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Water-Year Summary for Site 12202420

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Available Parameters
00060 Discharge(Mean) [discontinued 9/30/2016]  
00065 Gage height(Mean) [discontinued 9/30/2016]  

Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
12202420 MILL CREEK NEAR BELLINGHAM, WA
LOCATION - Lat 48°45'19", long 122°24'55" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.27, T.38 N., R.4 E., Whatcom County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17110002, on left bank 30 ft upstream from Flynn St., 50 ft downstream from small dam and pond, 3.0 mi from City of Bellingham and 0.2 mi upstream from mouth at Lake Whatcom.
DRAINAGE AREA - 0.79 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 2002 to September 2016 (discontinued).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 320 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS - Regulation and diversion at the upstream dam and pond during summer months. Basin affected by urbanization.
  • Water Year 2014 to 2016: Records poor. No flow many days each year.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 27 ft³/s, Nov. 25, 2004, gage height, 3.28 ft; maximum gage height, 3.68 ft, Jan. 6, 2009; minimum discharge, no flow many days each year.