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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR J. A. KRUG, Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY W. E. WRATHER, Director
Water-Supply Paper 1043
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY of the UNITED STATES
1945PART 13
SNAKE RIVER BASIN
Prepared by WATER RESOURCES BRANCH
DIVISION OF SURFACE WATER
In cooperation with the States of IDAHO, OREGON, WASHINGTON, AND WYOMING
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UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1947
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C.Price 75 cents (paper cover)
CONTENTS
PageScope of work........................................................................ 1Definition of terms.................................................................. 1Explanation of data.................................................................. 2Time basis........................................................................... 4Accuracy of field data and computed results.......................................... 5Publications......................................................................... 5Records of discharge collected by agencies other than the Ueological Survey.......... 11CooperatIon.......................................................................... 12Division of work..................................................................... 12Qaglng-statlon records............................................................... 14
Snake River main stem.............................................................. 14Jackson Lake at Moran, Wyo....................................................... 14Snake River at Moran, Wyo........................................................ 15Snake River below Greys River, at Alpine, Idaho.................................. 16Snake River near Heise, Idaho.................................................... 17Diversions from Snake River between Helse and Shelley gaging stations, Idaho..... 18Snake River near Shelley, Idaho.................................................. 19Diversions from Snake River between Shelley and dough Ranch gaging stations,Idaho.......................................................................... 20
Snake River at Clough Ranch, near Blackfoot, Idaho............................... 21Anerlcan Falls Reservoir at American Falls, Idaho................................ 22Snake River at Neeley, Idaho..................................................... 24Lake Walcott near Mlnldoka, Idaho................................................ 25Snake Rive Snake Rive Snake Rive Snake R!VP Snake Rive
near Mlnldoka, Idaho................................................. 26at miner, Idaho..................................................... 27near Klmberly, Idaho................................................. 28near Twin Falls, Idaho............................................... 29below Lower Salmon Falls, npar Hagprnan, Idaho.
Snal-e Rive at King Hill, Idaho.................................................. 31Snake Ri vf. near Murphy, Idaho................................................... 32Snake Rlvp at Welser, Idaho..................................................... 33Snake River at Oxbow, Oreg....................................................... 34Snake River near Clarkston, Wash................................................. 35
Tributaries above Salt River....................................................... 36Pacific Creel: near Moran, Wyo.................................................... 36Buffalo Fork near Moran, Wyo.........................................'............ 37Gros Ventre River at Kelly, Wyo.................................................. 38Hoback River near Jackson, Wyo................................................... 39
Salt River Basin.................................................................... 40Salt River near Smoot, Wyo....................................................... 40Salt River at Wyoming-Idaho State line........................................... 41Cottonwood Creek near Smoot, Wyo........................^........................ 42Swift Creek near Afton, Wyo...................................................... 43
Henrys Fork Basin.................................................................. 44Henrys Fork near Lake, Idaho ..................................................... 44Island Park Reservoir near Island Park, Idaho.................................... 45Henrys Fork near Island Par!;, Idaho.............................................. 46Henrys Fork at Warm River, Idaho................................................. 47Henrys Fork near Ashton, Idaho................................................... 48Diversions from Henrys Fork between Ashton and St. Anthony gaginr stations, Idaho 49Henrys Fork at St. Anthony, Idaho................................................ 50Diversions from Henrys Fork between St. Anthony and Rexburg gaging stations,
Idaho .................... f ..................................................... 51Henrys Fork near Rexburg, Idaho................................................... 52Smaller reservoirs In Henrys Fork Basin..............:........................... 53Diversions from Fall River'above gaging station, near Squirrel, Idaho............ 54Fall River near Squirrel, Idaho.................................................. 55Diversions from Fall River between Squirrel and Chester gaging stations, Idaho... 56Fall River near Chester, Idaho................................................... 57
Teton River near St. Anthony, Idaho.............................................. 59Diversions from Teton River between St. Anthony gaging station and mouth, Idaho.. 60
Blackfoot River Basin.............................................................. 61Blackf oot River near Blackf oot, Idaho............................................. 61
Mud Lake-Lost River Basin.......................................................... 62Hud Lake Basin................................................................... 62
Mud Lake near Terreton, Idaho.................................................. 62Canas Creek at Elghteenmlle shearing corral, near Kllgore, Idaho............... 63Cams Creek at Camas, Idaho.................................................... 64Beaver Cneek at Spencer, Idaho ................................................. 65Beaver Creek at Dubols, Idaho.................................................. 66Beaver Creek at Camas, Idaho................................................... 67Medicine Lodge Creek at Ellls Ranch, near Argora, Idaho........................ 68Medicine Loage Creek near Small, Idaho......................................... 69
Little Lost River Basin........................................................... 70Little Lost, River near Howe, Idaho............................................. 70Blaine County Investment Co.'s canal near Howe, Idaho.......................... ,71
Big Lost River Basin... ...... ..........'.................................,.. .v.. 72st River at Wild Horse, near Chilly, Idaho............................... 72
IV CONTENTS
Gag ing-station re cords Cont inued. Mud Lake-Lost River Basin Continued.
