USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
12210000 SOUTH FORK NOOKSACK RIVER AT SAXON BRIDGE, WA
LOCATION - Lat 48°40'40", long 122°09'55" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.21, T.37 N., R.5 E., Whatcom County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17110004, at Saxon Bridge, 1.3 mi downstream from Skookum Creek, and 2.5 mi northeast of Wickersham.
DRAINAGE AREA - 129 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 2007 to September 2008 (gage height only). October 2008 to current year.
GAGE - Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is 349.780 ft. above NAVD of 1988 from a level 2 GNSS survey (Reference Frame NAD_83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010.0000), GEOID18). Datum of gage is 350 ft. above NGVD 29 from river profile map.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 20,500 ft³/s, Dec. 12, 2010, gage height 8.78 ft; maximum gage height, 10.16 ft, Nov. 15, 2021; minimum daily discharge, 69.3 ft³/s, Aug. 13, 2015.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2008 to December 2016. October 2017 to current.
INSTRUMENTATION - Temperature sensor with a 15-minute logging interval.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 24.4°C, July 28, 29, 2009; minimum, -0.2°C, Feb. 22-24, 2018.