PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

Station operated in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

STATION.--14162200 BLUE RIVER AT BLUE RIVER, OR

LOCATION.--Lat 44° 09'45", long 122° 19'55", in NW 1/4
    SE 1/4 sec.21, T.16 S., R.4 E., Lane County, Hydrologic Unit 17090004, 
    on right bank 0.3 mi upstream from Simmonds Creek, 0.7 mi north of town 
    of Blue River, 0.8 mi downstream from Blue River Dam, and at mile 0.9.
DRAINAGE AREA.--87.7 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1966 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,056.53 ft above NGVD of 1929 
    (Corps of Engineers bench mark). 
    Prior to Aug.  25, 1966, nonrecording gage at datum 0.80 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated since October 1968 by Blue River Lake (station)14162100).  
    No diversion upstream from station. Discharge not adjusted for storage or release 
    from Blue River Lake as losses from reservoir at times exceed natural flow.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 7,270 ft3/s Feb.  23, 1968, 
    gage height, 8.93 ft; minimum discharge, 0.80 ft3/s Oct. 8, 10, 11, 1968; minimum 
    daily, 3.7 ft3/s Oct. 8, 1968.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Dec. 22, 1964 reached a stage of 16.5 ft, 
    from floodmark.

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