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- Interactive Map |
- Segment Descriptions |
- Classification Criteria |
- Outstandingly Remarkable Resources
Map
Click any of the bold town or branch names to see a detail map of that region of the watershed. See the links below the map for alternate views of this map.
Base map - shows the watershed with member towns, major tributaries and Wild & Scenic designated segments
Base map with shaded relief - as above, but with a shaded relief layer showing topography
Base map with roads - shows the watershed with a road map layer
Segment Descriptions
The Westfield River Wild and Scenic designation stretches over 78.1 miles along the Main Stem, East Branch, Middle Branch and West Branch of the Westfield River. The corridor width is 200 feet wide from mean high water, corresponding to the width of the Massachusetts River Protection Act.
Designated Reach: November 2, 1993.
The designated segments include:
- The West Branch from a railway bridge 2000 feet downstream of the Becket Town Center to the Huntington/Chester town line;
- The Middle Branch from the Peru/Worthington town line downstream to the confluence with Kinne Brook in Chester;
- Glendale Brook from Clark Wright Road bridge to its confluence with the Middle Branch;
- The East Branch from the Windsor/Cummington town line to a point 0.8 miles upstream of the confluence with Holly Brook in Chesterfield.
Designated Reach: October 29, 2004.
- Headwater Tributaries of the East Branch including Drowned Land Brook from its headwaters in Windsor to the confluence with the East Branch in Savoy;
- Center Brook from its headwaters below a pond near Savoy Center to its confluence with the East Branch;
- Windsor Jambs Brook from the junction of Phelps Brook and Clear Brook to its confluence with the East Branch in Windsor;
- The Upper East Branch from the confluence with Drowned Land Brook in Savoy to the Windsor/Cummington Town Line;
- The Lower East Branch from Sykes Brook in Huntington to the confluence with the West Branch;
- Lower Middle Branch from the Goss Hill Road Bridge downstream to the confluence with the East Branch;
- Headwater Tributaries of the West Branch including Shaker Mill Brook from Brooker Hill Road in Becket to its confluence with the West Branch;
- Depot Brook from its headwaters near Beach Road in Washington to the confluence with Shaker Mill Brook in Becket;
- Savery Brook from the headwaters off Pittsfield Road in Washington to the confluence with Shaker Mill Brook;
- Watson Brook from the headwaters off Stanley Road in Washington to the confluence with Shaker Mill Brook;
- Center Pond Brook from Center Pond to its confluence with the West Branch;
- Lower West Branch from Chester/Huntington town line downstream to the confluence with the Main Stem;
- Main Stem from the confluence with the East Branch and Middle Branch in Huntington Center downstream until the Huntington/Russell town line.
Classification Criteria
Rivers in the National System are classified as wild, scenic or recreational. The following factors are generally used to assign classification of individual river segments: accessibility, primitive nature, number and type of land developments, and water quality.
Classification/Mileage: Wild -- 2.6 miles; Scenic -- 42.9 miles; Recreational -- 32.6 miles; Total -- 78.1 miles.