USGS 01098530 SUDBURY RIVER AT SAXONVILLE, MA

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION--Lat 42°19’31", long 71°23’53", Middlesex County, Hydrologic Unit 01070005, on left bank at downstream side of new Danforth Street Bridge, at Saxonville, 600 ft east of Elm Street, 700 ft downstream from confluence with Lake Cochituate Outlet, and 0.7 mi downstream from Saxonville Dam.
DRAINAGE AREA--106 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD--Discharge: November 1979 to current year.
Water-quality records: Water years 1994–95.
GAGE--Data Collection Platform with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 109.78 ft above NAVD 1988, from Massachusetts Department of Public Works benchmark (Disk 1306). Prior to May 13, 2020, datum reported as 110.55 ft above NGVD 1929, from Massachusetts Department of Public Works benchmark (Disk 1306).
REMARKS--Flow regulated by reservoirs upstream and affected by diversions and spill. Flow may be diverted as needed for emergency use in MWRA metropolitan Boston service area.

This gage is monitored in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Water Supply Protection, Office of Watershed Management, with funding from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority .

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Photo of Sudbury River looking Upstream. Link to the DCR.

Photo of Sudbury River looking Downstream. Link to the DCR.

Photo of Sudbury River looking Upstream

Photo of Sudbury River looking Downstream

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This station managed by the Northborough MA Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1990-10-01  2023-06-02
2007-10-01  2023-06-02







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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 50.6 06-02-2023   18:15 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jun 2 based on 43 water years of record more
Min
(1995)
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jun 2
25th
percen-
tile
Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Max
(1984)
35.0 50.6 75 133 195 228 1110


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 4.62 06-02-2023   18:15 EDT
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