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 01118000 WOOD RIVER AT HOPE VALLEY, RI


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 72.4 sq.mi.                            Datum is 61.11 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 01090005 at Latitude: 41:29:53N  Longitude: 071:43:01W
Station is in the state of RI (county code 009) and serviced by the RI office.
Channel slope is 16.20 feet/mile
Stream length is 14.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 300.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 6.23%     Lakes: 2.11%        Forests: 92.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 6.10 inches
Annual precipitation is 47.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.50 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 18.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Records prior to water year 1953 are unsuitable for analysis due to regulation by upstream mills.


Daily and longer averages for 36 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
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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