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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01176000 QUABOAG RIVER AT WEST BRIMFIELD, MA
LOCATION - Lat 42°10'56", long 72°15'51" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Hampden County, MA, Hydrologic Unit 01080204, on right bank 10 ft upstream from abandoned highway bridge site at West Brimfield, 0.9 mi upstream from Blodgett Mill Brook, 3.5 mi northeast of Palmer, and 9.9 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 150 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY -
WSP 451: 1916. WSP 1301: 1918(M). WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage area.
Jan 25-27 2018 ice effected data was revised.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Discharge: August 1909 to July 1912 (twice-daily gage heights and corresponding discharges), August 1912 to current year. Water-quality records: Water years 1953, 1967, 1969-70, 1972-74.
GAGE - Data Collection Platform with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 390 ft above NAVD 1988, estimated from topographic map. Prior to May 11, 2020, datum reported as 390 ft above NGVD 1929, estimated from topographic map. Prior to Aug. 19, 1912, non-recording gage, and Aug. 19, 1912, to Oct. 31, 1955, water-stage recorder, at several sites 0.5 mi downstream at different datum.
COOPERATION - Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources.
REMARKS - Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mill upstream prior to 1956; regulation much greater prior to 1938. High flow slightly affected by retarding reservoirs since 1965.
Maximum peak flow 12,800 ft³/s Aug 19, 1955 from rating curve extended above 2,700 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow.
Maximum peak stage 15.36 ft Aug 19, 1955 from flood marks, present site and datum.
Maximum peak flow 12,800 ft³/s Aug 19, 1955 from rating curve extended above 2,700 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow.
Maximum peak stage 15.36 ft Aug 19, 1955 from flood marks, present site and datum.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water-quality records: Water years 1953, 1967, 1969-70, 1972-74.
