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ICE EFFECTS ON STREAMFLOW

The formation of ice on rivers can cause discharge values to appear unusually high. Display of these erroneous discharge data may result in improper assessment of flow conditions and misuse of the data. For this reason, display of discharge values for streams significantly affected by ice may be disabled from view. Display of discharge data will resume when ice conditions are no longer present. Discharge values for streams minimally affected by ice will continue to be displayed. Flows for streams with these conditions appear to increase during the night and decrease to near-base-line conditions around midday. To estimate the correct discharge for these streams, use the flow rate that corresponds to the bottom of the discharge curve, rather than the peak that corresponds to the top of the curve. Note that this method of estimation is possible only when no surface runoff is occurring. Daily mean discharges for periods of both significant and minimal ice-effect will be estimated and published in the Annual Water-Data Report for the water year in which they occurred.


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USGS 01095434 GATES BROOK NEAR WEST BOYLSTON, MA

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION--Lat 42°21’52", long 71°46’33", Worcester County, Hydrologic Unit 01070004, on right bank, about 250 ft upstream from Wachusett Reservoir near West Boylston.
DRAINAGE AREA--3.13 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD--December 2011 to present. Miscellaneous discharge measurements made in water years 1994, 1995, 1999 to 2011.
GAGE--Data Collection Platform with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 395 ft above NAVD 1988, estimated from digital map. Prior to May 13, 2020, datum of gage reported as 420 ft above NGVD 1929, estimated from digital map.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD--May 2012 to present.
INSTRUMENTATION--Water temperature and specific conductance monitor.

This gage is monitored in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Water Supply Protection, Office of Watershed Management, with funding from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority .

Link to Department of Conservation and Recreation

Link to Massachusetts Water Resources Authority

Photo of Gates Brook. Link to the DCR.
This station managed by the Northborough MA Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2012-05-09  2020-05-31
2011-12-14  2020-05-31
2011-12-14  2020-05-31
2012-05-09  2020-05-31







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 14.8 05-31-2020   16:20 EDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.01 05-31-2020   16:20 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 31 based on 8 water years of record more
Min
(2015)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value May 31		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2017)
1.92 2 2.01 3 3.5 4.2 7.71

Gage height, feet, [(2)]
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.05 05-31-2020   16:20 EDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 843 05-31-2020   16:20 EDT
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