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Saco River at West Buxton Total Discharge (kcfs)Observed: 0.57 kcfs at 7:45AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.55 kcfs at 8:00AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.55 kcfs at 8:15AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.57 kcfs at 8:30AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.58 kcfs at 8:45AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.56 kcfs at 9:00AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.56 kcfs at 9:15AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.58 kcfs at 9:30AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.57 kcfs at 9:45AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.56 kcfs at 10:00AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.59 kcfs at 10:15AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.57 kcfs at 10:30AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.58 kcfs at 10:45AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.57 kcfs at 11:00AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.58 kcfs at 11:15AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.57 kcfs at 11:30AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.58 kcfs at 11:45AM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.61 kcfs at 12:00PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.59 kcfs at 12:15PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.59 kcfs at 12:30PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.6 kcfs at 12:45PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.59 kcfs at 1:00PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.6 kcfs at 1:15PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.6 kcfs at 1:30PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.6 kcfs at 1:45PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.59 kcfs at 2:00PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.61 kcfs at 2:15PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.59 kcfs at 2:30PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.61 kcfs at 2:45PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.62 kcfs at 3:00PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.63 kcfs at 3:15PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.63 kcfs at 3:30PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.62 kcfs at 3:45PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.64 kcfs at 4:00PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.62 kcfs at 4:15PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.68 kcfs at 4:30PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.68 kcfs at 4:45PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.69 kcfs at 5:00PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.68 kcfs at 5:15PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.69 kcfs at 5:30PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.68 kcfs at 5:45PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.7 kcfs at 6:00PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.68 kcfs at 6:15PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.69 kcfs at 6:30PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.68 kcfs at 6:45PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.7 kcfs at 7:00PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.69 kcfs at 7:15PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.72 kcfs at 7:30PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.93 kcfs at 11:45PM Aug 22, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 12:00AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 12:15AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 12:30AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 12:45AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 1:00AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 1:15AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 1:30AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 1:45AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.86 kcfs at 2:00AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.84 kcfs at 2:15AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.84 kcfs at 2:30AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 2:45AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 3:00AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.8 kcfs at 3:15AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 3:30AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.8 kcfs at 3:45AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 4:00AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.8 kcfs at 4:15AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 4:30AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.8 kcfs at 4:45AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 5:00AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.8 kcfs at 5:15AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 5:30AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.8 kcfs at 5:45AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 6:00AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 6:15AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 6:30AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 6:45AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 7:00AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.8 kcfs at 7:15AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.8 kcfs at 7:30AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 7:45AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.8 kcfs at 8:00AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.8 kcfs at 8:15AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.84 kcfs at 8:30AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.8 kcfs at 8:45AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 9:00AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.8 kcfs at 9:15AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.8 kcfs at 9:30AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.8 kcfs at 9:45AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 10:00AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 10:15AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 10:30AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 10:45AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 11:00AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 11:15AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 11:30AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 11:45AM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 12:00PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 12:15PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 12:30PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 12:45PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 1:00PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 1:15PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 1:30PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 1:45PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 2:00PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 2:15PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 2:30PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 2:45PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.84 kcfs at 3:00PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 3:15PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 3:30PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 3:45PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 4:00PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 4:15PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 4:30PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 4:45PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 5:00PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 5:15PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 5:30PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 5:45PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 6:00PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 6:15PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 6:30PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 6:45PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 7:00PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.82 kcfs at 7:15PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.81 kcfs at 7:30PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 11:45PM Aug 23, 2019Observed: 0.84 kcfs at 