LOCATION.--Lat 42° 10’39", long 71°
12’05", Norfolk County, Hydrologic Unit 01090001, on left bank 200 ft
upstream from Pleasant Street Bridge, 200 ft downstream from railroad bridge,
0.45 mi downstream from Hawes Brook, and 0.5 mi south of Norwood.
DRAINAGE AREA.--34.7 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: October 1939 to current year. October 1939
monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1301.
Water-quality records: Water years 1958–59, 1966–68, 1999.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR MA-RI-78-1: 1976(M). WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 44.04 ft above sea level.
Since Oct. 1, 1960, recording orifice at upstream side of railroad bridge,
at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records good. Flow regulated by mills and reservoirs upstream.
Flow affected by several diversions upstream for municipal and industrial
use. Telephone and satellite gage-height telemeters at station.
COOPERATION BY.-- Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources and Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Watershed
Management.
