THAMES RIVER BASIN 01127000 QUINEBAUG RIVER AT JEWETT CITY, CT LOCATION.--Lat 4135'52", long 7159'05", 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.--No estimated daily discharges. Records good. 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 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998 DAILY MEAN VALUES DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP 1 88 701 750 983 1980 3180 2080 1500 1230 6280 357 285 2 272 960 850 966 1820 3160 2950 1700 1310 5710 411 266 3 43 1160 900 1040 1620 2830 3170 1840 1400 4270 387 256 4 50 1040 812 1040 1570 2460 2930 1750 1250 3220 447 133 5 83 881 826 907 1750 2240 2590 2090 1090 2540 422 249 6 137 599 819 1160 1680 2050 2320 2540 1030 2090 320 142 7 253 724 784 1300 1600 1930 2120 2750 642 1600 320 234 8 71 683 740 1940 1510 1800 1920 2630 666 1380 296 308 9 99 837 739 2950 1440 3310 1720 2430 705 1290 263 274 10 98 1310 733 3500 1350 9830 2510 3190 668 1180 256 264 11 56 891 712 3060 1250 9350 2660 5090 641 1160 156 259 12 23 779 539 2570 2070 7100 2390 5190 635 841 233 252 13 69 737 691 2010 2870 6020 2100 4500 3360 861 258 121 14 139 764 542 1890 2920 5380 1880 3720 9640 807 150 243 15 97 786 573 1770 2580 5060 1720 3100 9100 691 212 236 16 95 798 544 1890 2150 4390 1610 2550 6030 634 212 118 17 176 773 337 1870 1960 3960 1690 2200 5510 678 328 244 18 112 630 406 1550 2580 3480 2070 2020 4850 607 565 229 19 137 593 422 1440 3950 4330 2020 1820 4890 480 472 112 20 332 537 406 1370 3870 6270 2410 1500 3990 496 424 230 21 87 550 255 1280 3310 5260 2600 1360 3940 500 459 86 22 129 643 443 1250 2910 4270 2250 1250 3340 492 379 356 23 164 947 395 1250 2590 4140 1870 1110 2690 498 282 337 24 327 918 414 4370 2680 4310 2380 932 2370 711 259 257 25 83 775 606 6470 4170 3780 2480 885 2010 615 192 227 26 237 721 680 5050 4260 3480 2220 819 1860 535 476 239 27 454 731 819 4020 3680 3130 2230 825 1460 572 502 280 28 414 763 774 3260 3190 2730 2180 761 1460 506 492 270 29 195 678 705 2690 --- 2510 1890 744 1220 381 377 134 30 606 766 1120 2420 --- 2350 1610 653 2750 493 304 228 31 433 --- 1470 2170 --- 2180 --- 771 --- 387 291 --- TOTAL 5559 23675 20806 69436 69310 126270 66570 64220 81737 42505 10502 6869 MEAN 179 789 671 2240 2475 4073 2219 2072 2725 1371 339 229 MAX 606 1310 1470 6470 4260 9830 3170 5190 9640 6280 565 356 MIN 23 537 255 907 1250 1800 1610 653 635 381 150 86 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1919 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 661 1085 1498 1612 1674 2538 2440 1528 1006 561 495 514 MAX 3279 3443 4447 5694 3919 6930 5519 2842 4758 4110 3918 3502 (WY) 1956 1956 1997 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 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1919 - 1998 ANNUAL TOTAL 398067 587459 ANNUAL MEAN 1091 1609 1299 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 2015 1984 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 598 1930 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 4200 Apr 5 9830 Mar 10 35300 Aug 20 1955 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 23 Oct 12 23 Oct 12 a18 Aug 28 1949 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 79 Oct 8 79 Oct 8 52 Aug 31 1995 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 11600 Mar 10 b40700 Aug 20 1955 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 16.21 Mar 10 c29.00 Aug 20 1955 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 19 Oct 12 d16 Sep 25 1948 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2540 3820 2790 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 737 960 920 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 102 229 235 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.