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Quinebaug River below Jewett City

Critical Stages
16.5' - Action
17.5' - Flood
20' - Moderate
21' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 3:30 PM EST 12/7/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 6.38 ft

Flow: 0.948 kcfs

Forecast

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
7 PM 12/7 6.4 0.96
1 AM 12/8 6.3 0.902
7 AM 12/8 6.3 0.902
1 PM 12/8 6.2 0.845
7 PM 12/8 6.2 0.845
1 AM 12/9 6.2 0.845
7 AM 12/9 6.1 0.79
1 PM 12/9 6.1 0.79
7 PM 12/9 6.1 0.79
1 AM 12/10 6 0.738
7 AM 12/10 6 0.738
TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
3:30 PM 12/7 6.38 0.948
3:15 PM 12/7 6.38 0.948
3:00 PM 12/7 6.38 0.948
2:45 PM 12/7 6.39 0.954
2:30 PM 12/7 6.39 0.954
2:15 PM 12/7 6.4 0.96
2:00 PM 12/7 6.4 0.96
1:45 PM 12/7 6.4 0.96
1:30 PM 12/7 6.41 0.965
1:15 PM 12/7 6.41 0.965
1:00 PM 12/7 6.41 0.965
12:45 PM 12/7 6.4 0.96
12:30 PM 12/7 6.41 0.965
12:15 PM 12/7 6.4 0.96
12:00 PM 12/7 6.4 0.96
11:45 AM 12/7 6.4 0.96
11:30 AM 12/7 6.4 0.96
11:15 AM 12/7 6.4 0.96
11:00 AM 12/7 6.4 0.96
10:45 AM 12/7 6.4 0.96
10:30 AM 12/7 6.4 0.96
10:15 AM 12/7 6.41 0.965
10:00 AM 12/7 6.41 0.965
9:45 AM 12/7 6.4 0.96
9:30 AM 12/7 6.41 0.965
9:15 AM 12/7 6.41 0.965
9:00 AM 12/7 6.4 0.96
8:45 AM 12/7 6.41 0.965
8:30 AM 12/7 6.41 0.965
8:15 AM 12/7 6.41 0.965
Hydrograph for Quinebaug River below Jewett City
21' - Water seeps through the walls of an apartment complex on Wedgewood Drive and Dey Street requiring evacuations. Evacuations also occur at the Pauchaug river commons condominium complex and River Run townhouses on south Main Street due to rising water.
20' - Water in basements of numerous residences on School Street, Main Street, Soule Street, Railroad Avenue and Mathewson Street.
17.5' - Norman Road and banjo Sullivan Road are closed with water covering the roadway.
DateStage (ft)
Aug 20, 1955 29
Mar 19, 1936 24
Mar 31, 2010 23.26
Jul 24, 1938 22.5
Jan 26, 1978 19.82
Jun 7, 1982 19.13
Jan 25, 1979 18.44
Oct 16, 2007 17.84
Apr 14, 2004 17.83
Mar 19, 1968 17.25
Apr 16, 2007 16.51
Mar 8, 2011 15.87

Data provided by the National Weather Service.