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USGS 12200500 SKAGIT RIVER NEAR MOUNT VERNON, WA

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Additional Data and Information.-- Latest shifted rating.

Flood Stage.--The National Weather Service Flood Stage for this station is 28.0 feet. Skagit County has Flood Phase Information for this gage.

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Station Notes
water level
Flood Phase -
Stage (feet) -
Phase 1
28.0 to 32.0
Phase 2
32.0 to 35.6
Phase 3
35.6 to 40+
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gage
The elevation of this station has been determined to be 3.80 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 3.80 feet to gage height values.

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This station managed by the Northwest Washington Field Office (Ferndale).

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2016-10-01  2026-05-28
1988-10-01  2026-05-28
2007-10-01  2026-05-28
2016-09-07  2017-10-03







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 14.0 05-28-2026   13:45 PDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 13400 05-28-2026   13:45 PDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 28 based on 85 water years of record more
Min
(2015)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value May 28		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1948)
10400 13400 16400 21400 22800 26600 58400

Gage height, feet, [(2)]
Most recent instantaneous value: 13.84 05-28-2026   13:45 PDT
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU), [Discontinued 10/3/2017]
 
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