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	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00065 Gage height(Mean)
	63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Min.,Max.,Med.)

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

12042800 BOGACHIEL RIVER NEAR FORKS, WA

LOCATION - Lat 47°53'39.91", long 124°21'25.52" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.34, T.28 N., R.13 W., Clallam County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17100101, on right bank at US Highway 101 bridge, 0.6 mi downstream from Bear Creek, 4.2 mi southeast of Forks, and at mile 15.2.

DRAINAGE AREA - 111 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR WA-79-1: 1976-78 (M,P).

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1975 to September 1980, August 2018 to current year. Flow of Bear Creek was excluded from low-flow records prior to Oct. 1, 1978.

GAGE - Water stage recorder. Non-recording gage and crest-stage gage Dec. 17, 1979 to September 1980. Prior to Dec. 17, 1979, recording gage and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is arbitrary (gage installation on August 29, 2018) and is 169.264 feet above NAVD88, from levels.

COOPERATION - Quileute Tribal Council.

REMARKS - No regulations or diversion upstream from station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 35,300 ft³/s (estimated), Nov. 15, 2021; gage height 26.00 ft; Maximum non-estimated discharge, 18,100 ft³/s, Dec. 13, 2018, gage height 20.64 ft.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: December 2019 to current year. TURBIDITY: December 2018 to April 2021 (discontinued).

INSTRUMENTATION - Turbidity sensor (FTS DTS-12) and temperature probe interfaced with a Data Collection Platform/Electronic Datalogger, with 15-minute logging interval, September 2018 to April 2021, and since December 2019, respectively. Any use of trade, product, or firm names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

REMARKS - Additional details are available from the Washington Water Science Center. Continuous water quality record is no longer rated, as of water year 2021. Prior ratings can be obtained via request to the Washington Water Science Center.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 26.3°C , Aug. 16, 2020; minimum, 2.2°C, Jan. 15, 2020. TURBIDITY: Maximum, 861 FNU, Oct. 21, 2019; minimum, 0.0 FNU, July 21, Aug. 4, 9-11, 2020.