USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
14317600 ROCK CREEK NEAR GLIDE, OR
LOCATION - Lat 43°20'47.99", long 122°59'33.33" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.36, T.25 S., R.3 W., Douglas County, OR, Hydrologic Unit 17100301, on left bank 0.2 mi downstream from McComas Creek, 6.0 mi northeast of Glide, and at mile 1.2.
DRAINAGE AREA - 97.4 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - The annual maximum gage height and discharge for water year 2021 was revised on Feb. 8, 2021.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1956-57 (annual maximums only), June 1957 to June 1973, Water-year 2016 (annual maximum only), March 2021 to current.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 940 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Nov. 8, 1955, to June 16, 1957, nonrecording gage and June 17, 1957, to Sept. 30, 1965, water-stage recorder at site 800 ft downstream at different datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 22,800 ft³/s Dec. 22, 1964, gage height, 20.3 ft, from floodmark, site and datum in use, from rating curve extended above 5,400 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement at gage height 14.83 ft; minimum 14 ft³/s Sept. 5-11, 1966.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: April 2021 to current year.
pH: April 2021 to current year.
WATER TEMPERATURE: April 2021 to current year.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: April 2021 to current year.
TURBIDITY: April 2021 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.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 88 microsiemens Sept. 18, 19, 2021; minimum, 32 microsiemens Apr. 10, 11, 2023.
pH: Maximum, 9.0 units Apr. 18-20, 2021; minimum, 6.6 units Jan. 4, 2022.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 27.7°C June 28, 2021; minimum, 2.1°C Feb. 25, 2022.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 13.9 mg/L Feb. 24, 2022; minimum, 7.0 mg/L Aug. 16, 17, 2023.
TURBIDITY: Maximum, 3,680 FNU Jan. 5, 2022; minimum, 0.1 FNU Aug. 23, 25, 26, 29, 31, Sept. 1, 2021.