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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
14301000 NEHALEM RIVER NEAR FOSS, OR
LOCATION - Lat 45°42'15", long 123°45'15" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 sec.35, T.3 N., R.9 W., Tillamook County, OR, Hydrologic Unit 17100202, on right bank, 0.2 mi upstream from Cook Creek, 2.2 mi northeast of Foss and at mile 13.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - 667 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WYS 2014: 2014.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1939 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 32.60 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Oregon Department of Transportation bench mark). Prior to Nov. 11, 1939, nonrecording gage.
REMARKS - No regulation. Several small diversions for irrigation upstream from station. Continuous water-quality records, chemical analyses, and periodic suspended sediment data for some prior periods, and precipitation records for period October 2009 to November 2012 have been collected at this location.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 70,300 ft³/s Feb. 8, 1996, gage height, 29.56 ft, on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow; minimum discharge, 34 ft³/s Aug. 29-31, 1967.
