Table 3.--Available USGS streamflow data for continuously gaged streams and peak flow measurements in the Elwha-Morse Watershed.
[--, no data or not applicable, Water year starts October 1 st and ends September 30 th]
Station name /USGS station
number / Latitude, in degrees, minutes, seconds / Longitude, in degrees, minutes, seconds / Continuously gaged streams, period of record, complete water years / Peak flows, period of record, complete water years / Drainage area, in square miles / Mean annual flow, in cubic feet per second
Elwha River above Lake Mills near Port Angeles, WA / 12044900 / 47° 58’ 13” / 123° 35’ 22” / 1995-98 / 1994-98 / 198 / 1,490
Elwha River at McDonald Bridge near Port Angeles, WA / 12045500 / 48° 03’ 18” / 123° 34’ 55” / 1897-1901, 1918-98 / 1898-1998 / 269 / 1,510
Elwha River below diversion, near Port Angles / 12046500 / 48° 06’ 55” / 123° 33’ 10” / 1953-54 / 1953-1954 / 318 / 1,823
East Valley Creek at Port Angeles, WA / 12046800 / 48° 06’ 10” / 123° 26’ 20” / -- / 1950-63 / 0.69 / --
Lees Creek at Port Angeles, WA / 12047100 / 48° 06’ 20” / 123° 22’ 55” / -- / 1949-70 / 4.77 / --
Morse Creek near Port Angeles, WA / 12047300 / 48° 02’ 17” / 123° 20’ 57” / 1967-76 / 1967-79 / 46.6 / 130
Data for the stations listed are available from the following sources.
Drost, B.W., 1986, Water Resources of Clallam County, Washington--phase 1 report: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4227, 263 p. (contains data for station number 12045500, 12046500, 12047300, 12046800, 1247100)
U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Historical Water Resources Data, accessed 1999 at http://wa.water.usgs.gov/historical.html (contains data for station number 12044900, 12045500, 12046500, 12046800, 12047100, 12047300)
Wiggins, W.D., Ruppert, G.P., Smith, R.R., Reed, L.L., and Courts, M.L., 1998, Water Resources Data, Washington, Water Year 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report WA-98-1, 527 p. (contains data for station number 12045500, 12044900)