General Features Data
 

  acres square miles hectares square kilometers
Watershed Area 3,643.18 5.69 1,474.35 14.74
     Land Area 3,131.26 4.89 1,267.18 12.67
     Water Area 511.92 0.80 207.17 2.07
Potter Pond 362.13 0.57 146.55
1.47
Other
149.79
0.23
60.62
0.61
 
 
feet
meters
    
Average Pond Depth
2.0
0.6
    
   
 
inches
feet
centimeters
meters
Tidal Range
7.9
0.7
20
0.2
 
 
parts per thousand
      
Average Salinity
27
  
 
 
days
  
Flushing Time
1.5
 
Year Pemanently Breached
1910
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Important Notes:
Other water area may be a mix of fresh and marine/estuarine types
Watershed area includes all water area
Land area is watershed area less all water area

Data References:
Watershed, water & land areas from RIGIS 2001
Depth data from Lee 1980
Tidal Rnge data from Lee & Olsen 1985
Salinity data from Lee 1980
Flushing time data from Desbonnet & Lee 1996
 

For more information on this project,contact Virginia Lee.

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