LOCATION.--Lat 42° 42'01", long 73°
09'34", Berkshire County, Hydrologic Unit 02020003, on left bank 0.3 mi
downstream from Sherman Brook and 2.7 mi east of junction of U.S. Highway 7
and State Highway 2 in Williamstown.
DRAINAGE AREA.--126 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: July 1940 to current year.
Water-quality records: Water years 1953–54, 1957–58, 1967–69.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 616.11
ft above sea level, (U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers benchmark). Prior to June 6, 1979, at site 1.2 mi downstream at
different datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which
are poor. Prior to 1966, slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by
mills upstream. Some regulation by Cheshire Reservoir 16 mi upstream.
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.