Big Lost River Basin Continued. PageBig Lost River at Howell Ranch, near Chilly, Idaho............................j 73Big Lost River (east channel) above Hackay Reservoir, near Mackay, Idaho....... 74Big Lost River (west channel) above Mackay Reservoir, near Mackay, Idaho....... 75Mackay Reservoir near Mackay, Idaho............................................ 77Big Lost River below Mackay Reservoir, near Mackay, Idaho...................... 78Warm Spring Creek (east channel) near Mackay, Idaho............................ 79Warm Spring Creek (west channel) near Mackay, Idaho............................ 80Sharp ditch near Mackay, Idaho................................................. 81
Portneuf River Basin............................................................... 82Portneuf RI v»r at Topaz, Idaho................................................... 82Portneuf River at Pocatello, Idaho............................................... 83Birch Creek near Downey, Idaho................................................... 84
Tributaries and diversions between Portneuf River and Salmon Falls Creek........... 85Clear Cre^k near Naf, Idaho...................................................... 85North Side Minidoka Canal near Ilinidoka, Idaho................................... 86South Side Minidoka Canal near Minidoka, Idaho................................... 87Goose Creek above Trapper Creek, near Oakley, Idaho.............................. 88Oakley Reservoir near Oakley, Idaho.............................................. 89Trapper Creek near Oakley, Idaho................................................. 90P. A. lateral near Milner, Idaho................................................. 91Milner low-lift canal near Milner, Idaho......................................... 92Gooding Canal at Milner, Idaho................................................... 93Horth Side Twin Falls Canal at miner, Idaho..................................... 94South Side Twin Falls Canal at Milner, Idaho..................................... 95Rod: Creek near Rock Creek, Idaho................................................ 96Rock Creek near Twin Falls, Idaho................................................ 97
Salmon Falls Creek Basin........................................................... 98Salnon Falls Creek near San Jacinto, Nev......................................... 98Salmon River Canal Co. Reservoir near Rogerson, Idaho............................ 99Salmon River Canal Co. Canal near Rogerson, Idaho................................ 100
Big Wood River Basin............................................................... 101Big Wood River at Hal ley, Idaho.................................................. 101Big Wood River near Bellevue, Idaho.............................................. 103Magic Reservoir near Richfield, Idaho............................................ 104Rig Wood River below Magic Dam, near Richfield, Idaho............................ 105Big Wood River at Gooding, Idaho.................................................. 106Big Wood River near Gooding, Idaho............................................... 107Warn Springs Creek at Guyer Hot Springs, near Ketchum, Idaho..................... 108Big Wood Slough at Hailey, Idaho................................................. 109Cfimas Creek near Blaine, Idaho................................................... 110Lincoln Canal near Richfield, Idaho.............................................. IllLincoln Canal near Shoshone, Idaho............................................... 112Thorn Creek spillway near Gooding, Idaho......................................... 113Little Wood River at Campbell Ranch, near Carey, Idaho........................... 114Little Wood River near Carey, Idaho.............................................. 115Little Wood River near Richfield, Idaho.......................................... 116Little Wood River at Shoshone, Idaho............................................. 117Silver Creek near Picabo, Idaho.................................................. 118King Hill Canal near Hagerman, Idaho............................................. 119
Tributaries and diversions between Big Wood River and Owyhee River................. 120Bennett Creek near Bennett, Idaho................................................ 120Mountain Home feeder canal near Mountain Home, Idaho............................. 121Mountain Home cooperative canal near Mountain Home, Idaho........................ 122Bruneau River near Hot Spring, Idaho............................................. 123Bruneau River near Grand View, Idaho............................................. 124WIckahoney Creek near Bruneau, Idaho............................................. 125Jacks Creek near Bruneau, Idaho.................................................. 126
Owyhee River Basin................................................................. 127Owyhee River n>=ar Gold Creel:, Ilev................................................ 1270\7;1i«e R1 ver at Mountain City, Nev............................................... 128Owyhee River above China diversion dam, near Owyhee, Nev......................... 129Owyhee River above Owyhee Reservoir, Oreg........................................ 130Wild Horse Reservoir near Gold Creek, Nev........................................ 131Owyhee Reservoir at Owyhee Dam, near Nyssa, Oreg................................. 131Owvhee River below Owyhee Dan, Oreg.............................................. 132
Boise River Basin......'............................................................ 133Boise River near TV;in Springs, Idaho............................................. 133Arrowrock Reservoir at Arrowrock, Idaho.......................................... 134Boise River at Dowling Ranch, near Arrowrock, Idaho.............................. 135Boise River at Boise, Idaho........................................................ 136Boise River at Notus, Idaho...................................................... 137Diversions from Boise River, Idaho............................................... 138South For!: Boise River near Featherville, Idaho.................................. 139South Fork Boise River at Anderson Ranch Dam, Idaho.............................. 140South Fork Boise River near Lenox, Idaho.....................^................... 141Lime Creek near Bennett, Idaho................................................... 142Fall Creek near Anderson Ranch Dam, Idaho........................................ 142Little Camas Canal at heading, near Bennett, Idaho............................... 143Moore Creel: near Arrowrock, Idaho................................................ 144Nev; York Canal near Barber, Idaho................................................ 145Deer Flat. Reservoir near Caldwell, Idaho......................................... 146
Malheur River Bas in................................................................ 147Malheur River near Drewsey, Oreg................................................. 147Malheur River below Warmspr!ngs ReserveIr, near Riverside, Oreg.................. 148Malheur Rivr near Hope, Oreg.................................................... 149Reservoirs in Ilalheur River Basin, Oreg.......................................... 150North Fork Malheur River above Agency Valley Reservoir, near Beulah, Oreg........ 151
CONTENTS V
Gaging-station records Continued.Malheur River Basin Continued. Page
North Fork Malheur River at Beulah, Oreg......................................... 152Payette River Basin...................................................,...........'. 153
South Fork Payette River at Lowman, Idaho........................................ 153South Fork Payette River near Garden Valley, Idaho............................... 154South Fork Payette River near Banks, Idaho....................................... 155Payette River near Horseshoe Bend, Idaho......................................... 156Payette River near Emmett, Idaho................................................. 157Payette River near Payette, Idaho................................................ 158Clear Creek at Lownan, Idaho..................................................... 159Deadwood Reservoir near Lowman, Idaho............................................ 160Deadwood River below Deadwood Reservoir, near Lowman, Idaho........,,..........'.. 161Deadwood River near Lowman, Idaho................................................ 162Payette Lake at McCall, Idaho.................................................... 163North Fork Payette River at McCall, Idaho........................................ 164North Fork Payette River at Cascade, Idaho....................................... 165North Fork Payette River near Smiths Ferry, Idaho................................ 166Fish hatchery diversion at McCall, Idaho......................................... 167Lake Fork Payette River above reservoir, near McCall, Idaho...................... 168Lake Fork Reservoir near McCall, Idaho........................................... 169Lake Fork Payette River below Lake Irrigation District Canal, near McCall, Idaho. 170Lake Irrigation District Canal near McCall, Idaho................................ 171Cruzen Canal at Lake Fork, Idaho................................................. 172Porter Creek near Gardena, Idaho................................................. 172
