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Housatonic River at Falls Village Stage (ft)Flow (cfs)Observed: 2.61 ft at 6:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.62 ft at 7:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.64 ft at 7:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 7:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.62 ft at 7:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.62 ft at 8:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 8:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 8:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 8:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.62 ft at 9:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.62 ft at 9:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.62 ft at 9:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 9:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 10:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.63 ft at 10:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.63 ft at 10:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 10:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 11:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 11:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.62 ft at 11:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.62 ft at 11:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 12:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 12:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.62 ft at 12:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 12:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 1:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 1:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 1:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 1:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 2:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 2:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 2:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 2:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.55 ft at 3:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 3:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 3:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 3:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 4:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 4:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 4:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 4:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 5:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 5:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 5:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 5:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 6:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 6:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 6:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 6:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 7:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 7:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 7:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 7:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 8:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 8:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 8:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 8:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 9:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 9:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 9:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 9:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 10:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 10:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 10:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 10:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 11:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 11:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 11:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 11:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 12:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 12:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 12:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 12:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 1:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 1:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 1:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 1:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 2:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 2:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 2:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 2:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 3:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 3:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 3:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 3:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 4:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 4:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 4:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 4:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 5:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 5:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 5:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 6:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 6:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.52 ft at 6:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 7:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 7:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 7:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 8:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 8:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 8:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 9:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 9:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 9:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 10:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 10:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 10:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 11:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 11:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 11:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 12:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 12:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 12:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 1:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 1:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 1:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 1:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 2:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 2:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 2:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 2:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 3:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 3:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 3:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 3:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 4:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 4:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 4:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 4:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 5:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 5:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 5:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 5:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 6:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 6:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 6:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 6:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 7:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 7:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 7:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.55 ft at 7:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 8:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.55 ft at 8:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 8:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 9:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 9:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.55 ft at 9:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 10:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 10:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.55 ft at 10:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 10:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 11:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 11:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 11:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 11:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 12:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 12:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.55 ft at 2:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 2:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 3:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 3:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 3:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 4:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 4:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 4:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 5:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 5:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 5:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 5:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 6:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 6:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 6:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 6:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 7:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 7:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 7:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 7:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 8:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 8:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 8:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.56 ft at 8:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 9:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 9:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 9:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 10:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 10:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 10:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 10:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 11:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 11:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 11:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 11:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 12:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 12:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 12:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 12:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.57 ft at 1:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 1:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 1:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 1:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 2:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 2:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 2:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 3:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 3:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 3:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 3:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 4:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.58 ft at 4:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 4:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 4:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 5:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.59 ft at 5:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.6 ft at 5:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 5:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.61 ft at 6:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.91 ft at 6:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.85 ft at 6:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.8 ft at 6:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.77 ft at 7:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.82 ft at 7:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.84 ft at 7:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.85 ft at 7:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.84 ft at 8:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.83 ft at 8:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.85 ft at 8:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.84 ft at 8:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.84 ft at 9:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.84 ft at 9:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.82 ft at 9:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.82 ft at 9:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.83 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.83 ft at 10:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.82 ft at 10:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.84 ft at 10:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.83 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.83 ft at 11:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.83 ft at 11:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.82 ft at 11:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.82 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.83 ft at 12:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.83 ft at 12:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.82 ft at 12:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.83 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.83 ft at 1:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.82 ft at 1:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.82 ft at 1:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.84 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.84 ft at 2:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.85 ft at 2:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.84 ft at 2:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.83 ft at 3:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.83 ft at 3:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.86 ft at 3:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.83 ft at 3:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.88 ft at 4:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.89 ft at 4:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.91 ft at 4:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.9 ft at 4:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.89 ft at 5:00AM May 22, 2013Highest Observation: 2.92 ft at 5:15AM May 22, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesFLVC3(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (6:40AM May 22, 2013)ObservedLatest observed value: 2.92 ft at 5:15 AM EDT 22-May-2013. Flood Stage is 7 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Housatonic River at Falls Village are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:15
Moderate Flood Stage:10
Flood Stage:7
Action Stage:6

Historical Crests
(1) 19.00 ft on 01/01/1949
(2) 18.90 ft on 08/19/1955
(3) 16.80 ft on 09/23/1938
(4) 13.47 ft on 09/09/2011
(5) 13.00 ft on 03/20/1936
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Low Water Records
(1) 1.23 ft on 09/13/2002
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19 FLOOD OF RECORD ON 1/1/1949.
15 MAJOR FLOOD STAGE.
10 MODERATE FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER REACHES THE EDGE OF SEVERAL SECTIONS OF ROUTE 7 NORTH OF CORNWALL BRIDGE.
9 WATER FLOODS RIVERSIDE ROAD AT KENT SCHOOL AND BEGINS TO APPROACH BUILDINGS. WATER GETS CLOSE TO ROUTE 7.
8 THE WATER REACHES RIVERSIDE ROAD AT KENT SCHOOL AND FLOODS THE PICNIC AREA ALONG ROUTE 7 NEAR HOUSATONIC MEADOWS.
7 THE HOUSATONIC RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD THE PARK ABOVE FALLS VILLAGE DAM...AND WATER REACHES THE FIELDS OF WHITE HOLLOW FARMS NEAR LIMEROCK ROAD...AND IS AT THE EDGE OF THE HOUSATONIC VALLEY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FIELDS.
5 THE RIVER IS ABOUT HALF BANKFULL.
4 THE RIVER IS WITHIN NORMAL GENERATION LEVELS.
3 THE RIVER IS AT ITS NORMAL SUMMERTIME LEVEL.
2 NORMAL LOW WATER LEVEL WHEN GENERATORS ARE OFF.
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Latitude: 41.957222° N, Longitude: 73.369722° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 7 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 529.06 ft 536.06 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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