USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
12092000 PUYALLUP RIVER NEAR ELECTRON, WA
LOCATION - Lat 46°54'14", long 122°02'02" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.03, T.16 N., R.6 E., Pierce County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17110014, on right bank 1,000 ft upstream from Puget Sound Energy's flume headworks, 0.3 mi downstream from Mowich River, 9.8 mi southeast of Electron, and at mile 42.0.
DRAINAGE AREA - 92.8 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1092: 1946(M). WSP 1346: 1913, 1916-17(M), 1918-23, drainage area. WSP 1566: 1945(M), 1947(P).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1908 to December 1933, October 1944 to September 1949, October 1957 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,632.7 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Jan. 1, 1913, nonrecording gage, and Jan. 1, 1913, to Sept. 30, 1926, Oct. 1, 1944, to Sept. 30, 1949, and Oct. 1, 1957, to Nov. 22, 1959 (gage destroyed by flood), water-stage recorder, at sites near present gage at different datums. Aug. 19, 1960, to Dec. 23, 1980, at site 160 ft downstream at different datum. Dec. 24, 1980, to Dec. 24, 1987, at site 60 ft downstream at different datum. Dec. 24, 1987, to Feb. 8, 1996 (gage destroyed by flood), at site on left bank near present gage at same datum. Feb. 8 to June 5, 1996, no gage at site.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 16,000 ft³/s, Feb. 8, 1996, gage height, 10.94 ft, from floodmarks, result of slope-area measurement; maximum gage height, 11.30 ft, Nov. 7, 2006; minimum daily discharge, 75 ft³/s, Oct. 19, 1994.