LOCATION.--Lat 42° 34'43" (revised), long
72° 34'30", Franklin County, Hydrologic Unit
01080201, on left bank 75 ft downstream from railroad bridge at Montague City,
1,000 ft downstream from Deerfield River, and at mile 119.0.
DRAINAGE AREA.--7,860 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: March 1904 to current year. Prior to October
1929, published as "at Sunderland." Records published for both sites
October 1929 to September 1932.
Water-quality records: Water years 1994–95.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 471: 1904–17. WSP 741: 1930–32. WSP 781: 1928(M).
WSP 1051: 1905, 1909–10, 1912–14, 1920, 1922–23, 1925–26, 1928, drainage area at Sunderland. WSP 1301: 1905(M),
1914–19(M), 1930–31(M). WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 99.87 ft above sea level.
Prior to Oct. 1, 1917, nonrecording gage; Oct. 1, 1917, to Oct. 8, 1921,
water-stage recorder used for low stages, nonrecording gage otherwise; and
Oct. 9, 1921, to Sept. 30, 1932, water-stage recorder; all at site 9 mi
downstream at datum 1.00 ft lower. Since Oct. 1, 1929, water-stage recorder at
present site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except those above 50,000 ft3/s, which
are fair. Flow regulated by powerplants and by First Connecticut and Second
Connecticut Lakes, Lake Francis, Moore and Comerford Reservoirs, and other
reservoirs, combined usable capacity, about 43,400,000,000 ft3.
Telephone and satellite gage-height telemeters at station.
COOPERATION BY.-- Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources, Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Watershed
Management, and U.S. Geological Survey Federal Network.
Mass.Dept. Of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Water Supply Protection.
