HOUSATONIC RIVER BASIN 01199050 SALMON CREEK AT LIME ROCK, CT LOCATION.--Lat 4156'32", long 7323'29", 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 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998 DAILY MEAN VALUES DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP 1 8.3 9.8 68 e36 29 72 67 36 56 136 11 9.7 2 7.1 27 54 e17 28 69 91 87 31 78 10 10 3 6.8 24 43 23 28 63 86 80 58 53 9.9 15 4 6.9 14 41 34 29 58 72 64 34 41 9.3 11 5 6.9 19 40 54 30 55 65 59 27 55 8.9 10 6 6.3 11 33 73 29 49 59 101 23 36 8.8 9.5 7 5.4 9.5 24 109 26 46 52 103 21 31 8.5 11 8 6.2 13 23 189 25 46 48 79 19 34 8.1 23 9 5.8 70 22 227 24 153 53 92 17 48 7.8 28 10 6.1 57 21 195 23 180 98 171 14 33 7.8 28 11 9.6 26 23 131 23 120 70 219 15 26 9.6 27 12 10 21 22 96 87 e83 60 162 22 23 9.0 28 13 10 18 21 80 94 e73 53 120 45 20 8.4 27 14 9.7 20 20 68 66 e65 48 96 108 18 7.8 23 15 11 23 22 52 e57 e60 45 82 107 17 7.6 12 16 12 22 19 e50 e50 e54 43 69 241 16 7.0 16 17 12 21 17 e46 44 52 47 66 208 16 7.1 16 18 11 20 17 e42 52 59 68 61 134 52 8.0 10 19 11 19 16 e39 62 111 52 51 101 24 8.0 9.8 20 10 18 16 e37 59 113 105 44 77 30 6.9 9.4 21 9.2 17 15 e35 55 102 77 40 59 38 6.5 9.2 22 6.0 32 e17 31 49 90 63 37 49 23 6.1 12 23 5.2 38 e16 30 46 81 57 32 45 22 6.1 12 24 5.4 31 16 71 56 75 56 28 35 34 6.2 11 25 7.5 26 25 62 67 73 48 28 29 28 6.0 10 26 9.2 25 30 46 61 74 48 28 25 25 7.7 9.8 27 18 31 28 39 55 87 55 24 23 21 6.9 15 28 14 26 24 36 51 90 45 21 22 16 6.1 15 29 9.6 26 25 33 --- 87 41 20 21 14 5.7 11 30 8.1 35 32 32 --- 79 38 22 101 13 6.2 9.0 31 7.5 --- 30 31 --- 70 --- 20 --- 13 8.4 --- TOTAL 271.8 749.3 820 2044 1305 2489 1810 2142 1767 1034 241.4 447.4 MEAN 8.77 25.0 26.5 65.9 46.6 80.3 60.3 69.1 58.9 33.4 7.79 14.9 MAX 18 70 68 227 94 180 105 219 241 136 11 28 MIN 5.2 9.5 15 17 23 46 38 20 14 13 5.7 9.0 CFSM .30 .85 .90 2.24 1.59 2.73 2.05 2.35 2.00 1.13 .26 .51 IN. .34 .95 1.04 2.59 1.65 3.15 2.29 2.71 2.24 1.31 .31 .57 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1962 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 32.6 41.8 54.5 51.9 56.8 84.9 95.7 61.6 39.6 26.2 22.3 20.6 MAX 100 92.2 155 130 134 194 198 181 118 94.1 95.1 72.6 (WY) 1978 1996 1984 1979 1982 1977 1997 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 e Estimated. SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1962 - 1998 ANNUAL TOTAL 17889.4 15120.9 ANNUAL MEAN 49.0 41.4 49.0 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 73.3 1996 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 15.9 1965 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 596 Apr 1 241 Jun 16 1730 May 30 1984 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 4.6 Aug 11 5.2 Oct 23 1.5 Aug 11 1964 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 5.1 Aug 7 6.2 Oct 4 2.1 Aug 31 1995 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 347 Jun 16 1840 Mar 6 1979 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 2.74 Jun 16 5.90 Mar 6 1979 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW a5.0 Oct 7 .70 Sep 25 1964 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.67 1.41 1.67 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 22.64 19.13 22.63 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 112 87 102 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 25 28 32 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.8 8.4 8.6 a Also occurred on Oct. 23.