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Summary of Drainage Basin and Channel Characteristics
Toutle River System, Mount St. Helens, Washington
1980-1985 Water Years


River / Basin Total drainage area
(square kilometers)
Gaged drainage area
(square kilometers)
Stream length
(kilometers)
Channel gradient (range)
(meters/meters)
Valley trend Area within blast
(square kilometers)
Toutle River Basin
(includes Green, N.F. Toutle, S.F. Toutle, Toutle Mainstem)
1322
(includes non-contributing area within North Fork Toutle basin)
1285
(at Tower Road near Silver Lake, Washington, includes non-contributing area within North Fork Toutle basin)
-- -- -- 468
Green River 342 334 53 0.2-0.01 E-W 171
North Fork Toutle River - 1981 WY
(includes Green)
663 617 52
(excludes Green)
0.08-0.003 E-W 448
North Fork Toutle River - 1982 WY
(includes Green)
728 682 63
(excludes Green)
0.15-0.003 E-W 448
North Fork Toutle River - 1983-1985 WY
(includes Green)
782 736 63
(excludes Green)
0.15-0.003 E-W 448
South Fork Toutle River 328 303 48 0.10-0.002 SE-NW 20
Toutle River (Mainstem) -- -- 26 0.001-0.009 E-W --
Excerpts from: Meyer, Nolan, and Dodge, 1986, USGS Open-File Report 85-412, and
Meyer and Dodge, 1988, USGS Open-File Report 87-549


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