LOCATION.--Lat 41o56'02", long 70o57'25",
Plymouth County, Hydrologic Unit 01090004, on right bank at bridge on Titicut
Road, 1 mi upstream from Sawmill Brook, 3.5 mi northwest of Middleboro, and
4.0 mi southeast of Bridgewater.
DRAINAGE AREA.--258 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1929 to April 1976, April 1985 to May 1988,
October 1996 to current year. Published as "at State Farm" October
1929 to September 1969, and as "at State Farm near Bridgewater"
October 1969 to April 1976.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 781: 1934. WSP 1051: 1933. WSP 1201: 1931. WSP
1301: 1930(M), 1933(M), 1935(M). WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is 9.61 ft above sea level.
Prior to October 1996, at sites 40 ft apart about 600 ft upstream: October
1929 to Sept. 30, 1931, inverted nonrecording gage with zero of gage at
10.02 ft; Oct. 1, 1931, to June 8, 1934, nonrecording gage, and June 9,
1934, to April 1976, April 1985 to May 1988, water-stage recorders, at
present datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharge, which
are fair. Flow affected by diversions to and from basin for municipal
supplies. Flow regulated by reservoirs and, prior to about 1975, by
powerplants 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.
