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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

01057000 LITTLE ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER NEAR SOUTH PARIS, ME

LOCATION - Lat 44°18'14", long 70°32'23" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Oxford County, ME, Hydrologic Unit 01040002, on left bank 700 ft upstream from Snow Falls, and 6 mi upstream from South Paris.

DRAINAGE AREA - 73.5 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1301: 1915-23(M). WRD ME-81-1: Drainage area. WRD ME-97-1: 1914-23(M) 1933-83(M).

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - DISCHARGE: October 1913 to April 1924, October 1931 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 447.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Apr. 30, 1924, nonrecording gage, and Oct. 1, 1931, to Apr. 19, 1982, water-stage recorder at site 1.0 mi downstream at datum 52.52 ft lower. Apr. 19, 1982 to Sept. 27, 1983, water-stage recorder at site 1.0 mi downstream at datum 57.00 ft lower. Sept. 28, 1983 to Sept. 30, 2010, water-stage recorder on right bank 650 ft downstream at same datum.

REMARKS -

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

Water Year 2021: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair.

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 doubtful stage-discharge relation, Oct. 1-5, 9-22, Sept. 19-30, which are fair, periods of ice effect, Dec. 12 to Jan. 11, Jan. 14-17, Jan. 31 to Feb. 7, and Feb. 10-11, which are poor.

Water Year 2016: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Dec. 29 to Jan. 11, Jan. 14 to Feb. 16, and Mar. 2-9, which are fair.

Water Year 2015: Records good, including periods of ice effect, Feb. 1 to Mar. 10, and Mar. 12 to Apr. 5.

Water Year 2014: Records good, including periods of ice effect, Dec. 4, Dec. 10 to Jan. 5, Jan. 22 to Feb. 21, and Mar. 30 to Apr. 11.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 9,340 ft³/s, Apr. 1, 1987, gage height, 12.22 ft (former site), from rating curve extended above 5,500 ft³/s, on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow; minimum discharge, 0.60 ft³/s, Sept. 17 and 21, 1995.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - CHEMICAL ANALYSES: Water year 1958.