USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
14316700 STEAMBOAT CREEK NEAR GLIDE, OR
LOCATION - Lat 43°21'00", long 122°43'40" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Douglas County, OR, Hydrologic Unit 17100301, Umpqua National Forest, on right bank, in Canton Creek Forest Service Park, 200 ft downstream from Canton Creek, 19 mi northeast of Glide and at mile 0.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - 227 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - Revisions: Discharges approved and reported via NWISWeb for Mar. 9-11, 2016 have been revised.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Annual maximum, water year 1956, June 1956 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,128.55 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by Federal Highway Administration). October 1955 to June 1956, nonrecording gage at site 100 ft upstream at same datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 51,000 ft³/s Dec. 22, 1964, gage height, 25.6 ft, from floodmark, from rating curve extended above 13,000 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow at gage height 17.96 ft; minimum discharge, 21.1 ft³/s Sept. 16, 17, 2021.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2023 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Temperature probe and data logger.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 25.0°C July 9, 10, 2024; minimum, 1.6°C Nov. 29, 2023.