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Experimental National Water Center Products: Flood Inundation Mapping services are now available for 10% of the U.S. population. Please visit https://www.weather.gov/owp/operations for more information. The National Hydrologic Discussion, Area Hydrologic Discussion, Flood Hazard Outlook, and real-time geospatial services depicting River Forecast Center and National Water Model forecasts, continue to be accessible via the URL above, as described in the StoryMap here.

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NOTE: Graphical forecasts are not available for the Green River at Colrain. During times of high water, forecast crest information can be found in the text products. Vertical datum height surveyed by the USGS

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Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 12 Moderate Flood Stage: 9 Flood Stage: 7 Action Stage: 6 Low Stage (in feet): -9999 Historic Crests (1) 13.31 ft on 08/28/2011 (2) 9.14 ft on 10/09/2005 (3) 9.04 ft on 10/30/2017 (4) 8.22 ft on 02/25/2016 (5) 8.20 ft on 12/21/1973 (6) 8.09 ft on 03/31/1987 (7) 7.88 ft on 11/12/1995 (8) 7.64 ft on 04/05/1984 (9) 7.59 ft on 04/01/2004 (10) 7.54 ft on 04/10/1980 Show More Historic Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Recent Crests (1) 7.49 ft on 07/18/2021 (P) (2) 7.10 ft on 12/25/2020 (P) (3) 9.04 ft on 10/30/2017 (4) 8.22 ft on 02/25/2016 (5) 7.45 ft on 09/30/2015 (6) 7.37 ft on 10/23/2014 (7) 7.52 ft on 07/02/2014 (8) 13.31 ft on 08/28/2011 (9) 9.14 ft on 10/09/2005 (10) 6.40 ft on 04/03/2005 Show More Recent Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Low Water Records Currently none available.

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Latitude: 42.703417° N, Longitude: 72.670647° 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 434.51 441.51 Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks Other Not Available Not Available   Current/Historical Observations: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Colrain

Additional Information

US Geological Survey inundation mapping is available in this location. Visit http://wimcloud.usgs.gov/apps/FIM/FloodInundationMapper.html and click on the "Green River at Colrain" triangle. The complete report is available at https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20155108/

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