Weiser River Basin................................................................. 173Weiser River at Tararack, Idaho.................................................. 173Weiser River at Starkey, Idaho................................................... 174Weiser River near Council, Idaho................................................. 175Welser River near Cambridge, Idaho............................................... 176Weiser River above Crane Creek, near Weiser, Idaho............................... 177West Fork Weiser River near Fruitvale, Idaho..................................... 178Lost Valley Reservoir near Tamarack, Idaho....................................... 178Lost Creek near Tamarack, Idaho.................................................. 179Middle Fork Weiser River near Mesa, Idaho........................................ 180Mesa Orchards Canal near Mesa, Idaho............................................. 181Johnson Creek below Johnson Park, near Council, Idaho............................ 182Bacon Creek near Mesa, Idaho..................................................... 183Pine Creek near Cambridge, Idaho................................................. 184Little Weiser River near Indian Valley, Idaho.................................... 185Crane Creek Reservoir near Midvale, Idaho........................................ 186Crane Creek near Midvale, Idaho.................................................. 187Crane Oreek at mouth, near Weiser, Idaho......................................... 188Weiser Irrigation District Canal near Weiser, Idaho.............................. 189Mann Creek near Weiser, Idaho.................................................... 190
Burnt River Basin.................................................................. 191Unity Reservoir near Unity, Oreg................................................. 191Burnt River near Hereford, Oreg.................................................. 192
Powder River Basin................................................................. 193Powder River at Salisbury, Oreg.................................................. 193Powder River near Robinette, Oreg................................................ 194
Imnaha River Basin................................................................. 195Imnaha River above Gumboot Creek, Oreg............................................ 195Imnaha River at Imnaha, Oreg..................................................... 196
Salmon River Basin................................................................. 197Salmon River near Obsidian, Idaho................................................ 197Salmon River below Valley Creek, at Stanley, Idaho................................ 198Salmon River below Yankee Fork, near Clayton, Idaho.............................. 199Salmon River near Chains, Idaho................................................. 200Salmon River at Salmon, Idaho.................................................... 201Salmon River near Shoup, Idaho................................................... 202Salmon River near French Creek, Idaho............................................ 203Salmon River at Whiteb-ird, Idaho................................................. 204Alturas Lake Creek near Obsidian, Idaho.......................................... 205Valley Creek at Stanley, Idaho................................................... 206Yankee Fork Salmon River near Clayton, Idaho..................................... 207Challis Creek near Challis, Idaho................................................ 208Pahsimeroi River near May, Idaho..............................................'... 209Panther Creek near Shoup, Idaho.................................................. 210Middle Fork Salmon River near Cape Horn, Idaho................................... 211Bear Valley Creek near Cape Horn, Idaho.......................................... 212Big Creek near Big Creek, Idaho.................................................. 213South Fork Salmon River near Khox, Idaho......................................... 214Johnson Creek near Landmark ranger station, Idaho................................ 216Johnson Creek at Yellow Pine, Idaho.............................................. 217Secesh River near Burgdorf, Idaho................................................ 218Warren Creek near Warren, Idaho.................................................. 219Boulder Creek near Tamarack, Idaho............................................... 220
Grande Ronde River Basin........................................................... 221Grande Ronde River at La Grande, Oreg............................................ 221Grande Ronde River at Rondowa, Oreg.............................................. 222Grande Ronde River at Troy, Oreg................................................. 223Catherine Creek near Union, Oreg................................................. 224East Fork Wallowa River near Joseph, Oreg........................................ 225Wallowa Falls power-plant tailrace near Joseph, Oreg............................. 226Hurricane Creek near Joseph, Oreg................................................ 227Lostine River near Lostlne, Oreg................................................. 228Bear Creek near Wallowa, Oreg.................................................... 229
Asotin Creek Basin................................................................. 230Asotin Creek near Asotin, Wash................................................... 230
VI CONTENTS
Gaging-station records Continued. PageClearwater River Basin............................................................. 231Selway River above Meadow Creek, near Lowell, Idaho.............................. 231Selway River near Lowell, Idaho.................................................. 232Clear-water River at Kamlah, Idaho................................................ 234Clear-water River at Spalding, Idaho.............................................. 235Lochsa River near Lowell, Idaho.................................................. 236South Fork Clear-water Kiver near Elk City, Idaho................................. 237South Fork Clear-water River near Grangevllle, Idaho.............................. 238flnrth Fork Clear-water River at Bungalow ranger station, Idaho.................... 239North Fork Clear-water River near Ahsahka, Idaho.................................. 240Mission Creel- near Winchester, Idaho............................................. 241
Miscellaneous discharge measurenents................................................. 242Index................................................................................ 245
ILLUSTRATION page
Figure 1. Gaging-station structures: A, Snake River at King Hill, Idaho; B, SnakeRiver near Murphy, Idaho; tT, Snake River near Clarkston, Wash........... 3
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF SNAKE RIVER BASIN, 1945
SCOPE OF WORK
this volume is one of a series of 14 reports presenting results of measurements of
stage and flow made on streams, lakes, and reservoirs in the United States during the
water year ending September 30, 1945. The work was begun In 1888 in connection with
special studies relating to Irrigation. Measurements of the flow of streams and of the
stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs have been made at about 10,300 gaging stations
In the 48 States and also at many in the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii. In July 1945,
5,6001gaglng stations, including those in Hawaii, were being maintained by the Geological
Survey and cooperating organizations. Miscellaneous discharge measurements were made
during the water year at many other points.
