LOCATION.--Lat 42° 14'10", long 72°
16'23", Hampshire County, Hydrologic Unit 01080204, on right bank 0.5 mi
upstream from Gibbs Crossing, 1.8 mi upstream from Beaver Brook, 2.5 mi
southwest of Ware, and 8.8 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--197 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: August 1912 to current year.
Water-quality records: Water years 1953–54.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1031: 1944. WSP 1301: 1914(M). WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 379.79 ft above sea level.
Prior to Mar. 1, 1930, at site 0.5 mi downstream at different datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which
are poor. Diversion at times: Since March 1931 from 96.3 mi2 for
supply of Boston metropolitan district and since 1955 from 6.5 mi2
for municipal supply of Fitchburg. Flow regulated by mills upstream and by
Barre Falls Reservoir (see station 01172500) since 1958. 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.
