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Station operated in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management and
Oregon Water Resources Department.
STATION.--14165000 MOHAWK RIVER NEAR SPRINGFIELD, OR
LOCATION.--Lat 44° 05'34", long 122° 57'20", in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.17, T.17 S., R.2 W., Lane
County, Hydrologic Unit 17090004, on left bank 50 ft downstream from bridge, 1.3 mi
northeast of Springfield, and at mile 1.59.[location map]
DRAINAGE AREA.--177 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1935 to September 1952, October 1963 to September 1997,
October 1998 to current year. Prior to October 1935 monthly discharge only, published in
WSP 1318.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 442.47 ft above NGVD of 1929.
Oct. 1, 1935, to Sept. 30, 1952, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS.--Many diversions for irrigation upstream from station. Continuous water-quality
records for the period October 1963 to September 1969 and April 1983 to September 1984 have
been collected at this location.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 13,500 ft3/s Feb. 7, 1996, gage height,
23.11 ft; minimum discharge, 8.2 ft3/s Sept. 9, 1967.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Dec. 22, 1955, reached at stage of 22.9 ft,
from floodmark, probably affected by backwater from McKenzie River, discharge, 9,200 ft3/s.
NOTE: The most current shifted rating for this site can be found at USGS Rating Depot website.
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