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USGS 12086500 NISQUALLY RIVER AT LA GRANDE, WA

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION
 
 
 
NISQUALLY RIVER AT LA GRANDE 
 Latitude (degrees, minutes, and seconds)...... 465037
 Longitude (degrees, minutes, and seconds)..... 1221946
 State ........................................ Washington
 County ....................................... Pierce
 Hydrologic Unit .............................. 17110015
 River Mile (miles above confluence)...........    40.4
 Drainage Area (square miles)..................   292
 Gage Datum (feet above NGVD 1929).............   490
 ---Period(s) of Record---
  1 1906.10.01-1908.09.30
  2 1909.10.01-1911.10.30
  3 1919.10.01-1931.09.30 (see note below)
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  4 1943.10.01-1988.09.30
  5 1989.10.01-Current               Questions? Ask us
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.

The data for 1906-31 water years, published as "Nisqually River near La Grande, WA", was for a gage operated before the operation of La Grande Powerplant (December 1943), Alder Dam (November 1944), and La Grande Dam (January 1945).

Funds for the operation of the gage are provided by City of Tacoma, Tacoma Public Utilities.

Thurston County has Flood Information for this gage.


 
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 1,630   11-19-2004  15:00
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 16
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 77 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
1,630  171 1,649 9,250 888 1,270 2,124

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: 4.80   11-19-2004  15:00
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 17
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