HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 01048000 SANDY RIVER NEAR MERCER, ME


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 514 sq.mi.                             Datum is 197.10 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 01030003 at Latitude: 44:42:26N  Longitude: 069:56:21W
Station is in the state of ME (county code 025) and serviced by the ME office.
Channel slope is 14.70 feet/mile
Stream length is 58.50 miles
Mean basin elevation is 1040.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 6.01%     Lakes: 1.21%        Forests: 80.10%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 4.40 inches
Annual precipitation is 43.38 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.50 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 8.00 degrees Fahrenheit

Daily and longer averages for 51 water years are acceptable (all years except partial years).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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