Swift River at West Ware, MA
Hampshire County, Massachusetts · USGS 01175500
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Swift River at its USGS monitoring location in Hampshire County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 32 minutes ago
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.
Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.
Above historical median · Steady
Streamflow is currently 122 ft³/s, 39% above the historical median for this date. Flow has been relatively steady over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 88 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 26 · dates shown in UTC · 30 observations
Look at the data (30 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 118 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 118 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 118 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 121 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 121 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 120 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 120 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 120 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 120 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 121 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 120 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 120 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 120 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 120 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 120 CFS |
| Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 AM | 121 CFS |
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