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Water-Year Summary for Site 1203951610

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00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
1203951610 QUINAULT RIVER NEAR TAHOLAH, WA
LOCATION - Lat 47°21'28", long 124°11'04" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.34, T.22 N., R.12 W., Grays Harbor County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17100102, on left bank, 5 mi northeast of Taholah, 1.0 mi downstream of Mount Creek and at mile 8.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - 412 mi².  
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - December 2017 to present.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 26.23 ft above NAVD of 1988.
REMARKS - Flow affected by natural storage in Quinault Lake. No diversions upstream from station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 47,600 ft³/s Nov. 16, 2021, gage height, 16.60 ft; minimum discharge, 320 ft³/s, Sept. 18, 2023, gage height 1.39 ft. 
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - Water Temperature: December 2017 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water temperature probe interfaced with a Data Collection Platform/Electronic Datalogger, with 15-min recording interval, since December 2017.
REMARKS - Additional details are available from the Washington Water Science Center. Continuous water quality record is no longer rated, as of water year 2021. Prior ratings can be obtained via request to the Washington Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 23.8°C, August 12, 2021; minimum, 4.2°C, February 23, 2018.