UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fred A. Seaton, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

Thomas B. Nolan, Director

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 380

FLOODS OF DECEMBER 1955-JANUARY 1956 IN FAR-WESTERN STATES

PEAK DISCHARGES

Prepared by Water Resources Division 

Surface Water Branch

Washington, D. C,, 1956

Free on application to the Geological Survey, Washington 25, D. C.

FLOODS OF DECEMBER 1955-JANUARY 1956 IN FAR-WESTERN STATES

PEAK DISCHARGES

Prepared by Water Resources Division 

Surface Water Branch

Record-breaking floods occurred in California, the western parts of Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho, and scattered 

basins in southern Washington during the last part of December 1955 and in January 1956. Areas experiencing major 

flooding are shown on the map, page 2. Flood descriptions, by States, are briefly as follows:

California. An area extending from the southern end of the Central Valley northward along the coast and inland 

to Nevada was flooded between December 18 and 26, following a succession of severe rainstorms. Rain extending into 

areas of unusually high elevation caused melting of snow in areas of low elevation. Flood volumes as well as peak 

discharges were high. Moderate floods occurred during the period January 14-16 in the northern part of the State 

and about January 2,5 in the southern part. A few flood psaks exceeded those of December, but at most places the 

floods were not excessive.

Nevada. Floods in the Sierra Nevada region occurred about December 23, owing to heavy rains extending into 

areas of high altitude. High discharges were experienced in the Carson, Truckee, and Walker River basins. January 

storms extended into the Humboldt and other basins, but flood peaks were not record breaking.

Oregon. Heavy rains and warm weather caused severe floods between December 21-23 and again on December 26. 

Floods were most severe in southwestern Oregon, where discharges were record high, and northwestern Oregon, where 

discharges were of record or near-record magnitude. Other floods occurred about January 4, 15, and 22, some of 

which were in eastern Oregon in areas which had largely escaped the floods of December.

Washington. Flooding was general in the southern and southeastern parts of the State December 21-26 but was 

not record breaking although the runoff was very high. Little flooding occurred during January.

Idaho. Unusual floods in western-central Idaho occurred on December 22-23 owing to havy rains which followed 

snow and were accompanied by unseasonably high temperatures. Highest floods occurred in Payette and Weiser River 

basins. During January, streams in southern Idaho were at high levels.

Peak discharges that occurred in the flood areas are presented in the following table. The Geological Survey 

will publish a comprehensive report of the floods at a later date.

Information presented in the following table is (l) a location number, for use with map on page 2; (2) name of 

stream and place of determination of discharge; (3) drainage area, where known; (4) period during which a systematic 

and continuous record of stage and discharge has been kept; (5) the maximum discharge previously recorded; and (6) 

for the December 1955-January 1956 floods, the day of the peak, the peak stage, and the peak discharge and peak 

discharge per square mile.

Maximum discharges were determined by means of current-meter measurements, by an extension of stage-discharge 

rating curves, or by slope-area, contracted-opening, flow over dam, or other indirect methods. Indirect measurements, based on field surveys made after the floods, were made by personnel of the Geological Survey assisted by 

employees of the States, the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, and the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation.

This tabulation of maximum discharges of the floods of Dscember 1955-January 1956 was prepared by the staff of 

the Surface Water Branch, Water Resources Division, U. S. Geological Survey, under the general direction of 

Tate Dalrymple, chief, Technical Standards Section. Most of the basic data were collected in financial cooperation 

with public agencies, under the direction of the following Survey district engineers: California, R» C. Briggs; 

Nevada, M. T. Wilson; Oregon, K. N. Phillips; Washington, F. M. Veatch; and Idaho, T. R. Newell. Fieldwork and 

processing of data were supervised by Walter Hofmann, area staff engineer. During the floods, hydraulic engineers 

from all sections of the country were detailed to the flooded area to assist in gathering data.

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EXPLANATION

Approximate limit of 

savors flooding

Map of the area of severe flooding December 1955-January 1956, showing general location of peak stage and discharge sites.
Maximum stages and discharges on streams in far-Western States

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3 

4 

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26

27 

28 

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31 

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43 

44

Stream and place of determination

Walker Lake Basin

Swager Creek near Bridgeport, Calif 

Humboldt-Carson Sink Basin

MarklerarUle Creek above Grover Hot Springs, near Markleeville, Calif -

West Fork Carson River at Woodfords, Calif 

Pyramid and Winnemucca Lakes Basin

66 " '

Black Rock Desert Basin

Honey Lake Basin

Willow Creek near Susanville, Calif 

Earner Lakes Basin

Abert Lake Basin

Chewaucan River above Conn ditch, near Paisley, Oreg 

Silver Lake Basin

Arroyo De La Cruz Basin

Arroyo de la Cruz near San Simeon, Calif 

Carmel River Basin

Salinas River Basin

Salinas River above Pilitas Creek, near Santa Margarita, Calif 

Naclraiento River near San Miguel, Calif 

Pa^aro River Basin

San Benito River below MaCoy Creek near Hernandez, Calif 

San Benito Xiver near Willow Creek School, Calif 

Tres Pinos Greek near Tres Pinos, Calif 

Drainage 

area 

(square 

miles)

13.6 

53.0

63 

182 

964

14 

344

66 

876

b565 

b940 

b1.070

192 

92.5 

22.6

d!94

63 

47 

249

275 

221

41.4 

46.9

188

72.5 

112 

25.4

140 

354

108 

250 

209

Period of record

1953-68 

1953-56 

1946-56- 

1890-93; 1900-06; 1908- 

10; 1917; 1924-29; 

1935-37; 1939-56

1900-07; 1910-11; 1938- 

56

1917-21; 1950-56 

1950-56 

44; 1945-55 

1912-14; 1944-56 - 

1915; 1922-23; 1944-56- 

1922-23; 1929-56 -

1912-21; 1924-56 

1942-56- 

1939-56 

1940-56 

Maximum

previously 

recorded 

(cfs)

1,400 

660 

6,220 

2,530

1,740 

12,100

4,730 

15,500

6,480 

°17,500 

19,900

940

,2,590'. 

626 

154

3,000

660 

866

5,030

\.000 

1,800

11,600 

7,000

e2,200

S14,200

53,100

f

6,200 

8,060

Maximum December 1955 -January 1956

Day

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23\ 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Dec. 23

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Jan. 15

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Dec. 23

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Dec. 23

Jan. 25 

Jan. 27 

Jan. 25 

Jan. 25 

Jan. 25

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 24

Dec. 23 

Dec. 25

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 24 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Stage

(feet)

5.95 

6.24 

6.87 

2.80 

7.41 

7.42

7.36 

11.88

8.86 

15.0

7.92 

13.63

8.52

6.58 

5.36 

3.96

14.8

5.15 

3.93 

7.2

7.8 

7.4

12.40 

11,05

10.65 

2.90 

9.56 

16.73 

3.92 

24.63 

13.15 

5.84 

12.01

14.30 

24.52

18.6 

3.39 

14.3

6.00 

6.90

Discharge

Cfs

691 

585 

1,640 

*765 

5,180 

2,450

900 

17,600

4,810 

30,000

a7,010 

14,400 

20,800

1,380

3,540 

712 

169

^,320

ai,630 

1,100 

a4,540

a3,260 

a970

17,700 

5,220

6,930

4,090 

6625 

5,040 

S12,000 

1,310 

30,300 

58,600 

14,500 

625,000 

3,100 

27,700 

S23,600

S12,600 

363 

10,300 

3,140 

3,790 

4,750

Cfs per

sq mi

54.8 

11.0

12.1 

28.5 

2.54

64.3 

51.2

72.9 

34.2

15.2 

1S.3 

19.5

18.4 

7.70 

7.48

17.1

25.9 

23.4 

18.2

11.9 

4.39

428 

111

36.9

56.4 

5.58 

198 

30.8

216 

166 

51.4 

9.91 

11.8 

115 

5.58

86.3 

18.5 

341 

29.1 

15.2 

22.7

SeeBfootnotes at end of table, page 15,
Maximum stages and discharges on streams in far-Western States Continued

