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USGS 14048000 JOHN DAY RIVER AT MCDONALD FERRY, OR

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Station funded by U.S. Geological Survey National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP).

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Available Parameters Available Period
  
2025-07-17  2025-12-12
1988-10-01  2025-12-12
2007-10-01  2025-12-12







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 10.4 12-12-2025   14:45 PST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 694 12-12-2025   14:45 PST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Dec 12 based on 118 water years of record more
Min
(1973)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Dec 12		 Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1984)
130 399 598 694 900 1170 4800

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.74 12-12-2025   14:45 PST
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