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Kennebec River at Skowhegan Total Discharge (kcfs)Observed: 7.25 kcfs at 8:45AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.28 kcfs at 9:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.25 kcfs at 9:15AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.28 kcfs at 9:30AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.3 kcfs at 9:45AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.33 kcfs at 10:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.33 kcfs at 10:15AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.38 kcfs at 10:30AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.27 kcfs at 10:45AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.28 kcfs at 11:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.38 kcfs at 11:15AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.38 kcfs at 11:30AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.32 kcfs at 11:45AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.41 kcfs at 12:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.41 kcfs at 12:15PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.47 kcfs at 12:30PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.4 kcfs at 12:45PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.31 kcfs at 1:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.42 kcfs at 1:15PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.41 kcfs at 1:30PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.35 kcfs at 1:45PM Jan 18, 2021Highest Observation: 7.9 kcfs at 2:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.37 kcfs at 2:15PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.46 kcfs at 2:30PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.47 kcfs at 2:45PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.42 kcfs at 3:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.36 kcfs at 3:15PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.41 kcfs at 3:30PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.38 kcfs at 3:45PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.28 kcfs at 4:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.33 kcfs at 4:15PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.35 kcfs at 4:30PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.36 kcfs at 4:45PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.31 kcfs at 5:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.3 kcfs at 5:15PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.27 kcfs at 5:30PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.33 kcfs at 5:45PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.31 kcfs at 6:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.28 kcfs at 6:15PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.27 kcfs at 6:30PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.3 kcfs at 6:45PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.29 kcfs at 7:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.28 kcfs at 7:15PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.22 kcfs at 7:30PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.21 kcfs at 7:45PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.23 kcfs at 8:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.23 kcfs at 8:15PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.23 kcfs at 8:30PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.22 kcfs at 8:45PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.22 kcfs at 9:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.19 kcfs at 9:15PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.12 kcfs at 9:30PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.2 kcfs at 9:45PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.14 kcfs at 10:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.21 kcfs at 10:15PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.22 kcfs at 10:30PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.2 kcfs at 10:45PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.2 kcfs at 11:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.2 kcfs at 11:15PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.11 kcfs at 11:30PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.23 kcfs at 11:45PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 7.23 kcfs at 12:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.14 kcfs at 12:15AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.16 kcfs at 12:30AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.19 kcfs at 12:45AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.17 kcfs at 1:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.18 kcfs at 1:15AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.13 kcfs at 1:30AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.17 kcfs at 1:45AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.11 kcfs at 2:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.15 kcfs at 2:15AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.15 kcfs at 2:30AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.12 kcfs at 2:45AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.18 kcfs at 3:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.1 kcfs at 3:15AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.28 kcfs at 3:30AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.21 kcfs at 3:45AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.29 kcfs at 4:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.28 kcfs at 4:15AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.24 kcfs at 4:30AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.19 kcfs at 4:45AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.22 kcfs at 5:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.21 kcfs at 5:15AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.2 kcfs at 5:30AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.24 kcfs at 5:45AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.22 kcfs at 6:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.16 kcfs at 6:15AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.18 kcfs at 6:30AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.19 kcfs at 6:45AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.15 kcfs at 7:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.21 kcfs at 7:15AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.19 kcfs at 7:30AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.17 kcfs at 7:45AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.19 kcfs at 8:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.18 kcfs at 8:15AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.16 kcfs at 8:30AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.21 kcfs at 8:45AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.23 kcfs at 9:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.25 kcfs at 9:15AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.21 kcfs at 9:30AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.2 kcfs at 9:45AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.18 kcfs at 10:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.25 kcfs at 10:15AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.2 kcfs at 10:30AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.2 kcfs at 10:45AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.25 kcfs at 11:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.2 kcfs at 11:15AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.26 kcfs at 11:30AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.27 kcfs at 11:45AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.3 kcfs at 12:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.29 kcfs at 12:15PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.34 kcfs at 12:30PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.38 kcfs at 12:45PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.46 kcfs at 1:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.46 kcfs at 1:15PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.41 kcfs at 1:30PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.4 kcfs at 1:45PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.37 kcfs