Location.--Latitude 46°50'22", Longitude
122°19'41", in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 Section 29, Township 16 North,
Range 4 East, in Pierce County, Hydrologic Unit 17110015, on
right bank 0.4 mile downstream from Tacoma Public Utilities powerplant,
0.6 mile northwest of La Grande, 0.8 mile upstream from Mashel River,
and at river mile
40.4. Drainage
area is 292 mi2. Elevation
of gage is 490 feet above NGVD of 1929.
Maps.--Locate
this station on a
map of the basin (PDF).
Additional Data and Information.--Station data
inventory, annual data report.
and latest shifted
rating. See note below and
"REMARKS" paragraph in the data report (above) about period
of record discharge data.
Flood Stage.--The National Weather Service has not
established a Flood
Stage for this station. Thurston County has Flood
Information for this gage.
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Station Notes
The data for 1906-31 water
years, published as "Nisqually River near La Grande, WA",
was for a gage operated before the operation of La Grande
Powerplant (December 1943), Alder Dam (November 1944), and La
Grande Dam (January 1945).
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