USGS Streamgage 14158850
McKenzie River below Trail Br Dam near Belknap Springs, OR
McKenzie River below Trail Br Dam near Belknap Springs, OR is USGS streamgage 14158850 in Oregon, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 17090004. It drains a watershed of about 184 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1959. Typical flow runs near 804 cfs in July and 1,204 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Oregon
- Drainage area
- 184 sq mi
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 17090004
- Coordinates
- 44.2679, -122.04978
- USGS site number
- 14158850
- Records begin
- 1959-10-01 (67 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 67 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 | 765.5 | 1,088.2 | 1,737.1 | |
| February | 750.2 | 1,084.1 | 1,716.6 | |
| March | 764.3 | 1,082.3 | 1,578.7 | |
| April | 923.2 | 1,204 | 1,658.3 | |
| May | 891 | 1,221.3 | 1,736.8 | |
| June | 756.1 | 1,001.6 | 1,502.3 | |
| July | 628 | 804 | 1,057.5 | |
| August | 575.1 | 707.3 | 887.5 | |
| September | 551.7 | 663 | 810.3 | |
| October | 545.6 | 662.2 | 833 | |
| November | 610.9 | 840 | 1,268.3 | |
| December | 705.9 | 1,048.1 | 1,797.1 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Lost Creek above Yale Lane near Belknap Springs, OR
- Horse Creek near McKenzie Bridge, OR
- McKenzie River above South Fork, near Rainbow, OR
- SF McKenzie River above Roaring River near Cougar Dam, OR
- So Fk McKenzie River above Cougar Lake near Rainbow, OR
- Cougar Dam Tailwater near Rainbow, OR
- South Fork McKenzie River near Rainbow, OR
- Blue River below Tidbits Creek, near Blue River, OR