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Shaded-relief map of The Forks, Maine: rivers, roads, the city limits and where the water drains.
MAINE · SOMERSET COUNTY

The Forks

48 people, 590 ft above sea level in Somerset County.

590 ftElevation, city center
48People, 2024 estimate
40 sq miLand area
Clear 32°
Clear now Dew point 32° · NW 6 mph · high 37°
City of The Forks River Interstate 2 miles
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The The Forks plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in The Forks

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 7:00 PM EST
RIGHT NOW Greenville (KGNR) · 7:56 PM
Clear
32° Clear Feels like 26° · high of 37° near 8 PM
WindNW 6 mphno gusts
Humidity100%rising to 75% by morning
Pressure29.65 in →steady
Visibility— mifog or heavy haze
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 32° · Dry24° by Monday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAINNov. 110.02 in · 3 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Somerset County
NWS Gray and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 8:46 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:36 AM4:11 PM ↓
9 h 34 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
31
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: None, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 24 to 31°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 40° / 27°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
37° 31°
10% rain — NNW 6 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
38° 29°
10% rain — NW 10, gusts 25 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
38° 30°
0% rain — NW 10 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
45° 37°
0% rain — WNW 7 A
WED Nov. 18 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
47° 37°
0% rain — WNW 7 B
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
50° 38°
0% rain — SSW 3 B
FRI Nov. 20 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
49° 34°
10% rain — WNW 6 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over The Forks about 5,000 feet above the ground was over Canada three days ago, and over Ontario a day ago, about 2,570 miles back along its path. It came down from about 9,300 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the Canadian Prairies; at 10,000 feet, from Canada. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What The Forks stands on

The Forks’s center stands about 590 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 560 ft to 1,480 ft, a difference of 920 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Coburn Mountain, about 3,700 ft, 12 miles northwest.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Silurian The Forks Formation (metasiltstone), from the Silurian, 422 to 428 million years old.

The section below crosses 12 rock units mapped at the surface.

The Forks, cut in half from northwest to southeast

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
1,000 ft2,000 ft THE FORKS590 ftHigh point of the line2,870 ft ← NWSE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 8×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Devonian Carrabassett Formation, massive pelite member

Mudstone. Age: Devonian, 359 to 422 million years old. About 11 mi of the line.

Cambrian Hurricane Mountain Formation

Melange. Age: Cambrian, 487 to 542 million years old. About 5 mi of the line.

Devonian Tarratine Formation

Sandstone. Age: Early Devonian, 410 to 414 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.

Ordovician - Cambrian Dead River Formation, lower member

Quartzite. Age: Cambrian to Ordovician, 445 to 542 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.

Silurian The Forks Formation

Metasiltstone. Age: Silurian, 422 to 428 million years old. About 0.9 mi of the line.

Devonian Seboomook Formation

Mudstone, sandstone. Age: Early Devonian, 410 to 414 million years old. About 0.8 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale. 6 smaller units along the line are not listed.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where The Forks’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in The Forks reaches the Atlantic Ocean by way of Kelly Brook and the Kennebec: about 140 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
The Forks≈ 140 mi · the Atlantic Ocean
FROM THE CENTER OF THE FORKS ≈ 140 mi to the Atlantic Ocean Kelly Brook → Kennebec

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of The Forks; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around The Forks on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Portland ME · 113 MI 113 miles south Burlington VT · 172 MI 172 miles west
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MAINE · SOMERSET

The Forks

48 people, 590 ft above sea level in Somerset County.

590 ftElevation
48People
40 sq miLand
Clear 32°
ClearDew point 32°
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Today in The Forks

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy night 37° 5%
11p mostly cloudy night 36° 3%
2a mostly cloudy night 36° 5%
5a mostly cloudy night 36° 7%
8a mostly cloudy day 35° 12%
11a mostly cloudy day 37° 10%
Clear
NEXT RAINNone this week
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What The Forks stands on

The Forks’s center stands about 590 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 560 ft to 1,480 ft, a difference of 920 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Coburn Mountain, about 3,700 ft, 12 miles northwest.

The Forks, northwest to southeast The Forks590 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 16×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center590 ft
Within 3 miles560 to 1,480 ft
Lie of the landSteep hill country (920 ft of relief)
High point nearbyCoburn Mountain, 3,700 ft, 12 mi northwest
Rock at the surfaceSilurian The Forks Formation
Its ageSilurian, 422 to 428 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 140 mito the Atlantic OceanKelly Brook → Kennebec

A raindrop that lands in The Forks reaches the Atlantic Ocean by way of Kelly Brook and the Kennebec: about 140 river miles.