SACO RIVER BASIN
01064801 BEARCAMP RIVER AT SOUTH TAMWORTH, NH
LOCATION.--Lat 43°49'48", long 71°17'18", Carroll County, Hydrologic Unit 01060002, on right bank,0.7 mi upstream of
Sanger Brook, 0.8 mi east of South Tamworth, 1.0 mi downstream of Cold Brook, 1.1 mi west of Whittier.
DRAINAGE AREA.--67.6 mi².
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge records: April 1993 to current year. Published as "near South Tamworth" prior to
October 1995.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest stage gage. Elevation of gage is 490 ft above sea level, from topographic map.
Formaly published as Bear Camp River.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are fair.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Peak discharges greater than base discharge of 1,000 ft³/s and maximum (*):
Discharge Gage height Discharge Gage height
Date Time (ft³/s) (ft) Date Time (ft³/s) (ft)
Oct. 21 2100 3,010 7.56 Apr. 7 1945 1,610 6.38
Nov. 9 1815 1,220 6.10 Apr. 19 1245 2,690 7.27
Dec. 2 1230 * 4,160 * 8.59 Jul. 4 0130 1,970 6.65
Dec. 25 0445 1,730 6.46 Jul. 15 1430 1,050 5.96
Feb. 23 1445 1,350 6.20 Aug. 28 2100 2,650 7.24
Minimum discharge, 12 ft³/s, October 5-8.
DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 19 120 230 157 e60 657 337 461 141 18 22 135
2 15 102 2750 e160 e62 406 265 501 135 17 20 99
3 14 88 1360 e180 61 348 250 342 101 178 20 86
4 13 78 531 e170 59 238 318 370 85 997 19 71
5 12 72 334 144 61 197 426 299 76 243 18 55
6 12 67 248 186 64 181 622 318 68 130 18 44
7 12 68 209 e150 60 163 1020 566 62 80 17 38
8 12 238 200 e110 58 e140 963 351 57 62 15 105
9 25 794 206 e91 56 e125 521 277 52 51 15 91
10 44 446 170 e91 55 e130 354 255 48 195 20 66
11 67 261 147 e90 54 e110 285 240 46 136 16 57
12 43 195 137 e85 54 e100 258 216 46 77 15 162
13 31 157 135 e80 53 e95 289 228 92 55 21 156
14 26 131 133 e77 50 e120 355 227 73 44 48 123
15 22 111 136 e74 55 e110 349 230 50 556 30 89
16 19 98 139 e76 54 e100 376 303 39 544 33 66
17 18 94 245 e78 52 e96 468 288 35 282 32 51
18 17 88 545 e72 51 91 1120 231 37 197 25 47
19 16 85 487 e67 112 e85 2390 212 163 240 20 40
20 46 82 460 e65 639 e80 1360 238 118 173 17 36
21 1830 76 e300 e62 392 76 725 230 71 119 24 42
22 1830 70 e220 e62 e550 74 561 197 54 89 97 36
23 610 66 195 e69 1160 76 492 180 43 66 65 33
24 350 62 299 e68 858 73 456 167 36 55 43 31
25 239 59 1120 e66 e520 68 372 156 31 47 32 29
26 175 74 e460 e72 e380 94 337 155 29 40 28 28
27 140 100 319 e70 432 140 343 137 e25 36 31 27
28 123 73 240 e67 e700 138 511 121 e23 33 449 26
29 109 68 232 e66 --- 185 576 116 e21 30 1010 30
30 102 68 336 e65 --- 315 485 104 e19 26 399 42
31 140 --- e200 e62 --- 433 --- 98 --- 24 203 ---
TOTAL 6131 4091 12723 2932 6762 5244 17184 7814 1876 4840 2822 1941
MEAN 198 136 410 94.6 242 169 573 252 62.5 156 91.0 64.7
MAX 1830 794 2750 186 1160 657 2390 566 163 997 1010 162
MIN 12 59 133 62 50 68 250 98 19 17 15 26
CFSM 2.93 2.02 6.07 1.40 3.57 2.50 8.47 3.73 .93 2.31 1.35 .96
IN. 3.37 2.25 7.00 1.61 3.72 2.89 9.46 4.30 1.03 2.66 1.55 1.07
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1993 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 140 182 204 168 141 167 505 213 63.0 82.8 44.5 33.5
MAX 258 302 410 331 242 257 632 398 94.2 178 91.0 64.7
(WY) 1996 1996 1997 1996 1997 1995 1993 1996 1996 1996 1997 1997
MIN 41.9 66.2 61.9 55.0 51.0 87.6 129 77.4 47.2 17.0 18.9 9.52
(WY) 1995 1995 1996 1994 1994 1994 1995 1993 1995 1995 1995 1995
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1993 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 83524.6 74360
ANNUAL MEAN 228 204 163
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 217 1996
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 94.6 1995
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2900 Apr 17 2750 Dec 2 3400 Apr 11 1993
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 7.6 Sep 7 12 Oct 5 4.5 Sep 7 1995
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 8.5 Sep 2 13 Oct 2 5.0 Sep 2 1995
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 4160 Dec 2 4500 Oct 28 1995
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 8.59 Dec 2 8.91 Oct 28 1995
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW a 12 Oct 5 b 4.4 Sep 7 1995
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 3.38 3.01 2.42
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 45.96 40.92 32.82
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 549 475 367
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 110 96 70
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 14 25 16
a Also occurred October 6-8.
b Also occurred September 8, 1995.
e Estimated.
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