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Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Blackstone River, RT 122 Bridge near Uxbridge in MA, United States, built from official government gauge data.
The Blackstone River sits in the Blackstone River watershed in Massachusetts.
At this station, the drainage area upstream is 244 sq mi (632 km2). That is the water feeding this gauge, not the whole watershed name on the map. USGS has been keeping a record here for 20 years, so the station history is long enough to show a repeatable seasonal pattern without pretending every year behaves the same.
The record high is 18.91 ft (5.77 m), set in March 2010. The record low is 6.36 ft (1.94 m), set in August 2010. That spread matters for anyone drawing water, running a dock, or watching bank exposure: this river can move through a wide range within the same year.
The usual high point comes in March at 8.63 ft (2.63 m). The usual low point comes in September at 6.89 ft (2.1 m). The typical annual swing is 20.9 in (53.1 cm). In New England, that seasonal shape matches the usual spring snowmelt and rain freshet, with summer low flows.
No fastest 24-hour rise is listed in the facts for this station, so there is nothing specific to add on short-warning flood response.
The number shown at the top of the page is today’s reading compared with the median for this calendar day across the station record. That is more useful than raw elevation alone because it puts the river’s current state against what is normal for this date, not against a fixed line that may mean different things in different seasons.
For this station, the source is USGS, and the record spans 20 years.
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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