Surface Water Supply of the United States 1954 Part 14
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Surface Water Supply of the United States 1954 Part 14. Pacific Slope Basins in Oregon and Lower Columbia River Basin GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1348 Prepared in cooperation, with the States of Oregon and Washington and with other agencies Surface Water Supply of the United States 1954 Part 14. Pacific Slope Basins in Oregon and Lower Columbia River Basin Prepared under the direction of]. V. B. WELLS, Chief, Surface Water Branch GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1348 Prepared in cooperation with the States of Oregon and Washington and with other agencies UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1957 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRED A. SEATON, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. C. - Price $1 (paper cover) PREFACE This report was prepared by the Geological Survey in cooperation with the States of Oregon and Washington and with other agencies, by personnel of the Water Resources Division, C. G. Paulsen, chief, under the general direction of J. V. B. Wells, chief, Surface Water Branch, and B. J. Peterson, chief, Annual Reports Section. The data were computed and prepared under supervision of district engineers, Surface Water Branch, as follows: X. M. Phillips__________________________Portland, Oreg. F. M. Veatch___________________________Tacoma, Wash. CONTENTS Page Scope of work........................................................................ 1 Cooperation... .................................................................... 1 Division of work.. ................................................................. 2 Definition of terms and abbreviations.................................................. 2 Downstream order of listing gaging stations ............................................ 3 Explanation of data ................................................................... 3 Accuracy of field data and computed results. ........................................... 7 Publications.......................................................................... 8 Records of discharge collected by agencies other than the Geological Survey................ 12 Hydrologic conditions................................................... ............. 13 Gaging-station records................................................................ 15 Lower Columbia River basin: Walla Walla River basin: South Fork Walla Walla River near Milton, Oreg.................................... 15 North Fork Walla Walla River near Milton, Oreg..... ............................ 16 Walla Walla River: Mill Creek near Walla Walla, Wash.............................................. 17 Blue Creek near Walla Walla, Wash ........................................... 18 Mill Creek at Walla Walla, Wash ................................................ 20 Dry Creek near Walla Walla, Wash.............................................. 22 Touchet River at Bolles, Wash.................................................. 23 Touchet River near Touchet, Wash.............................................. 24 Walla Walla River near Touchet, Wash......... ................................... 25 Umatilla River basin: Umatilla River above Meacham Creek, near Gibbon, Oreg............................ 26 Umatilla River at Pendleton, Oreg ................................................ 27 McKay Creek near Pilot Rock, Oreg............................................. 28 McKay Reservoir near Pendleton, Oreg.......................................... 29 McKay Creek near Pendleton, Oreg ............................................. 30 Birch Creek at Rieth, Oreg......... .......................................... 31 Umatilla River at Yoakum, Oreg.......... ........................................ 32 Butter Creek near Pine City, Oreg.............................................. 33 Principal diversions from Umatilla River between Yoakum and Umatilla gaging stations, Oreg .... ..................................... 34 Umatilla River near Umatilla, Oreg ............................................... 35 Willow Creek basin: Willow Creek at Heppner, Oreg................................................... 36 John Day River basin: John Day River: Strawberry Creek above Slide Creek near Prairie City, Oreg....................... 37 John Day River at Prairie City, Oreg .......................... ................... 38 South Fork John Day River near Dayville, Oreg................................... 39 John Day River at Picture Gorge, near Dayville, Oreg............................... 40 North Fork John Day River: Desolation Creek near Dale, Oreg................ ................... .......... 41 North Fork John Day River near Dale, Oreg...................................... 42 Camas Creek near Lehman, Oreg........ ..................................... 43 Camas Creek near Ukiah, Oreg............................................... 44 Middle Fork John Day River at Ritter, Oreg.................................... 45 Fox Creek at gorge, near Fox, Oreg........................................... 46 North Fork John Day River at Monument, Oreg................................... 47 John Day River at Service Creek, Oreg............ ................................ 48 John Day River at McDonald Ferry, Oreg.......................................... 49 Deschutes River basin: Deschutes River below Snow Creek, near Lapine, Oreg............................... 50 Cultus River above Cultus Creek, near Lapine, Oreg.............................. 51 Cultus Creek above Crane Prairie Reservoir, near Lapine, Oreg ................. 52 Deer Creek above Crane Prairie Reservoir, near Lapine, Oreg .................. 53 Quinn River near Lapine, Oreg.................................... ........... 54 Charlton Creek above Crane Prairie Reservoir, near Lapine, Oreg.............. 55 Deschutes River below Crane Prairie Reservoir, near Lapine, Oreg.................. 56 Brown Creek near Lapine, Oreg................................................. 57 Odell Creek near Crescent, Oreg.. ............................................ 58 Deschutes River below Wichiup Reservoir, near Lapine, Oreg ........................ 59 Fall River near Lapine, Oreg................................................... 60 Little Deschutes River: Crescent Creek at Crescent Lake, near Crescent, Oreg........................... 61 V VI CONTENTS Gaging-station records Continued Lower Columbia River basin Continued Page Deschutes River basin Continued Little Deschutes River near Lapine, Oreg........................................ 62 Reservoirs in Deschutes River basin above Bend, Oreg............................... 63 Deschutes River at Benham FaEs, near Bend, Oreg.................................. 64 Deschutes River below Lava Island, near Bend, Oreg. ............................... 65 Diversions from Deschutes River near Bend, Oreg................................. 66 Deschutes River below Bend, Oreg................. ............................... 67 Tumalo Creek near Bend, Oreg.......................................... ....... 68 Squaw Creek near Sisters, Oreg... ............................................ 69 Deschutes River near Culver, Oreg.. ............................................. 70 Beaver Creek (head of Crooked River): North Fork Beaver Creek near Paulina, Oreg................................... 71 Beaver Creek near Paulina, Oreg............. .................................. 73 Crooked River: North Fork Crooked River above Deep Creek, Oreg. ............................. 74 Crooked River near Post, Oreg....................... .......................... 75 Crooked River above Hoffman Dam, near Prineville, Oreg.......................... 76 Crooked River near Culver, Oreg....................... ......................... 77 Metolius River: Lake Creek near Sisters, Oreg.......................... .................... 78 Metolius River near Grandview, Oreg.. .............. ........................... 79 Deschutes River near Madras, Oreg............................................... 80 Warm Springs River at Hehe Mill, near Warm Springs, Oreg. ...................... 81 White River below Tygh Valley, Oreg...................... .................... 82 Deschutes River at Moody, near Biggs, Oreg....................................... 83 Columbia River near The Dalles, Oreg......... .................................... 84 Klickitat River basin: Klickitat River above West Fork, near Glenwood, Wash.............................. 85 West Fork Klickitat River near Glenwood, Wash.................................. 86 Klickitat River near Glenwood, Wash.............................................. 88 Little Klickitat River near Wahkiacus, Wash............................... ...... 89 Klickitat River near Pitt, Wash.................................................... 91 Hood River basin: Hood River: West Fork Hood River: Green Point Creek below North Fork, near Dee, Oreg........................... 93 West Fork Hood River near Dee, Oreg..................... .................... 94 Hood River near Hood River, Oreg.............................. .................. 95 White Salmon River ba«in: White Salmon River near Underwood, Wash......................................... 96 Little White Salmon River basin: Little White Salmon River at Willard, Wash......................................... 97 Little White Salmon River below Lapham Creek, near Willard, Wash. ................. 98 Wind River basin: Wind River above Trout Creek,