USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
12095000 SOUTH PRAIRIE CREEK AT SOUTH PRAIRIE, WA
LOCATION - Lat 47°08'23", long 122°05'29" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.18, T.19 N., R.6 E., Pierce County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17110014, on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 162, 0.8 mi downstream from Wilkeson Creek, 0.3 mi east of South Prairie, and at mile 5.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 79.5 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1932: Drainage area. WDR WA-96-1: 1980(M), 1991(P). Discharge for the period Oct. 24, 2021, at 13:45 to Oct. 26, 2021, at 07:45 were revised on Sept, 5, 2021 to delete the original data and estimate discharge values that were affected by a temporary jump in gage height due to what was assumed to be debris on the control.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1949 to September 1971, October 1987 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 400.0 ft above NGVD of 1929 and is 403.495 ft above NAVD of 1988. June 1949 to June 1969, water-stage recorder at site 70 ft downstream at different datum. June 1969 to September 1971, at site 330 ft upstream at different datum. October 1987 to Aug. 29, 2012, at site 330 ft upstream at same datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 9,480 ft³/s, Jan. 7, 2009, gage height, 36.02 ft; minimum discharge, 20 ft³/s, Sept. 23, 1967.