15024800 STIKINE RIVER NEAR WRANGELL
(International gaging station)
LOCATION.--Lat 56°" "42'29", long 132" "°07'49", in SE1/4 SE1/4 sec.35,
T.59 S., R.84 E., Hydrologic Unit 19010201, on right bank about 10 mi upstream from mouth near Point Rothsay,
11 mi west of Alaska-British Columbia boundary, and 18 mi northeast of Wrangell.
DRAINAGE AREA.--19,920 mi2, approximately.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1976 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR AK-78-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 25 ft above sea level, from topographic map.
REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. GOES satellite telemetry at station.
DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1995 TO SEPTEMBER 1996
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 e54000 15800 e11000 e8800 e6200 e7400 e11000 27200 98000 131000 111000 112000
2 e54000 14700 e11000 e8600 e6200 e7200 e12000 25400 105000 111000 101000 97200
3 e48000 14300 e11000 e8600 e6400 e7000 e13000 25000 118000 104000 93100 92600
4 e45000 16600 e11000 e8600 e6600 e7000 14800 27500 129000 101000 94800 88500
5 e43000 16700 e11000 e8800 e6800 e6800 16200 29500 137000 99600 93400 83700
6 e40000 15900 e11000 e8800 e7000 e6600 20100 29500 137000 106000 87200 75400
7 e40000 15600 e10000 e9000 e7200 e6600 20400 27100 139000 109000 85800 63800
8 e43000 14500 e10000 e9000 e7400 e6600 14200 24200 139000 116000 84300 53800
9 e45000 e12000 e10000 e9200 e7600 e6600 11600 22600 131000 124000 93500 50100
10 e41000 e11000 e10000 e9200 e7800 e6600 11100 21800 120000 124000 95600 50100
11 e39000 e11000 e10000 e9000 e8200 e6800 11000 21600 112000 119000 90500 56700
12 35500 e11000 e10000 e8800 e8400 e7000 11000 21800 103000 123000 100000 63400
13 37700 e12000 e11000 e8400 e8800 e7000 11100 22800 94400 127000 103000 75400
14 45100 e13000 e11000 e8200 e9400 e7400 11400 26100 84600 138000 84700 70300
15 36100 e14000 e11000 e8000 e9400 e7600 12200 30700 76600 127000 75600 65400
16 29100 e14000 e10000 e7800 e9600 e7800 14700 33500 74500 108000 76600 55900
17 25800 e15000 e10000 e7600 e9800 e8000 e16000 34000 76800 101000 78500 48400
18 30700 e14000 e10000 e7600 e10000 e8000 e17000 35500 74800 108000 79700 52200
19 33800 e14000 e9800 e7400 e10000 e7800 e19000 38900 78600 109000 82300 61000
20 38500 e13000 e9600 e7200 e9800 e7800 20500 44500 87400 110000 80900 55600
21 34800 e13000 e9400 e7200 e9400 e7600 20100 52800 105000 118000 85100 45200
22 28900 e13000 e9200 e7000 e9200 e7400 21400 57200 122000 125000 98100 37000
23 28300 e12000 e9000 e6800 e9000 e7200 22800 60100 135000 126000 128000 33600
24 27400 e12000 e9200 e6800 e8600 e7400 23400 67800 144000 123000 113000 35400
25 29000 e12000 e9400 e6600 e8400 e7600 24000 77200 155000 124000 97700 36600
26 31900 e12000 e9600 e6600 e8200 e7800 25900 78800 165000 130000 93400 64300
27 29000 e12000 e9600 e6600 e8000 e8200 27400 77200 162000 132000 96500 102000
28 24800 e11000 e9400 e6400 e7800 e8600 26500 72800 157000 132000 96300 90300
29 21800 e11000 e9200 e6400 e7600 e9000 26900 70300 149000 137000 102000 66400
30 19300 e11000 e9000 e6200 --- e9600 28300 77400 139000 137000 119000 53200
31 17300 --- e8800 e6200 --- e10000 --- 88600 --- 121000 128000 ---
TOTAL 1096800 397100 310200 241400 238800 234000 535000 1349400 3548700 3700600 2948600 1935500
MEAN 35380 13240 10010 7787 8234 7548 17830 43530 118300 119400 95120 64520
MAX 54000 16700 11000 9200 10000 10000 28300 88600 165000 138000 128000 112000
MIN 17300 11000 8800 6200 6200 6600 11000 21600 74500 99600 75600 33600
AC-FT 2176000 787600 615300 478800 473700 464100 1061000 2677000 7039000 7340000 5849000 3839000
CFSM 1.78 .66 .50 .39 .41 .38 .90 2.19 5.94 5.99 4.77 3.24
IN. 2.05 .74 .58 .45 .45 .44 1.00 2.52 6.63 6.91 5.51 3.61
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1976 - 1996, BY WATER YEAR (WY)#
MEAN 60740 26140 13890 11760 9611 10910 17380 69380 135400 135200 106900 79000
MAX 113300 58280 25780 39450 19070 42340 31960 119100 199900 163800 134200 128600
(WY) 1987 1979 1990 1981 1977 1992 1992 1993 1992 1985 1977 1981
MIN 30590 10010 7135 5958 5539 4719 9070 32260 103400 109100 76770 50760
(WY) 1986 1986 1985 1978 1978 1978 1982 1982 1978 1983 1995 1986
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1995 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1996 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1976 - 1996#
ANNUAL TOTAL 17455000 16536100
ANNUAL MEAN 47820 45180 56500
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 72870 1981
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 42100 1978
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 202000 Sep 11 165000 Jun 26 324000 Sep 23 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN a 5800 Feb 16 b 6200 Jan 30 4000 Feb 12 1988
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 5930 Feb 22 6290 Jan 28 4130 Feb 7 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW c 167000 Jun 26 351000 Sep 23 1994
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 22.57 Jun 26 30.60 Sep 23 1994
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 34620000 32800000 40930000
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 2.40 2.27 2.84
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 32.60 30.88 38.54
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 115000 119000 138000
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 28900 23100 33900
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6600 7400 7400
# See Period of Record.
a Feb. 16-17 and 25-26.
b From Jan. 30 to Feb. 2..
c June 26 and 27.
e Estimated
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