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Water-Year Summary for Site 01332500

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
01332500 HOOSIC RIVER NEAR WILLIAMSTOWN, MA
LOCATION - Lat 42°42'01", long 73°09'34" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Berkshire County, MA, Hydrologic Unit 02020003, on left bank 0.3 mi downstream from Sherman Brook and 2.7 mi east of junction of U.S. Highway 7 and State Highway 2 in Williamstown.
DRAINAGE AREA - 126 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Discharge: July 1940 to current year. Water-quality records: Water years 1953-54, 1957-58, 1967-69.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 616.11 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers benchmark) and 615.55 ft above NAVD of 1988. Prior to June 6, 1979, at site 1.2 mi downstream at different datum.
COOPERATION - Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources.
REMARKS -

Prior to 1966, slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills upstream. Some regulation by Cheshire Reservoir 16 miles upstream.

Water Years 2017-22: Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

  • WY2016: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Jan. 13-29, Feb. 11-16, and period of no gage-height record, July 20-27, which are poor.
  • WY2015: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Dec. 30 to Jan. 3, Jan. 9-18, and Jan. 26 to Mar. 4, which are poor.
  • WY2014: Records are good, except those for estimated daily discharges, and those for discharges greater than 3,500 cfs, which are poor.

    • Note: The maximum peak flow of 14,900 cfs on Aug. 28, 2011 was based on a rating curve extended above 3,500 ft³/s. The maximum peak stage of 14.58 on Aug. 28, 2011 was determined from a peak-stage indicator.
    WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
    PERIOD OF RECORD - Water-quality records: Water years 1953-54, 1957-58, 1967-69.