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Water-Year Summary for Site 12201950

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Available Parameters
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  
63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Med.,Max.,Min.)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
12201950 ANDERSON CREEK NEAR BELLINGHAM, WA
LOCATION - Lat 48°40'26", long 122°15'58" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.26, T.37 N., R.4 E., Whatcom County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17110004, on right bank on the upstream side of the Lake Whatcom Blvd bridge, 4.2 miles south west of Acme, and at mile 2.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - 4.13 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - Discharge for the period Nov. 13, 2020 to Nov. 20, 2020, was revised on Mar. 16, 2022, based on changes to the stage-discharge rating.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2007 to current water year.
GAGE - Water stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 330ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS - Discharges up to 30 ft³/s is diverted from Middle Fork Nooksack River (12208000) to Mirror Lake upstream of the Anderson Creek near Bellingham gaging station (12201950) to maintain water levels in Lake Whatcom, which serves the City of Bellingham as a drinking water supply. U.S. Geological Survey satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 353 ft³/s, Nov. 15, 2021, gage height, 5.01 ft, maximum gage height, 5.36 ft, Dec. 2, 1975; minimum discharge, 0.03 ft³/s, estimated, Sept. 5, 2018.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - TURBIDITY: October 2013 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - An FTS DTS-12 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.
REMARKS - U.S. Geological Survey satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - TURBIDITY: Maximum, 987 FNU, Oct. 28, 2018; minimum, 0.0 FNU, many days.