Discontinuation of Plum Island River at TPK Bridge at Plum Island, MA Streamgaging Station

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. Concrete control since Oct. 6, 1933. Datum of gage is 826.66 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to July 27, 1916, nonrecording 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.