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Water-Year Summary for Site 12508990

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
12508990 YAKIMA RIVER AT MABTON, WA
LOCATION - Lat 46°13'53", long 119°59'54" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.30, T.9 N., R.23 E., Yakima County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17030003, on right bank at highway bridge, at east boundary of Yakama Nation Reservation, 1.1 mi north of Mabton, and at mile 59.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 5,359 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1970 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 643 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Oct. 1, 1976, at datum 10 ft higher.
REMARKS - Flow affected by storage in five reservoirs, by diversions upstream from station for irrigation upstream and downstream from station of about 424,000 acres, and by return flow. Water temperatures March 1981 to February 1982. 
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 49,500 ft³/s, Feb. 10, 1996, gage height, 28.18 ft, present datum from high-water mark; minimum daily discharge, 320 ft³/s, Mar. 25, 1977.