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 01373500 FISHKILL CREEK AT BEACON NY


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 190 sq.mi.                             Datum is 131.17 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 02020008 at Latitude: 41:30:40N  Longitude: 073:56:55W
Station is in the state of NY (county code 027) and serviced by the NY office.
Channel slope is 10.70 feet/mile
Stream length is 30.10 miles
Mean basin elevation is 620.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 7.86%     Lakes: 0.47%        Forests: 59.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 3.89 inches
Annual precipitation is 43.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.10 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 17.50 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Records are unsuitable for analysis at less than monthly resolution due to regulation of low flows by plants above
   station.


Monthly and longer averages for 24 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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