USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington

USGS/WRD Monitoring Station

14242500 - Toutle River near Silver Lake, WA

14242500 - TOUTLE RIVER NEAR SILVER LAKE, WA


Latitude (degrees, minutes, and seconds) ......  462011
Longitude (degrees, minutes, and seconds) .....  1224327
State Code ....................................  53
County Code ...................................  015
County Name ...................................  Cowlitz
Basin Name ....................................  Lower Cowlitz
Hydrologic Unit Code ..........................  17080005
Drainage Area (square miles) ..................  474.0
Gage Datum (feet, from ?) .....................  407.3

Location ...................... NW/SW, sec.19, T.10 N, R.1 E.,
				on right bank 0.8 mi downstream from
				confluence of North and South Forks,
				4.9 mi northeast of Silver Lake, and
				at mile 16.4.

----Period(s) of Record----
Surface-Water Discharge or Stage-Only -- 1909-1912; 1920-1924; 1929-1980
Surface-Water Quality (temperature) -- 1951-1962; 1964-1972
Sediment Data -- June 1980 to September 1981

Site History and Remarks

Station operated October 1919 to December 1923, September 1929 to May 1980. Gage was destroyed on May 18, 1980. Gage was re-established near same site in September 1980. Gage was destroyed by slope failure during storm runoff on December 26, 1980.

Location Map

-- base map courtesy USGS Mapping Information Server

Site Published In (USGS Water Resources Data Reports NOT LISTED)
-- (List not guaranteed complete) --

Dinehart, Randy L., Ritter, John R., and Knott, James M., 1981,
  Sediment Data for Streams near Mount St. Helens, Washington,
  Volume 1, 1980 Water-Year:
  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-822.

Dinehart, Randy L., 1986, 
  Sediment Data For Streams Near Mount St. Helens, Washington,
  Volume 2, Water Years 1981-83:
  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-632.