Berkshire County, Massachusetts

27 river gauges reading now, shown against their usual but not yet judged.

Official Warnings

No official warning is in effect here right now.

• Hoosic River At Adams, MA: flow 43.2 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 49 min ago
• Cold River At Florida, MA: flow 3.89 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Walker Brook Near Becket Center, MA: flow 1.53 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• West Branch Farmington River Near New Boston, MA: flow 173 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• East Branch Housatonic River At Coltsville, MA: flow 40.1 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago

River levels are shown against their usual, but not yet judged. A gauge’s usual here is its range of October monthly averages; the reading is the latest 15-minute value, which a passing rain or dry spell can carry outside that range. So no river gauge makes this county Unusual For Here until we compare each day with the same day’s history.

A gauge’s usual is its range of October monthly averages over its record (USGS).

• USGS daily mean streamflow and gage height - Massachusetts: 28 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 10 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

56 entries from WZDx CWZ 1.0 work zones (massdot__cwz) (Massachusetts DOT) for this county, in its latest read.

• WZDx CWZ 1.0 work zones (massdot__cwz): 56 entries for this county · Massachusetts DOT · read 8 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

4 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Coming Up

No meeting is on an agenda we read for the next seven days.

6 reports in the last 6 hours, none published as an event.

• Who’s most likely to? Halloween edition · WNYA · 12 min ago
• Today’s Takes: Do you give out anything else besides candy on Halloween? · WNYA · 27 min ago
• Looking at your Halloween decorations · WNYA · 37 min ago
• What’s in that box? CRL team finds out · WNYA · 45 min ago
• Gloversville fire on Spring Street displaces 4 adults · WNYA · 2 h ago Not Yet Confirmed

And 2 more reports in the last 24 hours, not listed here.

6 entries from openFDA drug enforcement reports (recalls), newest first and 1 from openFDA food enforcement reports (recalls), newest first (FDA) for this county, in their latest reads.

• openFDA drug enforcement reports (recalls), newest first: 6 entries for this county · FDA · read 37 min ago
• openFDA food enforcement reports (recalls), newest first: 1 entry for this county · FDA · read 35 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

Berkshire: AQI 49, within the usual daily AQI in October for this county.

• Berkshire: AQI 49 · within the usual daily AQI in October for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · 1 h ago

• USGS latest streamflow and gage height - Massachusetts: 27 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 16 min ago
• AirNow reporting-area AQI (current and forecast): 7 entries for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · read 53 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

11804: 1 customer out, within the usual daily peak in October for this county.

• 11804: 1 customer out · within the usual daily peak in October for this county · U.S. Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ODIN) · 20 min ago
• National Grid Massachusetts (Massachusetts Electric): 1 customer out · within the usual daily peak in October for this county · National Grid Massachusetts (Massachusetts Electric) · 35 min ago

• National Grid Massachusetts (Massachusetts Electric) outage map (Kubra Storm Center): 7 entries for this county · National Grid Massachusetts (Massachusetts Electric) · read 35 min ago
• U.S. Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ODIN) outage map (utility-built): 1 entry for this county · U.S. Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ODIN) · read 20 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

2 sources here, none answering with current records.

Quiet

• Layoff and closure notices (WARN): No notice naming a place here in the last 30 days · Massachusetts EOLWD (filed with the State Library of Massachusetts) · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA): No reported accident or crossing collision here with a release, evacuation, injury or death in the latest data · Federal Railroad Administration · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT
• Gasoline prices (EIA): No weekly move of 10 cents or more · U.S. Energy Information Administration · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT

Background

• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Massachusetts, week of 2026-10-19: $4.202 a gallon, down 6 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, New England (PADD 1A), week of 2026-10-19: $4.249 a gallon, down 4 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Employment and wages (QCEW)
  Q1 2026: 55,935 jobs (56,587 a year earlier); $1,295 average weekly wage ($1,360 a year earlier). BLS (QCEW)

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. FRA posts about three months after an accident, so its lines are reported, not breaking. Last read: BLS (QCEW) Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT; U.S. Energy Information Administration Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT; Federal Railroad Administration Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT; Massachusetts EOLWD (filed with the State Library of Massachusetts) Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT.

Quiet

• Non-native species (USGS NAS): No new non-native species alert here in the last 30 days · USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) · read Oct 12, 8:04 PM EDT
• Bird flu in wild birds (APHIS): No detection in wild birds here in the last 30 days · USDA APHIS · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT
• Introduced species (iNaturalist): No introduced species newly recorded here · iNaturalist · read 1 h ago

Background

• Introduced species (iNaturalist)
  16 research-grade observations of introduced species here in the last 30 days. iNaturalist

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. Bird flu detections are reported in our words with a link to USDA APHIS; its records are not reproduced. iNaturalist observations are shown only under CC0 or CC-BY, with the observer credited; others are counted. Observations with an obscured location are never placed on a county. Last read: USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Oct 12, 8:04 PM EDT; iNaturalist Oct 29, 10:26 AM EDT; USDA APHIS Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT.

Quiet

• Historic places in harm’s way: No listed place here inside an active wildfire perimeter, warning area or flood zone · National Weather Service · read 7 min ago
• National Register nominations (Federal Register): No nomination here under review · National Park Service (Federal Register) · read 1 h ago
• National Register listings (NPS): No listing or removal here in the last 30 days · National Park Service · read Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT

Background

• National Register nominations (Federal Register)
  Home Farm Historic District, 385-400 Under Mountain Road, Lenox (Berkshire County, Massachusetts), reference SG100013428: nominated, comments due 2026-09-29. National Park Service (Federal Register)
• National Register listings (NPS)
  94 properties on the National Register in this county, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark. National Park Service

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Sites whose location is restricted are never shown. A place inside a hazard area is our overlay of open maps, as of the hazard’s own time; it says nothing of damage. Last read: National Park Service Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT; National Park Service (Federal Register) Oct 29, 10:00 AM EDT; National Weather Service Oct 29, 11:27 AM EDT.