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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 42° 40'00.1", long 73°
01'48.6.1" Berkshire County, Referenced to North American
Datum of 1983, Hydrologic Unit 01080203 located on the right bank, 150
ft upstream of the bridge on South County Road, at Florida, MA.
DRAINAGE AREA--6.47 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD-- November 2014 to current year.
GAGE--Data Collection Platform with satellite telemeter.
DATUM--Gage is 1,541 ft above North American Vertical Datum of
1988.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD--July 2015 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION--Water temperature and specific conductance
monitor.
COOPERATION BY--Massachusetts Department of
Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water
Resources.
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Most Recent Instantaneous Value Feb 25 | Min (2015) | 25th percen- tile | Median | Mean | 75th percen- tile | Max (2016) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-- unavailable -- | 3.67 | 9.4 | 39 | 65 | 134 | 155 |