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Water-Year Summary for Site 13343860

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00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Mean,Min.)  
00048 Pressure, diss gases(Mean,Max.,Min.)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
13343860 SNAKE RIVER BELOW LITTLE GOOSE DAM, WA
LOCATION - Lat 46°34'59.46", long 118°02'31.10" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Columbia County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17060107, on right bank 0.7 mi below Little Goose Dam on the Snake River, 6.2 mi northeast of the town of Starbuck, at mile 69.6.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2009 to current year. Data from April 1995 to September 2003 are available from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla office, and data from October 2003 to September 2009 are available at the U.S. Geological Survey Kennewick Field Office.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2009 to current year. TOTAL DISSOLVED GAS: October 2009 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water quality monitor since 1995, with a 1-hour logging interval since 2003.
REMARKS - The Corps manages spill levels for fish passage to avoid exceeding 120% total dissolved gas (TDG) in project tailraces, and 115% TDG in the forebay of the next project downstream consistent with the current percent TDG limits.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 22.4°C, August 10, 2021; Minimum, 0.8°C, January 20 and 22, 2017, but may have been higher or lower during periods of missing record.

TOTAL DISSOLVED GAS: Maximum, 144 percent saturation, June 6, 2017; Minimum, 91 percent saturation November 24, 2018, but may have been higher or lower during periods of missing record.