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55 

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57

58 

_59 

60 

61 

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67

68 

69

70

71 

72 

73 

74 

75 

76

77 

78 

79

80 

81 

82 

83

84 

85

Stream and place 'of determination

Pajaro River Basin Continued

Soquel Crsek Basin

San Lorenzo River Basin

Scott Creek Basin

Pescadero Creek Basin

Pescadero Creek near Pescadero, Calif 

Purisima Creek Basin

San Francisquito Creek Basin

Matadero Creek Basin

Stevens Creek Basin

Guadalupe River Basin

Alamitos Creek near Edenvale, Calif 

Saratoga Creek at Saratoga, Calif 

Coyote Creek Basin

C t C Mad C lif

Alameda Creek Basin

. icv-P

San Lorenzo Creek Basin

Pacheco Creek Basin

Kern River Basin

Kern River below Isabella Dam, Calif 

Kern River near Democrat Springs, Calif 

Tulare Lake Basin

Drainage 

area 

( square 

miles)

586 

1,188

110 

115 

18.5

13.6 

46.2

35.7 

8.10 

18.0

35.0 

12_.7 

38.9 

31

8.8

194 

229

149 

406 

633

38.0

5.89 

50.7 

78.1 

6.16 

20.8

845 

1,026 

530

2,093 

2,094 

2,264 

2,327

39.5 

261

Period of record

1940-43; 1952-56 

1951-56 

1930-56 

3 6

1933-56 

1916-56 

1911-14; 1919-42; 1947- 

56

1945-56 

Maximum

previously 

recorded 

(cfs)

5,490 

11,100

4,910

24,000 

f9,400 

3,910

0,440

e3,650 

535 

2,390 

2,670

7,110 

68,680 

1,650

g25,000 

10,000

618,500 

3,440

364 

2,200 

5,810

548

27,000 

10,400 

3,450

13,543.6 

39,000 

40,000 

36,000

14,000 

25,500

Maximum

Day

Dec. 24 

Dec. 24

Dec. 23

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 22

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dsc. 23

Dec. 23 

Dec._ 22 

Jan. 1 

Ded. 23 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Eec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dsc. 23 

Dec. 23

Dsc. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 24

Jan. 31 

Dec. 29 

Jan. 27 

Jan. 27

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

December 1955-January 1956

Stage

(feet)

12.55 

32.46

22.33

22.55 

23.10 

22.04

21.27

13.60 

9.60 

8.25

6.6

4.20 

6.74 

13.94 

6.40

2.13 

5.02

14.9 

20.82

14.2 

14.55 

23.22 

3.45 

9.85 

4.72

17.55 

16.20 

5.73

2,550.25 

6.11 

9.60 

9.35

12.47 

11.80

Discharge

Cfs

7,460 

24,000 

3,820

15,800

30,400 

30,400 

8,100

6,430 

9,420 

683 

65,560 

854 

61,420

64,140 

e l,320 

S715 

e 5,740 

2,730

6 18 

6 1,610

5,810 

1,880 

18,200 

24,800 

*21,000

4,790

1,350 

6,890 

11,000 

260 

981 

415

27,200 

29,400 

2,050

6366 

e l,390 

e2,140

12,400 

24,200

Cfs per 

oq mi

12.7 

20.2 

134

391

276 

264 

438

473 

204 

112 

156 

105 

78.9

118 

104 

18.4 

43.8 

310

.09 

7.03

99.5 

51.2 

122 

61.1 

33.2

126

229 

136 

141 

42.2 

47.2 

216

32.2 

28.9 

3.86

.17 

.61 

.92

314 

92.8

See footnotes at end of table, page 15.
Maximum stages and discharges on streams in far-Western States Continued

Ho.

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87 

88

89 

90 

91 

92 

93 

94 

95 

96 

97 

98 

99 

100 

101 

102 

103

104 

105 

106 

107 

108 

109 

110 

111 

112 

113 

114 

115 

116 

117 

118 

119 

120 

121 

122 

123 

124 

125 

126 

127 

128 

129 

130 

131 

132 

133 

134 

135 

136 

137 

138 

139 

140 

141 

142 

143 

144 

145 

146 

147 

148

Stream and place of determination

Tulare Lake Basin Continued

Tule River at Worth Bridge, near Porterville, Calif 

Kings River below North Fork, Calif 

Los Gatos Creek above Hunez Canyon near Coalinga, Calif 

 San Joaquin River Basin

Pitman Creek below Tamarack Creek, Calif 

North Fork Willow Creek near Bass Lake, Calif 

Little Dry Creek near Friant, Calif 

San Joaquin River near Biola, Calif 

Panoche Creek below Silver Creek near Panoche, Calif 

Merced River at Happy Isles Bridge near Yosemite, Calif 

c equer,

Merced River Slough near Newman, Calif 

South Fork Tuolumne River near Oakland Recreation Camp, Calif 

Tuolumne River above La Grange Dam, near La Grange, Calif 

Middle Fork Stanislaus River at Kennedy Meadows, Calif 

Middle Fork Stanislaus River at Sand Bar Flat, near Avery, Calif 

Drainage 

area 

(square 

miles)

109 

395 

100

50.6 

128 

520

32 

956 

174 

1,350 

69.2 

56.5 

1,542 

1,542 

1,694 

112 

95.5

171 

.53.5 

92.0 

1,042 

80.0 

22.0 

, 1,299 

50.8 

130 

1,480 

92.8 

1,633 

1,675 

58 

1,805 

299 

132 

270 

238

8,090

84.7 

181 

47 

321 

912 

1,020 

1,035 

1,274

9,990 

135 

45.2 

462 

80 

87.6 

71.0 

98.4 

1,540

49.5 

65.7

318

Period of record

1953-56 

1950-56 

1 944-54 

1921-56 

1951-56 

1953-56 

1949-56 

1 927-56 

1909-56 

1941-56 

1952-56 

1949-53 

1921-23; 1930-56 

1916-56 

1926-56 

1941-56 

1901; 1909-56 - 

1923-56 . 

1915-56 

1938-56 

1905-56 

Maximum 

discharge 

previously 

recorded 

(cfs)

7,100 

3,110 

*1S.70

4,000 

9,150 

52,000

446

44,000 

14,000 

20,300 

1,400 

1,000 

?TB3SJD 

66,260 

91,000

1,250

S4,320 

1,530 

1,760 

e52,500 

S2,040 

3,220 

. S15,100 

S847 

el,380 

e75,000 

10,300 

1577.3< 

S77,200 

1,810 

62,240 

3,160 

8,540 

10,700 

22,500. 

1,400 

h4,470

2,760 

9,260 

6,330 

23,000 

83,000 

. ^lO.S 

S46,200 

6 13,600 

6,410 

633,000 

4,900 

6,660 

612,900 

ell,700 

6,950 

2,910 

13,500 

e61,000 

657,000 

6 1,700 

4,350

26,500

Maximum December 1955-January 1956

Day

Jan. 25 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Dec. 23 

Dec. ^23 

Dec. 23 

Itec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dee. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 24 

Jan. 31 

Jan. 31 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

. Itec. 23 

Jan. 4 

Itec. 23 

Dee. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 28 

Dec. 26 

Dec. 24 

Dec. 27- 

Dec. 23 

Itec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 27 

Dsc. 29 

Dec. '23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Itec. 27 

Dec. 27 

Dec. 28 

Dec. 28 

Dec. 29 

Dec. 23 

Dee. 23 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dee. 23 

Dsc. 23 

Dee. 24 

Dec. 25 

Itec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Itec. 23

(feet)

9.04 

21.65 

29.0

13.82 

14.1. 

