HOUSATONIC RIVER BASIN 01199050 SALMON CREEK AT LIME ROCK, CT LOCATION.--Lat 41o56'32", long 73o23'29", Litchfield County, Hydrologic Unit 01100005, on left bank 300 ft upstream from bridge on Uptown Salisbury Road, 0.6 mi north of Lime Rock, and 3.0 mi upstream from mouth. DRAINAGE AREA.--29.4 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1961 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 620.37 ft above sea level. REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated record, which are fair. Satellite gage-height telemeter at this station. EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Aug. 19, 1955, reached a stage of about 13.5 ft, from floodmarks, discharge 6,300 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 350 ft3/s on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow. 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 7.7 74 48 e21 e120 e80 52 227 35 15 48 11 2 7.4 86 49 e20 106 e73 97 157 33 13 65 11 3 7.3 87 45 e20 96 e66 82 132 45 17 49 15 4 8.2 77 47 e20 e85 e61 76 127 74 74 42 24 5 24 63 45 e19 e80 e59 71 115 64 67 37 24 6 110 55 49 e19 e75 e57 67 115 47 46 30 23 7 36 56 48 e19 e70 e55 69 110 39 35 27 23 8 19 91 42 e18 68 e53 79 94 34 27 25 26 9 15 68 39 e18 74 e52 75 86 33 30 24 24 10 14 57 e35 e18 72 e51 80 89 31 27 23 27 11 14 53 e34 e18 71 e49 73 96 29 21 21 24 12 14 308 e33 e17 66 e49 74 197 26 18 18 22 13 13 197 e32 e17 e60 e52 85 171 23 135 19 21 14 13 150 e31 e17 e55 66 181 129 21 280 19 26 15 30 206 e30 e17 49 103 139 109 19 390 18 20 16 21 147 e29 e16 e46 138 223 105 17 416 17 18 17 16 113 e28 e16 e44 97 304 121 16 267 24 25 18 16 96 e28 e16 e42 92 184 109 17 138 19 124 19 16 98 e27 202 e41 94 144 112 18 108 17 93 20 16 88 e26 677 e40 112 122 95 35 105 15 62 21 80 79 e26 308 122 108 108 92 26 73 15 49 22 229 73 e25 169 196 98 95 90 21 59 14 61 23 104 66 e25 130 180 86 90 74 18 54 14 144 24 72 60 e24 173 183 77 131 69 16 47 22 79 25 52 55 e24 361 173 72 98 61 15 50 18 66 26 43 55 e23 187 141 74 90 56 14 107 15 55 27 37 53 e23 337 118 69 101 52 13 92 15 48 28 411 53 e23 515 e100 64 83 48 13 61 14 44 29 244 52 e22 233 e90 62 112 44 11 49 13 72 30 117 50 e22 176 --- 59 169 42 14 47 12 56 31 85 --- e21 145 --- 56 --- 39 --- 48 11 --- TOTAL 1891.6 2766 1003 3939 2663 2284 3354 3163 817 2916 720 1317 MEAN 61.0 92.2 32.4 127 91.8 73.7 112 102 27.2 94.1 23.2 43.9 MAX 411 308 49 677 196 138 304 227 74 416 65 144 MIN 7.3 50 21 16 40 49 52 39 11 13 11 11 CFSM 2.08 3.14 1.10 4.32 3.12 2.51 3.80 3.47 .93 3.20 .79 1.49 IN. 2.39 3.50 1.27 4.98 3.37 2.89 4.24 4.00 1.03 3.69 .91 1.67 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1962 - 1996, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 32.2 41.8 52.6 51.2 57.1 85.3 93.8 60.6 39.6 26.4 23.1 21.0 MAX 100 92.2 155 130 134 194 173 181 118 94.1 95.1 72.6 (WY) 1978 1996 1984 1979 1982 1977 1993 1984 1972 1996 1976 1975 MIN 6.99 5.56 8.07 4.97 8.91 29.4 26.6 20.6 9.50 5.27 4.86 3.48 (WY) 1965 1965 1981 1981 1980 1965 1985 1965 1964 1993 1964 1964 SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1995 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1996 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1962 - 1996 ANNUAL TOTAL 14860.9 26833.6 ANNUAL MEAN 40.7 73.3 48.7 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 73.3 1996 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 15.9 1965 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 411 Oct 28 677 Jan 20 1730 May 30 1984 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.9 Sep 5 7.3 Oct 3 1.5 Aug 11 1964 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.1 Aug 31 12 Aug 27 2.1 Aug 31 1995 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 895 Jan 27 1840 Mar 6 1979 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 4.17 Jan 27 5.90 Mar 6 1979 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 6.1 Oct 4 .70 Sep 25 1964 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.38 2.49 1.66 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 18.80 33.95 22.49 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 88 146 101 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 31 52 32 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.8 16 8.7 e Estimated.