| U. S. Geological Survey
Massachusetts - Rhode Island Water Science Center |
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| PEAK RIVER
STAGES, DISCHARGES, AND APPROXIMATE RECURRENCE INTERVALS DATA FOR FLOODS OF
OCTOBER 8 - 19, 2005 (updated 10/24/2005) |
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| USGS Gaging Stations Where Flood Recurrence Intervals Equaled
or Exceeded 2 Years |
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| (Data
are provisional and are subject to revisions) |
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| Note: A 5-year flood has a one in five chance of
occuring in any one year; a 100-year flood has a one in one hundred chance of
occuring in any one year |
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Station name |
Date of |
Time of |
Peak |
Peak |
Flood |
Start Year Of |
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Peak |
Peak |
Gage Height |
Discharge |
Recurrence |
Gaging Station |
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(hours) |
(feet) |
(cubic
feet |
Interval |
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per
second) |
(years) |
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| MERRIMACK RIVER
BASIN |
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| 01094400 |
NORTH NASHUA RIVER AT
FITCHBURG, MA |
15-Oct |
0800 |
7.11 |
2,360 |
5 |
1935 |
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| 01096000 |
SQUANNACOOK RIVER
NEAR WEST GROTON, MA |
15-Oct |
2130 |
6.73 |
2,170 |
5 |
1949 |
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| 01097000 |
ASSABET RIVER AT
MAYNARD, MA |
16-Oct |
0730 |
5.48 |
1,460 |
3 |
1941 |
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| 01099500 |
CONCORD R BELOW R
MEADOW BROOK, AT LOWELL, MA |
19-Oct |
0400 |
7.47 |
2,550 |
2 |
1936 |
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| 01100000 |
MERRIMACK RIVER BL
CONCORD RIVER AT LOWELL, MA |
16-Oct |
2015 |
53.51 |
55,500 |
5 |
1923 |
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| 01100600 |
SHAWSHEEN RIVER NEAR
WILMINGTON, MA |
16-Oct |
1100 |
7.04 |
630 |
3 |
1963 |
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| MYSTIC RIVER BASIN |
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| 01102500 |
ABERJONA RIVER AT
WINCHESTER, MA |
15-Oct |
2100 |
12.99 |
467 |
3 |
1939 |
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| CHARLES RIVER BASIN |
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| 01103500 |
CHARLES RIVER AT
DOVER, MA |
19-Oct |
0215 |
6.09 |
1,840 |
5 |
1937 |
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| 01104500 |
CHARLES RIVER AT
WALTHAM, MA |
15-Oct |
1715 |
4.1 |
1,310 |
2 |
1931 |
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| NEPONSET RIVER
BASIN |
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| 01105000 |
NEPONSET RIVER AT
NORWOOD, MA |
15-Oct |
1500 |
9.96 |
860 |
10 |
1939 |
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| 01105500 |
EAST BRANCH NEPONSET
RIVER AT CANTON, MA |
15-Oct |
1430 |
5.88 |
1,100 |
10 |
1952 |
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| WEYMOUTH BACK RIVER
BASIN |
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| 01105600 |
OLD SWAMP RIVER NEAR
SOUTH WEYMOUTH, MA |
15-Oct |
1545 |
5.92 |
458 |
10 |
1966 |
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| SOUTH COASTAL RIVER
BASIN |
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| 01105870 |
JONES RIVER AT
KINGSTON, MA |
15-Oct |
2245 |
4.99 |
297 |
5 |
1966 |
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| TAUNTON RIVER BASIN |
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| 01108000 |
TAUNTON RIVER NEAR
BRIDGEWATER, MA |
17-Oct |
1200 |
12.38 |
3,860 |
25 |
1929-76, 1985-88,
1996 - |
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| 01109000 |
WADING RIVER NEAR
NORTON, MA |
16-Oct |
0300 |
10.79 |
1,060 |
25 |
1925 |
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| BLACKSTONE RIVER
BASIN |
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| 01109730 |
BLACKSTONE RIVER, W.