22.24

4.81 

16.26 

16.80 

23.08 

9.21 

9.78 

89 a 18 

2.57 

8.89

3.09

9.23 

6.62 

6.25 

24.75 

3.15 

11.20 

54.2 

5.28 

28.5 

51.0 

17.94 

567.41 

8.66 

6.70 

10.52 

5.55 

11.52 

11.64 

16,50 

6.35 

69.86 

11.07 

7.07 

12.73 

8.14 

21.52 

26.80 

706.1 

11.00 

18.10 

10.91 

17.05 

5.18 

9.00 

6.07 

14.80 

8.70 

11.1 

14.66 

34.00 

66.43 

6.51 

10.54 

17.72 

20.2

Discharge

Cfs

3,100 

27,000

12,500 

21,500 

80,700 

6,070 

749 

59,100 

11,900 

85,200 

10,400 

6,760

S248 

S9,390 

783 

592

613 

1,330 

S372 

e63,000 

645 

3,670 

S73,200

S660 

^12,000 

S92,200 

7,450

66,440 

1,460 

S7,240 

1,890 

13,300 

17,500 

30,000 

545 

h4,600 

11,400 

2,640 

9,860 

6.070 

23,600 

92,500

e !0,200 

ell,200 

4,100 

e!6,800 

5,620 

6,660 

S732 

61 1,500 

11,900 

4,930 

14,400 

641,700 

S37,600 

61,480 

3,340 

26,600 

27,500

Cfs per'

sq mi

28.4 

68.3

247 

168 

155

23 

61.8 

68.4 

63.2 

150 

120

'6.53 

6.99 

6.20

.08 

24.8 

4.04 

60.5 

.56 

167 

56.4 

13.0 

9.25 

62.3 

80.2

3.84 

25 

4.00 

6.33 

101 

64.8 

126

 .57

31.1 

54.5 

129 

73.5 

101

9.83 

8.79

, 1.68 

41.7 

147 

1.58 

144 

136 

69.3 

146 

27.1

29.9 

50.8

86.5

See footnotes at end of table, page 15.
Maximum stages and discharges on streams in far-Western States Continued

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17L 

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172 

173 

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175 

176 

177 

173 

179 

180 

181 

132 

183 

184 

185 

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187

188 

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190 

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192 

193 

194 

195 

196 

197 

198 

199 

200 

201 

202 

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205 

206 

207 

208 

209

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Stream and place of determination

San Joaquin River Basin Continued

Stanislaus River below Melones powerhouse, Calif 

Esperanza Creek near Mokelumne Hill, Calif 

North Fork Mokelumne River below Salt Springs Dam, Calif 

South Fork Mokelumne River near West Point, Calif 

Mokelumne River at Woodbridge, Calif 

North Fork Cosumnes River near El Dorado, Calif - 

Cosumnes River at Michigan Bar, Calif 

Cosumnes River at McConnell, Calif 

Goose Lake Basin

Sacramento. Biyer. tBasln

Pit River near Bieber, Calif __ ____ _____________

Pit River at Big Bend, Calif _______________

S,

Clear Creek near Ico Calif 

Little Cow Creek at Palo Cedro, Calif ____ ___ ____ 

Drainage 

area 

(square 

miles)

163 

45.5 

67.2 

898

14,010

27.1 

46.6 

118 

53.3 

16.7

85.7 

23.5 

20.6 

395 

48.4 

160 

23 

48 

67.2 

73.8 

538 

584 

630 

644 

36.9 

33.0

202 

537

730 

325 

42.5

211

427 

248 

1,430 

2,970

f!55

4,920 

5,170 

65.3 

606 

6,665 

6,710 

115 

228 

148 

427

362 

92.5 

9,300

Period of record

1931-56-~- -

1922 56 _____ _____

1950-56 

1950-56 

1950-56 

1950-56 

1951-56 

1 950-56 

19*^9 ^g ,._._._._.,__.__ _._ -

1930-33; 1943-56 - 

1926 56 «- _ * _ 

1927 42* 1943 56 _- 

1911 56 "- _

1933-56 

1904-51; 1955-56 

1924-56 

1948 53 _ - __

1948-56 

1911-41; 1948-56 

1907-56 

1943-56 

1926-33; 1944-56 -

1904-05; 1929-56 -

1904-08; 1913-14; 1921- 

26; 1928-31; 1951-56

1910-56 

1944-56 

1944 55 __

Maximum 

discharge 

previously 

recorded 

(cfs)

e31,100 

S3,900 

%900 

e49,500

e48,500 

e79,000

928 

1,220 

4,590 

3,800 

°2,030 

4,380 

3,500 

960 

3,180 

50,000 

2,260 

e!6,000 

5,500 

el,640 

2,820 

3,760 

e33,700 

S26,700 

e28->TOO 

"27,000 

3,940 

2,560 

126 

10,900 

27,600

21,900 

13,200 

32

3,000

30,600 

e l,060 

S 17,OOC 

e33,800

2,500 

S30,200 

e34,200 

e2 1,300 

11,200 

19,300 

1 1, 065*4 

186,000 

4,140 

21,500

45,200

°35,000 

4,060 

291,000

Maximum December 1955-January 1956

Day

Dsc. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Dec. 24 

Itec. 25 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Jan. 5 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 24 

Dec. 24 

Dec. 23 

Dsc. 23 

Dac. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Dec. 23 

Dsc. 24 

Dec. 23

Jan. 31

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 24

Dec. 23 

Dsc. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 21 

Bee. 22 

Dec. 26 

Dec. 28 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21

Jan. 15

Jan. 14 

Dac. 19 

Jan. 15

Stage 

(feet)

14.23 

7.03 

8.0 

29.0

63.25 

26.89 

6.60 

8.24 

5.66 

10.29 

6.33 

6.78 

7.63 

12.52 

6.62 

8.96 

15.44 

13.48 

4.99 

9.00 

4.00 

8.98 

14.8 

15.42 

19.15

29.00 

11.53 

6.28 

12.48 

14,8 

14.59

46.26 

14.56 

12.98

4.08

19.50 

3.30 

8.45 

10.77

5.06 

14.35 

13.5 

14.12 

21.90 

28.20 

1,033.28 

26.90 

10.49 

13.75

19.06

10.32 

8.77 

,22.30

Discharge

Cfs

32,OOO 

S2,150 

e2,700 

e62,800 

S62,900 

e62,500 

e50,900 

940 

2,830 

2,500 

17,600 

3,800 

2,800 

5,500 

6,200 

1,700 

3,240 

e!4,200 

1,840 

e856 

4,670 

el,520 

4,300 

6,920 

e23,500 

S24,600 

e27,300

B23,000 

6,160 

3,400 

5,900 

15,800 

42,000

54,000 

15,500 

3,800 

1,310

e483

37,000 

S238 

S4,320 

eil,700

1,050 

S17,200 

S16,700 

S37,100 

17,800 

45,200

S51,200 

7,050 

24,500 

13,700 

33,000

8,540 

5,000 

e l!5,000

Cfs per 

sq ml

196 

47.3 

40.2

69.9

3.63

104 

53.7 

149 

71.3 

168 

159 

72.4 

72.4 

157 

35.9 

38.0 

5.35 

203 

32 

64,6 

93.8 

43.7 

42.1 

43.3 

35.7 

167 

103

78. 2' 

78.2

73.8 

47.7 

89.4 

54.3

2.29

86.6 

.96 

3.02 

3.95

6.78 

3.54 

3.39 

7.18 

273 

74.5

7.63 

61.3 

107 

92.7 

77.2

23.5 

54.0 

12.4

See footnotes at end of table, page 15.
Maximum stages and discharges on streams in far-Western States Continued

No.

