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LOCATION--Lat 42° 06'24", long 72° 41'58",
Hampden County, Hydrologic Unit 01080206, on left bank 0.7 mi
downstream from Great Brook, 3 mi east of Westfield, and 8.1 mi
upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA--497 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD--Discharge: June 1914 to current year.
Water Quality: Water years 1952–53, 1957, 1967–74,
1994.
REVISED RECORDS--WSP 601: 1924(M). WSP 756: drainage area. WSP
1051: 1919–21(M), 1925(M). WSP 1231: 1915–16(M),
1920.
GAGE--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Datum of
gage is 98.25 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior
to Nov. 3, 1933, on right bank at same datum.
REMARKS--Flow regulated by Borden Brook Reservoir, Cobble
Mountain Reservoir since 1931, Knightville Reservoir since 1941, and
Littleville Lake since 1965. High flow slightly affected by retarding
reservoirs since 1963. Diversion from Little River for municipal supply
of Springfield. Telephone and satellite gage-height telemeters 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
