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Water-Year Summary for Site 14162200

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Available Parameters
00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Mean,Min.)  
00300 Dissolved oxygen(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
00400 pH(Max.,Min.,Med.)  
32295 fDOM, water, in situ(Min.,Max.,Mean)  
32315 Relative fChl, water, in situ(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
32316 fChl, water, in situ(Min.,Mean,Max.)  
32319 fPC, water, in situ(Mean,Max.,Min.)  
32321 Relative fPC, water, in situ(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Max.,Min.,Med.)  

Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
14162200 BLUE RIVER AT BLUE RIVER, OR
LOCATION - Lat 44°09'45", long 122°19'55" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.21, T.16 S., R.4 E., Lane County, OR, Hydrologic Unit 17090004, on right bank, 0.3 mi upstream from Simmonds Creek, 0.7 mi north of town of Blue River, 0.8 mi downstream from Blue River Dam and at mile 0.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 87.7 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - February 1966 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,056.53 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U. S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to Aug. 25, 1966, nonrecording gage at datum 0.80 ft higher.
REMARKS - Flow regulated since October 1968 by Blue River Lake (active capacity, 85,550 acre-ft). No diversion upstream from station. Discharge not adjusted for storage or release from Blue River Lake as losses from reservoir at times exceed natural flow.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Dec. 22, 1964, reached a stage of 16.5 ft, from floodmark.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 7,270 ft³/s Feb. 23, 1968, gage height, 8.93 ft; minimum discharge, 0.80 ft³/s Oct. 8, 10, 11, 1968; minimum daily discharge, 3.7 ft³/s Oct. 8, 1968.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: May 2019 to current year.

pH: May 2019 to current year.

WATER TEMPERATURE: August 1966 to November 1999, August 2001 to current year.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: May 2019 to current year.

TURBIDITY: January 2003 to September 2006, May 2019 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor. 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 - TURBIDITY: Data collected using a YSI EXO2 sonde. Manufacturer's stated accuracy is the greater of +/- 2 percent of reading or 0.3 Formazin Nephelometric Units (FNU) for 0-999 FNU, and +/- 5 percent for 1,000-4,000 FNU. FNU values below 10 are reported to nearest 0.1 FNU. Negative recorded values are reported as 0.0 FNU. Prior to May 2019 data was collected using an Analite 395 turbidity probe. Additional parameters collected at this location are available via NWISWeb.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 86 microsiemens Nov. 18, 2021; minimum, 24 microsiemens Dec. 27, 28, 2022.

pH: Maximum, 8.5 units Aug. 24, 2021; minimum, 6.3 units Nov. 18, 19, 2021.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 26.0°C July 6, 1968; minimum, 0.0°C Jan. 5-9, 1974, Dec. 23, 24, 1983.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 14.4 mg/L May 7, 2022; minimum, 8.2 mg/L Nov. 19, 2021. 

TURBIDITY: Maximum, 558 FNU Nov. 19, 2021; minimum, <1 FNU on many days most years.