211 

212 

213 

214 

215 

216 

217

218 

219 

220 

221 

222 

223 

224 

225 

226 

227 

228 

229 

230 

231 

232 

233 

234 

235 

236 

237 

238 

239 

240 

241

242 

243 

244 

245 

246 

247 

248 

249 

250 

251 

252 

253 

254 

255 

25^ 

257 

258 

259 

260 

261 

262 

263 

264 

265 

266 

267 

268 

269 

270 

271 

272 

273

Stream and place of determination

Sacramento River Basin Continued

Antelope Creek near Red Bluff, Calif 

Big Grizzly Creek near Porto la, Calif - 

Butt Creek above Almanor-Butt Creek tunnel, near Prattville, Calif _ 

Butt Creek below Almanor-Butt Creek tunnel, near Prattville, Calif 

Spanish fVfek qt t^'Mie, Calif - ... __ ,_

North "Sjba River below Bollards Bar Dam, Calif __

Bowman Lsftae near Graniteville, Calif --

Tuba River at Englebright Dam, Calif - - - - ___

Dry Creek near Wheatland, Calif ________ 

Yankee Slough near Rio Oso, Calif - _____ _ _

Sacramento River at Verona, Calif -

Sacramento weir near Sacramento, Calif - - __

Pilot Creek near Georgetown, Calif _ , _ . _____ 

Middle Fork American River near Auburn, Calif , _________

Alder Creek near Whitehall, Calif _ _ _ _

Drainage 

area 

(square 

miles)

124

134 

95.8 

142 

188 

200

68.3

97

764

148

44.6 

698 

836 

1,078 

30.1 

134 

1,353 

507 

67.0 

67.3 

184 

1,945

14.7 

145 

3,611 

30.5 

39.5 

162 

34.4 

91.8

. J9.0

245 

482 

51.5 

29.4 

30.4 

1,104 

84.6 

20.4 

71.3 

140 

295

99.5

 

343 

198 

15.1 

619 

196 

22.8

Period of record

1D°8 56 _. - .. - -.

1911-15; 1920-37; 1939- 

56

1913-14; 1918-34 

1925-32; 1950-53; 1954-66

1 95 1 56 __ _ ______ 

1927-41; 1948-56 

1911-56 ______

1936-37; 1938-56 

1911-30; 1931-37; 1939- 

56

1925-34; 1935-56 

1910-56 

1911-13; 1923-44 

1910-33 - - __- _

1930-37; 1938-56 

1942-56 

1927-56 

1948-56 __- .

1928-56 ___________

1946-56 

1910-14; 1946-56 

91 1 56 * _ 

1907; 1922-56 - 

Maximum 

ischarge 

previously 

recorded 

(cfs)

10,400

23,000 

7,160 

7,690 

18,600 

23,800

8,260

 

e37,500 

170,000 

S49,000 

17,000

2,680 

11,000 

13,300 

°34,300 

3,380 

17,300 

93,000

eio,ooo

1,500 

2,170 

12,400 

e66,900

2,260 

S21,400 

e230,000 

3,170 

6,800 

19,500 

4,000 

9,800

1,600

26,400 

47,100 

11,700 

15, 565,9 

S2,520 

e!09,000 

ell,300 

1,190 

7,400 

S19,300 

e31,300

5,610

Sk79,200 

el!8,000 

46,600 

44,600 

3,040 

68,500 

e!4,500 

f3,700

Maximum December 1955-January 1956

Day

Dec. 19

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22

Dec. 23 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Jan. 16 

Jan. 17 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Dec. 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23

Dec. 23

Dec. 23 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Jan. 30 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23" 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23

Stage 

(feet)

11.78

12.25 

12.52 

13.38 

12.14 

12.78

14.94

11.33 

15.96 

94.66 

66.90 

13.35

8.35 

15.77 

19.25 

21.2 

6.90 

21.6 

25.2 

1.65 

5.16 

4.29 

12.47 

30.6

30.6 

76.61 

11.15 

4.15 

17.25 

11.9

19.3 

39.0 

14.84 

5,558.0 

3.10 

17.73 

13.60 

7.48 

9.85 

16.56 

19.30

13.45

39.81

10.14 

18,76 

8.06 

33.9 

9.25 

8.40

Discharge

Cfs

8,510 

3,410 

10,300 

11,600 

10,400 

23,500 

13,000

2,130 

1,890 

7,150 

6,220 

1,680 

13,000 

19,300 

S22,100 

S157,000 

e43,200 

14,200 

2,120 

2,170 

16,000 

31,200 

62,000 

3,500 

19,200 

104,000 

S18 

2,200 

2,100 

13,100 

e72,000

2,300 

621,800 

6203,000 

6,340 

6,680 

J6.000 

5,390 

11,400 

( 1,570) 

( 786) 

26,800 

72,000 

10,200

e!80 

e!48,000 

ell,300 

1,890 

9,120 

e!8,900 

S33,000 

613,900 

8,790 

2,200 

e70,400 

61,000 

48,300 

51,000 

3,040 

79,000 

S13,800 

5,500

Cfs per 

sq mi

68.6

76.9 

121 

73.2 

125 

65.0

105

134 

29.0

95.8

48.7 

22.9 

37.3 

57.5 

116 

143 

76.8 

.36 

32.8 

31.2 

71.3 

37.0

156 

150 

56.2 

208 

169 

160 

157 

124

262

109 

149 

198

134 

134 

92.7 

128 

135 

112

88.3

 

141 

258 

201 

128 

70.4 

241

See footnotes at end of table, page 15.
Maximum stages and discharges on streams in far-Western States Continued

No.

274 

275 

276 

277 

278 

279 

280 

281 

282 

283 

284 

285 

286 

287 

288 

289 

290 

291 

292 

293 

294 

295 

296 

297 

298 

299 

300

301 

302 

303

304 

305 

306 

307 

308 

309

.310 

311 

312 

313 

314 

315 

316 

317 

318 

319 

320 

321 

322 

323

324 

32fi

Stream and place of determination

Sacramento River Basin Continued

Plum Creek near Riverton, Calif 

Webber Creek near Salmon Falls, Calif 

Scotts Creek near Upper Lake, Calif 

Highland Creek near Kelseyville, Calif 

North Fork Cache Creek near Lower Lake, Calif 

Yolo bypass near Woodland, Calif 

Napa River Basin

Hapa River near St. Helena, Calif 

Conn Creek near St. Helena, Calif 

Sonoma Creek Basin

Petaluma Creek Basin

Novato Creek Basin

Corte Madera Creek Basin

Lagunitas Creek Basin

Walker Creek Basin

Horth Fork Walker Creek near Tomales, Calif 

Russian River Basin

 Big Sulphur CreeK near Cloverdale, Calif 

Mark West Creek near Windsor, Calif 

Santa Hosa Creek at Santa Hosa, Calif 

Russian River near Guerneville, Calif 

Gualala River Basin

Ciarela River Basin

Drainage 

area 

(square 

miles)

6.8 

82.7 

28.4 

176 

479 

678 

100

1,921

46 

14 

54 

6.39 

12.4 

37.4 

528 

198 

1,052 

1,137

112 

577 

636

81.3 

52.3 

17.4

62.7 

29.6 

16.9 

18.3 

36.2 

19.9

104 

94.0 

104 

362 

31.2 

81.7 

503 

14.4 

791 

88.3 

131 

49 

53 

1,342

161

08-2

Period of record

1943-66 

1954-56 

1944-56 

1940-56 

1904-06; 1930-56 

1929-SB} 1939-56 - 

1951-56 _ 

1918 r6 ....--..i

1939 56 

Maximum

previously 

recorded 

(cfs)

635 

12,100 

3,900 

25,800 

e46,000 

ce52,200 

6,740

S 180,000 

S176,000 

e!04,000

8,150 

5,750 

20,300 

23,000 

38,700 

272,000 

32,000 

81,000 

39,000

11,800 

S7,700 

2,380

1,360 

1,130 

3,300 

7,630

13,600 

11,300 

1O,300 

34, 100

33,300

67,000 

21,900

88,400

Maximum December 1955-January 1956

Day

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 24 

Dec. 24 

Dec. 24 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 19 

Dsc. 21 

Dec. 27 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 20 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 19

