 to current year.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: July 2020 to current year.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: July 2020 to current year.
TURBIDITY: August 2020 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION1.--Multi-parameter water-quality sonde measures water temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity at 15-minute intervals since July 2020.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD1.--WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 31.7°C, July 9, 2020; minimum, -0.2°C, Feb. 19, 21, 25, 2024. 
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 1,420 uS/cm @ 25°C, Feb. 6, 2021; minimum, 234 uS/cm @ 25°C, Aug. 16, 2023. 
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 19.4 mg/L, Mar. 30, 2024; minimum, 4.8 mg/L, July 26, 2023. 
TURBIDITY: Maximum, 223 FNU, July 8, 2021; minimum, 0.6 FNU, Aug. 12, 2022.
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This station managed by the NY Water Science Center Buffalo.

Available Parameters Period of Record
  
2020-07-08  2025-07-06
2012-08-18  2025-07-05
2020-07-08  2025-07-06







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