USGS 01183500 Westfield River - Westfield, MA
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N 42° 06.411 W 072° 41.949
18T E 690237 N 4664201
The USGS 01183500 Westfield River gauge is located in Westfield, MA east of East Mountain Road and a few feet north of Route 20.
Waymark Code: WMFJKV
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2012
Views: 1
The USGS 01183500 gauge is on thre north side of the Westfield River near the Westfield/West Springfield line on a step narrow strip of land between Route 20 and the Westfield River. There is a parking area on eastbound Route 20 a few feet to the east of the gauge. The gauge uses satellite telemetry to transmit data. The gauge is used for water-resources monitoring.
Website Data:
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--Data Collection Platform with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 98.25 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Nov. 3, 1933, on right bank at same datum.
REMARKS--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
RIVER GAUGE INFORMATION:
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
Gaging Station For
Water-resources Monitoring
For Information Contact:
U.S. Geological Survey
10 Bearfoot Road
Northborough, MA 01532
508-490-5058
Real-time streamflow information from
U.S. Geological Survey gaging stations in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island can be found
on the Internet at
http://ma.water.usgs.gov/water.htm
Water data from the nation
can be found at
http://water.usgs.gov/
ANY ADDITIONAL WAYPOINT: N 42° 06.400 W 072° 41.886
WEB LINK FOR RIVER GAUGE: [Web Link]
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