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Water-Year Summary for Site 12445000

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00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  

Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
12445000 OKANOGAN RIVER NEAR TONASKET, WA
LOCATION - Lat 48°37'57", long 119°27'38" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.08, T.36 N., R.27 E., Okanogan County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17020006, on right bank 1,000 ft upstream from Chewiliken Creek, 5.2 mi south of Tonasket, and at mile 50.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 7,260 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 862: 1937. WSP 1316: 1934(M), 1938(M). WSP 1933: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1929 to current year.
GAGE -

Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 860.78 ft above NGVD 29, and 865.325 ft above NAVD of 1988.

REMARKS - Diversions upstream from station for irrigation of about 10,700 acres in the United States and 55,000 acres in Canada. Flow affected by regulation of Okanagan and Skaha Lakes and by natural storage in other lakes. U.S. Geological Survey satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 44,700 ft³/s, June 2, 1972, gage height, 22.54 ft; minimum discharge recorded, 126 ft³/s, Sept. 5, 1931, gage height, 3.43 ft.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: April 1986 to September 1987, March 2005 to March 2018  (discontinued).
INSTRUMENTATION - Water temperature recorder with a 30-minute logging interval from March 2005 to Nov. 2008, and 15-minute logging interval from Dec. 2008 to Mar. 2018.
REMARKS -  
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 27.9°C, July 26, 2006; minimum, 0.0°C, many days during most winters.