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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 2024: 2023-10-01 to 2024-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
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. Datum of gage is 689.65 ft above NAVD of 1988 (USGS GNSS survey, July 19, 2022). 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.