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Water-Year Summary for Site 01095434

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Available Parameters
00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)  

Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01095434 GATES BROOK NEAR WEST BOYLSTON, MA
LOCATION - Lat 42°21'52", long 71°46'33" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Worcester County, MA, Hydrologic Unit 01070004, on right bank, about 500 ft upstream from Wachusett Reservoir near West Boylston.
DRAINAGE AREA - 3.13 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Continuous discharge, Dec. 13, 2011 to July 31, 2014 (gage temporarily discontinued during nearby bridge reconstruction), restarted Nov. 25, 2014; miscellaneous discharge measurements since March 1994.
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.
COOPERATION - Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Water Supply Protection, Office of Watershed Management.
REMARKS - Records are poor due to rating instability.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - Specific conductance and water temperature, May 2012 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Specific conductance and water temperature water-quality meter.
REMARKS - Specific conductance and water temperature records are rated good. Gage restarted on Nov. 20, 2014 after nearby construction was completed. Periods of missing record are not estimated.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 8451 uS/cm, Feb. 16, 2021; minimum recorded, 26 uS/cm, July 12, 2021. WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 24.7°C, June 30, 2021; minimum recorded, -0.1°C, Jan. 27, 2015.