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 01372500 WAPPINGER CREEK NEAR WAPPINGERS FALLS NY


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 181 sq.mi.                             Datum is 114.37 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 02020008 at Latitude: 41:39:11N  Longitude: 073:52:23W
Station is in the state of NY (county code 027) and serviced by the NY office.
Channel slope is 12.60 feet/mile
Stream length is 29.10 miles
Mean basin elevation is 530.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 5.74%     Lakes: 0.69%        Forests: 60.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 3.16 inches
Annual precipitation is 40.50 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.90 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 17.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Records prior to 1928 do not meet specified standards.


Daily and longer averages for 60 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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