LOCATION.--Lat 42° 06'24", long 72°
41'58", Hampden County, Hydrologic Unit 01080206, on left bank 0.7 mi
downstream from Great Brook, 3 mi east of Westfield, and 8.1 mi upstream from
mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--497 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: June 1914 to current year.
Water Quality: Water years 1952–53, 1957, 1967–74, 1994.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 601: 1924(M). WSP 756: Drainage area. WSP 1051: 1919–21(M),
1925(M). WSP 1231: 1915–16(M), 1920.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 98.25 ft above sea level.
Prior to Nov. 3, 1933, on right bank at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records fair except those for estimated daily discharge, which
are poor. Flow regulated by Borden Brook Reservoir, Cobble Mountain Reservoir
since 1931, Knightville Reservoir since 1941, and Littleville Lake since 1965.
High flow slightly affected by retarding reservoirs since 1963. Diversion from
Little River for municipal supply of Springfield. Telephone and satellite
gage-height telemeters at station.
COOPERATION BY.-- Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water
Resources and Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Watershed Management.
