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 01196500 QUINNIPIAC RIVER AT WALLINGFORD, CT


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 115 sq.mi.                             Datum is 19.24 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 01100004 at Latitude: 41:26:58N  Longitude: 072:50:29W
Station is in the state of CT (county code 009) and serviced by the CT office.
Channel slope is 6.00 feet/mile
Stream length is 26.50 miles
Mean basin elevation is 313.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 3.30%     Lakes: 1.10%        Forests: 40.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 3.99 inches
Annual precipitation is 47.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.75 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 are not suitable for analysis at less than monthly resolution due to some upstream flow regulation.


Monthly and longer averages for 58 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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