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USGS 12061500 SKOKOMISH RIVER NEAR POTLATCH, WA

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION
 
 
  
 Station name: SKOKOMISH RIVER NEAR POTLATCH
 Latitude (degrees, minutes, and seconds)...... 471836
 Longitude (degrees, minutes, and seconds)..... 1231033
 State ........................................ Washington
 County ....................................... Mason
 Hydrologic Unit .............................. 17110017
 River Mile (miles above confluence)...........     5.3
 Drainage Area (square miles)..................   227
 Gage Datum (feet above NGVD 1929).............    10.67
 ---Period(s) of Record---
  1 1943.07.01-1986.09.30
  2 1987.10.01-1988.09.30
  3 1989.10.01-Current               Questions? Ask us
Warning
Please Note.-- During winter Floods --
When the stage exceeds 15 feet, the river flows out of the main channel at the gage into three channels that bypass the gage and may flow over Highway 101.

You can download the 2002 ADR page (PDF), locate this station on a map of the basin, and retrieve the historical data for this station from the USGS NWISWeb server.

Funds for the operation of the gage are provided by Skokomish Indian Nation and Mason County, Emergency Management Division.

The National Weather Service Flood Stage for this station is 16.0 feet.


 
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 881   11-19-2004  09:45
Graph of
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Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 60 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
881  217 2,076 16,800 723 1,405 2,672

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 11/19 have been greater than the value shown.

Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 12.27   11-19-2004  09:45
Graph of
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 23
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