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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01101500 IPSWICH RIVER AT SOUTH MIDDLETON, MA
LOCATION - Lat 42°34'10", long 71°01'39" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Essex County, MA, Hydrologic Unit 01090001, on left bank in Peabody, 50 ft upstream from Boston Street Bridge at South Middleton.
DRAINAGE AREA - 44.5 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1301: 1942(M). WSP 1621: 1938-58 (monthly runoff). WDR MA-RI-84-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Discharge: June 1938 to current year. Water-quality records: water years, 1957, 1959, 1999-2001, 2003, 2004.
GAGE - Data Collection Platform with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 44.16 ft above NAVD 1988, from Massachusetts Geodetic Survey benchmark. Datum previously reported as 44.97 ft above NGVD 1929, from Massachusetts Geodetic Survey benchmark.
COOPERATION - Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources.
REMARKS - Records good. Diversions upstream for municipal supply of Reading, Lynn, and Peabody. Occasional regulation by mill upstream.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water-quality records: Water years 1957, 1959, 1999-2001, 2003-04.
