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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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Summary of all available data for this site
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 5.3 01-24-2026   10:45 PST
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Barometric pressure, millimeters of mercury
Most recent instantaneous value: 735 01-24-2026   10:00 PST
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Total partial pressure of dissolved gases, water, unfiltered, millimeters of mercury, TDG Monitor
Most recent instantaneous value: 718 01-24-2026   10:00 PST
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Total partial pressure of dissolved gases, water, unfiltered, percent of saturation
Most recent instantaneous value: 98 01-24-2026   10:00 PST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 508 01-24-2026   10:50 PST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jan 24 based on 78 water years of record more
Min
(1981)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jan 24		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1971)
225 508 575 1060 1350 1540 5490

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.76 01-24-2026   10:50 PST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius, EXO WQ Monitor
Most recent instantaneous value: 43 01-24-2026   10:00 PST
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter, EXO WQ Monitor
Most recent instantaneous value: 11.2 01-24-2026   10:00 PST
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units, EXO WQ Monitor
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.2 01-24-2026   10:00 PST
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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: 9.6 01-24-2026   10:00 PST
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Chlorophyll relative fluorescence (fChl), water, in situ, relative fluorescence units (RFU), EXO WQ Monitor
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.68 01-24-2026   10:00 PST
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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: 0.75 01-24-2026   10:00 PST
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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: 0.7 01-24-2026   10:00 PST
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