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Water Resources Conditions in New Hampshire and Vermont
May 2009

By U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
In cooperation with the States of NEW HAMPSHIRE and VERMONT

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SURFACE WATER

Streamflow runoff for New Hampshire and Vermont during May was within the normal range.

View a map of monthly average streamflow for May 2009

RESERVOIR	MONTH-END CONTENTS (million ft³)	% AVERAGE	% FULL
First Connecticut Lake, NH	3010	104	90
Lake Francis, NH	4091	109	95
Lake Winnipesaukee, NH	7400	85	102
Somerset Reservoir, VT	2156	100	86
Harriman Reservoir, VT	4674	106	92

View select surface-water hydrographs through May 2009

GROUND WATER

Groundwater conditions at the end of May across New Hampshire and Vermont were normal to above-normal in 63% of the monitoring wells and below-normal in 37% of the wells.

*in cooperation with the New Hampshire Geological Survey, Department of Environmental Services
**in cooperation with the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Water Supply Division

WELL

START OF RECORD

NET CHANGE
IN MONTH (feet)

NET CHANGE
IN ONE YEAR (feet)

DEPARTURE FROM MONTHLY MEDIAN (feet)

WATER LEVEL BELOW LAND SURFACE DATUM (feet) day

New Hampshire*

ALBANY 14
VS

1995

-1.91

-0.43

-0.53
5.74 26

ALBANY 15
VS

1995

-2.66

-0.78

-0.7
7.69 26

BARNSTEAD 10
VS

1995

-0.96

0.08

-0.24
2.59 26

CAMPTON 34
VS

1988

-0.95

-0.38

-0.3
11.91 27

COLEBROOK 73
VS

1995

-0.56

-0.12

-0.35
7.56 28

CONCORD 2
TS

1963

-0.05

0.22

6.98
34.33 > 28

CONCORD 4
FS

1966

-1.01

-0.15

-0.09
16.07 28

DEERFIELD 46
TS

1984

-0.45

------

0.12
37.72 28

ENFIELD 30
VS

1990

-1.94

33.6

-1.47
3.92 27

EPW 90

-1.22

-22.63

------
25.89 > 28

ERROL 1
VS

1966

1

-1

-1.2
13.0 21

FRANKLIN 1
VS

1966

-0.96

-1.62

1.08
9.53 27

GREENFIELD 75
TS

1995

0.51

------

2
58.22 28

HOOKSETT 5
TR

1965

-0.76

10.73

-1
47.72 28

KEENE 2
VS

1963

-0.09

43.46

0.23
3.18 28

LANCASTER 1
VS

1966

-0.5

2.1

-0.41
1.70 20

LEE 1
FS

1953

-0.31

-28.65

0.27
30.45 28

LISBON 19
VS

1990

-1.47

16.18

-0.4
13.78 27

NASHUA 218
TS

1964

-0.48

-13.29

0.3
27.03 28

NEW DURHAM 53
VS

1986

-0.55

------

-0.07
19.00 26

NEW LONDON 1
ST

1947

-2.9

17.83

-2.76
9.21 < 27

NEWPORT 3
VS

1995

-1.06

12.81

-1.08
6.17 < 27

NEWPORT 6
VS

1995

-1.08

2.08

-1.11
6.26 < 27

OSSIPEE 38
US

1995

-0.14

-28.09

0.37
33.75 26

SHELBURNE 2
GS

1995

-1

0.59

-1.33
5.16 < 26

WARNER 1
TS

1965

-0.73

4.57

0.09
28.26 28

Vermont**

BRIGHTON 1
VS

1966

-0.42

2.32

0.62
2.66 27

BERKSHIRE 1
VS

1966

-0.57

10.68

-1.96
15.74 < 2

CHESTER 1
VS

1966

-1.09

-2.9

-0.94
5.58 < 26

GLOVER 1
TS

1966

0.01

-0.11

0.02
14.85 2

HARTLAND 54
VS

1969

-0.4

-2.88

-0.32
8.34 29

MIDDLEBURY 11

1.42

8.61

0.59
6.03 1

MILTON 3
TS

1956

1.51

-21.15

0.27
28.81 2

MORRISTOWN 1
SS

1966

-0.35

-8.52

0.2
18.04 21

PITTSFORD 8
TS

1957

-0.22

-10.34

0.68
35.25 29

POWNAL 1
VS

1964

0.1

------

0.01
13.40 27

ROCHESTER 1
VS

1966

0.89

8.95

0.59
9.05 1

WAITSFIELD 2
VS

1975

0.35

29.4

0.7
5.65 1

WEST FAIRLEE 1
TS

1966

-0.46

10.84

-0.05
2.78 29

WELL
MEDIAN

MEAS.

