CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN 01190070 CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD, CT LOCATION.--Lat 4146'10", long 7240'04", Hartford County, Hydrologic Unit 01080205, at Bulkeley Memorial Bridge on U.S. Highway 84, at Hartford, 1.5 mi downstream from Podunk River and 1.2 mi upstream from Hockanum River. DRAINAGE AREA.--10,487 mi2. WATER-STAGE RECORD PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1905 to current year. REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR CT-83-1: Drainage area. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of reference gage is 0.55 ft below sea level. Datum of gage-height record is 10.00 ft below sea level in order to prevent negative values and is converted to elevation above or below (-) sea level for publication. REMARKS.--Records prior to 1973 available at the River Forecast Center, NOAA, Taunton, Mass. Records are good except those from Oct. 1 to Oct. 11 that are missing due to equipment failure. Tidal effect, at times of high freshwater inflow, is eliminated. Stage data in feet at 15-minute intervals available upon request. Telephone and satellite gage-height telemeters at this station. EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 313,000 ft3/s, Mar. 20, 1936; maximum elevation, 37.05 ft, Mar. 21, 1936; minimum tidal elevation (1973-95), -0.91 ft, Aug. 12, 1974. EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, 77,700 ft3/s, Apr. 9, elevation, 17.66 ft; minimum tidal elevation, 0.23 ft, Sept. 21. ELEVATIONS, IN FEET, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Maximum Elevation 14.16 12.72 17.99 9.29 8.69 11.22 17.66 14.11 4.93 5.00 5.31 3.95 Date 23 11 4 1 24 31 9 6 5 19 21 17 Time 1600 1530 1645 0830 0530 2400 2215 0130 0230 0130 1715 1515 Minimum Elevation 1.01 2.63 3.80 4.26 2.58 2.99 8.70 3.06 1.13 0.37 0.42 0.23 Date 6 4 1 16 19 25 17 31 30 29 8 21 Time 1745 1815 0315 0515 2145 1145 2045 1900 1830 1830 1330 1345 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE.--Time shown is Eastern standard.