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Gaging Stations Photos
This report includes records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; contents and elevation of lakes and ponds; and water levels of ground-water wells. This volume contains discharge records for 112 gaging stations; stage records for 2 gaging stations; stage records for 2 ponds; month-end contents of 1 reservoir; precipitation totals at 6 gaging stations; water quality for 21 gaging stations; air temperature at 2 climatological stations; and water levels for 131 observation wells. Locations of these sites are shown in figures 1 and 2. Hydrologic data were collected at many sites that were not involved in the systematic data-collection program; these data are published as miscellaneous discharge measurements, miscellaneous surface-water-quality, and miscellaneous ground-water-quality data. The data in this report represent that part of the National Water Information System (NWIS) operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Preface
List of Stations, in Downstream Order, for which Records are Published in this Volume
List of Ground-Water Wells, by County, for which Records are Published in this Volume
List of Discontinued Surface-Water Discharge Stations
List of Discontinued Surface-Water-Quality Stations
Introduction
Cooperation
Summary of Hydrologic Conditions
Streamflow
Reservoir Storage
Water Quality
Ground-Water Levels
Floods and Droughts
Floods
Droughts
Downstream Order and Station Number
Numbering System for Wells and Miscellaneous Sites
Special Networks and Programs
Explanation of Stage- and Water-Discharge Records
Data Collection and Computation
Data Presentation
Station Manuscript
Data Table of Daily Mean Values
Statistics of Monthly Mean Data
Summary Statistics
Identifying Estimated Daily Discharge
Accuracy of Field Data and Computed Results
Other Data Records Available
Explanation of Precipitation Records
Data Collection and Computation
Data Presentation
Explanation of Water-Quality Records
Collection and Examination of Data
Water Analysis
Surface-Water-Quality Records
Classification of Records
Accuracy of the Records
Arrangement of Records
On-Site Measurements and Sample Collection
Water Temperature
Sediment
Laboratory Measurements
Analyses of Pesticides in Surface- and Ground-Water Samples (Schedule 2001)
Analyses of Pesticides in Volatile-Organic Compounds in Ground-Water Samples (Schedule 2020)
Data Presentation
Remarks Codes
Water-Quality Control Data
Blank Samples
Reference Samples
Replicate Samples
Spike Samples
Explanation of Ground-Water-Level Records
Site Identification Numbers
Data Collection and Computation
Data Presentation
Water-Level Tables
Hydrographs
Ground-Water-Quality Data
Data Collection and Computation
Laboratory Measurements
Access to USGS Water Data
Retrieval of Hydrographs and Historical Data from the USGS Database
Definition of Terms
Remarks Codes
Dissolved Trace-Element Concentrations
Change in National Trends Network Procedures
Station Records, Surface Water
Discharge at Partial-Record Stations and Miscellaneous Sites
Station Records, Ground Water
Ground-Water Levels in Massachusetts
Ground-Water Levels in Rhode Island
Index
The citation for this report, in USGS format, is as follows:
Socolow, R.S., Comeau, L.Y., and Murino, Domenic, Jr., 2004, Water Resources Data for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 2004, Water-Data Report MA-RI-04-1, 326 p.
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