RANGE

DIF.

PERCENT

New Hampshire*

ALBANY 14
5.21

5.74

0.64

-0.53

-82.8
BELOW NORMAL

ALBANY 15
6.99

7.69

0.88

-0.7

-79.5
BELOW NORMAL

BARNSTEAD 10
2.35

2.59

0.66

-0.24

-36.4
NORMAL

CAMPTON 34
11.61

11.91

1.44

-0.3

-20.8
NORMAL

COLEBROOK 73
7.21

7.56

0.51

-0.35

-68.6
BELOW NORMAL

CONCORD 2
41.31

34.33

6.76

6.98

103.3
ABOVE NORMAL

CONCORD 4
15.98

16.07

2.39

-0.09

-3.8
NORMAL

DEERFIELD 46
37.84

37.72

1.06

0.12

11.3
NORMAL

ENFIELD 30
2.45

3.92

2.26

-1.47

-65
BELOW NORMAL

EPW 90
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ERROL 1
11.8

13

2.9

-1.2

-40.7
BELOW NORMAL

FRANKLIN 1
10.61

9.53

5.13

1.08

21.1
NORMAL

GREENFIELD 75
60.22

58.22

2.06

2

97.1
ABOVE NORMAL

HOOKSETT 5
46.72

47.72

3.24

-1

-30.9
BELOW NORMAL

KEENE 2
3.41

3.18

3.24

0.23

7.1
NORMAL

LANCASTER 1
1.29

1.7

1.11

-0.41

-36.9
NORMAL

LEE 1
30.72

30.45

2.42

0.27

11.2
ABOVE NORMAL

LISBON 19
13.38

13.78

0.75

-0.4

-53.3
BELOW NORMAL

NASHUA 218
27.33

27.03

2.55

0.3

11.8
NORMAL

NEW DURHAM 53
18.93

19

2.42

-0.07

-2.9
BELOW NORMAL

NEW LONDON 1
6.45

9.21

2.62

-2.76

-105.3
BELOW NORMAL

NEWPORT 3
5.09

6.17

0.63

-1.08

-171.4
BELOW NORMAL

NEWPORT 6
5.15

6.26

0.6

-1.11

-185
BELOW NORMAL

OSSIPEE 38
34.12

33.75

1.29

0.37

28.7
NORMAL

SHELBURNE 2
3.83

5.16

1.15

-1.33

-115.7
BELOW NORMAL

WARNER 1
28.35

28.26

3.06

0.09

2.9
NORMAL

Vermont**

BRIGHTON 1
3.28

2.66

1.11

0.62

55.9
ABOVE NORMAL

BERKSHIRE 1
13.78

15.74

1.42

-1.96

-138
BELOW NORMAL

CHESTER 1
4.64

5.58

0.86

-0.94

-109.3
BELOW NORMAL

GLOVER 1
14.87

14.85

2.76

0.02

0.7
NORMAL

HARTLAND 54
8.02

8.34

1.08

-0.32

-29.6
NORMAL

MIDDLEBURY 11
6.62

6.03

2.37

0.59

24.9
NORMAL

MILTON 3
29.08

28.81

7.11

0.27

3.8
NORMAL

MORRISTOWN 1
18.24

18.04

1.72

0.2

11.6
NORMAL

PITTSFORD 8
35.93

35.25

1.76

0.68

38.6
ABOVE NORMAL

POWNAL 1
13.41

13.4

3.43

0.01

0.3
NORMAL

ROCHESTER 1
9.64

9.05

5.03

0.59

11.7
NORMAL

WAITSFIELD 2
6.35

5.65

1.94

0.7

36.1
ABOVE NORMAL

WEST FAIRLEE 1
2.73

2.78

1.34

-0.05

-3.7
NORMAL

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TOPOGRAPHIC (TOPO) SETTING: F=FLAT, G=FLOOD PLAIN, H=HILLTOP, S=HILLSIDE,
                            T=TERRACE, U=UNDULATING, V=VALLEY, W=UPLAND DRAW
                         LITHOLOGY (LITHO): G=GRAVEL, R=ROCK, S=SAND, T=TILL

View new ground-water hydrographs and statistics through May 2009

for New Hampshire: http://groundwaterwatch.usgs.gov/StateMaps/NH.html
for Vermont: http://groundwaterwatch.usgs.gov/StateMaps/VT.html

View a map of ground-water conditions for May 2009

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