USGS Streamgage 12213100
Nooksack River at Ferndale, WA
Nooksack River at Ferndale, WA is USGS streamgage 12213100 in Washington, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 17110004. It drains a watershed of about 786 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1917. Typical flow runs near 2,914.5 cfs in July and 3,374.7 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Washington
- Drainage area
- 786 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 14 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 17110004
- Coordinates
- 48.84479, -122.58931
- USGS site number
- 12213100
- Records begin
- 1917-12-30 (109 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 60 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 | 1,978.7 | 3,861 | 10,146.5 | |
| February | 1,908.6 | 3,240.3 | 7,615.9 | |
| March | 1,960.3 | 3,150 | 6,604.5 | |
| April | 2,183 | 3,374.7 | 5,877.3 | |
| May | 2,734.2 | 4,209.4 | 7,045.5 | |
| June | 2,558.7 | 4,337 | 7,113.3 | |
| July | 1,896.5 | 2,914.5 | 5,298.1 | |
| August | 1,289.7 | 1,716.5 | 3,030.3 | |
| September | 935.6 | 1,357.3 | 3,102.7 | |
| October | 837.1 | 1,903.5 | 5,863.5 | |
| November | 1,536.3 | 3,942.3 | 10,604.7 | |
| December | 1,848.7 | 3,857.1 | 10,374.2 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- 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
- Squalicum Creek near Mouth at Bellingham, WA
- NF Nooksack River below Cascade Creek near Glacier, WA