12:00AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 12:15AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.85 kcfs at 12:30AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 12:45AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.84 kcfs at 1:00AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.85 kcfs at 1:15AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 1:30AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 1:45AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 2:00AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 2:15AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.91 kcfs at 2:30AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.93 kcfs at 2:45AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.93 kcfs at 3:00AM Aug 24, 2019Highest Observation: 0.95 kcfs at 3:15AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 3:30AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 3:45AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.86 kcfs at 4:00AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 4:15AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.86 kcfs at 4:30AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 4:45AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.86 kcfs at 5:00AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 5:15AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.86 kcfs at 5:30AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 5:45AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.86 kcfs at 6:00AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 6:15AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 6:30AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 6:45AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 7:00AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 7:15AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 7:30AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.9 kcfs at 7:45AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 8:00AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 8:15AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 8:30AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.9 kcfs at 8:45AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 9:00AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 9:15AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.9 kcfs at 9:30AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 9:45AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.9 kcfs at 10:00AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 10:15AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 10:30AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 10:45AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 11:00AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.9 kcfs at 11:15AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.9 kcfs at 11:30AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.92 kcfs at 11:45AM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.91 kcfs at 12:00PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.92 kcfs at 12:15PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.92 kcfs at 12:30PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.9 kcfs at 12:45PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.9 kcfs at 1:00PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.92 kcfs at 1:15PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.91 kcfs at 1:30PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.92 kcfs at 1:45PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.91 kcfs at 2:00PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.92 kcfs at 2:15PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.9 kcfs at 2:30PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.91 kcfs at 2:45PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.9 kcfs at 3:00PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.92 kcfs at 3:15PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.9 kcfs at 3:30PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.91 kcfs at 3:45PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 4:00PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.91 kcfs at 4:15PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 4:30PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 4:45PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 5:00PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 5:15PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 5:30PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 5:45PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 6:00PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 6:15PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 6:30PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 6:45PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 7:00PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.89 kcfs at 7:15PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 7:30PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 11:45PM Aug 24, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 12:00AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 12:15AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 12:30AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 12:45AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 1:00AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 1:15AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 1:30AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 1:45AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 2:00AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 2:15AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 2:30AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 2:45AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 3:00AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.88 kcfs at 3:15AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.86 kcfs at 3:30AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.87 kcfs at 3:45AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.84 kcfs at 4:00AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.85 kcfs at 4:15AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.84 kcfs at 4:30AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.85 kcfs at 4:45AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.84 kcfs at 5:00AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.85 kcfs at 5:15AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.84 kcfs at 5:30AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.85 kcfs at 5:45AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.83 kcfs at 6:00AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.85 kcfs at 6:15AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.84 kcfs at 6:30AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.85 kcfs at 6:45AM Aug 25, 2019Observed: 0.84 kcfs at 7:00AM Aug 25, 2019Forecast: 1 kcfs 8:00AM Aug 25, 2019Forecast: 1.03 kcfs 2:00PM Aug 25, 2019Forecast: 1.06 kcfs 8:00PM Aug 25, 2019Forecast: 1.09 kcfs 2:00AM Aug 26, 2019Forecast: 1.12 kcfs 8:00AM Aug 26, 2019Forecast: 1.12 kcfs 2:00PM Aug 26, 2019Highest Forecast: 1.13 kcfs 8:00PM Aug 26, 2019Forecast: 1.12 kcfs 2:00AM Aug 27, 2019Forecast: 1.12 kcfs 8:00AM Aug 27, 2019USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesWBXM1(plotting QTIRZ) Graph Created (7:35AM Aug 25, 2019)ObservedForecast (issued 11:01AM Aug 24)Latest observed value: 0.84 kcfs at 7:00 AM EDT 25-Aug-2019. Flood Flow is 27 kcfs
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Flood Categories (in KCFS)
Major Flood Flow: 40
Moderate Flood Flow: 35
Flood Flow: 27
Action Flow: 20
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 58,200 cfs on 03/22/1936
(2) 38,400 cfs on 04/03/1987
(3) 30,959 cfs on 06/18/1998
(4) 28,600 cfs on 05/02/1923
(5) 25,900 cfs on 05/06/1940

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 30,959 cfs on 06/18/1998
(2) 38,400 cfs on 04/03/1987
(3) 25,900 cfs on 05/06/1940
(4) 58,200 cfs on 03/22/1936
(5) 28,600 cfs on 05/02/1923

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.
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36900 Water Street in saco floods.
31000 Irving Street and Diamond Park in Saco flooded.
27000 Route 112 in West Buxton floods.
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Latitude: 43.665917° N, Longitude: 70.602700° 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
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