USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
14231900 CISPUS RIVER ABOVE YELLOWJACKET CREEK, NEAR RANDLE, WA
LOCATION - Lat 46°26'39", long 121°50'20" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.17, T.11 N., R.8 E., Lewis County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17080004, (unsurveyed), Gifford Pinchot National Forest, at Forest Service Road 28 bridge, 2.4 mi downstream from North Fork, 8.5 mi southeast of Randle, and at mile 17.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - 250 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - The minimum daily discharge for water years 2003 to 2009 is 165 ft³/s, Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2, 2002; the previously published figure was not the minimum daily discharge.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1996 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 1,260 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Oct. 1, 2007, at datum 8.193 ft lower.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Feb. 8, 1996, reached stage of 12.50 ft, discharge from floodmarks 24,600 ft³/s, by slope-area measurement made about 7 mi downstream near Forest Service Road 25 bridge, adjusted for flow from intervening area.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 23,600 ft³/s, Dec. 9, 2015, gage height, 20.15 ft; minimum daily discharge, 165 ft³/s, Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2, 2002.