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. .21 

Dec. 33 

Dec. 31 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23

Dec. 31 

Dec. 33

Dec. 32 

Dec. 22

Stage

(feet)

18.85 

6.71 

15.9 

32.6 

31.37 

15.92 

455.16 

20.35

28.67

9.65 

9.45 

17.0 

8.72 

10.92 

12.80 

8.28 

12.06 

17.54 

28.63 

31.6 

21.80 

26.73 

24.35

15.17 

3.70 

7.25

17.1 

13.55 

7.88 

17.45 

14.57

19.0 

15.06 

16.86 

27.00

30.9

26.16 

17.80

49.7 

24.56 

20.75

Discharge

Cfs

1,400 

15,800 

3,950 

39,000 

e56,000 

e VI, 800 

11,800

e68,000

evi,ooo

e98,000 

860 

5,600 

2,280 

7,660 

1,250 

1,820 

8,800 

4,670 

14,400 

23,000 

22,500 

250,000 

29,200 

S55,400 

e46,500 

a972

12,6^0 

S3,600 

2,640

8,880 

1,860 

el,120 

3,620 

9,010 

2,720

18,900 

13,300 

13,300 

59,400 

2,710 

 20,000 

62,000 

4,133 

65,400 

17,600 

28,900 

11,000 

7,940 

90,100

55,000 

26.300

Cfs per 

sq mi

206 

191 

139 

222 

113 

106 

118

35,4

122 

163 

142 

196 

147 

235 

88.5 

72.8 

21.8 

19.8

261 

95.8 

73.1

155 

68.8 

152

142 

62.8 

66.3 

198 

249 

137

182 

141 

128 

164 

86.9 

245 

124 

387 

82.7 

199 

220 

204 

140 

67.1

342 

268

See footnotes at end of table, page 15.
Maximum stages and discharges on streams in far-Western States Continued

No.

326 

327 

328

329 

330

331 

332

333 

334 

335 

336 

337 

338 

339 

340 

341 

342 

343 

344 

345 

346 

347 

348 

349

350

351 

352 

353

354

355 

356

357 

358

359 

360 

361 

362 

363 

364 

365 

366 

367 

368 

309 

370 

371 

372 

373 

374 

375

Stream and place of determination

Alder Creek Basin

Navarro Hiver Basin

Big_River Basin

Noyo Hiver Basin

Mattole Hiver Basin

Eel River Basin

Jacobjr Creek Basin

Mad River Basin

little Hiver Basin

Redwood Creek Basin

Lower Klamath Lake Basin

Klamath River below Fall Creek, near Copco, Calif 

Keene Creek at Hyatt Prairie, near Ashland, Oreg -- 

East Fork Scott River near Callahan, Calif 

Drainage 

area 

(square 

miles)

26.6 

304

152

105 

11.8

240 

37.6

289 

347 

101 

703 

161 

367 

17.4 

1,481 

251 

2,079 

43.8 

50.3 

547 

3,070 

80.2 

36.2 

214

6.07

139 

46.9 

485

44.3

67.5 

278

18.8 

178

1,290 

513 

1,580 

3,000 

3,810 

m3,810 

"3,920 

20 

4,370 

11 

667

796 

103

662

Period of record

1911-13; 1960-56 

1950_56 

1911-13; 1951-56 

1940 56 

1910-13; 1950-56 

1911-13; 1953-56 

1952 56

1908-10; 1954-56 

1912-26; 1953-56 

1 904^56^^"^- - 

1904-56 

1904-13; 1930-56 

1928-56 

1923-56 

1917-22; 1948-56 

1911-13; 1916-33 

1933-41; 1944-56 

1913-21 

Maximum 

discharge 

previously 

recorded 

(cfs)

26,600

16,000

48,000

41,100 

f40,000

55,000 

41,100

96,400 

23,200

7,120

73.200 

345,000 

14,000

25,200

13,800

75,000

8,310 

50,000

194 

156

''"I, 590 

C2,080 

6,650 

7,660 

X4, 144.9 

69,400 

66,830 

350 

69,660 

°751

^.goo

 -

16,000

Maximum December 1955-January 1956

Day

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21

Dec. 22 

Pec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 25 

Dec. 25 

Jan. 22 

Jan. 4 

Dec'. 26 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Stage

40.60 

31.9 

25.69

29.60 

10.6

21.8 

31.4

45.4 

35.8 

25.0

49.86 

24.00 

72.5 

16.20

42.7 

61.9 

19.25 

11.91 

21.3

6.75 

23.6

27.30

9.63

13.68 

23.95

3.88 

4.90

5.65 

9.44 

6.67 

6.78 

4,142.68 

3.74 

10.26 

4.35 

8.15 

24.2

9.43 

4.90

21.4

Discharge

Cfs

5,030 

64,500 

31,300

27,600 

1,940

90,400 

9,600

40,000 

48,600 

23,100 

123,000 

25,000 

89,100 

3,780 

283,000 

58,400 

332,000 

20,100 

16,300 

173,000 

541,000 

21,400 

8,990 

43,500

1,490

39,200 

11,600 

77,800

8,480

8,440 

50,000

205 

335

1,130 

3,340 

5,430 

6,430 

P528,000 

65,490 

e6,100 

875 

ell,400 

68JI 

4,870 

1,430 

6,090 

a4, 120 

6,600 

3,320 

38,500

Cfs per 

sq mi

189 

212 

205

263

164

377 

255

138 

140 

229 

175 

155 

243 

217 

191 

233 

160 

459 

324 

316

176 

267 

248 

203

245

282 

247 

160

191

125 

180

10.9 

1.88

.88 

6.52 

3.44 

2.14

1.44 

1.56 

43.8 

2.61 

.74 

7.30

7.65 

40.0

58.2

See footnotes at end of table, page 15.
10

No.

376 

377 

378 

379 

380 

381 

382 

383 

384 

385

386

387 

388 

389

390 

391

392 

393

394 

395 

396

397

398 

399

400 

401 

402 

403 

404 

405 

406 

407 

408 

409 

410 

411

412 

413 

414 

415 

416 

417 

418 

419 

420 

421 

422

423 

424 

425 

426 

427 

428

Maximum stages and discharges on streams in far-Western States Continued

Stream and place of determination

Klamath River Basin Continued

Smith River Basin

Spokane River Basin

Yakima River Basin

Esquatzel Coulee Basin

Snake River Main Stem

Owyhee River Basin

Jordan Creek above Lone Tree Creek near Jordan Valley, Ore 

Boise River Basin

Lucky Peak Reservoir near Boise, Idaho -

Payette River Basin

North Fork Payette River at McCall, Idaho 

Lake Fork Payette River above Jumbo Creek, near McCall, Idaho 

Lake Fork Reservoir near McCall, Idaho 

Lake Fork Payette River below Lake Irrigation District Canal, near 

McCall, Idaho

North Fork Payette River at Cascade, Idaho 

Drainage 

area 

(square 

miles)

6,980 

251 

746 

8,480 

724 

342 

87.2 

379 

899 

2,840

12,100

295 

613 

35.0

4,290 

619

8.51 

97.2

27.8 

240 

394

41,900

440 

8,000

382 

830 

635 

980 

982 

2,210 

4.5 

399 

15.8

3,820

456 

108 

108 

230 

779 

1,200 

144 

144' 

48.9 

64 

64

620 

626 

933 

21.2 

2,230

Period of record

1911-15; 1927-56 

1911-14; 1916-18;

1931 56 .. .

