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Water-Year Summary for Site 12179900

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00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  

Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
12179900 BACON CREEK BELOW OAKES CREEK, NEAR MARBLEMOUNT, WA
LOCATION - Lat 48°36'17", long 121°23'54" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 sec.17, T.36 N., R.11 E., Skagit County, WA, Hydrologic Unit 17110005, Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest, on left bank 1.25 mi downstream from Oakes Creek, 5.5 mi northeast of Marblemount, and at mile 1.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - 49.7 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1943 to September 1950, October 1998 to current year. Published as Bacon Creek near Marblemount (station 12180000) 1942-50. Prior to Oct. 1, 1950, at site 1.4 mi downstream at different datum.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 409.30 ft above NAVD of 1988 (from USGS GNSS survey, Oct. 4, 2022) and is 410 ft above NGVD of 1929 (from topographic map).
REMARKS - No regulation or diversion upstream from station. Summer flows augmented by glacial melt. U.S. Geological Survey satellite telemeter at station. 
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 18,100 ft³/s, Nov. 26, 1949, gage height, 7.13 ft, at site and datum then in use, on basis of outside high-water mark on pier and by a slope-area determination; maximum gage height, 19.97 ft, Oct. 20, 2003, from outside highwater mark probably caused by debris torrent; minimum daily mean discharge, 55.4 ft³/s, Oct. 23, 2022.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2016 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-temperature sensor with 15-minute logging interval, interfaced directly with a data collection platform for satellite telemetry.
REMARKS - U.S. Geological Survey satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 20.6°C, Sept. 6, 2019; minimum, 0.0°C, Dec. 23, 2022.