Interrogation Site Metadata
MWC - Maxwell Canal
Status: Active - Non-OperationalGeneral Operational Period: Seasonally
Start Date: 4/8/2007 12:00 AM
Maxwell Canal is located at rkm 24 on the Umatilla River. MWC is operated by USFWS for the Bureau of Reclamation.
Current Operations
| Last File Loaded: | MWC-2024-115-P-110.json |
| Date Last File Loaded: | 4/24/2024 4:05 PM |
| Date Last File Opened: | 4/24/2024 2:35 PM |
| Date Last File Closed: | 4/24/2024 2:50 PM |
| Last Observation Tag: | 3FE.2B9D565A27 |
| Last Observation Date: | 10/15/2023 11:58 AM |
| Detection Summary: | Last Day's Observations |
Contacts
Location
Operational History
Operational history describes the period the site was interrogating for PIT tags. The comments provide anecdotal information about the operation of the site during this period. Site operational periods are updated typically at the end of the calendar year.
| Year | Start Date | End Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | |||
| 2023 | 4/18/2023 12:00 AM | 12/20/2023 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on timer tags. |
| 2022 | 3/24/2022 12:00 AM | 10/25/2022 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on timer tags. |
| 2021 | 5/21/2021 12:00 AM | 7/7/2021 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on timer tags. |
| 2020 | 1/1/2020 12:00 AM | 2/8/2020 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on timer tags. See event logs for additional operational information. |
| 2019 | 1/1/2019 12:00 AM | 12/31/2019 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on timer tags. |
| 2018 | 1/1/2018 12:00 AM | 1/1/2019 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on timer tags. |
| 2017 | 5/2/2017 12:00 AM | 1/1/2018 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on timer tags. |
| 2016 | 3/24/2016 12:00 AM | 10/18/2016 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on timer tags. |
| 2015 | 4/2/2015 12:00 AM | 10/21/2015 12:00 AM | Start and end dates based on timer tags. |
| 2014 | 3/19/2014 10:00 AM | 10/22/2014 12:00 AM | Water finished draining from Canal October 9. Equipment shut down October 22. |
| 2013 | 3/27/2013 12:00 AM | 10/4/2013 12:00 AM | Site down intermittently from March 27-April 22 due to vandalism. Site down June 14-17 and May 8-9 due to vandalism. |
| 2012 | 3/21/2012 12:00 AM | 10/23/2012 12:00 AM | A new antenna was added and operations started on March 21. Diversion into the canal started on April 3. Diversion of the Umatilla River into the canal ended on October 23. |
| 2011 | 4/5/2011 12:00 AM | 10/14/2011 12:00 AM | The screen array at Maxwell Canal (coil A1) began operation on the morning of 3/10/2011. The headgate array at Maxwell Canal (coil B1) began operation on the morning of 3/11/2010. Maxwell Canal began diverting water on April 5. Water diversion operations ceased and the canal was drained on October 14. Interrogation site operations ended on October 18. |
| 2010 | 4/6/2010 12:00 PM | 10/25/2010 6:00 AM | The diversion of water into Maxwell Canal began on the afternoon of 4/5/2010. Detection activity began on April 6. The diversion of water into Maxwell Canal ended on 10/15/2010. The headgate array and screen array at Maxwell Canal ended operations for the year on 10/25/2010. |
| 2009 | 4/6/2009 12:00 AM | 10/15/2009 12:00 AM | The interrogation arrays at the canal headgate (A0) and screen (B0) were operational when the canal began diverting water on 4/6/2009. Water discharge at Maxwell canal ceased on October 2nd 2009. Both PIT arrays (near the headgate and diversion screen) at Maxwell were shut down on October 15th 2009. |
| 2008 | 4/16/2008 8:00 AM | 10/9/2008 6:00 PM | Maxwell Canal watered-up on or after April 13, 2008, but PIT tag detection activity did not begin until April 16. The canal was dewatered, and PIT tag detection suspended, for the rest of the year on October 9. Contact William_Simpson@fws.gov for operational details. |
| 2007 | 4/8/2007 12:00 AM | 10/1/2007 12:00 AM | First year of operation. Contact USFWS for actual dates of canal operations. |
Configuration
Configuration metadata includes details about the equipment used at the site to detect and record PIT tags. A new configuration sequence record is created when equipment is added or removed from the site and the period of time it was active. A configuration sequence without an End Date is currently active.
