NEW ENGLAND COASTAL BASINS NAWQA PROGRAM: SURFACE-WATER STUDIES: BED SEDIMENT AND FISH TISSUE

Table 1. Characterization of streambed sediment and fish-tissue sampling sites, New England Coastal Basins

[mi2, square miles; BS, streambed sediment; T, fish tissue; "other land use" is water, wetland, and barren land; population density data from U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 dicennial census files]

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Site No. (fig. 1)
Site name
Latitude
(north)
Longitude
(west)
Sample type
Basin size
(mi2)
Land use
(percent of total)
1990 Population Density
(people/mi2)
Urban
Agriculture
Forested
Other

1

 Kennebec River at North Sidney, Maine1
44°28'25"
069°41'08"
BS,T
5,403
1
6
83
10
26
2
 Androscoggin River near Lisbon Falls, Maine1
43°59'00"
070°02'30"
BS,T
3,260
1
5
86
8
40
3
 Stillwater River near Sterling, Mass.2
42°24'39"
071°47'30"
BS,T
32
4
10
77
9
152
4
 Merrimack River below Concord River at Lowell, Mass.1
42°38'45"
071°17'56"
BS,T
4,635
9
8
74
9
278
5
 Wading River near Norton, Mass.2
41°56'51"
071°10'38"
BS
43
18
7
64
11
498
6
 Woonasquatucket River at Centerdale, R.I.2
41°51'32"
071°29'16"
BS,T
38
17
8
65
10
641
7
 Beaver Brook at No. Pelham, N.H.2
42°46'59"
071°21'14"
BS,T
48
34
7
55
4
870
8
 Blackstone River at Manville, R.I.1
41°58'16"
071°28'14"
BS,T
430
18
8
64
10
909
9
 Ipswich River at South Middleton, Mass.2
42°34'10"
071°01'39"
BS,T
45
38
4
40
18
1,118
10
 Neponset River at Norwood, Mass.2
42°10'39"
071°12'05"
BS,T
35
30
6
53
11
1,192
11
 Charles River above Watertown Dam at Watertown, Mass.1
42°21'54"
071°11'26"
BS,T
268
30
7
53
10
1,320
12
 Saugus River at Saugus Iron Works at Saugus, Mass.2
42°28'10"
071°00'28"
BS,T
23
56
4
27
13
2,409
13
 Aberjona River at Winchester, Mass.2
42°26'50"
071°08'22"
BS
25
68
2
24
6
2,893
14
 Moshassuck River at Providence, R.I.2
41°50'02"
071°24'42"
BS,T
23
44
9
40
7
3,585
1 Non-wadeable.
2 Wadeable.
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