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Water-Year Summary for Site 04274050

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Water year 2024: 2023-10-01 to 2024-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04274050 WEST BRANCH AUSABLE RIVER TRIBUTARY 2 ABOVE STATE HIGHWAY 86 NEAR WILMINGTON, NY
LOCATION - Lat 44°20'48.1", long 73°52'09" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Essex County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 04300104, on right bank 260 ft upstream of culvert on State Highway 86, about 1 mi southeast of High Falls Gorge.
DRAINAGE AREA - 0.41 mi².  
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
GAGE - There is no gage. Discharge is estimated based on records for West Branch Ausable River Tributary 2 below State Highway 86 near Wilmington, NY (station 04274051) and adjusted for intervening area.
REMARKS - Water Years 2021-22: Records poor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 22.7 ft³/s, estimated, Mar. 26, 2021; minimum discharge, 0.02 ft³/s, estimated, Aug. 20, 2022. Both extremes were determined on basis of computation of flow at West Branch Ausable River Tributary 2 below State Highway 86 near Wilmington, NY (station 04274051) and adjusted for intervening area.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: November 2019 to January 2023.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: November 2019 to January 2023. 
INSTRUMENTATION - A continuous water-quality monitor with water temperature and specific conductance provides 15-minute-interval readings.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 18.5 °C, July 12, 2020; minimum, -0.1 °C on several days during winter periods.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 92 uS/cm at 25 °C, Sept. 19, 2022; minimum, 18 uS/cm at 25 °C, Jan. 12, 2020.