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USGS 12213100 NOOKSACK RIVER AT FERNDALE, WA

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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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ice
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)

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

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2007-12-01  2026-07-18
1989-10-01  2026-07-18
2007-10-01  2026-07-18
2011-10-29  2025-04-03
2023-09-28  2026-07-18
2019-03-28  2022-01-01







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 15.9 07-18-2026   23:30 PDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 1500 07-18-2026   23:30 PDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jul 19 based on 59 water years of record more
Min
(2015)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jul 19		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1974)
1410 1500 2180 2740 3080 3440 8020

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 4.60 07-18-2026   23:30 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)
Most recent instantaneous value: 56.2 07-18-2026   23:30 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), [(2)]
 
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
 
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