Table 1 Description of three monitoring stations used to investigate patterns in the longitudinal propagation of a flood wave, sediment pulse, and water-quality impairments along the main-stem Klamath River, California.

From: 2022 McKinney rain-on-wildfire event, dissolved oxygen sags, and a fish kill on the Klamath River, California

USGS station number

USGS station name

Karuk Tribe and Yurok Tribe station name

Distance upstream from the river mouth (km)

Distance downstream from Humbug Creek (km)

Drainage area (km2)

Mean annual streamflow (m3/s)

11520500

Klamath River at Seiad Valley

Klamath River near Seiad Valley

211

71

17,980

76

11523000

Klamath River at Orleans

Klamath River near Orleans

96

186

21,950

140

11530500

Klamath River near Klamath

Klamath at Turwar

13

269

31,340

280

  1. River distance is reported as kilometers (km) upstream from the Klamath River mouth at the Pacific Ocean57.
  2. Monitoring station locations are shown in (Fig. 1).
  3. Seiad station is located within the 95 km fish kill zone.
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