USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 01115098

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	00010 Temperature, water(Mean)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Mean)

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

01115098 PEEPTOAD BROOK AT ELMDALE ROAD NEAR NORTH SCITUATE, RI

LOCATION - Lat 41°51'09", long 71°36'24" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Providence County, RI, Hydrologic Unit 01090004, $word 41°51'09", long 71°36'24" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Providence County, Hydrologic Unit 01090004, on left bank 5 ft downstream from bridge on Elmdale Road, 0.5 mi upstream from regulating reservoir and 1.7 mi northwest of North Scituate.

DRAINAGE AREA - 4.96 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Discharge: June 1994 to current year. Water-quality records: Water years, 2000 to 2006; February 2009 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS - WDR MA-RI-03-01: Drainage area.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 315 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map.

COOPERATION - Providence Water (Providence Water Supply Board).

REMARKS - Records fair except those for discharges less than 1 cfs and greater than 50 cfs, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Water-quality records: Water years, 2000-2006, 2009 to current year.

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: February 2000 to May 2001, October 2001 to September 2006, February 2009 to current year. WATER TEMPERATURE: February 2000 to May 2001, October 2001 to September 2006, February 2009 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - Specific conductance and water temperature water-quality monitor February 2000 to September 2006, February 2009 to current year.

REMARKS - EXTREMES FOR WATER-YEAR 2015: WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded 29.0 °C on Jul. 20, 2015; minimum recorded 0.3 °C on Feb. 01, 2015, and many other days throughout the winter. SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 271 µS/cm on Mar. 12, 2015; minimum recorded, 159 µS/cm on Dec. 10, 2014. Daily water temperature records are rated as excellent; daily records for specific conductance are rated as excellent, except for the following daily ranges: 2015/02/17 to 2015/04/23, 2015/04/26 2015/10/16, 2015/12/13 to 2015/12/14, 2015/12/27 to 2016/01/06, and 2016/06/17 which are rated as good; and 2015/10/13 which are rated as poor. Missing daily values are not estimated.

EXTREMES FOR WATER-YEAR 2014: WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded 29.2 °C on July 3, 2014; minimum recorded 0.0 °C on Jan. 26, 2014, and many other days throughout the winter. SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 238 µS/cm on Jan. 11, 2014; minimum recorded, 127 µS/cm on Mar. 30, 2014. Water temperature records rated as excellent except the following daily ranges:2014/04/09 to 2014/04/27 rated as good; 2014/04/28 to 2014/06/12 rated as fair; and 2014/06/13 to 2014/09/11 rated as poor.

Specific conductance records are rated as excellent except for the following daily ranges: 2013/10/01 to 2013/11/13, 2013/12/13 to 2013/12/24, 2013/12/28 to 2013/12/30, 2014/01/01 to 2014/04/02, 2014/04/05 to 2014/05/29, 2014/06/08 to 2014/06/09, and 2014/09/13 which are rated as good; 2014/05/30 to 2014/06/07, and 2014/06/10 to 2014/08/27 rated as fail; and 2014/08/28 to 2014/09/11 rated as poor.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 269 uS/cm, May 29, 2002; minimum, 43 uS/cm, Aug. 4, 2002. WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 32.1°C, July 22, 2011; minimum, 0.0°C Jan. 22, 2011 and many days during winter periods.