USGS Streamgage 12212050
Fishtrap Creek at Front Street at Lynden, WA
Fishtrap Creek at Front Street at Lynden, WA is USGS streamgage 12212050 in Washington, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 17110004. It drains a watershed of about 38 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1998. Typical flow runs near 13.2 cfs in July and 72.2 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Washington
- Drainage area
- 38 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 70 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 17110004
- Coordinates
- 48.93868, -122.47904
- USGS site number
- 12212050
- Records begin
- 1998-09-30 (28 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 28 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60.1 | 118.7 | 330.4 | |
| February | 56.4 | 96.3 | 210.6 | |
| March | 55.5 | 91.6 | 220.8 | |
| April | 44.3 | 72.2 | 143.2 | |
| May | 26.7 | 43.5 | 88.7 | |
| June | 15.6 | 29.3 | 55.8 | |
| July | 5.7 | 13.2 | 28.1 | |
| August | 2.6 | 7.2 | 18 | |
| September | 3.2 | 8.7 | 25.8 | |
| October | 5.8 | 24.7 | 87.5 | |
| November | 32.5 | 84.7 | 241.6 | |
| December | 46.3 | 106 | 285.1 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Unnamed Tributary to Bertrand Creek near H St near Lynden, WA
- Nooksack River at Ferndale, WA
- Chuckanut Creek near Bellingham, WA
- Anderson Creek near Bellingham, WA
- Brannian Creek at S Bay Dr near Wickersham, WA
- Olsen Creek near Bellingham, WA
- Carpenter Creek near Bellingham, WA
- Euclid Creek at Euclid Ave at Bellingham, WA