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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

14179000 BREITENBUSH RIVER ABOVE FRENCH CREEK, NEAR DETROIT, OR

LOCATION - Lat 44°45'10", long 122°07'40" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.36, T.9 S., R.5 E., Marion County, OR, Hydrologic Unit 17090005, Willamette National Forest, on left bank, 600 ft upstream from Canyon Creek, 1.5 mi northeast of Detroit and at mile 2.0.

DRAINAGE AREA - 108 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1932 to September 1987, October 1998 to current year. Monthly discharge only June 1932, published in WSP 1318. October 1952 to September 1984 published as "above Canyon Creek, near Detroit."

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,573.95 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1952, at site 0.2 mi downstream at datum 13.46 ft lower.

REMARKS - No regulation or diversion upstream from station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 16,900 ft³/s Dec. 22, 1964, gage height, 14.55 ft; minimum discharge, 81 ft³/s Oct. 10, 2015.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - PRECIPITATION: March 2021 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - Unshielded, standard 7.874-in diameter, tipping bucket precipitation gage, mounted to top of gage house 15 ft above ground surface.

REMARKS - PRECIPITATION: Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Records published in this report are for general scientific use.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 1998 to January 2009.

pH: October 1998 to November 2008.

WATER TEMPERATURE: December 1950 to July 1961, January 1962 to September 1987, October 1998 to current year.

TURBIDITY: October 1998 to March 2010.

INSTRUMENTATION - Temperature probe and data logger.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 107 microsiemens Oct. 7, 2005; minimum, 21 microsiemens Nov. 26, 1999.

pH: Maximum, 8.3 units Sept. 1, 3, 2001; minimum, 6.6 units Dec. 30, 2005.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 18.3°C June 29, 2021; minimum, 0.0°C on several days in 1972-73, 1977-79, 1985, 1999, 2006, 2009, 2011, Dec. 14, 2016, Jan. 5, 6, 2017.

TURBIDITY: Maximum recorded, >1,160 FNU Nov. 25, 1999; minimum, <1 FNU on many days each year.