Pootatuck River at Sandy Hook, CT

USGS Site No: 01203510Pootatuck River • Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT

Pootatuck River at Sandy Hook, CT on the Pootatuck River is currently at 16 cfs (Low — 25th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 3.14 ft.

Reading from

16
CFS Discharge
3.14
Gage Height (ft)
Low
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 13
25th Low threshold 16 Today: 16 cfs
50th (Median) Normal (median) 23
75th High threshold 42
95th Very High threshold 193

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.

1.1k 567 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 21
May 27, 2026 25
May 26, 2026 42
May 25, 2026 59
May 24, 2026 55
May 23, 2026 15
May 22, 2026 15
May 21, 2026 16
May 20, 2026 16
May 19, 2026 19
May 18, 2026 18
May 17, 2026 19
May 16, 2026 21
May 15, 2026 24
Apr 21, 2026 25
Apr 20, 2026 27
Apr 19, 2026 27
Apr 18, 2026 28
Apr 17, 2026 31
Apr 16, 2026 33
Apr 15, 2026 33
Apr 14, 2026 35
Apr 13, 2026 37
Apr 12, 2026 31
Apr 11, 2026 35
Apr 10, 2026 41
Apr 9, 2026 38
Apr 8, 2026 41
Apr 7, 2026 45
Apr 6, 2026 60

Station Information

USGS Site No
01203510
State
CT
Coordinates
41.4193, -73.2821
Drainage Area
25 mi²
Datum (ft)
226.2
HUC Code
011000051001
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
384 cfs
May 6, 2025
Min discharge
5 cfs
Sep 4, 2025

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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