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Water-Year Summary for Site 12179000

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00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
12179000 SKAGIT RIVER ABOVE ALMA CREEK NEAR MARBLEMOUNT, WA
LOCATION - Lat 48°36'27", long 121°21'37" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in sec.15, T.36 N., R.11 E., Skagit County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17110005, on right bank 2.8 miles upstream from Bacon Creek, 6.9 miles northeast of Marblemount, and at river mile 85.8. Drainage area has not been determined.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,274 mi². of which 400 mi² are in Canada.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1950 to September 1995 and June 2020 to current.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of is 362.80 ft. above North American Vertical Datum 88 (differential levels from NGS benchmark T375).
REMARKS - All diversions returned to river upstream from gage. Flow regulated by Ross Reservoir (station 12175000), Diablo Reservoir (station 12176500), and Gorge Reservoir (station 12177700) since 1960. U.S. Geological Survey satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 45,800 ft³/s, Nov. 15, 2021, gage height, 20.08 ft; minimum daily discharge, 1,110 ft³/s, Oct. 7, 1979.