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USGS 14048000 JOHN DAY RIVER AT MCDONALD FERRY, OR

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Available Parameters Available Period
  
2025-07-17  2026-05-10
1988-10-01  2026-05-10
2007-10-01  2026-05-10







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 20.0 05-10-2026   19:45 PDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 1810 05-10-2026   19:45 PDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 10 based on 119 water years of record more
Min
(1934)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value May 10		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1956)
651 1810 3150 4770 5680 7460 20400

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.49 05-10-2026   19:45 PDT
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