| Antenna Group | Transceiver ID | Antenna ID |
|---|---|---|
| HEADGATE | A0 | A1 |
| DIVERSION SCREEN | B0 | B1 |
Site Configuration Diagrams:
Equipment History
Select a type to view the history of equipment installed at this site. A missing End Date implies the information about the equipment is current.
| Equipment Code | Description | Start Date | End Date |
|---|
Photos
Event Log Summary
This displays the last 25 events, to see the full history, log in to the Event Logs.
| Event Date | Event Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 10/20/2023 12:00:00 PM | SiteDown |
Canal no longer diverting water. Antenna A1 shutdown, antenna B1 left on with no water in canal. |
| 6/8/2023 2:47:00 PM | General |
Screen antenna B1 transceiver replaced. |
| 6/6/2023 3:30:00 PM | SiteUp |
Screen antenna B1 operational after transceiver restarted. |
| 6/3/2023 8:00:00 AM | SiteDown |
Screen antenna B1 transceiver malfunction caused data recording outage. |
| 5/23/2023 7:00:00 AM | SiteUp |
Canal began diverting sometime before 5/23/23 with antennas A1 and B1 operational. |
| 5/1/2023 3:00:00 PM | General |
Antennas A1 and B1 are operational in anticipation of the start of canal diversion. |
| 10/12/2022 12:00:00 AM | SiteDown |
Maxwell Canal gauge (MAFO) is down. Maxwell canal gauge near Hermiston (MAXO) suggests Maxwell Canal stopped diverting water and the last of the remaining diverted water drained from the canal around 10/12/2022. |
| 8/5/2022 3:20:00 PM | SiteUp |
Site B0 (screen) resumed collecting data. The power break was switched on |
| 7/19/2022 8:40:00 AM | SiteDown |
Site B0 (screen) stopped collecting data. The power breaker was switched off |
| 3/23/2022 12:00:00 AM | SiteUp |
Maxwell Canal gauge (MAFO) is down. Maxwell canal gauge near Hermiston (MAXO) suggests water diversion began on 3/23/2022 although a site visit on 5/17/2022 confirmed that the headgate was still not open and only a trickle of water was flowing through |
| 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM | SiteDown |
Maxwell Canal gauge (MAFO) is down. Maxwell Canal gauge near Hermiston (MAXO) suggests Maxwell Canal stopped diverting water and the last of the remaining diverted water drained from the canal around 10/3/2021. |
| 4/26/2021 12:00:00 AM | SiteUp |
Maxwell Canal gauge (MAFO) is down. Maxwell Canal gauge near Hermiston (MAXO) suggests water diversion began on 4/26/2021. |
| 1/1/2020 12:00:00 AM | SiteDown | Flooding in February of 2020 greatly damaged Maxwell Canal and all associated PIT tag infrastructure. Some maintenance to the canal was conducted and the canal operated in a non-traditional manner. As a result, movement within the canal was not monitored for 2020. |
| 9/26/2019 1:56:00 PM | SiteDown | The last remaining about of diverted water exited Maxwell Canal. The canal will not operate again until 2020. |
| 6/25/2019 12:00:00 PM | SiteDown | High flows in early 2019 broke both of the headgate antennas (Coils A1 and A2). These antennas will not be replaced until 2020. |
| 6/25/2019 12:00:00 PM | SiteUp | Maxwell Canal began diverting water. Coils B1 and B2 at the screen were operating. |
| 10/8/2018 12:00:00 AM | SiteDown | Last remaining water drains from Maxwell Canal. |
| 8/3/2018 12:00:00 AM | General | Batteries replaced, reader working consistently over 24 cycle. |
| 6/14/2018 12:00:00 AM | General | Between 9pm and 9am daily, and especially between midnight and 6am, the reader often stopped working due to degraded batteries. |
| 5/10/2018 4:04:00 PM | General | Large degradation in performance of coil B2. Antenna probably leaking. |
| 5/10/2018 12:00:00 AM | SiteUp | Maxwell Canal begins diverting water. |
| 9/21/2017 12:00:00 AM | SiteDown | Water stopped being diverted into Maxwell Canal |
| 9/12/2017 12:00:00 AM | SiteUp | Site working |
| 7/18/2017 12:00:00 AM | SiteDown | Site down |
| 6/21/2017 12:00:00 AM | General | Periodical outages at Max headgate due to debris on solar panel exacerbated during Gorge fire. Between 6/27/17 through 7/18/17 the site was down. Last detection at the screen or headgate was on 6/21/2017. |