USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
12097850 WHITE RIVER BELOW CLEARWATER RIVER NEAR BUCKLEY, WA
LOCATION - Lat 47°08'49", long 121°51'32" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.12, T.19 N., R.7 E., King County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17110014, on right bank 300 ft upstream from Canyon Creek, 1.5 mi downstream from Clearwater River, 6.4 mi east of Buckley, and at mile 33.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 375 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR WA-76-1: 1975 (M)
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1974 to September 1976, March 1982 to February 1996, October 2008 to current year.
GAGE -
Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,100.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Corps of Engineers benchmark) and 1,103.60 ft above NAVD of 1988 (GNSS survey by USGS, Sept. 13, 2022). Prior to March 1982, at datum 47.16 ft higher.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
Maximum discharge, 31,900 ft³/s Dec. 9, 2015, gage height, 54.49 ft, present datum; maximum gage height, 96.1 ft Feb. 9, 1996, result of backwater from Mud Mountain Lake; minimum discharge, 252 ft³/s Nov. 8-11, 1987.