General Features Data
 

  acres square miles hectares square kilometers
Watershed Area 392.57 0.61 158.87 1.59
     Land Area 340.49 0.53 137.79 1.38
     Water Area 52.08 0.08 21.08 0.21
Maschaug Pond 34.63 0.05 14.01
0.14
Little Maschaug Pond
11.69
0.02
4.73
0.05
Other
5.76
0.01
2.33
0.02
 
 
feet
meters
    
Average Pond Depth
6.89
2.1
    
   
 
inches
feet
centimeters
meters
Tidal Range non-tidal except when naturally breached by storms
 
  parts per thousand      
Average Salinity less than 7  
 
  days  
Flushing Time only flushed when breached by storms
 
Year Pemanently Breached not permanently breached
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Important Notes:
Other water area may be a mix of fresh and marine/estuarine types
Watershed area includes all water area
Total land area is watershed area less all water area

Data References:
Watershed areas from RIGIS 2001
Depth data from Lee 1980
Salinity data from Lee 1980
 
 

For more information on this project, contact Virginia Lee.

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