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