Location.--Latitude 48°50'42", Longitude
122°35'17", in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 29, Township 39 North,
Range 2 East, in Whatcom County, Hydrologic Unit 17110004, on
right bank 300 feet downstream from Main Street bridge at Ferndale, and
at river mile
5.8. Drainage
area is 786 mi2, of which includes 48.9 mi2
in Canada. Datum of
gage is 4.61 feet above NGVD of 1929.
Maps.--Locate
this station on a
map of the basin (PDF).
Additional Data and Information.-- Latest shifted
rating.
Flood Stage.--The National Weather Service Flood
Stage for this station is 18.0 feet.
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Station Notes
The
15-minute precipitation data for this station are
temporary and will only be displayed for 120 days. Time
series of 15-minute or cumulative daily values will NOT be
available for retrieval following the 120-day display period.
Although the instrumentation is calibrated at least once/year, the
temporary classification means that documented routine inspections
and other quality assurance measures are not performed that would
make the data acceptable for archival, retrieval, or future use in
general scientific or interpretive studies.
This station is affected by
ice
during extreme cold weather periods. A description of the types of
ice affecting rivers can be downloaded here.
(Effective Starting January 18, 2012)
The elevation of this station has been
determined to be 8.34 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream
water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 8.34 feet to gage
height values.
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