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USGS Daily Statistics for Massachusetts

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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.


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USGS 01163200 OTTER RIVER AT OTTER RIVER, MA


Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hydrologic Unit Code 01080202
Latitude  42°35'18", Longitude  72°02'29" NAD27
Drainage area 34.1  square miles
Contributing drainage area 34.1  square miles
Gage datum 899.33 feet above NAVD88
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00060, Discharge, cubic feet per second,
Day of
month		 Mean of daily mean values for each day for water year of record in, ft3/s   (Calculation Period 1964-10-01 -> 2025-09-30)

Calculation period restricted by USGS staff due to special conditions at/near site
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1 67 62 76 161 95 77 41 25 22 39 56 72
2 69 60 73 162 93 74 42 25 22 39 53 75
3 67 67 77 164 91 70 40 23 22 37 55 76
4 65 78 78 163 89 65 36 24 20 36 54 75
5 66 79 78 165 87 61 34 25 21 38 52 72
6 65 73 86 165 83 64 36 24 20 37 52 71
7 61 67 102 159 80 70 34 25 25 35 51 72
8 61 62 106 145 76 71 32 29 27 33 50 72
9 62 57 105 134 74 66 33 33 28 38 55 68
10 62 54 103 132 76 60 36 36 28 41 58 69
11 64 58 103 135 80 55 35 34 27 37 58 74
12 67 61 104 134 80 52 31 37 29 39 59 79
13 71 62 104 134 77 52 30 39 26 40 62 78
14 74 62 110 134 77 56 33 35 23 39 63 74
15 73 62 122 129 76 56 31 31 21 45 62 76
16 66 64 118 129 76 50 28 30 21 48 61 74
17 61 66 115 138 79 49 29 26 22 48 63 74
18 59 67 122 129 76 55 32 26 28 45 63 83
19 62 69 124 117 74 53 30 28 36 45 59 83
20 64 67 123 110 73 47 28 32 33 45 58 72
21 63 66 117 105 72 43 27 30 29 52 59 68
22 58 70 123 103 67 40 29 27 28 56 62 78
23 56 77 125 106 63 41 32 26 29 53 66 76
24 63 78 127 110 66 43 34 23 30 52 65 80
25 77 85 126 107 68 40 35 22 32 51 64 90
26 85 90 126 100 68 39 30 20 38 54 65 92
27 90 85 133 101 68 37 27 19 46 56 71 84
28 91 81 135 99 62 37 30 22 46 55 75 77
29 83 99 138 95 57 40 33 27 42 56 75 73
30 74   148 94 64 40 30 27 42 61 72 71
31 68   156   68   25 25   62   67