THAMES RIVER BASIN 01127000 QUINEBAUG RIVER AT JEWETT CITY, CT LOCATION.--Lat 41o35'52", long 71o59'05", New London County, Hydrologic Unit 01100001, on left bank behind high school on Slater Avenue at Jewett City, 570 ft downstream from outlet of canal from Wedgewood Mills at mouth of Pachaug River, 1,000 ft downstream from railroad bridge and at mile 6.1. DRAINAGE AREA.--713 mi2 . WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS PERIOD OF RECORD.-- July 1918 to current year. REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 781: Drainage area. WSP 1301: 1919-26(M). WDR CT-83-1: Drainage area. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 63.07 ft above sea level. REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated record, which are fair. Satellite gage-height telemeter at this station. Flow regulated by East Brimfield, Westville, West Thompson, Hodges Village, and Buffumville Reservoirs, by Lake Chaubunagungamaug, estimated usable capacity 207,000,000 ft3, and by smaller reservoirs upstream and by hydropower plant upstream. DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1995 TO SEPTEMBER 1996 DAILY MEAN VALUES DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP 1 95 1200 1090 620 5320 2360 1290 3320 790 314 563 137 2 98 1300 1110 652 5130 2180 1450 3220 683 312 467 254 3 105 1260 1110 574 4220 2130 1870 2850 865 313 507 221 4 114 1460 1140 590 3480 1980 1740 2660 945 462 266 226 5 159 1320 1130 e540 e3120 1890 1710 2440 977 442 517 193 6 796 1420 1150 e500 e2800 2350 1490 2280 880 382 382 155 7 1010 1020 1140 e480 e2550 2860 1430 2240 755 330 350 256 8 731 1380 1100 e530 2390 2640 1560 1990 583 430 314 368 9 762 1530 858 593 2390 2310 1650 1960 586 321 308 306 10 583 1320 1030 607 2480 2130 1870 1870 741 224 279 300 11 476 1400 1040 628 2470 2230 2250 1670 533 323 234 302 12 447 1790 802 611 2480 1670 2840 2220 657 244 423 276 13 308 2510 806 795 2020 2140 3260 2460 535 781 308 272 14 257 2460 743 869 1810 2060 3210 2260 436 2220 402 298 15 464 2600 842 868 1800 2240 3030 2030 319 2670 339 217 16 691 3120 907 778 1640 2450 4250 1870 361 2170 324 309 17 573 3260 900 828 1500 2560 10700 2020 341 1710 271 345 18 512 2680 889 1120 1530 2250 7150 2100 326 1220 293 1140 19 454 2320 783 1780 1410 2330 5840 1970 320 623 259 1980 20 452 2120 737 7360 1480 2490 5590 1820 450 715 216 1890 21 534 2040 816 6110 1960 2810 5350 1700 460 595 145 1540 22 1380 1880 830 4930 4570 2750 4900 1570 491 630 140 1080 23 1800 1630 765 4350 4980 2510 4670 1460 481 330 143 1180 24 1560 1590 790 4360 4400 2240 4290 1190 429 585 216 1070 25 1250 1510 753 4770 4450 2050 3680 884 612 616 313 1060 26 1310 1420 745 4950 3780 2040 3110 926 625 585 396 902 27 1320 1330 731 5270 3310 1680 2600 878 529 541 333 730 28 1090 1170 684 8370 3020 1590 2090 998 436 552 284 661 29 1710 1140 645 7690 2720 1510 2020 730 336 604 291 817 30 1680 1070 670 6370 --- 1380 2680 728 329 343 228 906 31 1580 --- 645 5880 --- 1350 --- 702 --- 417 160 --- TOTAL 24301 52250 27381 84373 85210 67160 99570 57016 16811 22004 9671 19391 MEAN 784 1742 883 2722 2938 2166 3319 1839 560 710 312 646 MAX 1800 3260 1150 8370 5320 2860 10700 3320 977 2670 563 1980 MIN 95 1020 645 480 1410 1350 1290 702 319 224 140 137 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1919 - 1996, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 653 1080 1470 1594 1659 2527 2436 1523 991 556 501 523 MAX 3279 3443 4125 5694 3919 6930 5519 2842 4758 4110 3918 3502 (WY) 1956 1956 1973 1979 1970 1936 1987 1989 1982 1938 1955 1938 MIN 132 189 281 219 473 1220 854 620 262 122 98.4 97.4 (WY) 1931 1966 1931 1981 1980 1941 1966 1930 1957 1995 1957 1957 SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1995 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1996 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1919 - 1996 ANNUAL TOTAL 354202 565138 ANNUAL MEAN 970 1544 1290 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 2015 1984 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 598 1930 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3500 Mar 10 10700 Apr 17 35300 Aug 20 1955 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 52 Aug 31 95 Oct 1 a18 Aug 28 1949 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 52 Aug 31 192 Aug 31 52 Aug 31 1995 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 11700 Apr 17 b40700 Aug 20 1955 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 15.94 Apr 17 c29.00 Aug 20 1955 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 66 Sep 4 d16 Sep 25 1948 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2100 3210 2770 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 900 1090 915 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 98 305 237 a Also occurred on Dec. 11, 1949. b From rating curve extended above 11,000 ft3/s by computation of peak flows over three nearby dams at gage heights 21.7 ft, 22.5 ft, 24.0 ft, and 29.0 ft. c From floodmarks. d Also occurred on Nov. 18, 1950. e Estimated.