PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

Station operated in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

STATION.--14161100  BLUE RIVER BELOW TIDBITS CREEK, NEAR BLUE RIVER, OR
LOCATION.--Lat 44° 13'05", long 122° 15'50", in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.36, T.15 S., R.4 E., Lane
County, Hydrologic Unit 17090004, in Willamette National Forest, on left bank 0.2 mi 
downstream from Tidbits Creek, 5.5 mi northeast of town of Blue River, and at mile 
8.5.[location map]  
DRAINAGE AREA.--45.8 mi2. 
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1963 to current year. 
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.  Datum of gage is 1,386.90 ft above sea 
level (Corps of Engineers bench mark). 
REMARKS.-No regulation or diversion upstream from station.  Continuous water-quality 
records for the period September 1963 to September 1987 have been collected at this location.
Water temperature probe reactivated ___________2009.
 EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 12,400 ft3/s Dec. 22, 1964, gage height, 
15.32 ft, from floodmarks, from rating curve extended above 2,800 ft3/s on basis of 
slope-area measurement of peak flow; minimum daily discharge, 6.0 ft3/s Oct. 27-29, 1987.
EXTREME FOR FEBRUARY 1996 FLOOD.--Maximum discharge, 8,990 ft3/s, Feb. 7, gage height, 
11.43 ft; maximum gage height, 12.04 ft, from floodmark; minimum discharge, 12 ft3/s.