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 gage is sea level. Telephone telemetry at station. Satellite telemetry at station.

REMARKS.--Records prior to 1973 available at the River Forecast Center, NOAA, Taunton Mass. Records good. Tidal effect, at times
   of high freshwater inflow, is eliminated. Stage data in feet at 15-minute intervals available upon request. Those stage data
   shown are converted to a National Geodetic Datum of 1929 (NGVD of 1929) elevation by subtracting 10.00 ft. Stage data are
   converted to Hartford datum by subtracting 9.45 ft.

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, 72,100 ft3/s, Apr. 6, 7, elevation, 16.79 ft; minimum tidal elevation, 0.81 ft.,
   Sep. 12.


                         ELEVATIONS, IN FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
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                         OCT    NOV    DEC    JAN    FEB    MAR    APR    MAY   JUNE   JULY    AUG   SEPT
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Maximum    Elevation    7.33   9.25   8.46   7.78   9.85  15.04  16.79  13.83  13.23   8.59   7.33   4.25

           Date           26     29      1      6     29     31      6     14      8     18     13     26
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           Time         1730   2100   0000   2145   2400   1700   2230   1200   1100   1030   1430   1315
                                                                  0000                                   

Minimum    Elevation    2.15   1.98   2.05   1.94   1.62   5.49   7.30   4.78   1.92   1.45   1.39   0.81

           Date           10     15     31      3      8      8     21     31     26     26     31     12
                                                                                                         
           Time         1100   1545   0615   2200   1245   1230   1345   1000   0600   1730   1145   0930
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
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NOTE.--Time shown is Eastern standard.