Weymouth-03
Weymouth, Back River
42.229620, -70.927716
Technical Specifications
Basic Properties
- Type
- Tide Gate
- Status
- Proposed
- Number of Gates
- 0
Operator & Management
Dimensions & Elevations
Culvert Details
- Restriction Type
- Footpath
- Geometry
- Circular
- Material
- Corrugated Metal
- Number of Pipes
- 0
- Dimensions
- 3ft diameter
- Condition
- Poor
- Comments
- It very poor condition - has rusted out in parts creating large sinkholes in the roadway and on the footpath.
2024 Field Survey Results
Comprehensive field assessment conducted in 2024Physical Conditions Assessment
Channel Conditions
- Channel Alteration
- Moderate (133-398 ft/acre)
- Channel Constriction
- Narrower than channel
- Channel Erosion
- Moderate (10-60% of bank)
- Sediment Deposits
- None
Blockages & Issues
- Debris Blockages
- None
- Evidence of Overtopping
- No
Transect Measurements
50 Yards
- Open Water
- 12
- Salt Marsh
- 0
- Brackish
- 0
- Freshwater
- 0
- Ditch
- 0
- Unvegetated
- 0
150 Yards
- Open Water
- 12
- Salt Marsh
- 0
- Brackish
- 0
- Freshwater
- 0
- Ditch
- 0
- Unvegetated
- 0
300 Yards
- Open Water
- 0
- Salt Marsh
- 118
- Brackish
- 0
- Freshwater
- 0
- Ditch
- 0
- Unvegetated
- 0
Ecological Assessment
Habitat Observations
- Crab Burrow Intensity
- None
- Ponding Depressions
- None
- Phragmites Present
- Moderate (10-60%)
- Ecological Impairment
- Moderate
Invasive Species
- Upstream Invasive Species
- Yes
- Downstream Invasive Species
- Yes
- Invasive Species Notes
- Phragmites is growing along channel.
- Additional Comments (2024)
- Channel width, phragmites presence and lack of low marsh community indicate some tidal constriction. Tide gate has been removed so culvert may be undersized. A healthy high marsh community exists further upstream at the top of the phragmites lined channel..
Historical Records
Environmental Data
- Invasive Species
- Yes
- Invasive Comments
- Phragmites seen upstream
Notes & Comments
- General Comments
- Weymouth is proposing to daylight the culvert at the end of Puritan Road in Great Esker Park.
- Operation Comments
- No tide gate seen at this location - it was an open flow through under the road and foot path from the marsh to the Back River.
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