USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

01116500 PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON, RI

LOCATION - Lat 41°45'03", long 71°26'44" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Providence County, RI, Hydrologic Unit 01090004, on left bank at Cranston, and 0.7 mi upstream from Pocasset River.

DRAINAGE AREA - 200 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 971: 1940-42. WSP 1381: 1940-41(M). WDR-MA-NH-RI-VT-73-1: 1972 (adjusted monthly and yearly figures only).

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Discharge: December 1939 to current year.

GAGE - Data Collection Platform with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 7.16 ft above NAVD 1988, estimated from topographic map. Datum of gage previously reported as 8 ft above NGVD 1929, estimated from topographic map.

COOPERATION - Rhode Island Water Resources Board.

REMARKS - Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated by powerplants and by Scituate Reservoir 13 mi upstream, Flat River Reservoir, and other reservoirs, combined usable capacity, about 6,000,000,000 ft³. Diversion from Scituate Reservoir for municipal supply of Providence, East Providence, North Providence, Cranston, Greenville, Johnston, East Smithfield, Smithfield, Warwick, West Warwick, Coventry, East Greenwich, and West Greenwich.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Water-quality records: Water years 1962-2002.
REVISED RECORDS: WSP 971: 1940-42. WSP 1381: 1940-41(M). WDR-MA-NH-RI-VT-73-1: 1972 (adjusted monthly and yearly figures only).