PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

Station operated in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation.

STATION.--14357500 BEAR CREEK AT MEDFORD, OR

LOCATION.--Lat 42° 19'28", long 122° 51'55", in NW 1/4 sec.30, T.37 S., R.1 W., Jackson County, 
 Hydrologic Unit 17100308, on left bank 300 ft upstream from 10th street Bridge, in 
 Medford, and at mile 10.1. [location map] 
DRAINAGE AREA.--289 mi2. 
PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1915 to June 1920 (no low-flow records), October 1920 to 
 September 1981, December 1983 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, 
 published in WSP 1318. 
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,343.27 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to 
 Sept. 19, 1991, at site 0.2 mi downstream, at datum 1.29 ft lower, Dec. 31, 1947, to 
 Sept. 23, 1985, at datum 2.00 ft higher. See WSP 1738 for history of changes prior to 
 Dec. 31, 1947. 
REMARKS.--Flow partly regulated since 1924 by Emigrant Lake. Water is diverted into 
 basin from the Klamath River basin. Many diversions for irrigation and municipal use 
 upstream from station. Bureau of Reclamation satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 17,600 ft3/s Jan. 1, 1997, 
 gage height, 14.69 ft, present datum; no flow at times.


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