LOCATION.--Lat 42° 25'30", long 72°
01'30" Worcester County, Hydrologic Unit 01080204, on left bank 700 ft
downstream from Barre Falls Reservoir, 1.6 mi upstream from Burnshirt River, 4
mi east of Barre, and at mile 33.3.
DRAINAGE AREA.--55.1 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: July 1946 to current year.
Water-quality records: Water years 1957, 1994.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage area. WDR MA-RI-89-1: 1984–88.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 745 ft above sea level,
from topographic map.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which
are fair. Prior to August 1955, slight regulation at low flow at times by Long
Pond. Flow regulated by Barre Falls Reservoir (see table below for monthend
contents) since 1958. Diversion at times since 1955 from 6.5 mi2
upstream of station for municipal supply of Fitchburg. Telephone and satellite
gage-height telemeters at station.
COOPERATION BY.-- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
