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Water-Year Summary for Site 12048000

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
12048000 DUNGENESS RIVER NEAR SEQUIM, WA
LOCATION - Lat 48°00'52", long 123°07'53" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.13, T.29 N., R.4 W., Clallam County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17110020, on right bank 1.0 mi upstream from Canyon Creek, 4.8 mi southwest of Sequim, and at mile 11.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 156 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1316: 1924-25(M), 1927(M). WSP 1932: 1957, 1958-59(M), 1960.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1923 to September 1930, June 1937 to current year. July 1897 to July 1898 at site downstream from Canyon Creek, published as "near Sequim," records not equivalent.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 569.3 ft above NGVD of 1929 (river-profile survey). June 8, 1923 to Sept. 30, 1930, nonrecording gage just above fish-hatchery diversion 0.5 mi downstream at different datum. June 19 to Aug. 12, 1937, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
REMARKS - No regulation or diversion upstream from station. Water temperatures July 1968 to September 1969, October 1970 to December 1970, January 2000 to September 2001. Suspended sediment discharge November 1999 to September 2001. U.S. Geological Survey satellite telemeter at station. 
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 7,610 ft³/s Jan. 7, 2002, gage height, 8.37 ft; maximum gage height, 8.58 ft Nov. 27, 1949; minimum discharge, 61 ft³/s Nov. 23, 1993, result of freezeup.