LOCATION.--Lat 42° 40’03", long 71°
34’32", Middlesex County, Hydrologic Unit 01070004, on right bank 200
ft downstream from powerplant of James River–Pepperell Co. at East Pepperell
and 0.8 mi upstream from Nissitissit River.
DRAINAGE AREA.--Total above gage, 435 mi2, net above gage, 316
mi2, excludes 119 mi2 for use of Boston metropolitan
district and city of Worcester.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: October 1935 to current year.
Water-quality records: Water years 1952–53, 1973–74.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 169.04 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharge, which
are fair. Extremes and daily discharge include water released while diverting
flow of Nashua River for use of Boston metropolitan district and water
diverted into basin from Ware River Basin since 1955 for municipal use of
Fitchburg. Prior to October 1981, water diverted around station through plant
of James River–Pepperell Co. was added to daily figures. Flow regulated by
powerplant immediately upstream. Telephone and satellite gage-height
telemeters at station.
COOPERATION BY.-- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Watershed Management,Massachusetts Dept. Of
Conservation and Recreation.
