USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
12089208 CENTRALIA POWER CANAL NEAR MCKENNA, WA
LOCATION - Lat 46°54'01", long 122°29'50" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.01, T.16 N., R.2 E., Thurston County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17110015, on left bank 1,000 ft downstream from headworks at dam, and 3.7 mi southeast of McKenna.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1979 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 330 ft above NGVD of 1929 (from topographic map) and is 319.56 ft above NAVD of 1988 (GNSS survey by USGS on Aug. 9, 2022). Prior to Oct. 20, 1999, at site 500 ft upstream at datum 10.00 ft lower.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 900 ft³/s, Nov. 11, 1990, gage height, 7.72 ft at datum then in use; minimum discharge, no flow on many days some years.