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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

01017960 MEDUXNEKEAG RIVER ABOVE SOUTH BRANCH MEDUXNEKEAG RIVER NEAR HOULTON, ME

LOCATION - Lat 46°06'18", long 67°52'53" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Aroostook County, ME, Hydrologic Unit 01010005, on left bank at A.E. Staley Plant and 3.1 mi upstream from Houlton.

DRAINAGE AREA - 88 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2016: 2015(M).

The maximum discharge and associated gage height for water year 2015 was revised on August 29, 2017, as the values published in water year 2015 occurred on the rise of an event that peaked in the following water year.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - DISCHARGE: October 2003 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 355 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS -

Water Year 2022: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Water Year 2021: Records good, except for flows below 1.0 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Water Year 2020: Records good, except for flows below 1.0 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Water Year 2019: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Water Year 2018: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Water Year 2017: Records good, except for period of ice effect, Dec. 5 to Apr. 7, which is poor.

Water Year 2016: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Nov. 29 to Dec. 3, Dec. 5-11, Dec. 20 to Mar. 14, and Mar. 18-29, which are poor.

Water Year 2015: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Nov. 21-22, Nov. 28 to Dec. 11, Dec. 20-21, and Dec. 30 to Apr. 15, which are poor.

Water Year 2014: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Nov. 23-26, Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 and Dec. 8 to Apr. 15, which are poor.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 4,760 ft³/s, Dec. 14, 2010, gage height, 9.24 ft; maximum gage height, 11.04 ft, Apr. 4, 2005 (backwater from ice); minimum discharge, 0.27 ft³/s, Sept. 27, 2020, gage height, 1.98 ft.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Seasonal records July 2005 to September 2006. pH: Seasonal records July 2005 to September 2006. WATER TEMPERATURE: Seasonal records July 2005 to September 2006. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Seasonal records July 2005 to September 2006. TURBIDITY: Seasonal records July 2006 to September 2006.

INSTRUMENTATION - In-situ monitor located 20 ft above gageing pool and 1 ft above river bed.

REMARKS - Water Year 2006: Records good, except for July 12-20 and Aug. 5-10, which are fair, and Aug. 11-14, which are poor, for dissolved oxygen.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 246 microsiemens/cm, Sept. 26, 2006; minimum, 120 microsiemens/cm, July 2, 2006. pH: Maximum, 9.1 standard units, July 31, 2005; minimum, 7.4 standard units, Sept. 2-3, 2005. WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 30.3°C, July 19, 2005; minimum, 10.9°C, Sept. 27, 2006. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 13.8 mg/L, Aug. 6, 2005; minimum, 6.8 mg/L, July 17-18, Aug. 3-4, 2006.