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Water-Year Summary for Site 15129500

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00060 Discharge(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
15129500 SITUK RIVER NEAR YAKUTAT, AK
LOCATION - Lat 59°35'12", long 139°29'33" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.09, T.27 S., R.35 E., City & Borough of Yakutat, AK, Hydrologic Unit 19010405, (Yakutat C-4 quad.), in Tongass National Forest, on left bank 20 ft downstream from Alsek Road bridge, 3.5 mi downstream from Situk Lake, 8.8 mi northeast of Yakutat, and 10 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 35.5 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1988 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is sea level, by U.S. Forest Service.
REMARKS - GOES satellite telemetry at station.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1971 to 1973 and 1988 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: October 1970 to September 1973 (fragmentary) and May 1988 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-temperature recorder October 1970 to September 1973, at a site 500 ft downstream. Electronic water-temperature recorder since May 1988, set for 2-hour recording interval. Recording interval changed to 15-minutes on March 6, 1996. Recording interval changed to hourly on August 10, 2010 and then back to 15-minutes shortly afterward.
REMARKS - Based on comparisons to water temperature recorded by the monitor and water temperature variability in the stream cross-section, water temperature at this site is well-mixed
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 20.5°C, June 24 and 25, 2004, July 7, 2009, and July 5, 2019; minimum 0.0°C, on many days during winter.