LOCATION--Lat 42° 12’36", long 72°
35’44", Hampden County, Hydrologic Unit 01080201, on right
bank, 2,200 ft downstream from dam of Holyoke Water Power Co. in
Holyoke, MA. and at mile 86.
DRAINAGE AREA--8,309 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD--December 1983 to current year.
GAGE--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 43.276 ft
above sea level.
REMARKS--Records good except those for periods of
estimated daily discharge, which are fair. Flow regulated by
powerplants, by First Connecticut and Second Connecticut Lakes, Lake
Francis, Moore and Comerford Reservoirs, and other reservoirs, combined
usable capacity, about 47 billion ft3. Records do not
include water diverted around gage by Holyoke Water Power Company for
industrial use. Telephone and satellite gage-height telemeters at this
station.
COOPERATION BY-- Holyoke Water Power