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USGS 01104500 CHARLES RIVER AT WALTHAM, MA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°22'20",   Longitude 71°14'03"   NAD27
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Hydrologic Unit 01090001
Drainage area: 251 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 227 square miles,
Datum of gage: 19.21 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1976-02-01  2026-01-22  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1931-08-04  2026-01-20  34498 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1931-08-04  2025-06-01 34271 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1931-08  2025-06  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1931  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1932-04-01  2023-03-14  92 
 Field measurements 1931-06-18  2025-11-25  306 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1952-10-21  2006-07-12  209 
 Water-Year Summary 2005  2024  20 
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