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 04274000 W BR AUSABLE R NR LAKE PLACID NY


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 116 sq.mi.                             Datum is 1620.76 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 02010004 at Latitude: 44:18:40N  Longitude: 073:55:00W
Station is in the state of NY (county code 031) and serviced by the NY office.
Channel slope is 75.70 feet/mile
Stream length is 19.40 miles
Mean basin elevation is 2480.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 5.67%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 87.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 42.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.30 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 4.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Records are unsuitable for analysis at less than monthly resolution due to diurnal fluctuation by upstream mill. 
   Records prior to 1921 do not meet HCDN criteria.


Monthly and longer averages for 48 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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