MAIN ST., AT MILLBURY, MA |
15-Oct |
0930 |
11.76 |
5,960 |
unknown |
2002 |
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| 01110000 |
QUINSIGAMOND RIVER AT
NORTH GRAFTON, MA |
15-Oct |
1600 |
4.61 |
657 |
50 |
1939 |
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| 01110500 |
BLACKSTONE RIVER AT
NORTHBRIDGE, MA |
15-Oct |
1600 |
13.65 |
7,410 |
25 |
1939-77, 1995 - |
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| 01112500 |
BLACKSTONE RIVER AT
WOONSOCKET, RI |
15-Oct |
2400 |
15.34 |
16,400 |
25 |
1929 |
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| MOSHASSUCK RIVER
BASIN |
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| 01114000 |
MOSHASSUCK RIVER AT
PROVIDENCE, RI |
15-Oct |
1000 |
8.26 |
2,020 |
25 |
1963 |
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| WOONASQUATUCKET
RIVER BASIN |
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| 01114500 |
WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER
AT CENTERDALE, RI |
16-Oct |
0400 |
4.86 |
1,670 |
50 |
1941 |
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| PAWTUXET RIVER
BASIN |
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| 01116000 |
SOUTH BRANCH PAWTUXET
RIVER AT WASHINGTON, RI |
16-Oct |
0400 |
4.86 |
1,670 |
20 |
1940 |
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| 01116500 |
PAWTUXET RIVER AT
CRANSTON, RI |
15-Oct |
1430 |
13.68 |
4,260 |
40 |
1939 |
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| PAWCATUCK RIVER
BASIN |
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| 01117420 |
USQUEPAUG RIVER NEAR
USQUEPAUG, RI |
16-Oct |
0730 |
8.09 |
932 |
10 |
1959, 1976 - |
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| 01117468 |
BEAVER RIVER NEAR
USQUEPAUG, RI |
15-Oct |
1345 |
3.97 |
321 |
10 |
1974 |
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| 01117500 |
PAWCATUCK RIVER AT
WOOD RIVER JUNCTION, RI |
16-Oct |
1615 |
5.98 |
1,110 |
10 |
1940 |
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| MILLERS RIVER BASIN |
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| 01162500 |
PRIEST BROOK NEAR
WINCHENDON, MA |
16-Oct |
0330 |
5.68 |
589 |
5 |
1916 |
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| 01166500 |
MILLERS RIVER AT
ERVING, MA |
15-Oct |
1345 |
7.09 |
5,930 |
5 |
1915 |
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| DEERFIELD RIVER
BASIN |
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| 01168500 |
DEERFIELD RIVER AT
CHARLEMONT, MA |
9-Oct |
0415 |
13.53 |
25,700 |
10 |
1913 |
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| 01169000 |
NORTH RIVER AT
SHATTUCKVILLE, MA |
9-Oct |
0515 |
12.32 |
18,800 |
100 |
1939 |
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| 01170000 |
DEERFIELD RIVER NEAR
WEST DEERFIELD, MA |
9-Oct |
0730 |
13.35 |
37,500 |
15 |
1940 |
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| 01170100 |
GREEN RIVER NEAR
COLRAIN, MA |
9-Oct |
0500 |
9.14 |
6,030 |
150 |
1967 |
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| CONNECTICUT RIVER
BASIN |
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| 01170500 |
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT
MONTAGUE CITY, MA |
9-Oct |
1045 |
35.04 |
121,000 |
5 |
1904 |
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| 01171500 |
MILL RIVER AT
NORTHAMPTON, MA |
9-Oct |
0415 |
13.95 a |
8,860 a |
200 * |
1938 |
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New peak discharge |
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Previous peak discharge 6,300
cfs, 8/19/55 |
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| CHICOPEE RIVER
BASIN |
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| 01173500 |
WARE RIVER AT GIBBS
CROSSING, MA |
15-Oct |
1815 |
8.54 |
5,310 |
10 |
1912 |
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| 01174500 |
EAST BRANCH SWIFT
RIVER NEAR HARDWICK, MA |
15-Oct |
1930 |
21.38 |
1,210 |
5 |
1937 |
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| 01175670 |
SEVENMILE RIVER NEAR
SPENCER, MA |
15-Oct |
0545 |
12.95 |
400 |
25 |
1960 |
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| 01176000 |
QUABOAG RIVER AT WEST
BRIMFIELD, MA |
15-Oct |
0600 |
9.32 |
3,500 |
25 |
1912 |
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| 01177000 |
CHICOPEE RIVER AT
INDIAN ORCHARD, MA |
15-Oct |
1430 |
12.92 |
12,000 |
10 |
1928 |
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| WESTFIELD RIVER
BASIN |
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| 01181000 |
WEST BRANCH WESTFIELD
RIVER AT HUNTINGTON, MA |
9-Oct |
0300 |
14.35 |
27,900 |
5-10 * |
1935 |
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New peak discharge |
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Previous peak discharge 26,100
cfs, 8/19/55 |
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| 01183500 |
WESTFIELD RIVER NEAR
WESTFIELD, MA |
9-Oct |
0900 |
16.59 |
18,400 |
5 |
1914 |
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| FARMINGTON RIVER
BASIN |
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| 01185500 |
WEST BRANCH
FARMINGTON RIVER NEAR NEW BOSTON, |
9-Oct |
0300 |
8.81 |
6,460 |
5 |
1914 |
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| HOUSATONIC RIVER
BASIN |
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| 01197000 |
EAST BRANCH
HOUSATONIC RIVER AT COLTSVILLE, MA |
9-Oct |
0530 |
8.14 b |
6,510 b |
5-10 * |
1936 |
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New peak discharge |
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Previous peak discharge 6,400
cfs, 9/21/38 |
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| 01197500 |
HOUSATONIC RIVER NEAR
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA |
9-Oct |
1530 |
10.34 |
8,080 |
20 |
1913 |
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| HUDSON RIVER BASIN |
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| 01332500 |
HOOSIC RIVER NEAR
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA |
8-Oct |
2200 |
12.36 |
9,840 |
25 |
1940 |
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Prior recurrence interval excluding October 2005 peaks |
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| 01171500 |
MILL RIVER AT
NORTHAMPTON, MA |
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>500 |
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| 01181000 |
WEST BRANCH WESTFIELD
RIVER AT HUNTINGTON, MA |
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100 |
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| 01197000 |
EAST BRANCH
HOUSATONIC RIVER AT COLTSVILLE, MA |
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| *
Return periods for these stations were recalculated following Bulletin 17-B
guidelines from the annual series of peak flows including the most recent
October 2005 peaks. This assumes that the most recent peaks are the maximum
flow for the 2006 water year, and thus are subject to change. |
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Based on peak-stage
indicator |
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Values
may be higher pending results of survey of high-water marks |
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