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LOCATION--Lat 42° 35’51", long 72°
26’19", Franklin County, Hydrologic Unit 01080202, on right
bank 75 ft downstream from bridge at Farley, 0.6 mi upstream from
Mormon Hollow Brook, 2.4 mi downstream from Erving, and 5.5 mi upstream
from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA--372 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD--Discharge: August 1914 to June 1915
(twice-daily gage heights and corresponding discharge), July 1915 to
current year.
Water-quality records: Water years 1953, 1965–66, 1994.
REVISED RECORDS--WSP 641: 1920(M). WSP 781: 1928(M), 1933(M).
WSP 1301: 1915(M). WDR MA-RI-84-1: drainage area.
GAGE--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Elevation
of gage is 380 ft above sea level, from topographic map. Prior to June
30, 1915, nonrecording gage, June 30, 1915, to Sept. 20, 1938,
water-stage recorder, and Sept. 21 to Dec. 31, 1938, non- recording
gage, at site 2.2 mi upstream at different datum. Jan. 1 to Mar. 29,
1939, nonrecording gage, and Mar. 30, 1939, to Sept. 12, 1941,
water-stage recorder, at site 0.4 mi downstream at different
datum.
REMARKS--Flow regulated by powerplants and by Lake Monomonac and
other reservoirs; high flow regulated by Birch Hill Reservoir 22 mi
upstream since 1941 and Tully Lake since 1948. Greater regulation by
powerplants prior to 1966.
COOPERATION BY--Massachusetts Department of
Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources and Department
of Environmental Protection, Office of Watershed
Management
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U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
