Scituate-05
Scituate, Cedar Point
42.208179, -70.725424
Technical Specifications
Basic Properties
- Type
- Self Regulating Tide Gate
- Material
- Metal
- Status
- Active
- Number of Gates
- 1
Operator & Management
- Operator Type
- PUBLIC
- Operator
- Town of Scituate
- Permits
- ACOE, NOI, OOC
Dimensions & Elevations
Culvert Details
- Restriction Type
- Beach
- Geometry
- Circular
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Pipes
- 1
- Comments
- on beach near low tide line, pipe may be undersized, upstream area gets more overwash than water from harbor
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
- Moderate (10-60% of bank)
- Sediment Deposits
- None
Blockages & Issues
- Debris Blockages
- Limited (<10% of opening)
- Evidence of Overtopping
- No
Transect Measurements
50 Yards
- Open Water
- 2
- Salt Marsh
- 26
- Brackish
- 47
- Freshwater
- 0
- Ditch
- 0
- Unvegetated
- 0
150 Yards
- Open Water
- 2
- Salt Marsh
- 33
- Brackish
- 6
- Freshwater
- 7
- Ditch
- 0
- Unvegetated
- 0
300 Yards
- Open Water
- 1
- Salt Marsh
- 11
- Brackish
- 15
- Freshwater
- 0
- Ditch
- 0
- Unvegetated
- 0
Ecological Assessment
Habitat Observations
- Crab Burrow Intensity
- None
- Ponding Depressions
- Moderate (10-60% of marsh platf
- Phragmites Present
- Moderate (10-60%)
- Ecological Impairment
- Moderate
Invasive Species
- Upstream Invasive Species
- Yes
- Downstream Invasive Species
- No
- Invasive Species Notes
- In upper marsh ( upstream of culvert) and lower marsh (above tide gate) phrag is limited to upland fringe.
- Additional Comments (2024)
- Die offs, stagnant water and missing high marsh community indicate marsh is not draining quickly and may be holding excess water. Increased management may aid in high marsh recovery. Lower marsh foot print is narrower than upper marsh and as a result has less salt marsh. Per salt marsh association, no o&m with the town, managed by army corp, designed by CEI, planned development through marsh
Historical Records
Environmental Data
- Upstream Area
- Salt Marsh: 10-15 acres
Notes & Comments
- Gate Comments
- Flapper replaced with SRT in underground vault on east side of Jericho Road as part of flood mitigation project
- Other Comments
- lots of Phragmites
- External Data Comments
- US ACOE CENAE-R-2005-2830 Permit 7.20.2006 Cedar Point Tide Gate Notice of Intent 3.29.2005 Cedar Point Tide Gate Notice of Intent Revised 3.10.2006 Cedar Point Tide Gate Order of Conditions 3.1.2005 Cedar Point Tide Gate Inspection Report 4.10.2012 (Other) Cedar Point Tide Gate Consultant Comment Letter 12.28.2005 (Other)
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