USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5016 Development of an Environmental Flow Framework for the McKenzie River Basin, Oregon

Table 16. Temperature criteria for Federal Clean Water Act section 303(d) listed segments in the McKenzie River basin, Oregon.

[Data from Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (2006). Abbreviation: °C, degrees Celsius]

River	River mile	Season	Exceedance criteria
McKenzie River	0 to 34.1	Summer	Rearing: 17.8 °C
McKenzie River	34.1 to 54.4	Spring/Summer/Fall	Rearing: 17.8 °C
McKenzie River	54.4 to 83	Summer	Bull Trout: 10.0 °C
South Fork McKenzie River	0 to 4.5	Spring/Summer/Fall	Spawning: 12.8 °C
Blue River	0 to 1.8	Spring/Summer/Fall	Spawning: 12.8 °C
Blue River	1.8 to 15.5	Summer	Rearing: 17.8 °C
Deer Creek	0 to 8.3	Summer	Rearing: 17.8 °C
French Pete Creek	0 to 12.9	Summer	Bull Trout: 10.0 °C
Horse Creek	0 to 14.2	Summer	Bull Trout: 10.0 °C
Mill Creek	0 to 2.7	Summer	Rearing: 17.8 °C
Mohawk River	0 to 25.4	Summer	Rearing: 17.8 °C
Shotgun Creek	0 to 6.6	Summer	Rearing: 17.8 °C
Unnamed trib. of Rebel Creek	0 to 1.2	Summer	Rearing: 17.8 °C