July 2019 CURRENT WATER RESOURCES CONDITIONS IN MAINE

CURRENT WATER RESOURCES CONDITIONS IN MAINE

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July 2019

USGS New England Water Science Center, Maine Office, in cooperation with Maine Emergency Management Agency

PROVISIONAL DATA: All data presented in this report are provisional and subject to revision.

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Monthly Surface Water Conditions Map

Monthly Groundwater Conditions Map

SURFACE WATER
Station Number	Station Name	Drainage Area (mi²)	Years Of Record	Normal Range (cfs)	Monthly Mean (cfs)	Monthly Mean (in)	Percentile Class
01010000	St. John River at Ninemile Bridge, ME	1341	68	754 - 1790	897	0.77	Normal
01014000	St. John River below Fish River at Fort Kent, ME	5929	92	3900 - 8800	4800	0.93	Normal
01017000	Aroostook River at Washburn, ME	1654	88	749 - 1740	1340	0.93	Normal
01022500	Narraguagus River at Cherryfield, ME	227	71	99.2 - 203	369	1.87	Above normal
01029500	East Branch Penobscot River at Grindstone, ME	837	116	826 - 1560	1520	2.09	Normal
01030500	Mattawamkeag River near Mattawamkeag, ME	1418	84	471 - 1420	1760	1.43	Above normal
01031500	Piscataquis River near Dover-Foxcroft, ME	298	116	92.4 - 295	140	0.54	Normal
01038000	Sheepscot River at North Whitefield, ME	145	80	32.5 - 104	84.6	0.67	Normal
01047000	Carrabassett River near North Anson, ME	353	116	162 - 404	159	0.52	Below normal
01055000	Swift River near Roxbury, ME	96.9	90	39.8 - 102	55.5	0.66	Normal
01055500	Nezinscot River at Turner Center, ME	169	77	54.4 - 142	131	0.89	Normal
01057000	Little Androscoggin River near South Paris, ME	73.5	105	21.8 - 70.6	51.2	0.80	Normal
01066000	Saco River at Cornish, ME	1293	103	851 - 1770	2120	1.89	Above normal
01069500	Mousam River near West Kennebunk, ME	99	79	44.7 - 101	67.5	0.79	Normal

GROUNDWATER
Station Number	Station Name	Years Of Record	Normal Range (ft)	Monthly Median (ft)	Departure From Monthly Median (ft)	Percentile Class
432310070393301	YW 807 (Sanford, ME)	29²	18.30 - 16.60	17.33	-0.47	Normal
435453070013601	CW 26 (Brunswick, ME)	39²	31.00 - 26.40	28.67	-0.43	Normal
440213070203201	ANW 1135 (Rang Pond, ME)	18²	10.20 - 9.52	9.13	-0.85	Much above normal
440823070291501	OW 1214 (Oxford, ME)	38²	8.75 - 7.44	8.16	-0.11	Normal
440918069564001	KW 766 (Litchfield, ME)	41²	47.60 - 43.50	44.66	-1.24	Normal
441801069455501	KW 887 (Augusta Arboretum, ME)	14²	14.00 - 11.50	12.22	-0.78	Normal
444302070252401	FW 916 (Weld/Mt. Blue, ME)	17²	25.50 - 22.10	23.64	0.04	Normal
444950068220602	HW 1A (Amherst, ME)	29²	22.70 - 19.80	18.34	-3.36	Above normal
445227067520101	WW 797 Township T24MD BPP (Hadley Lakes, ME)	33²	5.58 - 4.86	4.10	-1.12	Much above normal
445319068560101	PEW 456 (Kenduskeag, ME)	41²	23.30 - 22.00	20.35	-2.25	Much above normal
450713067162801	WW 796 (Calais, ME)	19²	3.75 - 1.63	-0.17	-2.91	High
453629068531801	PEW 594 (Millinocket, ME)	25²	9.84 - 8.63	9.11	-0.05	Normal
463642069344601	ARW 891 (Clayton Lake, ME)	40²	15.60 - 15.00	15.43	0.13	Normal
471457068353001	ARW 890 (Fort Kent, ME)	41²	9.90 - 7.41	7.23	-1.40	Above normal
¹ Daily Value Records and Field Readings ² Daily Value Records Only

Flow or Water Level	Percentile Range	Explanation
Low	0^th	The monthly mean streamflow or median water level during this month is the lowest ever recorded during the period of record for this site.
Much below normal	0^th to 10^th	The monthly mean streamflow or median water level during this month is less than the 10^th percentile when compared to all of the months during the period of record for this site.
Below normal	10^th to 25^th	The monthly mean streamflow or median water level during this month is between the 10^th and 25^th percentiles when compared to all of the months during the period of record for this site.
Normal	25^th to 75^th	The monthly mean streamflow or median water level during this month is between the 25^th and 75^th percentiles when compared to all of the months during the period of record for this site.
Above normal	75^th to 90^th	The monthly mean streamflow or median water level during this month is between the 75^th and 90^th percentiles when compared to all of the months during the period of record for this site.
Much above normal	90^th to 100^th	The monthly mean streamflow or median water level during this month is greater than the 90^th percentile when compared to all of the months during the period of record for this site.
High	100^th	The monthly mean streamflow or median water level during this month is the highest ever recorded during the period of record for this site.