In the execution of the work many State and private organizations have cooperated,
either by furnishing data or by assisting In collecting data. Cooperation of the first
kind Is acknowledged in connection with the description of each station affected; cooper
ation of the second kind Is acknowledged, under the heading "Cooperation," In the Intro
ductory matter that precedes the gaging-statlon records In each volume. In the present
volume, the section on cooperation of the second kind appears on page 12.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
The units In which stream-flow data are presented in this report and other terms used
herein are defined as follows:
"Second-feet" Is an abbreviation for "cubic feet per second." A second-foot Is the
rate of diecharge of a stream whose channel Is 1 square foot In cross-sectional area and
whose average velocity Is 1 foot per second.
"Second-feet per square nile" is the average number of cubic feet of water flowing per
second from each square mile of area drained, on the assumption that the runoff Is dis
tributed uniformly both as regards time and area.
"Runoff in Inches" is the depth to which an area would be covered If all the water
draining from It In a given period were uniformly distributed on its surface. It Is used
for comparing runoff with rainfall, which Is ueually expressed In inches.
An "acre-foot" Is the quantity of water reqlrirred to cover an acre to the depth of
1 foot and is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet. The term Is commonly used In connection
with storage for irrigation.
"Second-foot-day" Is the volume of water represented by a flow of 1 second-foot for 24
hours. It is equivalent to 86,400 cubic feet, 1.983471 acre-feet, or 646,317 gallons and
represents a runoff of 0.0372 Inch from 1 square mile.
"Stage-discharge relation" is an abbreviation for the term "relation between gage height
and discharge."
"Control" Is a term used to designate a feature downstream from the gage that determines
the stage-discharge relation at the gage. This feature may be a natural section^ a reach
of the channel, or an artificial structure.
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"Contents" is a term applied to the volume of water in a reservoir. It Is computed on
the basis of a level pool and does not Include bank storage unless otherwise indicated.
EXPLANATION OF DATA
The base data collected at gaging stations consist of records of stage, measurements of
discharge, and general Information used to supplement the records of stage and discharge
measurements In determining the daily flow. The records of stage are obtained either from
direct readings on a nonrecordlng gage or from a water-stage recorder that gives a con
tinuous record of the fluctuations. Measurements of discharge are made with a current
meter by the general methods outlined in standard textbooks on the measurement of river
discharge. Typical structures in use at gaging stations are shown in figure 1.
Rating tables giving the discharge for any stage are prepared from the discharge meas
urements. The application of the dally mean gage height to those rating tables gives the
daily mean discharge, from which the monthly and the yearly mean discharge are computed.
If the stage-discharge relation is subject to change because of frequent or continual
change in the physical features that form the control, the daily mean discharge Is de
termined by the "shifting-control method," In which correction factors based on Individ
ual discharge measurements and notes by engineers and observers are used in applying the
gage heights to the rating tables. At times the stage-discharge relation for a station
may be temporarily changed by the presence of aquatic growth or debris on the control.
For such times the daily mean discharge is computed by what Is essentially the "shifting-
control" method, described above.
At some gaging stations the stage-discharge relation is affected by backwater from
reservoirs, tributary streams, or other.sources, which necessitates the use of the "slope
method," in which the slope or fall In a reach of the stream is a factor In the determi
nation of discharge. Information requisite for determining the slope or fall is obtained
by means of an auxiliary gage set at some distance from the base gage. At some stations
the stage-discharge relation Is affected by changing stage, and for them the rate of
change of stage Is used as a factor In the determination of discharge.
At most gaging stations in the northern part of the United States and at some in the
mountainous regions of other parts the stage-discharge relation is affected by Ice during
tne winter, which makes It impossible to compute the discharge in the usual manner. Dis
charge for periods of ice -effect Is computed on the basis of the gage-height record and
occasional winter discharge measurements, consideration being given to the available in
formation on temperature and precipitation, notes by gage observers and engineers, and
comparable records of discharge for stations In the same or nearby basins. For those
stations at which the stage-discharge relation Is affected by Ice, the days included in
the periods of Ice effect either are indicated In the table by symbols referring to a
footnote that states this fact or are given In a general note following the table. The
days on which discharge measurements were made during or between periods of ice effect,
shortly before the first period, or shortly after the last period are similarly indicated
by a footnote.
For most of the gaging stations on streams in the area covered by this report the data
piesented comprise a description of the station, a table showing the daily discharge of
the stream, and a table of monthly and yearly discharge and runoff. Skeleton rating
EXPLANATION OF DATA
A. SNAKE RIVER AT KING HILL, IDAHO.
B. SNAKE RIVER NEAR MURPHY, IDAHO.
C. SNAKE RIVER NEAR CLARKSTON, WASH.
FIGURE 1. GAGING-STATION STRUCTURES
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tables are published for all stations except those at which the dally discharge for the
greater part of the year was determined by the shifting-control method, the slope method,
or other special -methods.
The description of the station gives the type of gage, Its latitude and longitude as
determined from the best available maps, and Information In regard to diversions that
decrease the flow at the gage, artificial regulation from pondage or storage, and the
accuracy of the records. Under "Average discharge" Is given the average discharge for the
number of years Indicated. It Is given only for stations for which there are 10 or more
complete years of record. Under "Extremes" are given the maximum discharge and gage height;
the minimum discharge If there Is little or no regulation; the minimum dally discharge If
there Is extensive regulation (also the minimum discharge If use.ful); and the mlninum gage
height (unless It Is of no Importance). Unless otherwise qualified, the maximum discharge
corresponds to the crest sta^e, obtained by use of a water-stage recorder or a nonrecord-
Ing gage read at the time of the crest. Likewise the minimum discharge represents the
lowest stage, unless otherwise qualified, selected peak discharges with the times of
their occurrence are given, below the table of monthly discharge, for some stations.' This
supplementary Information Is generally omitted for a station at which the drainage area of
the stream Is less than 10 or nore than 10,OOO square miles or at which, on most days, the
peak discharge exceeds the mean discharge by less than 10 percent.
