White's Landing Historic Quaboag
East Branch Swift River near White's Landing Historic Quaboag
About this river
East Branch Swift River is a 3.1 mile river near White's Landing Historic Quaboag in Massachusetts. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge East Branch Swift River near Hardwick, MA (site 01174500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1937 to 2026
East Branch Swift River typically runs highest in April, at a median 128 cfs, and lowest in September, at 11 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,690 cfs, in 1938.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63 | 38 to 107 | |
| February | 62 | 40 to 102 | |
| March | 104 | 71 to 171 | |
| April | 128 | 88 to 194 | |
| May | 77 | 53 to 112 | |
| June | 40 | 24 to 70 | |
| July | 17 | 7.7 to 38 | |
| August | 12 | 4.7 to 29 | |
| September | 11 | 4.3 to 23 | |
| October | 22 | 10 to 46 | |
| November | 45 | 25 to 88 | |
| December | 66 | 35 to 111 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 89 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for East Branch Swift River near Hardwick, MA (site 01174500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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