USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington
USGS/WRD Monitoring Station
14241101 - North Fork Toutle River at Cableway near Kid Valley, WA
14241101 -
NORTH FORK TOUTLE RIVER AT CABLEWAY AT KID VALLEY, WA
Latitude (degrees, minutes, and seconds) ...... 462152
Longitude (degrees, minutes, and seconds) ..... 1223741
State Code .................................... 53
County Code ................................... 015
County Name ................................... Cowlitz
Basin Name .................................... Lower Cowlitz
Hydrologic Unit Code .......................... 17080005
Drainage Area (square miles) ..................
Gage Datum (feet, NGVD of 1929) ...............
Site History and Remarks
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The data-collection reach extends from
the gage, which is located at the
Highway 504 bridge, to a cableway about
290 m downstream. The cableway is used
for measuring streamflow and collecting
samples. (Childers et.al.,1988)
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Vertical-profile data were collected
at the cableway in 1982 and 1986,
which is 660 ft downstream from the
gaging station. (Dinehart,1987)
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See Station:
14241100 - North Fork Toutle River at Kid Valley, WA
Reach Description
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The channel has sand-and-gravel
banks and streambed (Dinehart,1987).
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The channel reach is straight from 500 m
upstream to 100 m downstream of the
cableway, but it bends sharply to the right
downstream from the reach. The channel is
normally braided when the discharge is low
(below about 15 cubic meters/second);
however, when discharge is high, flow is
confined to a single channel. The unstable
streambed typically consists of sediments
ranging in size from sand to cobbles.
Stream banks generally are stable and lined
with large tree stumps and saplings. At the
bridge, bedrock is exposed along the left
bank and the right bank has eroded
significantly since 1980.
(Childers et.al.,1988).
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07/01/97, Lyn Topinka