PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

Station funded by U.S. Geological Survey National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP).

STATION.--14174000  WILLAMETTE RIVER AT ALBANY, OR

LOCATION.--Lat 44° 38'20", long 123° 06'20", in SW 1/4 sec.6, T.11 S., R.3 W., Linn 
   County, Hydrologic Unit 17090003, on right bank 5 ft upstream from bridge on U.S. 
   Highway 20 (Ellsworth Street) in Albany, 0.2 mi downstream from Calapooia River, 
   and at mile 119.31.[location map]
DRAINAGE AREA.--4,840 mi2, approximately.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--November 1878 to April 1888 (fragmentary), January to 
   June 1892, November 1892 to September 1894, December 1894 to current year. Monthly 
   discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1318.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 167.18 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior 
   to Sept. 27, 1906, nonrecording gage at site 0.2 mi upstream at datum 5.00 ft higher. 
   Sept. 27, 1906, to Nov. 12, 1934, nonrecording gage at site 300 ft upstream at datum 
   5.00 ft higher. Nov. 14, 1934, to Sept. 30, 1962, at datum 5.00 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated by nine reservoirs upstream from station. Albany power 
   canal diverts water from South Santiam River at Lebanon and discharges into Calapooia 
   River near mouth; small diversions for irrigation and municipal water supply.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 266,000 ft3/s  Jan.14, 1881, gage 
   height, 37.8 ft, present datum; minimum discharge, 1,840 ft3/s Sept. 1, 2, 1940.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Dec. 4, 1861, reached a stage of 41.0 ft, 
   discharge, 340,000 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 220,000 ft3/s. Flood of 
   Feb. 4, 1890, reached a stage of 38.9 ft, discharge, 291,000 ft3/s.

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