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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
01173500 WARE RIVER AT GIBBS CROSSING, MA
LOCATION - Lat 42°14'10", long 72°16'23" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Hampshire County, MA, Hydrologic Unit 01080204, on right bank 0.5 mi upstream from Gibbs Crossing, 1.8 mi upstream from Beaver Brook, 2.5 mi southwest of Ware, and 8.8 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 197 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1031: 1944. WSP 1301: 1914(M). WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Discharge: August 1912 to current year. Water-quality records: Water years 1953-54.
GAGE - Data Collection Platform with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 379.15 ft above NAVD 1988. Prior to May 8, 2020, datum reported as 379.79 ft above NGVD 1929. Prior to Mar. 1, 1930, at site 0.5 mi downstream at different datum.
COOPERATION - Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources.
REMARKS - Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversion at times: Since March 1931 from 96.3 mi² for supply of metropolitan Boston area and since 1955 from 6.5 mi² for municipal supply of Fitchburg. Flow regulated by mills upstream and by Barre Falls Reservoir (see station 01172500) since 1958.

Maximum Peak flow 22,700 ft³/s, Sept. 21, 1938, from rating curve extended above 4,600 ft³/s on basis of contracted-opening measurement at gage height 12.83 ft and slope-area measurement at gage height 18.20 ft. The 18.20 ft gage height is from flood marks.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water-quality records: Water years 1953-54.