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LOCATION--Lat 42° 32’09", long 72°
39’14", Franklin County, Hydrologic Unit 01080203, on right
bank 0.4 mi downstream from South River, 1.2 mi west of West Deerfield,
2.5 mi west of Deerfield, and 9.2 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA--557 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD--Discharge: March to November 1904, January
1905, March to December 1905, October 1940 to current year, published
as "at Deerfield" 1904–5.
Water-quality records: June 1994.
REVISED RECORDS--WDR MA-RI-84-1: drainage area. WDR MA-RI-92-1:
1991.
GAGE--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Elevation
of gage is 155 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from
topographic map. Prior to Dec. 16, 1905, non-recording gage at site 1.5
mi downstream at different datum.
REMARKS--Flow regulated since 1913 by Somerset Reservoir, since
1924 by Harriman Reservoir, and by several powerplants upstream.
Satellite gage-height telemeter at station.
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
