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This reservoir gage may be discontinued due to lack of funding on 11/18/2024. If a new funding source is not identified, it will be discontinued. Please contact Jason Pollender at jpollend@usgs.gov for more information.

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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2010-08-28 2024-10-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2013-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01098499 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Water data back to 2010 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01098499 n/a
Site name
LAKE COCHITUATE AT FRAMINGHAM, MA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 421854.51 n/a
DMS longitude 0712301.71 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.31514167 n/a
Decimal longitude -71.3838083 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Massachusetts 25
State
Massachusetts 25
County
Middlesex County 017
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 129 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 2 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Concord 01070005
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20100723 n/a
Drainage area
21.10 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 21.1 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number 244100100 n/a