USGS Streamgage 12189500
Sauk River near Sauk, WA
Sauk River near Sauk, WA is USGS streamgage 12189500 in Washington, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 17110006. It drains a watershed of about 714 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1911. Typical flow runs near 4,882.6 cfs in July and 3,554 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Washington
- Drainage area
- 714 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 273 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 17110006
- Coordinates
- 48.42456, -121.56846
- USGS site number
- 12189500
- Records begin
- 1911-04-01 (115 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 98 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 | 1,608.1 | 3,185.2 | 8,252.6 | |
| February | 1,571.7 | 2,846.2 | 6,879.7 | |
| March | 1,711.6 | 2,760.3 | 5,625.2 | |
| April | 2,257.3 | 3,554 | 6,361 | |
| May | 3,710 | 5,880.3 | 10,422.6 | |
| June | 4,425 | 7,158 | 11,713.3 | |
| July | 2,759.4 | 4,882.6 | 9,007.7 | |
| August | 1,599.4 | 2,337.4 | 4,378.7 | |
| September | 1,111.5 | 1,645.3 | 3,328 | |
| October | 968.2 | 2,024.8 | 5,793.5 | |
| November | 1,452 | 3,412 | 9,164 | |
| December | 1,722.9 | 3,418.4 | 8,675.8 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).