USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
12131500 SOUTH FORK SKYKOMISH RIVER AT SKYKOMISH, WA
LOCATION - Lat 47°42'39.75", long 121°21'38.64" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.26, T.26 N., R.11 E., King County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17110009, on right bank at Skykomish, WA.
DRAINAGE AREA - 243 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2016 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gages. Datum of gage is 900 ft above NAVD of 1988 (USGS survey to WSDOT benchmark, Aug. 5, 2016).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 20,400 ft³/s, Feb. 1, 2020, gage height, 26.19 ft; minimum daily discharge, 119 ft³/s, Sept. 17-18, 2023.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - TURBIDITY: October 2022 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - An Analite NEP5000 turbidity sensor interfaced with a Data Collection Platform/Electronic Datalogger, with 15-min recording interval. 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 RECORD - TURBIDITY: Maximum, 216 FNU, Nov. 4, 2022; minimum, 0.0 FNU, many days.