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Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5200


Suspended-Sediment Characteristics of the Johnson Creek Basin, Oregon, Water Years 2007–10


Table 6. Annual and monthly suspended-sediment load for the Gresham and Milwaukie gaging stations, Johnson Creek basin, Oregon, water years 2007–10.


[Station reference: Complete station names are shown in table 1 and locations are shown in figure 1. SSL (suspended-sediment load, in tons): All values rounded to 3 significant figures, which results in the percentage of annual total values not computing precisely]


Month Water year
2007 2008 2009 2010 Average (2007–10)
SSL Percentage of annual total SSL Percentage of annual total SSL Percentage of annual total SSL Percentage of annual total SSL Percentage of annual total
Gresham
October 2.50 0.1 96.8 4.6 1.01 0.0 11.4 1.1 27.9 1.5
November 713 30.4 194 9.1 183 8.8 105 10.4 299 15.8
December 683 29.1 1,030 48.7 346 16.6 125 12.3 547 28.9
January 456 19.4 349 16.4 1,140 54.5 163 16.1 526 27.8
February 216 9.2 224 10.5 97.4 4.7 57.6 5.7 149 7.9
March 239 10.2 170 8.0 158 7.6 298 29.4 216 11.4
April 22.7 1.0 40.2 1.9 55.6 2.7 74.2 7.3 48.2 2.5
May 3.94 0.2 6.92 0.3 93.1 4.5 23.5 2.3 31.8 1.7
June 2.00 0.1 8.08 0.4 9.00 0.4 154 15.2 43.4 2.3
July 0.399 0.0 0.342 0.0 0.769 0.0 0.195 0.0 0.426 0.0
August 0.289 0.0 0.682 0.0 1.50 0.1 0.116 0.0 0.647 0.0
September 7.54 0.3 0.180 0.0 3.53 0.2 0.679 0.1 2.98 0.2
Total 2,350 100.0 2,120 100.0 2,090 100.0 1,010 100.0 1,890 100.0
Milwaukie
October 18.7 0.3 239 4.2 12.3 0.3 31.9 1.1 75.5 1.6
November 1,740 31.3 432 7.6 346 7.8 216 7.6 683 14.7
December 1,660 29.8 3,100 54.4 800 18.0 364 12.7 1,480 31.9
January 922 16.6 814 14.3 2,490 56.2 563 19.7 1,200 25.8
February 497 9.0 613 10.8 185 4.2 136 4.7 358 7.7
March 589 10.6 353 6.2 287 6.5 855 29.9 521 11.2
April 53.2 1.0 88.7 1.6 95.2 2.1 162 5.7 99.8 2.2
May 13.3 0.2 19.5 0.3 163 3.7 90.9 3.2 71.7 1.5
June 20.6 0.4 25.6 0.4 27.8 0.6 424 14.8 125 2.7
July 5.20 0.1 4.02 0.1 5.27 0.1 3.26 0.1 4.44 0.1
August 6.26 0.1 5.37 0.1 8.85 0.2 1.97 0.1 5.61 0.1
September 35.1 0.6 6.38 0.1 10.7 0.2 10.39 0.4 15.6 0.3
Total 5,560 100.0 5,700 100.0 4,440 100.0 2,860 100.0 4,640 100.0

First posted October 3, 2012

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