14244200 - COWLITZ RIVER AT KELSO, WA

Latitude (degrees, minutes, and seconds) ......  460844
Longitude (degrees, minutes, and seconds) .....  1225447
State Code ....................................  53
County Code ...................................  015
County Name ...................................  Cowlitz
Basin Name ....................................  Lower Cowlitz
Hydrologic Unit Code ..........................  17080005
Drainage Area (square miles) ..................  2349
Gage Datum (feet, at bridge) ..................  35.3

Location ...................... near center of SE, sec.27, T.8 N, R.2 W.,
				at Main Street bridge between Kelso and
				West Kelso, 3.6 mi (5.8 km) upstream from
				Coweman River, and at mile 4.9 (7.9 km).

----Period(s) of Record----
Sediment Data -- 1960-1966; 1971-1975; 1977-?

Site History and Remarks

Some water discharges obtained by routing flow from nearby station; discharge value is fair. Water-quality data collected by Washington Department of Ecology 1960-66, 1971-75, 1977. Operated as USGS NASQAN site since January 1978.

Useful Links

• Northwest River Forecast Center - Cowlitz River Basin -- Link courtesy NOAA/National Weather Service

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

Dinehart, Randy L., Ritter, John R., and Knott, James M., 1981,
  Sediment Data for Streams near Mount St. Helens, Washington,
  Volume 1, 1980 Water-Year:
  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-822.

Dinehart, Randy L., 1986, 
  Sediment Data For Streams Near Mount St. Helens, Washington,
  Volume 2, Water Years 1981-83:
  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-632.