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Station operated in cooperation with the City of Salem.

STATION.--14179000 BREITENBUSH RIVER ABOVE FRENCH CREEK, NEAR DETROIT, OR
LOCATION.--Lat 44° 45'10", long 122° 07'40" in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.36, T.9 S., R.5 E., Marion County, 
Hydrologic Unit 17090005, in 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, at measuring cable 0.2 mi downstream from gage.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1932 to September 1987, October 1998 to current year. Monthly discharge 
only June 1932, published in WSP 1318. Published as "above Canyon Creek, near Detroit" from 
October 1952 to September 1984.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,573.95 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum 
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, 14.55ft; minimum discharge 87 ft3/s Sept. 24, 2001. 

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