Kingston-01
Kingston, Tussock Brook
41.999970, -70.721976
Technical Specifications
Basic Properties
- Type
- Flap Gate
- Material
- Wood
- Status
- Active
- Number of Gates
- 1
Operator & Management
- Operator Type
- PUBLIC
- Operator
- MassDOT
Dimensions & Elevations
Culvert Details
- Restriction Type
- Roadway
- Geometry
- Rectangular
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Pipes
- 1
- Comments
- Culvert size unknown (not accessible)
2024 Field Survey Results
Comprehensive field assessment conducted in 2024Physical Conditions Assessment
Channel Conditions
- Channel Alteration
- Limited (<133 ft/acre)
- Channel Constriction
- Narrower than channel
- Channel Erosion
- Severe (>60% of bank)
- Sediment Deposits
- Severe (>60% of channel width)
Blockages & Issues
- Debris Blockages
- Moderate (10-60% of opening)
- Evidence of Overtopping
- No
Transect Measurements
50 Yards
- Open Water
- 0
- Salt Marsh
- 0
- Brackish
- 0
- Freshwater
- 0
- Ditch
- 0
- Unvegetated
- 0
150 Yards
- Open Water
- 0
- Salt Marsh
- 0
- Brackish
- 0
- Freshwater
- 0
- Ditch
- 0
- Unvegetated
- 0
300 Yards
- Open Water
- 0
- Salt Marsh
- 0
- Brackish
- 0
- Freshwater
- 0
- Ditch
- 0
- Unvegetated
- 0
Ecological Assessment
Habitat Observations
- Crab Burrow Intensity
- Moderate (10-60% banks are dens
- Ponding Depressions
- None
- Phragmites Present
- Severe (>60%)
- Ecological Impairment
- Severe
Invasive Species
- Upstream Invasive Species
- Yes
- Downstream Invasive Species
- Yes
- Invasive Species Notes
- Dense phragmites growth channel to upland
- Additional Comments (2024)
- Deep erosion channels, no salt marsh community, dense phragmite, highly restricted
Historical Records
Environmental Data
- Restoration Comments
- DER working with MassDOT and Jones River Watershed Association on removal.
- Upstream Area
- Salt Marsh: > 20 acres
Notes & Comments
- Gate Comments
- Wooden flapper gate (poor condition) - same design as Pearl St., Weymouth.
- External Data Comments
- Tussock Brook Culvert Design Plans and Calculations 5.26.1954 Tussock Brook Tide Gate Design Plans November 1956 Tussock Brook Tidal Monitoring Summary 9.5.2012 Tussock Brook Tidal Flushing Analysis 4.9.2014
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