LOCATION.--Lat 41° 51'32", long 71°
29'16", Providence County, Hydrologic Unit 01090004, on right bank 75 ft
downstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 44 at Centerdale and 6.5 mi upstream from
mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--38.3 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: July 1941 to current year. Water-quality
records: Water years 1955-56.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 95 ft above sea level,
from topographic map. Satellite gage-height telemeter at station.
REMARKS.--Some regulation by reservoirs upstream; regulation greater prior to
1956. Discharge figures prior to 1966 included leakage around station through
bypass canal; leakage negligible subsequently.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge during March 1936,
1,000 ft3/s, by computation of flow over dam 0.7 mi downstream.
COOPERATION BY.-- Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
