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March 2001 - USGS Monitors Flooding 
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PEAK DISCHARGE AND STAGE DATA FOR MARCH 2001 FLOOD   (2001 DATA IS CONSIDERED PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION)
Site Number  Site Name Date of peak Time of peak (hrs) Peak flow (cfs) Peak stage (ft) Recurrence interval (years)  NWS flood stage (ft) Peak flow of record  (csf) Peak stage of record (ft) Water year of record peak  Years of record
01097000  ASSABET RIVER AT MAYNARD, MA 3-23-01 1245 2090  6.41 10 5 3620  8.94 1968  60
01099500  CONCORD RIVER BELOW MEADOW BROOK, AT LOWELL, MA 3-25-01 1745 4150  8.96 10 8 5410  9.60 1979  64
01100600  SHAWSHEEN RIVER NEAR WILMINGTON, MA 3-23-01 1130 1580  9.87 10 7 1850  10.49 1997  38
01101000  PARKER RIVER AT BYFIELD, MA 3-23-01 1800 622  6.21 20 -- 833  7.82 1997  56
01101500  IPSWICH RIVER AT SOUTH MIDDLETON, MA 3-23-01 0615 1070  8.39 50 -- 1070 8.39 2001 64
01102000  IPSWICH RIVER NEAR IPSWICH, MA 3-24-01 2400 3040  8.88 25  7 3550  9.43 1987  71
01102500  ABERJONA RIVER AT WINCHESTER, MA 3-22-01 2045 1590  16.80 50 -- 1590 16.80 2001 62
01103500  CHARLES RIVER AT DOVER, MA 3-25-01 2030 2130  6.97 10 5 3220  9.24 1955  65
01104500  CHARLES RIVER AT WALTHAM, MA 3-23-01 1330 2110  5.41 5  5 4150  6.54 1976  70
01105500  EAST BRANCH NEPONSET RIVER AT CANTON, MA 3-22-01 1500 686  4.72 5  -- 1790  8.18 1955  49
01109000  WADING RIVER NEAR NORTON, MA 3-23-01 0330 622  9.64 5 9 1460  11.47 1968  76
01110500  BLACKSTONE RIVER AT NORTHBRIDGE, MA 3-22-01 1700 3260  9.22 5  9 16900  16.74 1955  46
01112500  BLACKSTONE RIVER AT WOONSOCKET, RI 3-23-01 0125 10300  11.65 10 9 32900  21.80 1955  73
01116000  SOUTH BRANCH PAWTUXET RIVER AT WASHINGTON, RI 3-23-01 0715 1070  3.90 5 -- 1980  5.30 1982  62
01116500  PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON, RI 3-31-01 1845 3120  11.86 10 -- 5440  14.50 1982  62
01117500  PAWCATUCK RIVER AT WOOD RIVER JUNCTION, RI 4-1-01 1415 1050  5.99 5  -- 1860  8.75 1982  61

 

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