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Water-Year Summary for Site 12462500

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00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
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
12462500 WENATCHEE RIVER AT MONITOR, WA
LOCATION - Lat 47°29'58", long 120°25'24" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.11, T.23 N., R.19 E., Chelan County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17020011, on right bank 1.0 mi north of Monitor, 3.5 mi downstream from Mission Creek, and at mile 7.0.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,301 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August to November 1897, October 1962 to current year. Published as "near Wenatchee" 1897.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 680 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Aug. 7 to Nov. 7, 1897, nonrecording gage 1 mi downstream at different datum.
REMARKS - No regulation. Diversions for irrigation of about 25,000 acres upstream from station. Chelan County Public Utility District No. 1 telemeter at station. U.S. Geological Survey satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 47,500 ft³/s, Nov. 30, 1995, gage height, 30.02 ft; minimum discharge, 208 ft³/s, Nov. 26, 1993, gage height, 16.45 ft, but may have been less during period of frozen intakes Nov. 27 to Dec. 11, 1993.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - August 2016 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water temperature recorder with a 15-minute logging interval.
REMARKS -  
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - Maximum, 25.4°C, August 7, 2019; minimum, 0.0°C, for several days most winters.