Beaver Brook

 

Beaver Brook is a major tributary to Great Brook, located on the northwest end of Kezar Lake off West Stoneham Road. Beaver Brook drains a portion of the White Mountain National Forest. Water quality monitoring data have been collected since 2014.


Water quality

water temperature

Water temperature increased at Beaver Brook from April to August and then steadily declined until retrieval in November, following closely with observed air temperature (data obtained from the Fryeburg weather station).

historical water temperature

Median annual water temperature (denoted by solid line in grey boxes) at Beaver Brook has remained relatively consistent since 2014. Some years have more variability in water temperature than other years.

flow

Water level data collected at Beaver Brook showed that the stream responds quickly to precipitation (daily precip data obtained from the Fryeburg weather station).