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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01168500 DEERFIELD RIVER AT CHARLEMONT, MA
LOCATION - Lat 42°37'33.6", long 72°51'15.1" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Franklin County, MA, Hydrologic Unit 01080203, on left bank 0.8 mi east of Charlemont, 2.5 mi downstream from Chickley River, and at mile 24.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - 361 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 781: 1915(M). WSP 1301: 1918(M). WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Discharge: June 1913 to current year. Water-quality records: Water years 1954-55, 1958, 1967-69, 1995.
GAGE - Data Collection Platform with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 516.84 ft above NAVD 1988. Datum previously reported as 517.36 ft above NGVD 1929.
COOPERATION - Trans Canada Hydro of New England.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Somerset Reservoir, since 1924 by Harriman Reservoir, and by several power plants upstream.
WY2016: Records are good.
WY2015: Records good, except for periods of doubtful gage-height record, Oct. 22 to Mar. 3, which are fair, and Mar. 3 to June 17, which are poor.
WY2014: Records are fair.
NOTE: The historical peak flow of 56,300 cfs on Sept. 21, 1938 was based on a rating curve extended above 31,000 ft³/s on the basis of slope-area and contracted-opening measurements at gage heights 17.75 ft and 20.17 ft. The historical peak stage of 20.17 ft was determined from floodmarks.
NOTE: The historical peak flow of 56,300 cfs on Sept. 21, 1938 was based on a rating curve extended above 31,000 ft³/s on the basis of slope-area and contracted-opening measurements at gage heights 17.75 ft and 20.17 ft. The historical peak stage of 20.17 ft was determined from floodmarks.
