Saugus River at Saugus Ironworks at Saugus, MA

USGS Site No: 01102345 • Saugus River • Essex County, MA

Saugus River at Saugus Ironworks at Saugus, MA on the Saugus River is currently at 6 cfs (Low — 18th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 1.40 ft.

Reading from

6
CFS Discharge
1.40
Gage Height (ft)
Low
Flow Condition
N/A
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 5
25th Low threshold 7 Today: 6 cfs
50th (Median) Normal (median) 13
75th High threshold 27
95th Very High threshold 126

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

535 267 0 cfs Apr 6 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 8 —
May 27, 2026 9 —
May 26, 2026 15 —
May 25, 2026 16 —
May 24, 2026 9 —
May 23, 2026 6 —
May 22, 2026 6 —
May 21, 2026 6 —
May 20, 2026 7 —
May 19, 2026 8 —
May 18, 2026 8 —
May 17, 2026 9 —
May 16, 2026 10 —
May 15, 2026 12 —
Apr 21, 2026 16 —
Apr 20, 2026 19 —
Apr 19, 2026 19 —
Apr 18, 2026 20 —
Apr 17, 2026 20 —
Apr 16, 2026 23 —
Apr 15, 2026 26 —
Apr 14, 2026 18 —
Apr 13, 2026 15 —
Apr 12, 2026 15 —
Apr 11, 2026 16 —
Apr 10, 2026 18 —
Apr 9, 2026 18 —
Apr 8, 2026 19 —
Apr 7, 2026 21 —
Apr 6, 2026 23 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
01102345
State
MA
County
Essex County
Coordinates
42.4694, -71.0070
Drainage Area
21 mi²
Datum (ft)
14.2
HUC Code
01090001
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
147 cfs
May 23, 2025
Min discharge
1 cfs
Sep 4, 2025

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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