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14240307 - Mount St. Helens at Loowit Falls

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Station Information

14240307 - MOUNT ST.HELENS AT LOOWIT FALLS, WA 
Latitude (degrees, minutes, and seconds) ......  461323
Longitude (degrees, minutes, and seconds) .....  1221054
State Code ....................................  53
County Code ...................................  059
County Name ...................................  Skamania
Basin Name ....................................  Lower Columbia
Hydrologic Unit Code ..........................  17080005
Drainage Area (square miles) ..................  
Gage Datum (feet, from topo map) ..............  4955.0

Location ...................... NW/NE, sec.33, T.9 N., R.5 E.,
				On right bank and 100 feet from creek,
				approximately 1 mile from Mount St. Helens
				crater center. (Uhrich, 1990)

Site History and Remarks

September 17, 1997 - Site destroyed by lahar during heavy rains.
September 29, 1997 - Site re-established

Site Published In (USGS Water Resources Data Reports NOT LISTED):
-- (List not guaranteed complete) -- 

Uhrich, Mark A., 1990,
  Precipitation Data for the Mount St. Helens Area, Washington -- 1981-86:
  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-117.
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11/25/02, Lyn Topinka