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ICE EFFECTS ON STREAMFLOW
The formation of ice on rivers can cause discharge values to appear unusually high. Display of these erroneous discharge data may result in improper assessment of flow conditions and misuse of the data. For this reason, display of discharge values for streams significantly affected by ice may be disabled from view. Display of discharge data will resume when ice conditions are no longer present. Discharge values for streams minimally affected by ice will continue to be displayed. Flows for streams with these conditions appear to increase during the night and decrease to near-base-line conditions around midday. To estimate the correct discharge for these streams, use the flow rate that corresponds to the bottom of the discharge curve, rather than the peak that corresponds to the top of the curve. Note that this method of estimation is possible only when no surface runoff is occurring. Daily mean discharges for periods of both significant and minimal ice-effect will be estimated and published in the Annual Water-Data Report for the water year in which they occurred.
LOCATION--Lat 42o26'09", long
71o15'38", Middlesex County, Hydrologic Unit
01090001, 250 ft upstream of Lincoln Street, 270 ft upstream from
Cambridge Reservoir, and 1.9 mi southwest of Lexington.
DRAINAGE AREA--0.41 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1997 to September 1998; December 2003
to current year.
GAGE.--Data Collection Platform with telephone telemeter. Datum
of gage is 174.20 ft above NAVD 1988, estimated from topographic map.
Datum of gage previously reported as 175 ft above NGVD 1929, estimated
from topographic map.
COOPERATION BY--Cambridge
Water Department
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
Title: USGS Surface-Water Daily Data for Massachusetts
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Page Contact Information: Massachusetts Water Data Support Team
Page Last Modified: 2024-11-23 11:15:19 EST
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