LOCATION.--Lat 42° 37’33", long 72°
51’20", Franklin County, Hydrologic Unit 01080203, on left bank 0.8 mi
east of Charlemont, 2.5 mi downstream from Chickley River, and at mile 24.5.
DRAINAGE AREA.--361 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: June 1913 to current year.
Water-quality records: Water years 1954–55, 1958, 1967–69, 1995.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 781: 1915(M). WSP 1301: 1918(M). WDR MA-RI-84-1:
Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 517.36 ft above sea level.
REMARKS--Records good except those above 1,000 ft3/s, which are
fair. Flow regulated by Somerset Reservoir, since 1924 by Harriman Reservoir,
and by several powerplants upstream. Telephone and satellite gage-height
telemeter at station. Measurements of water temperature and air temperature
were made during the year.
COOPERATION BY.-- New England Power Company.
