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Station operated in cooperation with Portland General Electric.
STATION.--14209500 CLACKAMAS RIVER ABOVE THREE LYNX CREEK, OR,
LOCATION.--Lat 45° 07'30", long 122° 04'20", in NE 1/4 sec.21, T.5 S., R.6 E.,
Clackamas County, Hydrologic Unit 17090011, Mount Hood National Forest, on right
bank 0.1 mi upstream from Three Lynx Creek, 0.25 mi downstream from powerplant,
17 mi southeast of Estacada, and at mile 47.8.[location map]
DRAINAGE AREA.--479 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1909 to December 1913, October 1921 to current year.
Prior to October 1911 (monthly discharge only), published in WSP 1318.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1148: Drainage area. WSP 1248: 1910(M), 1912, 1948-50(M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,091.69 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels
by Portland General Electric Co.). Apr. 23, 1909, to Jan. 4, 1914, nonrecording
gage at about same site and datum. Nov. 1, 1921, to Dec. 27, 1924, water-stage
recorder at present site at datum 0.91 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Minor regulation since May 1956 by Timothy Lake (station 14208600).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 68,200 ft3/s Dec. 22, 1964,
gage height, 21.7 ft, from floodmark, from rating curve extended above 34,100 ft3/s
on basis of slope-area measurement at gage height 15.06 ft; minimum recorded discharge,
261 ft3/s Oct. 7, 1987; minimum daily, 410 ft3/s Sept. 4, 1986.
NOTE: The most current shifted rating for this site can be found at USGS Rating Depot website.
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