CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN 01193500 SALMON RIVER NEAR EAST HAMPTON, CT LOCATION.--Lat 4132'53", long 7226'59", Middlesex County, Hydrologic Unit 01080205, on left bank at Route 16 Bridge, 450 ft downstream from New London-Middlesex County line, 300 ft downstream from Comstock Bridge, 0.7 mi downstream from Dickinson Creek, and 3.5 mi southeast of East Hampton. DRAINAGE AREA.--100 mi2. WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1928 to current year. REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1201: 1929. WDR CT-78-1: 1976 (P). WDR CT-83-1: Drainage area. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 64.38 ft above sea level. Prior to June 23, 1974, at datum 2.99 ft higher for site and datum then in use; prior to May 20, 1980, at datum 2.80 ft higher and at site 400 ft upstream; prior to June 24, 1987, at datum 0.67 ft lower for site amd datum then in use. Satellite telemetry at station. REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated daily discharges, which are fair. Slight regulation at low flow by ponds upstream. EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Peak discharges greater than base discharge of 1,300 ft3/s and maximum (*): Discharge Gage height Discharge Gage height Date Time (ft3/s) (ft) Date Time (ft3/s) (ft) Apr 22 0345 *2,210 *6.45 No other peak greater than base discharge. Minimum discharge, 23 ft3/s, Sept. 12, 13, gage height, 2.31 ft. DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000 DAILY MEAN VALUES DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP 1 106 80 130 e102 e110 235 213 223 105 86 397 32 2 72 83 117 e100 e105 210 196 238 117 74 223 34 3 55 759 115 127 e100 186 190 223 236 62 163 54 4 151 385 114 155 e98 170 249 197 153 58 147 44 5 196 222 111 621 e97 158 261 184 116 69 105 35 6 125 193 145 342 e96 148 210 176 243 56 83 29 7 88 154 402 231 e95 139 185 167 690 48 114 26 8 73 134 295 196 e94 138 172 154 367 43 87 25 9 77 128 200 173 e93 136 709 148 223 40 67 26 10 80 120 172 252 e100 139 545 195 169 38 230 30 11 99 113 189 425 e100 247 338 425 198 34 126 27 12 79 105 159 288 e98 858 283 280 527 32 87 24 13 66 103 144 e190 e96 502 241 226 362 30 77 37 14 83 101 172 e155 637 322 216 366 296 29 117 32 15 76 97 280 e140 608 262 204 245 237 31 136 97 16 69 94 247 e130 321 235 299 190 207 102 114 88 17 65 89 192 e120 229 707 285 161 171 77 96 57 18 218 86 164 e115 168 503 286 162 147 56 76 42 19 173 86 145 e110 174 360 289 310 149 47 81 57 20 222 85 139 e107 153 304 251 351 132 45 65 231 21 248 103 284 e104 139 266 415 299 111 41 53 116 22 162 100 237 e101 136 243 1700 239 100 48 46 74 23 218 96 184 e99 162 224 778 221 90 45 43 55 24 183 93 e155 e97 265 205 510 317 80 36 48 50 25 138 104 e130 e108 390 190 394 303 73 33 44 44 26 116 164 e125 e105 429 187 357 220 69 42 39 52 27 105 338 e120 e102 347 176 354 171 160 194 35 75 28 95 317 e115 e100 376 529 313 147 269 166 35 60 29 91 200 e110 e98 306 450 280 132 147 105 33 50 30 85 154 e107 e96 --- 302 249 121 109 151 31 43 31 82 --- e104 e115 --- 244 --- 113 --- 687 37 --- TOTAL 3696 4886 5303 5204 6122 8975 10972 6904 6053 2605 3035 1646 MEAN 119 163 171 168 211 290 366 223 202 84.0 97.9 54.9 MAX 248 759 402 621 637 858 1700 425 690 687 397 231 MIN 55 80 104 96 93 136 172 113 69 29 31 24 CFSM 1.19 1.63 1.71 1.68 2.11 2.90 3.66 2.23 2.02 .84 .98 .55 IN. 1.37 1.82 1.97 1.94 2.28 3.34 4.08 2.57 2.25 .97 1.13 .61 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1929 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 88.7 163 217 253 255 372 338 224 135 63.8 55.0 65.0 MAX 734 551 641 1144 623 797 803 482 801 426 357 834 (WY) 1956 1956 1973 1979 1973 1936 1983 1989 1982 1938 1955 1938 MIN 12.4 25.2 41.5 25.2 64.6 170 110 82.6 22.4 8.41 7.50 5.80 (WY) 1931 1932 1944 1981 1934 1985 1985 1986 1957 1957 1957 1943 e Estimated. CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN 01193500 SALMON RIVER NEAR EAST HAMPTON, CT--Continued SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1929 - 2000 ANNUAL TOTAL 67944.0 65401 ANNUAL MEAN 186 179 185 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 326 1973 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 84.9 1966 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1610 Feb 3 1700 Apr 22 8720 Sep 21 1938 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 5.5 Aug 4 24 Sep 12 1.0 Oct 13 1929 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 7.9 Jul 29 27 Sep 6 3.0 Sep 6 1963 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 2210 Apr 22 18500 Jun 6 1982 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 6.45 Apr 22 14.40 Jun 6 1982 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 23 Sep 12 .90 Jan 19 1997 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.86 1.79 1.85 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 25.28 24.33 25.19 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 401 344 403 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 115 137 117 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 14 45 19