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LOCATION--Lat 42° 34’10", long 71°
01’39", Essex County, Hydrologic Unit 01090001, on right
bank in Peabody, 700 ft downstream from Boston Street Bridge at South
Middleton, 1.3 mi downstream from Wills Brook, and 2 mi south of
Middleton.
DRAINAGE AREA--44.5 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD--Discharge: June 1938 to current year.
Water-quality records: Water years 1957, 1959, 1999.
REVISED RECORDS--WSP 1301: 1942(M). WSP 1621: 1938–58
(monthly runoff). WDR MA-RI-84-1: drainage area.
GAGE--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Datum of
gage is 44.97 ft above sea level (Massachusetts Geodetic Survey
benchmark.)
REMARKS--Flow affected by upstream withdrawals for municipal
supply of Lynn, Lynnfield, North Reading, and Wilmington. Occasional
regulation by mill upstream Diversions upstream for municipal supply of
Reading, Lynn, and Peabody.
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