For stations equipped with water-stage recorders, except those on streams subject to
sudden or rapid fluctuation, the table gives the discharge corresponding to the dally mean
gage height. For stations subject to such fluctuation the dally mean gage height may not
Indicate the true dally mean discharge, which must be obtained by averaging the discharge
for parts of the day or by using the discharge Integrator, an Instrument for obtaining the
dally mean discharge from a continuous gage-height graph and containing as an essential
element a curve representing the stage-discharge relation at the station. For stations
equipped with nonrecordlng gages, the table of dally discharge gives the discharge In
second-feet corresponding to once-daily readings of the gage or the mean of twice-daily
readings. For periods of rapidly changing stage the dally mean discharge Is determined
from gage-height graphs based on gage readings made once or twice dally or oftener, as
stated In the station description.
In the table of monthly discharge the column headed "Second-foot-days" gives the sum
for each month of the figures given In the table of dally discharge. The column headed
"Maximum" gives the maximum dally discharge, not the momentary discharge when the water
surface was at crest stage. Likewise, In the column headed "Minimum" the quantity given
is the minimum dally discharge. The column headed "Mean" gives the average flow In cubic
feet per second during the month.
For most gaging stations on lakes and reservoirs the data presented comprise a descrip
tion of the station and a monthly summary table of stage and contents. For some reservoirs
a table showing dally contents Is given. A skeleton table of capacity at given stages Is
usually given in the first report in which data for a station are published but Is omitted
from succeeding reports.
TIME BASIS
At 2 a.m. on February 9, 1942, as an emergency measure, the Nation shifted from
standard time to "war time," and clock time in the several zones of the country was moved
ahead 1 hour, or to 3 a.m. At 2 a.m., war time, on September 30, 1945, a change was made
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back to standard tine and clock time was moved back 1 hour, or to 1 a.m. This made Sep
tember "0 a 25-hour day. Time given herein for the water year 1945 prior to the change on
September 30 refers to war time; time after the change refers to standard time. To convert
war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour. Records of daily discharge prior to February 9,
1942, were computed, and those subsequent to September 30, 1945, will be computed on the
basis of standard time; records between those dates were computed on the'basis of war tine.
The discharge given for September 30, 1945, Is the mean for 25 hours. The mean discharge
and runoff for the month of September have been computed fron the total second-foot-days
for the month without adjustment for the fact that September 30 vras a 25-hour day. The
small error resulting from this procedure has been disregarded.
ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS
The accuracy of stream-flow data depends primarily on (1) the permanency of the stage-
discharge relation or, if the control Is unstable, the frequency of discharge measurements
and (2) the accuracy of observations of stage, measurements of flow, and Interpretation of
records.
The station description gives a statement In regard to the general accuracy of the
records. "Excellent" indicates that, in general, the error In the daily records is
believed to be less than 5 percent; "good," less than 10 percent; "fair," less than 15 per
cent; and "poor," probably more than 15 percent. The records of monthly and yearly mean
discharge and runoff are, In general, more accurate than the daily records.
Yield at some stations as indicated by monthly means may vary widely from natural yield,
owing to diversion, consumption, regulation by storage, increase or decrease In evaporation
due to artificial causes, or other factors. For such stations figures of "second-feet per
square mile" and "runoff In inches" are not published unless storage or diversion records
are included indicating the extent of the regulation or diversion or unless satisfactory
adjustments can be made for changes In contents or reservoirs or for other changes incident
to use and control. Evaporation from a reservoir is not Included In the adjustments for
changes in reservoir contents, unless its Inclusion Is indicated. Figures of second-feet
per square mile and runoff In inches are also omitted If the drainage area Includes large
noncontrlbutlng areas or if the average annual rainfall over the drainage area Is less
than 20 inches.
Many gaging stations on streams In the irrigated areas of the United States are situ
ated above most of the diversions from those streams, and therefore the discharge recorded
does not show the water supply available for further development, as prior appropriations
below the station must first be satisfied.
The table of monthly discharge presents in summary the distribution of the flow past the
station. The table of daily discharge affords opportunity for more detailed studies of the
variation in flow. As further observations in each succeeding year maj be expected to
throw new light on data previously published, it should be borne in mind that such data are
subject to revision in succeeding water-supply papers.
PUBLICATIONS
The results of stream-flow measurements are now published annually in 14 parts, each
part covering an area whose boundaries coincide with natural drainage features as indicated
below:
Part 1. North Atlantic slope basins (St. John River to York River).2. South Atlantic and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins (James River to
Mississippi River).3. Ohio River Basin.4. St. Lawrence River Basin.5. Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi River Basins.
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Part 6. Missouri River Basin.7. Lower Mississippi River Basin.8. Western Gulf of Mexico basins.9. Colorado River Basin.
10. The Great Basin.11. Pacific slope basins in California.12. Pacific slope basins in Washington and upper Columbia River Basin.13. Snake River Basin.14. Pacific slope basins in Oregon and lower Columbia River Basin.
Water-supply papers and other publications of the Geological Survey containing data on
the water resources of the United States may be obtained or consulted as explained below.
1. Copies may be purchased at nominal cost from the Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., who will, on application, furnish lists
giving prices.
2. Sets of the reports may be consulted in the libraries of the principal cities In
the United States.
