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USGS 01103500 CHARLES RIVER AT DOVER, MA

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
  LOCATION

LOCATION.--Lat 42° 15’22", long 71° 15’38", Norfolk County, Hydrologic Unit 01090001, on right bank 0.3 mi downstream from highway bridge, 0.8 mi downstream from Noanet Brook, and 1.3 mi northeast of intersection of Centre and Walpole Streets in Dover.
DRAINAGE AREA.--183 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: October 1937 to current year. Prior to October 1977, published as "at Charles River Village."
Water-quality records: Water years 1975–95 (National stream-quality accounting network station).
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 89.76 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records good. Flow affected by diversions to and from basin for municipal supplies. Telephone and satellite gage-height telemeters at station.
COOPERATION BY.-- Mass. Dept. Of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Urban Parks and Recreation.


 
 

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Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 1.19   11-17-2004  01:00
Graph of  Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 02

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 180   11-17-2004  01:00
Graph of  Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 05
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/17 based on 66 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
180  30 260 952 79.6 190 468

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 11/17 have been greater than the value shown.


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