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USGS 01104420 CAMBRIDGE RES., UNNAMED TRIB 3, NR LEXINGTON, MA

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION--Middlesex County, Hydrologic Unit 01090001, on right bank, 20 feet downstream of culvert on State Highway 128, 1,700 feet upstream of Cambridge Reservoir, and 2.5 mi. southwest of Lexington.
DRAINAGE AREA--0.77 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD--September 1997 to September 1998; November 2011 to current year.
GAGE--Data Collection Platform with telephone telemeter. Datum of gage is 179.20 ft above NAVD 1988, estimated from topographic map.
COOPERATION BY--Cambridge Water Department

This station managed by the Northborough, MA Field Office.  
Available Parameters Available Period
  
2012-03-26  2025-09-25
1997-10-24  2025-09-25
2013-05-02  2025-09-25
2012-01-31  2025-09-25
2012-02-08  2025-09-25
2012-01-31  2025-09-25







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Summary of all available data for this site
Instantaneous-data availability statement


Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, 25ft Downstream of pier

Most recent instantaneous value: 18.9 09-25-2025   20:30 EDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 0.33 09-25-2025   20:30 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Sep 25 based on 12 water years of record more
Min
(2020)
25th
percen-
tile
Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Sep 25
Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Max
(2018)
0.01 0.07 0.15 0.33 0.57 0.7 3.12


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 1.27 09-25-2025   20:30 EDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius, 25ft Downstream of pier

Most recent instantaneous value: 761 09-25-2025   20:30 EDT
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Barometric pressure (BP), uncorrected, pounds per square inch

Most recent instantaneous value: 14.4852 09-25-2025   20:30 EDT
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Chloride, water, filtered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter

Most recent instantaneous value: 200 09-25-2025   20:30 EDT
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