LOCATION--Lat 42^o12'40", long 70^o55'47", Norfolk County, Hydrologic Unit 01090001, on Whitman's Pond Dam, approximately 1,000 ft upstream from Iron Hill Dam, and 1,300 ft upstream from Whitman's Pond Outlet gage below Iron Hill Street, at East Weymouth, MA.
DRAINAGE AREA--12.4 mi².
PERIOD OF RECORD--January 2002 to current year.
GAGE--Data Collection Platform with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage at Town of Weymouth datum. Subtract 6.67 ft from gage height values to adjust to NAVD 1988. Subtract 5.83 ft from gage height values to adjust to NGVD 1929.
REMARKS--Flows affected by withdrawals for public water supply of Weymouth. High flows affected by diversions to flood by-pass system at Iron Hill Dam. The Old Swamp River gage (01105600) is located 0.4 mi upstream from Whitman's Pond, South Cove, and points of water withdrawals and diversions.
COOPERATION BY--Town of Weymouth, MA

FLOOD BY-PASS SIPHON INFORMATION--The flood by-pass system includes four siphon openings located at Iron Hill Pond Dam which are designed to by-pass flood flows around the Iron Hill Pond Dam fish ladder directly to the flood by-pass system. By-pass flood flows discharge to the inter-tidal zone downstream of Jackson Square. The following list shows the bottom elevations for each set of four siphon openings. Siphon Unit 2 is the first unit to by-pass flood flows.

Iron Hill Pond Dam--flows by-pass Iron Hill Pond fish ladder and enter flood by-pass system when Iron Hill Pond elevation exceeds the following siphon inlet elevations (Town of Weymouth Datum, in feet):

Photo of Whitman's Pond and Iron Hill Pond Gage Shelter
Photo of Iron Hill Pond Sensor Location