Genesee River at Avon, NY

Site ID: AVON6

County: Livingston

Ownership: USGS

NWS Hydrologic Service Area: WFO BUF

Gage is located on right bank 250 feet downstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 20 (State highway 5), 0.3 miles west of Avon, 0.8 miles downstream from Conesus Creek, and 35.6 miles upstream from mouth.

USGS 1:24000 map: Avon

Latitude: 42° 55' 04"

Longitude: 77° 45' 27"

Basin area: 1673 Sq. Mi.

Gage Datum: 500.11 ft msl

Record stage: 40.67 ft on 25 June 1972

and flow: 16,500 cfs

Dams upstream: Mount Morris Dam, an Army Corps of Engineers flood control dam.

Dams downstream: Several power projects.

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Mean monthly flow (x 1000cfs) and CSM (1955 - 1993)

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep

Flow

1.0 1.6 2.3 2.0 2.3 4.2 4.6 2.3 1.3 .85 .51 .62

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CSM


0.6 0.9 1.4 1.2 1.4 2.5 2.8 1.4 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.4

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Annual 1964 cfs/ 1.2 CSM
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