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Available Parameters
00054 Reservoir storage(Obs.)  
62614 Elevation, lake/res, NGVD29(Obs.)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
14237800 MAYFIELD RESERVOIR NEAR SILVER CREEK, WA
LOCATION - Lat 46°30'13", long 122°35'11" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.20, T.12 N., R.2 E., Lewis County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17080005, on right bank at Mayfield Dam on Cowlitz River, 0.3 mi downstream from Silver Creek, 4 mi south of the community of Silver Creek, and at mile 52.0.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,392 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1962 to current year. 
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is NGVD of 1929. Prior to Mar. 5, 1963, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS - Reservoir is formed by concrete arch dam, completed April 1962; storage began Apr. 14, 1962. Usable capacity, 21,380 acre-ft between elevation 415 ft, lower limit of operation, and 425 ft, top of taintor gates. Dead storage below elevation 415 ft, 112,340 acre-ft. Crest of spillway is at elevation 385 ft. Water is used by City of Tacoma for power generation. Figures given herein represent total contents. Capacity table furnished by Bonneville Power Administration. Chemical analyses December 1973 to September 1983 (samples were taken near the dam).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 134,850 acre-ft, Dec. 9, 1971, elevation, 425.50 ft; minimum contents since normal operating level was attained, 112,480 acre-ft, Sept. 22, 2019, elevation, 415.07 ft.