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 01349000 OTSQUAGO CREEK AT FORT PLAIN NY


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 61.0 sq.mi.                            Datum is 301.16 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 02020004 at Latitude: 42:55:46N  Longitude: 074:37:35W
Station is in the state of NY (county code 057) and serviced by the NY office.
Channel slope is 75.40 feet/mile
Stream length is 17.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 900.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.07%     Lakes: 0.01%        Forests: 32.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 4.49 inches
Annual precipitation is 39.50 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.50 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 15.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Records are unsuitable for analysis at less than monthly resolution due to occasional regulation at low flow. 
   Winter records are ice affected.  Since 1983, the records have been rated poor.


Monthly and longer averages for 33 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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