LOCATION.--Lat 42° 37’47", long 72°
09’03", Worcester County, Hydrologic Unit 01080202, on right bank 500
ft downstream from King Street bridge in South Royalston, 0.4 mi downstream
from Beaver Brook, 1.7 mi downstream from Birch Hill Dam, and at mile 25.5.
DRAINAGE AREA.--189 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: July 1939 to current year (data publication
discontinued September 30, 1990).
Water-quality records: Water year 1957, 1965-66.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 792.00 ft above sea level
(U.S. Army Corps of Engineers benchmark).
REMARKS.-- Flow regulated by Lake Manomonac and other reservoirs, by mills
and powerplants prior to 1955, and at high flow by Birch Hill Dam since 1941.
COOPERATION BY.--U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers.