USGS Water-Year Summary 2020
12101102 WHITE RIVER AT 24TH ST E AT DIERINGER, WA
LOCATION - Lat 47°14'08", long 122°14'10" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.12, T.20 N., R.4 E., Pierce County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17110014, on right-bank and downstream side of 24th Street East bridge, 2.3 mi north of Sumner, and at mile 3.4.
DRAINAGE AREA - 479 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 2016 to current year (stage only).
GAGE - Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is NGVD of 1929.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum elevation, 50.51 ft, Dec. 29, 2017; minimum elevation, 40.61 ft, Oct. 4, 2016.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: June to September 2016.
pH: June to September 2016.
WATER TEMPERATURE: June to September 2016.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: June to September 2016.
TURBIDITY: June to September 2016.
INSTRUMENTATION - Multiparameter water quality sonde interfaced with a Data Collection Platform/Electronic Datalogger, with 15-min recording interval, since June 2016. Turbidity sensor is a 6136 sensor installed on a YSI 6920 V2-2 sonde. 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.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 88 uS/cm, Sept. 24, 2016; minimum,47 uS/cm, June 7, 2016.
pH: Maximum, 8.4 units, Sept. 25, 2016; minimum, 7.1 units, June 11, Sept 18,19, 2016.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 21.4 °C, July 29, 2016; minimum, 10.0 °C, June 19, 2016.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 11.3 mg/L, June 19, 2016; minimum, 8.6 mg/L, Aug/ 12,13,19, 2016.
TURBIDITY: Maximum recorded, 310 FNU, Sept. 18, 2016; minimum recorded,6.4 FNU, June 16, 2016.