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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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Station Notes
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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  2025-10-01
1989-10-01  2025-10-01
2007-10-01  2025-10-01
2011-10-29  2025-04-03
2023-09-28  2025-10-01
2019-03-28  2022-01-01







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 13.7 10-01-2025   16:30 PDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 1540 10-01-2025   16:30 PDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 1 based on 59 water years of record more
Min
(1986)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 1		 Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2014)
756 1020 1200 1540 2030 2080 10500

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 4.52 10-01-2025   16:30 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: 59.9 10-01-2025   16:30 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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