LOCATION.--Lat 42° 15’18", long 71°
09’53", Norfolk County, Hydrologic Unit 01090001, on right bank 100 ft
upstream from Washington Street Bridge at Dedham and 0.4 mi downstream from
point of diversion from Charles River.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: October 1931 to current year.
Water-quality records: Water years 1959, 1969–70.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1301: 1932(M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Concrete control since June 10, 1960. Datum of
gage is 0.03 ft below sea level. Dec. 9, 1931, to June 9, 1960, nonrecording
gage at site 200 ft upstream at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharge, which
are poor. Mother Brook is a diversion from Charles River to Neponset River
through Dedham and Hyde Park. Satellite gage-height telemeter at station.
COOPERATION BY.-- Mass. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Urban Parks and Recreation.
