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LOCATION--Lat 42° 34'43" (revised), long 72°
34'30", Franklin County, Hydrologic Unit 01080201, on left
bank 75 ft downstream from railroad bridge at Montague City, 1,000 ft
downstream from Deerfield River, and at mile 119.0.
DRAINAGE AREA--7,860 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD--Discharge: March 1904 to current year. Prior
to October 1929, published as "at Sunderland." Records
published for both sites October 1929 to September 1932.
Water-quality records: Water years 1994–95.
REVISED RECORDS--WSP 471: 1904–17. WSP 741: 1930–32.
WSP 781: 1928(M). WSP 1051: 1905, 1909–10, 1912–14, 1920,
1922–23, 1925–26, 1928, drainage area at Sunderland. WSP
1301: 1905(M), 1914–19(M), 1930–31(M). WDR MA-RI-84-1:
drainage area.
GAGE--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Datum of
gage is 99.87 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior
to Oct. 1, 1917, nonrecording gage; Oct. 1, 1917, to Oct. 8, 1921,
water-stage recorder used for low stages, nonrecording gage otherwise;
and Oct. 9, 1921, to Sept. 30, 1932, water-stage recorder; all at site
9 mi downstream at datum 1.00 ft lower. Since Oct. 1, 1929, water-stage
recorder at present site and datum.
REMARKS--Flow regulated by powerplants and by First Connecticut
and Second Connecticut Lakes, Lake Francis, Moore and Comerford
Reservoirs, and other reservoirs, combined usable capacity, about
43,400,000,000 cubic feet.
COOPERATION BY--Massachusetts Department of
Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources, Department of
Environmental Protection, Office of Watershed Management, and U.S.
Geological Survey Federal Network
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