Contoocook River below Hopkinton Dam at West Hopkinton, NH

USGS Site No: 01085500Contoocook River • Merrimack County, NH

Contoocook River below Hopkinton Dam at West Hopkinton, NH on the Contoocook River is currently at 478 cfs (Normal — 53th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 2.37 ft.

Reading from

478
CFS Discharge
2.37
Gage Height (ft)
Normal
Flow Condition
N/A
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 139
25th Low threshold 249
50th (Median) Normal (median) 453
75th High threshold 695 Today: 478 cfs
95th Very High threshold 2,960

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

6k 3k 0 cfs Apr 6 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 579
May 27, 2026 724
May 26, 2026 716
May 25, 2026 480
May 24, 2026 429
May 23, 2026 485
May 22, 2026 571
May 21, 2026 616
May 20, 2026 1,010
May 19, 2026 1,400
May 18, 2026 1,860
May 17, 2026 2,630
May 16, 2026 3,030
May 15, 2026 2,400
Apr 21, 2026 706
Apr 20, 2026 740
Apr 19, 2026 746
Apr 18, 2026 784
Apr 17, 2026 736
Apr 16, 2026 724
Apr 15, 2026 669
Apr 14, 2026 630
Apr 13, 2026 657
Apr 12, 2026 699
Apr 11, 2026 887
Apr 10, 2026 1,010
Apr 9, 2026 1,180
Apr 8, 2026 1,290
Apr 7, 2026 1,440
Apr 6, 2026 1,640

Station Information

USGS Site No
01085500
State
NH
Coordinates
43.1929, -71.7473
Drainage Area
427 mi²
Datum (ft)
355.2
HUC Code
01070003
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
4,630 cfs
May 8, 2025
Min discharge
46 cfs
Sep 21, 2025

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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