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Water-Year Summary for Site 12323000

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
12323000 COLUMBIA RIVER AT BIRCHBANK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
LOCATION - Lat 49°10'40", long 117°42'59" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, UNSPECIFIED, Hydrologic Unit is unknown, on right bank at Birchbank, British Columbia, 0.7 mi downstream from Sullivan Creek, 7 mi upstream from Trail, 11.7 mi downstream from Kootenay River, 17.4 mi upstream from international boundary, and at mile 762.4.
DRAINAGE AREA - 34,000 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 982: 1942. WSP 1216: 1949. WDR-US-2007: 2006.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1913 to current year in reports of Geological Survey and Water Survey of Canada. Published as "at Trail, British Columbia" 1913-37.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,329.90 ft above NGVD of 1929, 1947 international joint adjustment, published as 1,338.00 ft prior to October 1948. Prior to Oct. 1, 1937, nonrecording gage on highway bridge at site 6.8 mi downstream at datum 16.27 ft lower.
COOPERATION - Discharge records furnished by Environment Canada, Monitoring and Systems Branch, Water Survey Division. This station is maintained by Canada under agreement with the United States.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by six major reservoirs, and by numerous small reservoirs and powerplants. Diversions upstream from station for irrigation of about 25,000 acres.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 377,000 ft³/s, June 9, 1961, gage height, 50.05 ft; maximum gage height, 50.62 ft, June 11, 1948; minimum discharge observed, 8,940 ft³/s, Feb. 3, 1937, gage height, 6.27 ft, site and datum then in use.