LOCATION.--Lat 42° 13'55", long 73°
21'19", Berkshire County, Hydrologic Unit 01100005, on left bank at
upstream side of highway bridge at Van Deusenville, 0.5 mi upstream from
Williams River, and 2 mi north of Great Barrington.
DRAINAGE AREA.--282 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: May 1913 to current year.
Water-quality records: Water years 1957–59, 1964, 1971, and 1980.
Suspended sediment records: Water years 1980, 1994–96 (discontinued).
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 415: 1913–14. WSP 781: 1928(M). WSP 1051: 1928,
1933. WSP 1301: 1914–15(M), 1917–27(M), 1929–31(M). WDR MA-RI-83-1: 1980(P), 1982(P). WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage Area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 683.04 ft above sea level.
Prior to Oct. 1, 1931, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which
are poor. Regulation at low flow by powerplants upstream. High flow slightly
affected by retarding reservoir since 1973. 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.
