USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01105584 TOWN BROOK AT DIVERSION TUNNEL AT QUINCY, MA
LOCATION - Lat 42°14'40", long 71°00'16" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Norfolk County, MA, Hydrologic Unit 01090001, on left bank at spillway into Burgin Brook and diversion tunnel, 100 ft west of Burgin Parkway, and 0.5 mi south of Quincy.
DRAINAGE AREA - This site is partially culverted and an exact drainage area is unknown.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Gage height: February 1999 to September 2000; March 2001 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with telephone telemeter. Elevation of gage is to National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929. Elevation of spillway into diversion tunnel is 18.0 ft. Elevation data provided by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
COOPERATION - Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Planning and Engineering.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 19.22 ft above NAVD 88, Nov. 14, 2009; minimum gage height, 14.73 ft above NAVD 88, Sept. 21, 2016.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Precipitation: February 1999 to September 2000; March 2001 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Heated tipping-bucket precipitation gage.