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USGS 14159500 SOUTH FORK MCKENZIE RIVER NEAR RAINBOW, OR

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Station operated in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

NOTE: The most current shifted rating for this site can be found at USGS Rating Depot website.

NOTE: Specific Gage Analysis and Discharge Measurement Cross Sections can be found here.
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Available Parameters Available Period
  
2007-10-01  2026-10-13
2012-04-24  2026-10-13
2012-04-26  2026-10-13
2023-10-12  2026-10-13
1986-10-01  2026-10-13
2007-10-01  2026-10-13
2019-05-15  2026-10-13
2019-05-15  2026-10-13
2019-05-15  2026-10-13
2023-10-12  2026-10-13
2023-10-27  2026-10-13
2023-10-12  2025-02-27
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Summary of all available data for this site
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 13.6 10-13-2026   02:15 PDT
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Barometric pressure, millimeters of mercury
Most recent instantaneous value: 732 10-13-2026   02:00 PDT
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Total partial pressure of dissolved gases, water, unfiltered, millimeters of mercury, TDG Monitor
Most recent instantaneous value: 727 10-13-2026   02:00 PDT
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Total partial pressure of dissolved gases, water, unfiltered, percent of saturation
Most recent instantaneous value: 99 10-13-2026   02:00 PDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 346 10-13-2026   02:20 PDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 13 based on 79 water years of record more
Min
(1964)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 13		 25th
percen-
tile		 Mean Median 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1966)
180 346 380 700 720 940 3290

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.44 10-13-2026   02:20 PDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius, EXO WQ Monitor
Most recent instantaneous value: 57 10-13-2026   02:00 PDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter, EXO WQ Monitor
Most recent instantaneous value: 9.6 10-13-2026   02:00 PDT
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units, EXO WQ Monitor
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.6 10-13-2026   02:00 PDT
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Dissolved organic matter fluorescence (fDOM), water, in situ, concentration estimated from reference material, micrograms per liter as quinine sulfate equivalents (QSE)
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.9 10-13-2026   02:00 PDT
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Chlorophyll relative fluorescence (fChl), water, in situ, relative fluorescence units (RFU), EXO WQ Monitor
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.45 10-13-2026   02:00 PDT
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Chlorophyll fluorescence (fChl), water, in situ, concentration estimated from reference material, micrograms per liter as chlorophyll, EXO WQ Monitor
 
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Phycocyanin fluorescence (fPC), water, in situ, concentration estimated from reference material, micrograms per liter as phycocyanin, EXO WQ Monitor
 
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Phycocyanin relative fluorescence (fPC), water, in situ, relative fluorescence units (RFU), EXO WQ Monitor
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.34 10-13-2026   02:00 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), EXO WQ Monitor
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.0 10-13-2026   02:00 PDT
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