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USGS 01177000 CHICOPEE RIVER AT INDIAN ORCHARD, MA

 

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LOCATION.--Lat 42° 09'38", long 72° 30'52", Hampden County, Hydrologic Unit 01080204, on left bank 1,000 ft downstream from West Street Bridge at Indian Orchard, 1.1 mi upstream from Fuller Brook, and 7.2 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--689 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: August 1928 to current year. Published as "at Bircham Bend" prior to November 1938.
Water-quality records: Water years 1953, 1957, 1994.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1231: 1934. WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 125 ft above sea level, from topographic map. Prior to Nov. 1, 1938, water-stage recorder at site 1.8 mi downstream at different datum.
REMARKS.--Records good. Diversion since 1941 from 186 mi2 in Swift River basin and at times since 1931 from 97 mi2 in Ware River basin for Boston metropolitan district; since 1950, for Chicopee; since 1952, for South Hadley; at times since 1966 for Worcester; at times since 1955 from 6.5 mi2 in Ware River basin for Fitchburg. Diversion from Ludlow Reservoir for Springfield and, prior to 1952, for Chicopee. Flow regulated by powerplants upstream, by Quabbin Reservoir 21 mi upstream on Swift River since 1939, by Barre Falls Reservoir on Ware River since 1958, by Conant Brook Reservoir since 1966, and by smaller reservoirs. Telephone and satellite gage-height telemeters 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: 404   11-19-2004  10:45
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 75 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
404  120 717 2,900 346 561 1,074

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: 4.50   11-19-2004  10:45
Graph of  Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 03

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