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Water-Year Summary for Site 15243900

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
15243900 SNOW RIVER NEAR SEWARD, AK
LOCATION - Lat 60°17'42", long 149°20'38" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.06, T.2 N., R.1 E., Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK, Hydrologic Unit 19020302, (Seward B-7 quad), on left bank, 0.5 mi downstream of Alaska Railroad bridge, 3.0 mi upstream from the mouth at Kenai Lake, and 13.5 mi north Seward.
DRAINAGE AREA - 150 mi². (revised from 128 mi² in WY 1998)
REVISIONS HISTORY - On February 13, 2014, maximum discharges for water years 1999 and 2003-2012 were revised. They supersede figures previously published in Water-Data Reports for those years. Previous or subsequent revisions to data presented in this report, if any, are available in USGS Water Data for the Nation at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/inventory?search_site_no=15243900.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August to September of 1970, 1974, 1977 and April 1997 to current year.
GAGE - Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is 459.73 ft NAVD88. Prior to April 9, 1998 at site 0.5 mi upstream at different datum. GOES satellite telemetry at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Glacier-dammed lake outburst flood about August 31, 1967, 55,000 ft³/s from rating curve extended above 27,000 ft³/s, gage-height 42.60 ft from floodmarks, site and datum then in use.