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USGS 12082500 NISQUALLY RIVER NEAR NATIONAL, WA

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Additional Data and Information.-- Latest shifted rating.

Flood Stage.--The National Weather Service Flood Flow for this station is 8,000 cfs. Lewis County has flood phase information for this gage.

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This station may experience problems during and after storm events due to extreme sediment load. Please use the gage height and discharge data with caution during these periods.

Boating safety tips

This station managed by the Western Washington Field Office (Tacoma).

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2025-06-04  2025-10-02
2025-06-04  2025-10-02
2025-06-04  2025-10-02
1987-10-01  2025-10-02
2007-10-01  2025-10-02







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Temperature, air, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 13.2 10-02-2025   18:00 PDT
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Temperature, air, degrees Fahrenheit
Most recent instantaneous value: 55.7 10-02-2025   18:00 PDT
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Precipitation, total, inches
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.00 10-02-2025   18:00 PDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 186 10-02-2025   18:00 PDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 2 based on 83 water years of record more
Min
(2003)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 2		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1948)
173 186 298 361 427 448 2000

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 4.37 10-02-2025   18:00 PDT
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