3. Sets are available for consultation in the offices of the water-resources branch of
the Geological Survey as follows:
East of the Mississippi River:Albany, N. Y., 528 Federal Building.Ashevllle, N. C., 220 Post Office Building.Atlanta, Ga., 410 ' rand Theater Building.Augusta, Maine, Statehouse.Baton Rouge, La., 124 Geology Building, Louisiana State University.Boston, Mass., 939 Post Office Building.Charleston, W. Va., 408 Union Building.Charlottesville, Va., House G, Dawson Row, University of Virginia.Chattanooga, Tenn., 442 Post Office Building.College ParK, Md., 105 Engineering Building, University of Maryland.Columbia, S. C., 207 Creason Building.Columbus, Ohio, 404 Engineering Experiment Station, Ohio State University.Harrisburg, Pa., 490 Education Building.Hartford, Conn., 203 Federal Building.Indianapolis, Ind., 205 Underwriters Building.Jackson, Miss., 208 Millsaps Building.Knoxville, Tenn., 337 Post Office Building.Louisville, Ky., 531 Federal Building.Madison, Wis., 666 State Office Building.Montgomery, Ala., 507 Post Office Building.Morgantown, W. Va., 406 Mineral Industries Building.New Philadelphia, Ohio, Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District Building.Ocala, Fla, 004 Post Office Building.Pittsburgh, Pa., 515 Plaza Building.Raleigh, N. C., 242 Education Building.St. Paul, Minn., 1427 New Post Office Building.Trenton, N. J., 228 Federal Building.Urbana, 111., 14 Post Office At.nex, Elm Street.VJashington, D. C., Federal Works Agency Building.Williamsburg, Ky., Kentucky Highway Building.
West of the Mississippi River:Albuquerque, N. Mex., 723 North Second Street.Austin, Tex., 302 West Fifteenth Street.Bismarck, N. Dak., 7 Eltlnge Building.Boise, Idaho, 429 Federal Building.Denver, Colo., 310 Denham Building.Fort Smith, Ark., 6 Post Office Building.Helena, Mont., 408 Federal Building.Honolulu, Hawaii, 225 Federal Building.Idaho Falls, Idaho, 204 Federal Building.Iowa City, Iowa, 508 Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Iowa.Lincoln, Nebr., 010 Kudga-Uueiicel Building.Los Angeles, Calif. 429-F United States Post Office and Courthouse.Oklahoma City, Okla., 535 State Capitol.Pierre, S. Dak., City Hall.Portland, Oreg., 606 Post Office Building.Rolla, Mo., Hamsey Building.St. Louis, Mo., ico4 New "Federal Building.Salt Lake City, Utah, 303 Federal Building.San Francisco, Calif., 625 Market Street Building.Santa Fe, N. Mex , 204 United States Courthouse.Tacoma, Wash., 207 Federal Building.Topeka, Kans., 305 Federal Building.Tucson, Ariz., 210 Post Office Building.
A list of the Geological Survey publications may be obtained by applying to the
Director, Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.
PUBLICATIONS 7
Early records of the flow of streams In the. United States are published in the reports
listed below. In Many of these reports records for years earlier than those indicated have
been Included for some streams.
Stream-flow data for the years 1884-1901, in reports of the Geological Survey
(A s Annual Report; B = Bulletin; W - Water-Supply Paper)
Report
10th A pt. llth A pt. 12th A pt . 13th A pt . 14th A pt . B 131 ...... 16th A, pt. B 140... .. .
18th A, pt .
W 16 .......
19th A. pt .
W 28
20th A, pt. W 35 to 39. 21st A, pt. W 47 to 52. 22d A, pt. W 65, 66.. . W 75.. .....
2 2 2 3 2
2
4
4
4
4
4!
Character of data
Descriptive information only.
Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings. ....... Descriptive information only. Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, ratings, and monthly discharge.
Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge... Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights of streams
east of the Mississippi River, and Missouri River and tributaries above Kansas River.
Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights of streams west of. the Mississippi River, except Missouri River and tribu taries above Kansas River.
Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge. Measurements, ratings, and gage heights of streams east of the Mississippi River, and Missouri River and tributaries.
Measurements, ratings, and gage heights of streams west of the Mississippi River, except Missouri River and tribu taries.
Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings ........
Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings. ....... Monthly discharge ............................................
Year
1884 to September 1890. 1884 to June 30, 1891. 1884-92 . 1888-93. 1893-94.
1895.
1896. 1895-96. 1897.
1897.
1897. 1898.
1898.
1898. 1899. 1899. 1900. 1900. 1901. 1901.
Papers on surface water supply containing records from 1899 to date, grouped by years
and drainage basins, are listed by number on page 9. The data for any particular gaging
station will, in general, be found in the reports covering the years during which the
station was maintained. For example, the data for 1910 to 1920 for any station in the
area covered by part 3 are published in Water-Supply Papers 283, 303, 323, 353, 403, 433,
453, 473, and 503, which contain records for the Ohio River Basin for those years.
The records at most of the stations discussed in these reports extend over a series of
years. Miscellaneous measurements at many points other than regular gaging stations have
been made each year and are published under "Miscellaneous discharge measurements" at the
end of each report, the streams and points of measurement listed appearing In the same
relative order as the streams and gaging stations in the body of the report. An index of
the records obtained prior to 1904 has been published in Water-Supply Paper 119.
Each of the reports on surface water supply for the year 1939, issued as Water-Supply
Papers 871 to 884 (see table on p. 8), contains, for the area covered by that report, a
summary of yearly discharge at gaging stations at which 10 or more complete years of
record have been collected. These summaries are available also as separate reprints.
Numbers
of water-su
pply pa
pers
co
ntai
ning
re
sult
s of
stream mea
sure
ment
s, 1899-Iu45
(For basins
Included se
e pp-
5-6)
.Ye
ar1899 a...
1900 g.
..1901 ...
..1902.....
1903
....
.1904.....
1905
....
.1906.....
1907
-8..
.19
09 ...
..1910.....
1911.....
1912.....
1913.....
1914
....
.19
15..
...
1916
....
.19
17..
...
1918.....
1919-20
. .1921.....
1922
.....
1923
..,.
.1924.....
1925
.....
1926 ...
..19
27..
...
1928.....
1929
....
.19
30..
...
1931
....
.19
32 .....
1933.....
1934.....
1935
....
.19
36..
...
1937.....
1938.....
1939
.....
1940
....
.19
41 .....
1942.....
1943.....
1944.....
1945.. .
. .
135
47,
b.48
85,
75 82 97o!24,
pl25
, q!26
o!65
, p!
