HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 12427000 LITTLE SPOKANE RIVER AT ELK, WASH.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 115 sq.mi.                             Datum is 1870.00 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 17010308 at Latitude: 48:01:20N  Longitude: 117:16:19W
Station is in the state of WA (county code 063) and serviced by the WA office.
Channel slope is 63.00 feet/mile
Stream length is 12.20 miles
Mean basin elevation is 2800.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 1.33%     Lakes: 1.33%        Forests: 91.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 30.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 19.00 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 17.00 degrees Fahrenheit

Daily and longer averages for 23 water years are acceptable (all years except partial years).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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