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LOCATION--Lat 42° 14'10", long 72° 16'23",
Hampshire County, Hydrologic Unit 01080204, on right bank 0.5 mi
upstream from Gibbs Crossing, 1.8 mi upstream from Beaver Brook, 2.5 mi
southwest of Ware, and 8.8 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA--197 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD--Discharge: August 1912 to current year.
Water-quality records: Water years 1953–54.
REVISED RECORDS--WSP 1031: 1944. WSP 1301: 1914(M). WDR
MA-RI-84-1: drainage area.
GAGE--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Datum of
gage is 379.79 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior
to Mar. 1, 1930, at site 0.5 mi downstream at different datum.
REMARKS--Diversion at times: Since March 1931 from 96.3
mi2 for supply of Boston metropolitan district and since
1955 from 6.5 mi2 for municipal supply of Fitchburg. Flow
regulated by mills upstream and by Barre Falls Reservoir (see station
01172500) since 1958.
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
