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			First Herring Brook Watershed Initiative

Clapp Brook : Old Country Way, Scituate
    Drainage area: 0.3 square miles
    Weather Station: Old Oaken Bucket Pond, Scituate, MA
    Group: First Herring Brook Watershed Initiative
    Description: Establilshed in 2005 to assess surface water inputs to the First Herring Brook system. Stream channel and drainage area impacted during the construction of the Greenbush MBTA line and therefore also serves as an indicator for how streams are effected by development

Discharge Chart(s)

Discharge chart for Clapp Brook, Old Country Way,
Scituate
3/17/2010 thru 4/17/2010

River Instream Flow Stewards (RIFLS) Chart
www.rifls.org, MA Riverways Program, www.massriverways.org

Note: Some extreme high or low flows may not plot with correct discharge values; if the staff gage is not calibrated for high or low water depths, the highest or lowest discharge within the range of calibration will be reported. To determine the range of stage heights that are calibrated, please consult the rating table.

Depth Chart

Depth chart for Clapp Brook, Old Country Way, Scituate3/17/2010 thru 4/17/2010

River Instream Flow Stewards (RIFLS) Chart
www.rifls.org, MA Riverways Program, www.massriverways.org

Flow Measurement Data

Stage/Depth (feet)	Discharge (cubic feet per second)	Measurement Date
10.25	0.08	09/11/2007
10.17	0.04	09/11/2007
10.31	0.31	02/29/2008
10.35	0.34	02/11/2009
10.45	0.78	02/19/2009
10.29	0.07	09/21/2005
10.57	1.7	10/28/2005
10.5	0.89	12/02/2005
10.1	0.02	04/12/2006
11.1	7.2	05/16/2006
10.45	0.62	06/12/2006
10.66	1.1	03/23/2007
10.83	1.6	04/28/2007

Maps & Photographs

Click on any photograph for a larger view (opens in new window).

Clapp Brook. Gage height 10.36. No precip past several days. 1/23/2010 3:05:00 PM	Clapp Brook. Gage at 10.38. Raining past 12 hrs. 11/14/2009 1:00:00 PM	Clapp Brook 11/14/2009 1:00:00 PM	Clapp Brook at 10.32 stage height 5/9/2009
Clapp Brook, 3/1/08 3/1/2008 11:10:00 AM	Dry stream bed after rain all night and morning! 8/25/2006 11:00:00 AM	No flow at gauge, 8/8/06 8/8/2006 1:00:00 PM	Looking upstream. Stream flow measured by Riverways staff was 0.89 cubic feet per second. 12/2/2005 12:30:00 PM
looking downstream at the staff gauge 7/21/2005 10:00:00 AM

For comments, suggestions, or new observations please contact: Margaret Kearns, Watershed Ecologist at Margaret.Kearns@state.ma.us

This project is funded in part by the Massachusetts Environmental Trust.