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USGS 01162500 PRIEST BROOK NEAR WINCHENDON, MA

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
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LOCATION.--Lat 42° 40’57", long 72° 06’56", Worcester County, Hydrologic Unit 01080202, on right bank 100 ft downstream from highway bridge, 3 mi upstream from mouth, and 3.5 mi west of Winchendon.
DRAINAGE AREA.--19.4 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: May 1916 to current year. Monthly discharge only October 1917 to July 1918 (published in WSP 1301) and September 1935 to September 1936.
Water-quality records: August 1994.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 451: 1916. WSP 871: Drainage area. WSP 1051: 1919, 1922–24. WSP 1301: 1917(M), 1919–24(M),1926–27(M), 1929(M), 1931–35(M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Concrete control since September 1936. Datum of gage is 849.67 ft above sea level. Prior to Sept. 11, 1936, nonrecording gage on left bank at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are fair. Prior to 1962, occasional diurnal fluctuation at low flow by mill upstream; prior to 1953, regulation at low flow by mill and ponds. 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.


 
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 16   11-19-2004  09:15
Graph of  Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 01
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 85 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
16  .70 26.8 188 6.82 18.0 42.0

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 11/19 have been greater than the value shown.


Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 2.70   11-19-2004  09:15
Graph of  Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 03

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