1939-41; 1950-56 

1DGO ^6 -

1954-56 

1895-1916; 1955-56 

1908-17; 1919-56 

1945-56 

1941-56 

1906-16; 1919-56 

Maxiinum

discharge 

previously 

recorded 

(cfs)

55,200

119.23 

137,000 

40,300

11,400 

38,900 

124,000

297,000

152,000

49,000 

11,900

756

0 

47,300

Ce3,250 

27,800

4,370 

10,300 

5,530 

P470,700 

9,100 

P301,200 

39 

3,620 

118 

P305,100 

35,500 

20,500

5,450 

^S, 337.1 

2,580 

4,230 

10,600 

13,800

4,260 

2,600 

P19,740 

2,120

P405,100 

7,320 

8,830 

181 

22,100-

Maximum December 1955-January 1956

Day

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 26 

Dec. 22

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21

Jan. 4 

Jan. 4 

Jan. 6

Jan. 17

Dec. 23 

Jan. 16

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 26 

Jan. 16 

Jan. 18 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 23 

Jan. 31

Jan. 23

Dec. 22 

Jan. 31

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 26 

Dec. 26 

Dec. 22

Dec. 26

Jan. 30 

Dec. 19 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 22

Stage

(feet)

29.2 

12.2 

28.80 

59.4 

27.3 

22.2

18.00 

39.4 

36.9

49.7

36.95 

41.2

25.20 

12.16

5.26 

8.37 

6.87

6.52

7.74 

14.77

7.10 

8.31 

4.53 

4,142.36 

4.63 

3,217.50 

1.91 

9.55 

2.67

4.41

5.59 

5,300.63

3.45 

5.92 

10.87 

3.44 

3.59 

7.26

3.86

4,809.37 

2.15 

11.14 

2.9 

14.05

Discharge

Cfs

122,000 

24,200

202,000 

71,600 

a39,400 

3,880 

25,300 

74,700 

190,000

425,000

108,000 

165,000 

4,760

24,500 

11,300

970 

5,990

333 

1,520 

132

15,700

2,130 

24,800

4,020 

10,300 

2,000 

P253,600 

el,560 

P291,200 

31 

5,440 

163 

P258,300

2,140 

3,170

13 

rl,470 

6,530 

12,400

512 

1,030 

(s) 

222

P302,800 

e l,210 

5,400 

140 

19,200 

1,240

Cfs per 

sq mi

17.5 

96.4

23.8 

98.9 

115 

44.5 

66.8 

83.1 

66.9

35.1

366 

269 

136

5.71 

18.3

114 

61.6

12.0 

6.33 

.34

.37

4.84 

3.10

10.5 

12.4 

3.15

6.89 

13.6 

10.3

.56 

6.95

8.38 

10.3

3.55 

22.3

3.47

1.93 

5.78 

6.60 

8.62

See footnotes at end of table, page 15.
11

Maximum stages and discharges on streams in far-Western States Continued

JJo.

429 

430 

431 

432 

433 

434 

435

436 

437 

438 

439

440

441 

442 

443 

444

445 

446 

447 

448 

449 

450

451

452 

453 

454

455 

456

457

458 

459

460

461 

462

463 

464 

465 

466

467 

463

469 

470 

471

Stream and place of determination

Payette River Basin Continued

Weiser River Basin

Rush Creek at Cambridge, Idaho - __ - 

Little Weiser River near Indian Valley, Idaho - . - 

Weiser River below Little Weiser River, near Cambridge, Idaho-' 

Snake River Main Stem

Brownlee Creek Basin

Wild Horse Creek Basin

Snake River Main Stem

Salmon River Basin

T.it.t.io Sqlnion i?1vpr at HiggLiS; Idaho - _ ...._.....

Asotin Creek Basin

Dry Creek Basin

Snake River Main Stem

Palouse River Basin

"North Pine Creek tributary near Plaza, Wash -

Walla Walla River Basin

Dmatilla River Basin

Umatilla River near Dmatilla, Oreg 

John Day River Basin

Dsschutes River Basin

Deschutes River- rf, Mf?f?>1y, near Biggs, Oreg - -.-.-.. __ .«_

Drainage 

area 

(square 

miles)

2,680

3,240

36.5 

31.6 

106 

29.4

78

107 

605 

32 

81.9

242 

242 

1,460

56 

32

69,200

72,800

576 

156

2.29 

103,200

491 

1.72 

189 

2,540

102 

362

2,290 

7,580 

10,500

-Period of record

1935 56' ^ ' '

1910-14; 1920-21; 

1924-56-

1910-13; 1919-25; 

1937-49

1938-43 

1920-21; 1923-27; 

1938-56

1910-16; 1924-56 

1890-91; 1894-1904; 

1910-14; 1952-56

1911-13; 1920; 1937- 

56

1904-06; 1910-11; 

1928-56

1897-1916; 1951-56 

1941-51 

1924-29; 1951-56 

1897-99; 1906-56 

Maximum 

discharge 

previously 

recorded 

(cfs)

22,800

23,400

775 

400+ 

2,450 

6688

1,170

1,180 

-,670 

582 

1,840

4,240 

16,900

1,540 

170~~

100,000

89,700

°9,200 

1,180

C409,000

950 

29,800

1,530 

4,470

19,600 

C39,100 

43,600

Maximum December 1955-January 1956 .

Day

Dec. 22 

Dsc. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dsc. 22 

Jan. 15 

Dsc. 22 

Dec. 23

Dsc. 22 

Dsc. 22 

Dsc. 22

Dsc. 22

Dsc. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dsc. 22 

Dec. 22

Dsc. 22 

Dsc. 22 

Dec. 22 

Jan. 19 

Dsc. 27 

Dsc. 23

Dsc. 22 

Dsc. 22

Dsc. 24 

Dsc. 22

Dsc. 22 

Dsc. 22

Dsc. 24

Dsc. 22 

Dec. 22

Dsc. 22

Dsc. 22 

Dsc. 23

Dsc. 22 

Dsc. 22 

Dsc. 21 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22 

Dsc. 12

Dsc, 23 

Dec. 23 

Dsc. 22

Stage 

(feet)

<

12.98

12.75 

7.17

6.62

13.9 

5.56 

4.67

47.31 

4.76 

11.06

2.90 

3/9

10.73

16.84

8.34 

3.94

28.73 

7.28

7.10 

14.01

5.86 

9.81

6.28 

9.78 

7.91

Discharge

. Cfs ' C

722 

1,000 

4,970 

22,700 

1,640 

1,050 

21,900

1,320 

821 

2,800 

65.6

734

2,090 

10,100 

469 

1,200

16,600 

305 

1,060

6705 

19,900

500 

271

52,500 

159

2,550 

2,990

52,600

4,460 

7,000

1,040

66.3 

176,000

4,790 

BIO 

1,360 

15,600

1,320 

3,410

65,790 

22,800 

28,900

f s per 

sq mi

8.48

6.77

36.2 

26.0 

26.4

19.5 

16.7 

14.6 

14.6

2.92 

13.6

8.93 

8.48

7.58

 

7.23

12.1 

6.67

29.0 

1.71

9.76 

47.1 

7.20 

6.14

12.9 

9.42

2.53 

3.01 

2.75

See footnotes at end of table, page 15.
12

Maximum stages and discharges on streams in far-Western States Continued

No.

472 

473 

474

475 

476

477

478 

479 

480 

481 

482 

483 

484

485 

486

487 

488 

489 

490 

491 

492 

493 

494 

495 

496 

497 

498 

499 

500 

501 

502 

503 

504 

505 

506 

50V 

508 

509 

510 

511 

512 

513 

514 

515 

516" 

517 

518 

519 

520 

521

522 

523 

524 

524a 

525

Stream and place of determination

Columbia River! main stem

Hood River Basin

Klickitat River Basin

Wind River Basin

Sandy River Basin

Sandy River below Bull Run River, near Bull Run, Oreg 

Willamette River Basin

Middle Fork Willamette River above Salt Creek, near Oakridge, Oreg -r

Morth Fork of Middle Fork Willamette River near Oakridge, Oreg 

Middle Fork Willamette River below North Fork, near Oakridge, Oreg -

Coast Fork Willamette River below Cottage Grove Dam, near Cottage 

Grove, Oreg.

