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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 01162000 MILLERS RIVER NEAR WINCHENDON, MA

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LOCATION

LOCATION--Lat 42°41’03", long 72°05’02", Worcester County, Hydrologic Unit 01080202, on right bank 10 ft downstream from Nolan Bridge, 0.3 mi downstream from Tarbell Brook, 2 mi west of Winchendon, and at mile 32.8.
DRAINAGE AREA--81.8 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD--Discharge: June 1916 to current year. March to May 1917, monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1301.
Water-quality records: Water years 1957, 1965–66, 1994–95.
GAGE--Data Collection Platform with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 825.92 ft above NAVD 1988. Prior to May 11, 2020, datum reported as 826.66 ft above NGVD 1929. Prior to July 27, 1916, non-recording gage at bridge at same datum.
REMARKS--Flow regulated by powerplant and by Lake Monomonac and other reservoirs upstream, by waste-water treatment plant 500 ft upstream, and infrequent backwater from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Flood-Control Project at Birch Hill Dam.
COOPERATION BY--Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources.

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Available Parameters Available Period
  
1990-10-01  2022-07-04
2007-10-01  2022-07-04







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 13.2 07-04-2022   12:00 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jul 4 based on 106 water years of record more
Min
(1943)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jul 4		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1973)
8.30 13.2 19 36 68 93 412

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.91 07-04-2022   12:00 EDT
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