66,
q!67
0201
, p2
02,
q203 241
261
5S
T301
321
351
381
401
431
451
471
501
521
541
561
581
601
" 621
641
661
681
696
711
726
741
756
781
801
821
851
871
891
921
951
971
1001
1031
2bS
S, 36 48
65,
75b8
2, 83
b97. 98
ql26
, 12
7ql67, 16
842
03, 20
424
2262
55
T302
322
352
382
402
432
452
472
502
522
542
562
582
602
622
642
662
682
697
712
727
742
757
782
802
822
852
872
892
922
952
972
1002
1032
336
48,
149
65,
75 83 98 128
169
205
243
263
283
303
323
353
383
403
433
453
473
503
523
543
563
583
603
623
643
663
683
698
713"
728
743
758
783
803
823
853
873
893
923
953
973
1003
1033
436 49
65,
75m82, 83 97 129
170
206
244
264
284
304
324
354
384
404
434
454
474
504
524
544
564
584
604
" 62
464
4664
684
699
714
729
744
759
784
804
824
854
874
894
924
954
974
1004
1034
536 49
k65,
68
, 75
k83,
85
k98. 99.
nlOO
k!28,
130
171
207
245
265
28S
305
325
355
385
405
435
455
475
505
525
545
565
585
605
625
645
665
685
700
715
730
745
760
785
805
825
855
"875
895
925
955
975
1005
loss
6036, 37
49,
J50
86,
75 84 99130, r!
31 172
208
246
266
236
306
326
356
386
406
436
456
476
506
526
546
566
586
606
626
646
666
686
701
716
731
746
761
786
806
826
856
876
896.
9Z6
956
976
1006
lose
737 50
k65,
66,
75k8
3, 84
k98.
99
k!28,
131
k!69,
173
k205,
209
247
267
' -
287"
307
327
357
387
407
437
457
477
507
527
547
567
587
607
627
647
667
687
702
717
732
747
762
787
807
827
857
877
897
927
957
977
1007
1037
837 50
66,
75 84 99 132
174
210
248
268
288
308
328
358
388
408
438
458
478
508
5S8
548
568
58b
608
62S
648
668
688
703
718
733
743
763
788
808
828
858
878
898
928
958
978
1008
1038
9d3
7, 38 50
66,
75 85100
133
175,
t!77
211, t213
249
269
289
309
329
359
389
409
439
459
479
509
529
549
569
589
609
629
649
669
689
704
719
734
749
764
789
809
829
859
879
899
929
959
979
1009
1039
10 38,
e39 51
66,
75 85100
133,
s!
3417
6, s!77
212, 32
1325
0, 3251
270.
s2
71 290
310
330
360
390
410
440
460
480
510
530
550
570
590
610
636
650
670
690
705
720
735
750
765,
790
810
830
860
880
900
930
960
980
1010
1040
1138
, f39 51
66,
75 85100
134
177
213
251
271
291
311
331
361
391
411
441
461
481
511
531
551
571
591
611
<$3l
651
671
691
706
' 721
736
751
766
791
811
831
861
881
901
931
961
981
1011
1041
1238 51
66,
75 8510
0135
178
214
252
272
292
312
332-A
362-A
392
412
442
462
482
512
532
552
572
592
612
632
652
672
692
707
722
737
752
767
792
812
832
862
882
902
932
962
982
1012
1042
1338 51
66,
75 8510
013
5178
214
252
272
292
312
332-B
362-
B39
3413
443
463
483
513
533
553
573
593
613
633
653
673
693
708
723
738
753
768
793
813
633
863
883
903
933
963
983
1013
1043
1438 51
66,
75 85100
135
u!77,
178
214
252
272
292
312
332-
C36
2-C
394
414
444
464
484
514
534
554
574
594
614
634
654
67*
694
709
724
739
754
769
794
B14
834
864
884
904
934
964
984
1014
1044
a Rating ta
bles
and index
to Water-Supply Pa
pers
35
-39 co
ntai
ned in Water-Supply
j Lo
up,
Platte,
and Elkhorn Rivers
and
tributaries
below Pla
tte
Rive
r.Pa
per $9.
Tables of monthly di
scha
rge
for
1899
in
21
st Annual Re
port
, part 4.
k Tributaries
of Mississippi
River
from ea
st,
b Ja
mes
Rive
r only.
m Lake
Ontario
and
tributaries
to St
. Lawrence
River proper.
c Ga
llat
ln Ri
ver.
n Hudson Bay
only.
d Green an
d Gunnison Rivers
and
Colorado Ri
ver
abov
e Gunnison Riv
er.
o New England rivers only.
e Ko
jave
Ri
ver
only
. P Hudson River
to De
lawa
re Ri
ver,
in
clus
ive.
f Ki
ngs
and Kern Riv
ers
and so
uth Pa
cifi
c sl
ope
basins.
q Susquehanna
River to
Yadkin R
iver,
incl
usiv
e.g
Rati
ng tables an
d index
to Water-Supply Papers 47
-52
cont
aine
d in Water-Supply
S Platte and Kansas Rivers.
Paper 52.
Honthly dis
char
ge for 1900 in 22d Annual
Repo
rt,
part 4.
s Tl
le tJreat Ba
sin
in California,
except Truckee and Ca
rson
Ri
ver
Basi
n h Wlssahlckon and Sc
huyl
kill
Rivers to Ja
mes
Rive
r.
t Be
low mouth of
Gi
la River.
1 Scioto River.
u Ro
gue,
Ui
npqu
a, an
d Siletz Rivers on
ly.
PUBLICATIONS
Reports have been published that are compilations of records for various areas, usually
a single State or drainage basin. These reports contain records previously published
(some of which have been revised), as well as some records not contained in the annual
series of water-supply papers. The following table gives the numbers and titles of these
reports, arranged alphabetically, some by States and some by drainage basins.
Reports containing compilations of records of discharge by States and drainage basins
Report
STATE Alabama, Water powers of, with an appendix on stream measurement s in
Mississippi. California, Water resources of, part 1, Stream measurements in Sacra mento River Basin.
