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 01175500 SWIFT RIVER AT WEST WARE, MA


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 189 sq.mi.                             Datum is 365.18 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 01080204 at Latitude: 42:16:04N  Longitude: 072:19:59W
Station is in the state of MA (county code 015) and serviced by the MA office.
Channel slope is 11.80 feet/mile
Stream length is 26.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 800.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 1.14%     Lakes: 1.10%        Forests: 69.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 5.30 inches
Annual precipitation is 44.40 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.90 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 13.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Records affected by upstream reservoir starting with water year 1940.


Daily and longer averages for 27 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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