LOCATION.--Lat 41° 45’03", long 71°
26’44", Providence County, Hydrologic Unit 01090004, on left bank at
Cranston, and 0.7 mi upstream from Pocasset River.
DRAINAGE AREA.--200 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 1939 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 971: 1940–42. WSP 1381: 1940–41(M).
WDR-MA-NH-RI-VT-73-1: 1972 (adjusted monthly and yearly figures only).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 8.00 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharge, which
are poor. Flow regulated by powerplants and by Scituate Reservoir 13 mi
upstream, Flat River Reservoir, and other reservoirs, combined usable
capacity, about 6,000,000,000 ft3. Diversion from Scituate
Reservoir for municipal supply of Providence, East Providence, North
Providence, Cranston, Greenville, Johnston, East Smithfield, Smithfield,
Warwick, West Warwick, Coventry, East Greenwich, and West Greenwich. See
table below for figures of diversion and monthend contents in Scituate
Reservoir and five smaller reservoirs. Satellite gage-height telemeter at
station.
COOPERATION BY. --Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency
