LOCATION.--Lat 42o16’15", long 71o04’08",
Norfolk County, Hydrologic Unit 01090001, 100 ft upstream from bridge on Adams
Street, at Milton Village.
DRAINAGE AREA.--101 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--November 1996 to current year.
GAGE.--Water stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 20 ft above sea level,
from topographic map.
REMARKS.--Records good except those below 40 ft3/s, which are
fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Record on most
days is adjusted for tidal backwater, which lasts as much as 4 hours during
times of high tide. Flow regulated by mills and reservoirs upstream. Flow
affected by diversion from Charles River basin to Neponset River basin by
Mother Brook (station 01104000) through Dedham and Hyde Park and by diversions
to and from basin for municipal supplies. Telephone and 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.