at 2:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.34 kcfs at 2:15PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.37 kcfs at 2:30PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.41 kcfs at 2:45PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.39 kcfs at 3:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.33 kcfs at 3:15PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.31 kcfs at 3:30PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.27 kcfs at 3:45PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.27 kcfs at 4:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.24 kcfs at 4:15PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.27 kcfs at 4:30PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.21 kcfs at 4:45PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.2 kcfs at 5:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.24 kcfs at 5:15PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.22 kcfs at 5:30PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.17 kcfs at 5:45PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.15 kcfs at 6:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.15 kcfs at 6:15PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.19 kcfs at 6:30PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.19 kcfs at 6:45PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.16 kcfs at 7:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.16 kcfs at 7:15PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.17 kcfs at 7:30PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.14 kcfs at 7:45PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.16 kcfs at 8:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.15 kcfs at 8:15PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.15 kcfs at 8:30PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.12 kcfs at 8:45PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.16 kcfs at 9:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.12 kcfs at 9:15PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.14 kcfs at 9:30PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.14 kcfs at 9:45PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.11 kcfs at 10:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.13 kcfs at 10:15PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.09 kcfs at 10:30PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.12 kcfs at 10:45PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 7.03 kcfs at 11:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 6.9 kcfs at 11:15PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 6.93 kcfs at 11:30PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 6.98 kcfs at 11:45PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 6.96 kcfs at 12:00AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.96 kcfs at 12:15AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.94 kcfs at 12:30AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.98 kcfs at 12:45AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.98 kcfs at 1:00AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.95 kcfs at 1:15AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.97 kcfs at 1:30AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.96 kcfs at 1:45AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.96 kcfs at 2:00AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.98 kcfs at 2:15AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7 kcfs at 2:30AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.98 kcfs at 2:45AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.97 kcfs at 3:00AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.99 kcfs at 3:15AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.98 kcfs at 3:30AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.97 kcfs at 3:45AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.99 kcfs at 4:00AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.98 kcfs at 4:15AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.98 kcfs at 4:30AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.99 kcfs at 4:45AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7 kcfs at 5:00AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7 kcfs at 5:15AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.96 kcfs at 5:30AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.98 kcfs at 5:45AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.99 kcfs at 6:00AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.98 kcfs at 6:15AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.97 kcfs at 6:30AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7 kcfs at 6:45AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.97 kcfs at 7:00AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.99 kcfs at 7:15AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.95 kcfs at 7:30AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.92 kcfs at 7:45AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.99 kcfs at 8:00AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.96 kcfs at 8:15AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.95 kcfs at 8:30AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.97 kcfs at 8:45AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7.01 kcfs at 9:00AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.97 kcfs at 9:15AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7 kcfs at 9:30AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.99 kcfs at 9:45AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7.01 kcfs at 10:00AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 6.97 kcfs at 10:15AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7.02 kcfs at 10:30AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7.03 kcfs at 10:45AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7.06 kcfs at 11:00AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7.05 kcfs at 11:15AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7.05 kcfs at 11:30AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7.1 kcfs at 11:45AM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7.11 kcfs at 12:00PM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7.18 kcfs at 12:15PM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7.21 kcfs at 12:30PM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7.25 kcfs at 12:45PM Jan 20, 2021Observed: 7.24 kcfs at 1:00PM Jan 20, 2021Forecast: 7.05 kcfs 1:00PM Jan 21, 2021Forecast: 7.05 kcfs 7:00PM Jan 21, 2021Forecast: 7.06 kcfs 1:00AM Jan 22, 2021Forecast: 7.07 kcfs 7:00AM Jan 22, 2021Forecast: 7.07 kcfs 1:00PM Jan 22, 2021Highest Forecast: 7.08 kcfs 7:00PM Jan 22, 2021Forecast: 7.03 kcfs 1:00AM Jan 23, 2021Forecast: 6.98 kcfs 7:00AM Jan 23, 2021SKOM1(plotting QTIRZ) Graph Created (8:36AM Jan 21, 2021)ObservedForecast (issued 11:00AM Jan 20)Latest observed value: 7.24 kcfs at 1:00 PM EST 20-Jan-2021. Flood Flow is 35 kcfs
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Flood Categories (in KCFS)
Major Flood Flow: 125
Moderate Flood Flow: 100
Flood Flow: 35
Action Flow: 25
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 240,000 cfs on 04/01/1987
(2) 133,500 cfs on 03/20/1936
(3) 123,000 cfs on 12/22/1973
(4) 110,000 cfs on 04/28/1979
(5) 99,300 cfs on 12/28/1969
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 43,737 cfs on 05/18/2014
(2) 63,191 cfs on 04/16/2014
(3) 75,057 cfs on 08/29/2011
(4) 39,100 cfs on 11/18/2006
(5) 58,200 cfs on 10/29/2006
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.
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240000 River Street in Skowhegan floods to a depth of 1 foot. The Margaret Chase Smith bridge in Skowhegan will flood.
80000 East River Road flooded to a depth of 1 to 2 feet
60000 East River Road starts to flood.
35000 Flooding begins at campground in Skowhegan
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Latitude: 44.763527° N, Longitude: 69.718296° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS flow Not Available Not Available 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 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 165 ft 165 ft  
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