Mosby Creek at mouth, near Cottage Grove, Oreg 

North Santiam River below Boulder Creek, near Detroit, Oreg -

Drainage 

area 

(square 

miles)

237,000 

329 

280

108 

. U225

440

392 

117 

£46 

924 

1,001 

186 

1,340

69 

104

5.45 

211 

270 

96 

642 

 2,030 

101 

345 

211 

.338 

.409 

75 

930 

47.6 

180 

1,310 

3,420 

88 

94 

V252 

21.3 

V391 

14.6 

159 

105 

372 

4,840 

15.2 

216 

.92 

106 

453 

1.69 

110 

665

.94 

174 

287 

52 

640

Period of record

1858-1956 

1910-14; 1929-56 

1913-14; 1935-56 

1913-19; 1933-56 

1909-16; 1935-56 

1911-12; 1923-56 

1905-12; 1913-17; 

1952-56

1946-56 

1905-12; 1950-56 

1911-13; 1919-55 

1912-15; 1947-56 

1Q35 56 - 

lOH 56 '" - i-i

1944 56 - 

1935-56 

1878-82; 1892-1956 

1907-9; 1928-56 

1908-19; 1938-56 

1905-07; 1910-14; 

1921-56

1905-07; 1910-llf 

1923-56

Maximum 

discharge 

previously 

recorded 

(cfs)

1,240,000 

34,000 

7,000

8,880 

20,000

58,000

34,000 

8,040 

17,000 

82,200 

12,700 

22,500 

94,000

8,800 

63,340

279 

19,600 

21,400 

7,160

58,500 

S 140,000 

2,600 

16,500 

C24,500 

47 

52 

13,300 

64,400 

5,510 

8,600 

88,200 

e210,000 

4,930 

9,260 

ell,500 

742 

S19,300 

1,650 

8,250 

12,200 

24,900 

C 346,000 

720 

20,300 

118 

11,600 

63,200 

86 

19,900 

76,600

80 

23,400 

°41,800 

5,410 

74,200

Maximum December 1955-January 195

Hay

Dec. 24 

Dec. 12 

Dec. 21

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21

Dec. 21

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Jan. 26 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22 

Dec. 30

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 26 

Dec. 26 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21 

Jan. 15 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dsc. 22 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 26 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Jan. 11 

Dec. 21 

Jan. 15 

Jan. 15

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21

S'tage 

(feet)

137.01 

7.09 

8.57

13.35 

16.69

14.97

12.71 

8.20 

14.60 

13.36 

8.30 

13.74 

8.86

10.88 

9.36

5.65 

13.62 

11.02 

10.66

16.44 

9.94 

7.66 

7.79

2.47 

3.08 

7.80 

15.00 

8.33 

22.9 

16.25 

16.25 

20.17 

14.32 

13.97 

9.25 

10.26 

6.87 

20.85 

12.67 

22.12 

26.70 

12.34 

8.98 

11.14 

10.80 

9.15 

17.28 

12.00 

9.51

13.21 

16.64 

18.35 

7.86 

19.95

Discharge

Cfs

320,000 

\5,000 

5,450

6,480 

 18,500

30,900

33,300 

7,640 

13,400 

72,900 

16,900 

12,800 

S20,900

6,210 

S3,220

264 

19,200 

S9,060 

6,920

S25,400 

e48,500 

2,880 

13,000 

17,400 

31 

59 

9,700 

51,700 

3,680 

9,200 

73,500 

el!4,000 

6,990 

10,100 

S10,400 

2,120

en,ooo2,170 

a9,120 

10,700 

a33,000 

e!55,000 

770 

15,200 

112 

9,220 

S15,100 

81 

13,300 

S25,300

45 

21,900 

32,500 

6,280 

62,800

Pf s persq mi.

1.35 

45.7 

19.5

60.0 

82.2

70.2

84.9 

65.3 

54.5 

78.9 

16.9 

68.8 

15.6

90.0 

31.0

48.4 

91.0 

33.6 

72.1 

39.6 

23.9 

28.5 

37.7 

 82.5 

91.7 

144 

129 

55.6 

77.3 

51.1 

56.1 

33.4 

79.4 

107 

41.3 

99.5 

28.1 

149 

57.4 

102 

88.7 

32 i2 

50.7 

70.4 

122 

87.0 

33.3 

47.9 

121 

38.0

47.9 

126 

113 

121 

98.1

See footnotes at end of table, page 15.
13

Maximum stages and discharges on streams in far-Western States Continued

No.

526

537 

538 

529 

530 

531 

$32 

533 

534 

535 

536 

537 

538 

539 

540 

541 

542 

543 

544 

545 

546 

547 

548 

549 

550 

551 

552 

553 

554 

555

556 

557 

558 

559

560 

561

562

563 

564

565

566 

567 

568 

569 

570 

571 

572 

573 

574 

575 

576

Stream and place of determination

Willamette River Basin Continued

Luekiamute Elver near Suver, Oreg 

Youngs Elver Basin

Nehalem Elver Basin

Wilson Elver Basin

Trask Elver Basin

Siletz Elver Basin

Yaquina Elver Basin

Alsea Elver Basin

Siuslaw Elver Basin

Umpqua River Basin

Drainage 

area 

(square 

miles)

1,790

34 

115 

240 

43.4 

7,280 

104 

110 

4.83 

133 

65 

502 

7.1 

66.8 

8,400 

333 

'204 

479 

51 

44.0 

133 

66 

37.6 

568 

710 

136 

126 

479 

657 

28.2

40.1 

667 

159 

143

202 

.68

85.0

334 

.34

50

153 

454 

54.4 

55.3 

76 

83.6 

456 

43.9 

54.2 

158 

1,640

Period of record

1905-06; 1907-16; 

1939-56 - :-

1905-11; 1940-56 

1909-16; 1927-56 

1934-56 -

1 928-56 

1 940-56 

1940-56 

1940_43; 1948-56 

1909-13; 1921-56 

1914-16; 1931-56 

1905-12; 1924-56 

1939 56 

1910-11; 1939-56 

1954-56 , 

1965 56 

1905-13; 1923-26; 

1Q42-KK

discharge 

previously 

recorded 

(cfs)

C202,000

5,560 

13,500 

°35,000

csoo,ooa

. C3,330

el,230 

238 

15,200 

6,380 

28,900 

W558 

6,280 

e248,000 

25,100 

15,000 

C27,900 

4,830 

3,460 

9,460 

6,410 

2,100 

17,400 

*29,300 

6,750 

5,000 

34,800 

60,800 

2,110

6,300 

36,900 

30,000 

30,000

=40,800 

98

. 27,800 

26

4,180

3,700 

37,400 

ill.S

5,920 

2,900 

°41,100 

720 

520 

2,580 

103,000

Maximum December 1955 January 1956

DayDec. 22

Jan. 4 

Dec. 21 

Jan. 4 

Dec. 21 

Dee. 23 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Jan. 4 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 31 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 24 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 31 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dee. 22 

Dec. 23 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 31 

Dec. 21 

Jan. 4

Dec. 21 

Dec. 31 

Dec. 21

Jan. 4 

Dec. 21

Dec. 21 

Dec. 31

Dec.

