USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
12090500 CLOVER CREEK NEAR TILLICUM, WA
LOCATION - Lat 47°08'46", long 122°30'33" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.11, T.19 N., R.2 E., Pierce County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17110019, at Pacific Highway SW, in Lakewood, 2.5 mi northeast of Tillicum.
DRAINAGE AREA - 73.8 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY -
Revisions: Discharge for the period Feb. 12 to Apr. 7, 2017, was revised on Sep. 17, 2019, based on changes to the stage-discharge rating.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1949 to September 1954, October 1959 to September 1970 (annual maximums only), October 1990 to September 1992, October 1994 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 250.02 ft above NAVD of 1988 (USGS GNSS II survey, July 2024) and is 248.99 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by City of Lakewood, Oct. 2008). Prior to October 22, 1999, at Bridgeport Way, 1/4 mi upstream, at various datums.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 568 ft³/s, Feb. 12, 1991, gage height 5.71 ft (datum then in use); no flow for many days in 1949, 1952-53, 2001-06, 2008-2009, 2015, 2019-2022.