USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07238000 NORTH CANADIAN RIVER NEAR SEILING, OK
LOCATION - Lat 36°11'00", long 98°55'15" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 sec.28, T.20 N., R.16 W., Major County, OK, Hydrologic Unit 11100301, near center of span on downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 60, 2.0 mi upstream from Seiling Creek, 2.2 mi north of Seiling, 2.8 mi downstream from Deep Creek, and at mile 422.6.
DRAINAGE AREA - 12,555 mi² of which 3,497 mi² probably is noncontributing. from automated delineation using 10-meter National Elevation Dataset digital elevation model data dated 10/01/2006 and Watershed Boundary Dataset dated 10/01/2006, using Albers Equal-Area Projection, North American Datum 1983.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR 2012: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1946 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1676.03 feet above NAVD of 1988. The NAVD of 1988 datum was determined by a Level II GNSS survey (Reference Frame NAD_83(2011) (EPOCH:2010.0000) ITRF2014 (EPOCH:2022.6020) (GEOID18) by USGS on 08/08/22 and tied to RM-10. Prior to date the datum of gage was 1,675.53 ft above NGVD of 1929. July 1, 1946 to Aug. 17, 1964, at site 60 ft downstream and prior to Oct. 1, 1954, at datum 5.00 ft higher.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge for period of record, 33,000 ft³/s, May 19, 1951.
Maximum gage height for period of record, 16.00 ft, Oct. 11, 1946, present datum.
No flow has occurred multiple times.
AVERAGE DISCHARGE FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO REGULATION - Water years 1947-78, 215 ft³/s.