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Water-Year Summary for Site 12020525

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
12020525 ELK CREEK BELOW DEER CREEK NEAR DOTY, WA
LOCATION - Lat 46°38'05", long 123°17'44" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.10, T.13 N., R.5 W., Lewis County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17100103, on upstream side of Elk Creek Road Bridge, 0.9 mi downstream of Deer Creek 4.0 mi north of Pe Ell, and 0.8 mi west of Doty.
DRAINAGE AREA - 58 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - December 2009 to September 2011 (continuous-record gaging station), October 2011 to current year (seasonal records).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is NAVD of 1988 (USGS GNSS Level II survey, May 2018). Prior to May 1, 2018, datum of gage is NGVD of 1929 (USGS Global Positioning System (GPS) survey) at a datum 5.58 ft lower.
REMARKS - No known diversions upstream of station. U.S. Geological Survey telemeter at station. 
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge not determined, probably occurred Dec. 3, 2007, elevation 316.49 ft., datum then in use, from flood marks.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 6,930 ft³/s, Jan. 6, 2022, gage height, 311.02 ft; minimum discharge, 10.6 ft³/s, Oct. 6, 2017.