HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 01162500 PRIEST BROOK NEAR WINCHENDON, MA


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 19.4 sq.mi.                            Datum is 849.67 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 01080202 at Latitude: 42:40:57N  Longitude: 072:06:56W
Station is in the state of MA (county code 027) and serviced by the MA office.
Channel slope is 27.20 feet/mile
Stream length is 11.80 miles
Mean basin elevation is 1110.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 2.47%     Lakes: 1.34%        Forests: 85.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 5.30 inches
Annual precipitation is 43.24 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.00 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 12.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Records prior to 1953 do not meet the specified criteria.  Records prior to 1962 are unsuitable for analysis at
   less than monthly resolution due to diurnal fluctuations caused by upstream mill.


Monthly and longer averages for 36 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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