LOCATION.--Lat 42° 09’16", long 71°
08’47", Norfolk County, Hydrologic Unit 01090001, on right bank 100 ft
downstream from Washington Street Bridge at Canton, 200 ft downstream from
Forge Pond Dam, and 900 ft downstream from Massapoag Brook.
DRAINAGE AREA.--27.2 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: October 1952 to current year.
Water-quality records: Water years 1959, 1967–68.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1901: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 80.18 ft above sea level
(Massachusetts Department of Public Works benchmark).
REMARKS.--Records good. Flow regulated by Forge, Bolivar, Massapoag, and
Reservoir Ponds, and other ponds upstream. Flow affected by diversions for
municipal supply of Canton and Stoughton. Satellite gage-height telemeter at
station.
COOPERATION BY.-- Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources and Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Watershed
Management.
