Cowlitz River at Castle Rock, WA - 14243000
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Cowlitz River at Castle Rock, WA - 14243000
Subscribe to WaterAlert March 21, 2025 - March 28, 2025
Gage height, feet [NAVD 1988, feet]
37.18 ft - Mar 28, 2025 03:30:00 AM PDT
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Status
Time
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37.18 ft
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Mar 28, 2025
03:30:00 AM PDT
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37.18 ft
Provisional
Mar 28, 2025
03:30:00 AM PDT
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Statistics for March 28, 2025 based on 12 years of data
Gage height, ft
low (1996)
9.20 ft
25th percentile
33.35 ft
median
34.16 ft
75th percentile
34.55 ft
mean
32.43 ft
high (2007)
38.25 ft
Available data
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Learn about the data collection categories Continuous data
6 data types available - data from 1961-12-20 to 2025-03-28
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet [NAVD 1988, feet]
2007-10-01 - 2025-03-28
Discharge, cubic feet per second
1961-12-20 - 2025-03-28
Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
2008-10-01 - 2025-03-28
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) RIGHT BANK, [Analite NEP5000]
2020-10-29 - 2025-03-28
Water velocity reading from field sensor, feet per second RIGHT BANK, [from ADVM 1500kHz]
2022-03-29 - 2025-03-28
Water velocity reading from field sensor, feet per second RIGHT BANK, [from ADVM 500kHz]
2022-03-29 - 2025-03-28
Daily data
4 data types available - data from 1926-12-10 to 2025-03-27
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0 data types available
Discrete sample data
215 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1967-10-11 to 2025-01-15
2709 Sampling activities
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Cowlitz River at Castle Rock
Cowlitz River at Castle Rock, WA
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- Active Monitoring Locations
5 km
3 mi
Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.
Interested in understanding how to access the upstream/downstream data? Learn about the Network-Linked Data Index (NLDI)
| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological | Water-quality | 1980-10-01 | 1981-09-17 |
| Information | Water-quality | 1975-08-06 | 2024-01-11 |
| Inorganics, Major, Metals | Water-quality | 1967-10-11 | 1982-10-21 |
| Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | Water-quality | 1967-10-11 | 1982-10-21 |
| Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals | Water-quality | 1968-08-16 | 1982-03-23 |
| Inorganics, Minor, metals | Water-quality | 1968-08-16 | 1982-10-21 |
| Microbiological | Water-quality | 1970-05-19 | 1982-10-21 |
| Nutrient | Water-quality | 1967-10-11 | 1982-10-21 |
| Organics, other | Water-quality | 1980-06-17 | 1982-09-21 |
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1926-12-10 | 2025-03-28 |
| Population/Community | Water-quality | 1980-10-01 | 1981-09-17 |
| Radiochemistry | Water-quality | 1980-05-29 | 1981-07-15 |
| Sediment | Daily Values, Water-quality | 1980-04-10 | 2023-12-15 |
| n/a | Peak Measurements | 1927-01-03 | 2022-12-27 |
| n/a | Site Visits | 1946-12-14 | 2025-03-17 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2006-01-01 | 2024-01-01 |
Monitoring location 14243000 is associated with a Stream in Cowlitz County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, and more are available. Water data back to 1926 are available online.
Datum of gage is NAVD88.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
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Site identification number
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14243000 | n/a |
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Site name
|
COWLITZ RIVER AT CASTLE ROCK, WA | n/a |
|
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 461630 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 1225448 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 46.2748332 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -122.9145587 | n/a |
|
Latitude-longitude method
|
Interpolated from MAP. | M |
|
Latitude-longitude accuracy
|
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. | S |
|
Latitude-longitude datum
|
North American Datum of 1927 | NAD27 |
| Decimal Latitude-longitude datum | North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
|
District
|
Washington | 53 |
|
State
|
Washington | 53 |
|
County
|
Cowlitz County | 015 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | SWSES10 T09N R02W W | n/a |
| Name of location map | n/a | |
| Scale of location map | n/a | |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 0.00 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | Interpolated from topographic map. | M |
| Altitude accuracy | 1 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
|
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Lower Cowlitz | 17080005 |
|
Drainage basin
|
n/a | |
|
Topographic setting
|
n/a | |
| Flags for instruments at site | NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
|
Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
| Date site established or inventoried | n/a | |
|
Drainage area
|
2238 square miles | n/a |
| Contributing drainage area | n/a | |
| Time Zone abbreviation | PST | n/a |
|
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
|
Y | n/a |
|
Data reliability
|
n/a | |
| Data-other GW files | NNNNNNNN | n/a |
| National aquifer | n/a | |
| Local aquifer | n/a | |
|
Local aquifer type
|
n/a | |
| Well depth | n/a | |
|
Hole depth
|
n/a | |
| Source of depth data | n/a | |
| Project number | n/a |