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LOCATION--Lat 41o56'02", long
70o57'25", Plymouth County, Hydrologic Unit
01090004, on right bank at bridge on Titicut Road, 1 mi upstream from
Sawmill Brook, 3.5 mi northwest of Middleboro, and 4.0 mi southeast of
Bridgewater.
DRAINAGE AREA--261 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD--October 1929 to April 1976, April 1985 to May
1988, October 1996 to current year. Published as "at State
Farm" October 1929 to September 1969, and as "at State Farm
near Bridgewater" October 1969 to April 1976.
REVISED RECORDS--WSP 781: 1934. WSP 1051: 1933. WSP 1201: 1931.
WSP 1301: 1930(M), 1933(M), 1935(M). WDR MA-RI-84-1: drainage
area.
GAGE--Water stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Datum of
gage is 9.61 ft above sea level. Prior to October 1996, at sites 40 ft
apart about 600 ft upstream: October 1929 to Sept. 30, 1931, inverted
nonrecording gage with zero of gage at 10.02 ft; Oct. 1, 1931, to June
8, 1934, nonrecording gage, and June 9, 1934, to April 1976, April 1985
to May 1988, water-stage recorders, at present datum.
REMARKS--Flow affected by diversions to and from basin for
municipal supplies. Flow regulated by reservoirs and, prior to about
1975, by powerplants upstream.
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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