California, Water resources of, part 2, Stream measurements In San Joaquin River Basin.
California, Water resources of, pa t 3, Stream measurements in the Great Basin and Pacific Coast river ba ins.
California southern, Surface wate supply of Pacific slope of.......... California Surface water supply o: ' Sacramento River Basin. ............. California Surface water supply o San Joaquin River Basin. ............ California southern, Surface water supply of Pacific slope basins in. . . California Surface water supply of minor San Francisco Bay, northern Pacific, and Great basins In.
DRAINAGE BASIN
Colorado River (Ariz., Colo., N. Hex., Utah, Wyo.) and Its utilization..
Colorado River Basin (Ariz., Calif., Colo., Utah, Wyo.), Surface waters at base stations In.
Missouri 'and St. Mary River Basins (Mont.), Surface waters of ........... New-Kanawha River Basin (N. C-, Va., W. Va.), Surface water supply of...
Potomac River Basin (D. C-, Md., W. 'Vsi.} ................................ Rio Grande Basin (Colo., N. Hex., Tex.), Water resources of .............
St. Mary River-. See St. Mary and Milk Rivers; Missouri and St. Mary River Basin.
Susquehanna River Basin (Pa . , Md. ) , Hydrography of ......................
Period
1895-1903
1887-1912
1878-1912
1891-1912
1890-1918 1895-1927 1895-1927 1894-1927 1895-1927
1845-19151894-1906
1919-35
1888-1914 1897-19271891-1938
1898-19381889-19201894-19261890-1906
1881-1938 1895-1920 1904-91895-1906 1888-1913 1898-1917
1890-1904
Water-supply Paper
107
298
299
300
447 597-E 636-D 63 6 -E 637-A
74197415230370850424492870156469
395 617918
916517
198
917 536 279192 358 491
109
Records of discharge have been published also in State reports. Some of these are
not contained in the publications of the Geological Survey or are revisions of records
previously published in its water-supply papers. The following table contains a list or
these reports.
State reports containing compilations of records of discharge
State
Arkansas. ..... Colorado ......
Connecticut. . .
Georgia .......
Illinois.. ....
Period
1895-1915 1857-1928 1SS1-1935
1S81-1938
1900-1927
1912-33 1S95-1906 1907-19 190S-11 1900-1934 1923-27 1927-30 1873-1932 1873-1940
1941-42
Report
Bull. 17, Water powers of Alabama. ........
Water resources of Colorado, Appendix 2, Data on stream-gaging stations of Colorado. 1
Water resources of Colorado, Appendix 3, vols. 1 and 2, Stream-flow data of Colorado.
Bull. 44, Water resources of Connecticut
Ball. 16, Water powers of Georgia .........
Pub. 72, Surface water supply of Indiana.. Pub. 112, Surface water supply of Indiana.
Water-Supply Bull. 1, Summaries of yearly and flood flow relating to Iowa streams.
Water-Supply Bull. 2, Surface water resources of Iowa.
Issued by
Geological Survey of Alabama. Arkansas Geological Survey. State Planning Commission, Water Conservation Board, State engineer. Do.
State Geological and Natural History Survey.
State Water Commission. Geological Survey of Georgia.
Do. Rivers and Lakes Commission. Division of Waterways. Department of Conservation.
Do. State Planning Board. Iowa Geological* Survey.
Do.
1 Contains records of yearly discharge only.2 Contains records of monthly discharge in second-feet per square mile.
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1945. PART 13
State reports containing compilations of records of discharge Continued
State
Kansas. ......
"Kentucky. .... Louisiana* . .
Maryland. ....
Minnesota. . . .
Missouri. ....
Nebraska .....
Hew Hampshire Hew Jersey. . .
Hew Mexico . . . Horth Caro
lina.
Horth Dakota-
Do........
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island- Tennessee. . . .
Do. .......Virginia .....
Washington. . .
Wisconsin. . . .
Period
1995-1919 1919-24 1924-28 1928-35
1910-20 1903-38
1887-1920 1929-37
1892-1943
1909-12
1857-1926
1927-39
1889-1911 1881-1938
1894-1914
1914-28 1889-19221892-1928
1928-34
1934-40
1888-1925 1889-1923
1889-1936
1919-21
1882-1938 1882-1944
1898-1921
1902-39
1898-1939
1878-1914
1914-24
1924-30
1930-36
1890-1911
1928-32
1929-41 1874-1924 1920-30 1889-1905 1906-10 1911-16 1895-1927 1927-42
1927-42
1927-42
1927-42
1878-1933
1888-1914
1914-23
Report
Surface waters of Kansas. .................
Report of Division of Water Resources.....
Qeol. Bull. 16, Surface water supply of Louisiana.
Plow data and draft storage curves for major streams in Maryland.
Bull. 1, Summary of records of surface waters of Maryland and the Potomac River Basin.
Water-resources investigation of Minne sota.
Vol. 20, 2d series, Water resources of Missouri.
Vol. 26, 2d series, Surface waters of Missouri .
Special Rept. 10, vols. 1-4, Water re sources of Montana.
Annual and statistical report, vol. 12s ... Bull. 33, Surface water supply of Hew
Jersey. Special Rept. 5, Surface water supply of
Hew Jersey. Special Rept. 9, Surface water supply of
New Jersey.
Bull. 34, Discharge records of Horth Carolina streams. 3
Bull. 39, Discharge records of Horth Carolina streams. 4
Report to Governor of North Dakota on flood control.
Surface water in North Dakota. ............ Supplement B, 4th biennial report .........
Bull. 200, Compilation of stream-flow records of Ohio.
Bull. Ill, Ohio stream-drainage areas and flow-duration tables.
Bull. 4, Water resources of the State of Oregon.
Bull. 7, Water resources of the State of Oregon.
Bull. 8, Water resources of the State of Oregon.
Bull. 9, