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Water-Year Summary for Site 15271000

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00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
15271000 SIXMILE CREEK NEAR HOPE, AK
LOCATION - Lat 60°49'15", long 149°25'31" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.34, T.8 N., R.1 W., Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK, Hydrologic Unit 19020302, (Seward D-7 quad), Chugach National Forest, on left bank, 6.0 mi upstream from mouth at Turnagain Arm, and 10.6 mi southeast of Hope.
DRAINAGE AREA - 234 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - Water Data Reports for years 2001 through 2010 erroneously reported the instantaneous low flow for the period of record as being 29 cubic feet per second. The instantaneous low flow for the period of record is unknown. The peak stage for the period of record is 29.0 ft., and occurred sometime between Nov. 26, 1979, and January 9, 1980, during the release from storage behind a snow-avalanche dam, upstream from the former gage site, site and datum then in use.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1979 to September 1990, August 1997 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 261.41 ft NAVD88. Prior to November 26, 1979, recording gage at site 0.8 mi downstream at different datum.
REMARKS - GOES satellite telemetry at station.