October 2005 Flood



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Flooding in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, October 2005 Heavy rains on October 8-9 and 13-15 resulted in high streamflows throughout the region, including new peaks of record at three U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamflow-gaging stations in western Massachusetts. Streamflow at these stations peaked at levels that are expected to occur about only once every 50 years or more. Throughout the intense rain and flooding, the USGS provided near-real time data on river levels and flows from its network of streamflow-gaging stations that are operated in cooperation with other Federal, state, and local government agencies. These stations provide critically important data to the National Weather Service and others to estimate flood levels and issuing warnings. These data are also used to calculate the magnitude and frequency of floods used for a variety of purposes including the delineation of flood prone areas and road crossings. News Release, October 24, 2005 HTML PDF Preliminary Flood Statistics table HTML PDF Highest October Monthly Mean Discharge table XLS (MS Excel)		Floods Surface-Water Data Ground-Water Data Water-Quality Data Precipitation Droughts
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End of October Water-Conditions		National Water Summary 1988-89--Floods and Droughts: Rhode Island and Massachusetts "Monitoring Our Rivers and Streams" Fact Sheet
October 2005 Water-Conditions Statement Historical Water Condition Statements
End of October 2005 Surface-Water Conditions Surface-water flows at the end of October 2005 were above normal (highest 25 percent of flows for October) for Massachusetts and Rhode Island. New maximum monthly mean discharge values for October were recorded at 28 stream-gaging stations in Massachusetts and 6 stream-gaging stations in Rhode Island, all of which have 20 or more years of record. (...more in our October 2005 Water-Conditions Statement)
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