Dec. 33 

Dec. 33 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 26 

Eec. 26 

Dec. 26 

Dec. 36 

Dec. 33

Stage 

(feet)

21.11

10.35 

15.96 

30.46

35.46 

8.28 

6.53 

16.4 

14.44 

11.65 

45.25 

3.52 

12.42 

85.95 

14.42 

27.83 

21.18 

13.18 

15.94 

14.78 

11.86 

11.35 

36.03 

16.27 

8.85 

4.46 

15.06 

21.15 

13.23

11.90 

19.67 

15.28 

13.09

21.02 

11.61

23,80 

6.81

7.7

13.55 

20.85 

10.34 

9.34 

12.76 

16.67 

27.35 

7.95 

11.58 

24.93 

SI. 55

Discharge

|Cfs

eU5,000

3,780 

a9,300 

16,200 

7,120 

6240,000 

4,810 

ael,150 

213 

15,000 

^,800 

36,800 

ae442 

a9,510 

ae333,000 

30,200 

7,180 

12,300 

8,170 

5,140 

13,200 

a6,300 

1,000 

^.OOO 

X21,400 

a6,200 

2,280 

a37,300 

a48,000 

1,820

3,580 

39,300 

21,100 

20,200

26,400 

80

13,200

33,300 

32

3,600

10,600 

33,300 

7,500 

2,500 

5,180 

10,600 

38,300 

^.lOO 

2,950 

a 34, 000 

91,300

Cf s per 

sq mi 

64.2

111 

80.9 

67.5 

164 

33.0 

46.2 

10.5 

43.9 

113 

120 

73.3 

62.3 

142 

27.7 

62.5 

35.2 

25.7 

160 

117 

99.3 

95.5 

36.2 

43.3 

30.2 

45.6 

18.1 

77.9 

73.1 

64.5

89.3 

58.9 

133 

141

131 

118

155

96.4 

91.7

72.0

69.3 

73.3 

138 

45.2 

68.2 

127 

84.0 

47.8 

54.6 

315 

55.7

See footnotes at end of table, page 15.
14

Maximum stages and discharges on streams in far-4ifestern States Continued

No.

577 

578 

579

579a 

585 

581 

582 

583 

584 585 " 

586

587 

588

589 

590 

591 

592 

593 

594

595 

596

597 

598

599 

600 

601 

602

6t>3 

604 

605 

606 

607

608 

609 

610 

611 

612 

613 

614 

615 

616 

617 

618 

619 

620 

621 

622 

623 

624 

625 

626 

627 

628 

629

630

631

Stream and place of determination

Umpcjua River Basin Continued

North Umpqua River below Lemolo Reservoir, near Toketee Falls, Oreg 

Clear-water River above Trap Creek near Toketee Falls, Oreg ~

Fish Creek at Big Camas ranger station, near Toketee Falls, Oreg 

Sorth Umpqua River above Copeland Creek, near Toketee Falls, Oreg - 

North Umpqua River at Winchester, Oreg 

Coos River Basin

Coquille River Basin

Rogue River Basin

touge River above Prospect, Oreg - ~ ..- - ........ ,,.,. ,..., ^

Rouge River below South Fork Rogue River, near Prospect, Oreg 

Evans Creek at Bybee Springs, near Rogue River, Oreg 

Applegate River near Copper, Oreg 

West Fork Illinois River below Rock Creek, near O'Brien, Oreg 

Eiler Creek Basin

Drainage 

area 

(square 

miles)

53.0 

179..- 

.41.6 

67

471 

227 

886 

97.4 

56.9 

177 

1,210

16.4 

1,350

48.6 

3,680

26.0 

104 

61.9

14.5 

46.5

169

332 

79 

40 

643 

135

249 

133 

1,210 

138 

38

13.4 

51.6 

64.3 

279 

5.41 

2,020 

33.7 

116 

7.59 

2,420 

220 

480 

8.6 

2.98 

30.9 

3.06 

28 

22 

42.6 

76 

42.4 

364 

23

.82

Period of record

1955-56 

1927-45; 1946-56 

1927-56 

1947-66 

1949-56 

1915-20; 1921-22; 

1927-38

1908-13; 1923-29; 

1954-56

1905-56 ____

1916-26; 1928-56 

1908-12; 1923-56 

1910-11; 1915; 1917- 

22; 1925-56

1911-13; 1922-28; 

1931-56

1015 56 -ji1925-27; 1940-53 

1938-56 

1913; 1943-56 

1954-56 

Maximum 

discharge 

previously 

recorded 

(cfs)

°6,040 

1,190 

487 

5,160

14, 100 

9,800 

°55,000 

5,350 

1,650 

9,350 

°94,000

416 

100,000

°218,000

4,880 

2,140

1,290 

13,600

30,500 

11,900

2,540 

2,690 

20,500 

2,470

6,390 

10,000 

44,600 

3,920 

680

5,260 

10,200 

117 

91,500 

2,630 

11,100 

564 

77,000 

15,300 

25,100 

1,110 

365 

4,020 

306 

3,300 

3,550 

6,750 

6,580 

Z14,200 

52,000 

f5,000

298

Maximum December 1955 January 1956

Day

Dec. 26 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 26 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 26 

Dec. 22

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 26 

Dec. 26 

Dec. 26 

Dec. 26

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

 Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

Dec. 21 

D3C. 22 

Dac. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 22 

Dec. 21

Dec. 21

Stage 

(feet)

13.67 

6.50 

2.50 

10.90

15.05 

17.9 

23.1 

12.6 

7.5 

 16.55 

21.7

7.79 

29.14

45.6

14.48 

19.06 

13.57

10.7 

12.06

19.75

10.01 

8.3 

7.30 

17.3 

4.43

12.75 

14.34 

12.8 

6.83 

2.51

8.55 

7.50 

12.25 

23.1 

7.14 

12.1 

13.12 

29.60 

23.47 

18.0 

5.73 

16.84 

9.60 

6.30 

9.0 

9.66 

10.05 

7.95 

14.79 

14.4 

7.7

23.06

Discharge

Cfs

6,800 

6660 

455 

7,650

20,600 

26,900 

68,000 

12,300 

4,910 

15,800 

90,000

1,250 

92,000

4,980 

218,000 

2,700

9,100 

5,560

1,800 

7,990

28,000 

a!6,600

^,250 

1,840 

34,000. 

a2,700

9,000 

13,700 

^S.OOO 

3,400 

e281

1,020 

2,580 

3,630 

9,400 

74 

110,000 

4,520 

9,150 

268 

135,000 

20,300 

a47,800 

1,400 

367 

3,920 

265 

2,700 

4,570 

8,230 

7,150 

12,100 

55,000 

4,400

220

Cfs par 

sq mi

128 

3.69 

10.9

114

43.7 

119 

76.7 

126 

86.3 

89.3 

74.4

76.2 

68.1

102 

59.2

87.5 

89.8

124 

173 

166

50.0 

41.1 

46.1 

52.9 

20.0

36.1 

103 

62.0 

24.6 

7.39

76.2 

50.0 

56.5 

33.7 

13.7 

54.5 

134 

78.8 

35.3 

55.8 

92.3 

99.6 

161 

123 

127 

85. 6 

95. 4 

208 

193 

94.1 

285 

151 

191

268

See footnotes page 15.
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a Provisional.

b 519 sq mi above Lake Tahoe outlet noneontributing.

c Occurred outside period of record.

d Includes 46 sq mi in Cowhead Lake basin.

e Affected by storage and (or) diversion.

f About.

g Furnished by Duryea, Haehl^and Oilman.

h Does not include water bypassing through Mud Slough.

i Stage.

j Gaging station on Rock Creek downstream from mouth of Woodruff Creek,

k Combined discharge of station at Verona and Fremont weir, 315,000 cfs.

1 Mean daily discharge.

m Including Crater Lake basin.

n Mot including Lost River or Lower Klamath Lake basins.

o Affected by failure of flashboards on Hyatt Prairie Reservoir.

p Contents in acre-feet.

q Flow completely controlled.

r Runoff from area below Deadwood Reservoir.

s Reservoir gates open during December 1955 and January 1956.

t Includes flow in Pacific Power & Light Co. conduit.

u Includes Little Wind River drainage area.

v Does not include Amazon Creek drainage area.

w Affected by failure of reservoir outlet gate.

x Includes flow in Oswego Canal, which is complementary to river record.

y Records since 1922 published in State reports only.

z At site downstream (drainage area, 48.6 sq mi).

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