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USGS 12200500 SKAGIT RIVER NEAR MOUNT VERNON, WA

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Additional Data and Information.-- Latest shifted rating.

Flood Stage.--The National Weather Service Flood Stage for this station is 28.0 feet. Skagit County has Flood Phase Information for this gage.

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Station Notes
water level
Flood Phase -
Stage (feet) -
Phase 1
28.0 to 32.0
Phase 2
32.0 to 35.6
Phase 3
35.6 to 40+
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The elevation of this station has been determined to be 3.80 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 3.80 feet to gage height values.


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

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2016-10-01  2025-07-17
1988-10-01  2025-07-17
2007-10-01  2025-07-17
2016-09-07  2017-10-03







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

Most recent instantaneous value: 17.9 07-17-2025   21:00 PDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 11200 07-17-2025   21:00 PDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jul 18 based on 84 water years of record more
Min
(2015)
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jul 18
25th
percen-
tile
Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Max
(1955)
7340 11200 13600 17600 19500 23000 44800


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 12.64 07-17-2025   21:00 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), [Discontinued 10/3/2017]
 
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