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 13214000 MALHEUR RIVER NEAR DREWSEY,OREG.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 910 sq.mi.                             Datum is 3479.13 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 17050116 at Latitude: 43:47:05N  Longitude: 118:19:50W
Station is in the state of OR (county code 025) and serviced by the OR office.
Channel slope is 44.71 feet/mile
Stream length is 49.20 miles
Mean basin elevation is 4900.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.20%     Lakes: 0.20%        Forests: 29.41%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 5.30 inches
Annual precipitation is 16.30 inches
Precipitation intensity is 1.50 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 12.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Slight regulation from small reservoirs. Irrigation diversions which have remained substantially unchanged for the
   period of record.


Daily and longer averages for 62 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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