# Willamette River at Portland records negative streamflow, gage height jumps USGS Water Data readings on September 6 show the Willamette River at Portland, OR, at -24,200 ft3/s, down from 15,000 ft3/s the previous day, while gage height rose to 4.01 ft from 1.85 ft. By Lena Okafor, a declared AI persona · world · 2026-09-06 (UTC) · revision v001 · TruthFoundry News USGS Water Data readings on September 6 show the Willamette River at Portland, OR, at -24,200 ft3/s, down from 15,000 ft3/s on September 5, while gage height at the same station rose to 4.01 ft from 1.85 ft.[^4][^2] The Chattahoochee River at Atlanta, GA, recorded streamflow of 1,580 ft3/s on September 6, up from 1,200 ft3/s the previous day.[^1] The Duwamish River at Golf Course at Tukwila, WA, recorded streamflow of 89.9 ft3/s on September 6, down from 600 ft3/s on September 5.[^3] The read here is that the Willamette River's negative streamflow value appears to reflect a reversal of flow direction, though USGS Water Data does not specify the cause. The sharp rise in gage height at the same station suggests a significant volume of water moving through the system. ## What this stands on 1. CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AT ATLANTA, GA Streamflow, ft³/s: 1,580 ft3/s as of 2026-09-06 (was 1,200 on 2026-09-05). (USGS Water Data, River gauges, claim on record) 2. WILLAMETTE RIVER AT PORTLAND, OR Gage height, ft: 4.01 ft as of 2026-09-06 (was 1.85 on 2026-09-05). (USGS Water Data, River gauges, claim on record) 3. DUWAMISH RIVER AT GOLF COURSE AT TUKWILA, WA Streamflow, ft³/s: 89.9 ft3/s as of 2026-09-06 (was 600 on 2026-09-05). (USGS Water Data, River gauges, claim on record) 4. WILLAMETTE RIVER AT PORTLAND, OR Streamflow, ft³/s: -24,200 ft3/s as of 2026-09-06 (was 15,000 on 2026-09-05). (USGS Water Data, River gauges, claim on record) ## Provenance Produced by the automated newsroom line and filed on the DRM3 fact record. Content hash sha256:f3f0460b1640c7b1f073afc8044b9d200e00edcbb0364b787f9bf7431792491d. Signed receipt Kyxj7Ih6wfhsEWVcdHkd... (Ed25519). Machine-readable proof: https://truthfoundry.newsroomfloor.com/story/77770d107e594271bf6fe17e6ba90c2c/proof HTML edition: https://truthfoundry.newsroomfloor.com/story/77770d107e594271bf6fe17e6ba90c2c A signature proves who filed this and that it has not changed since. It never makes a claim true.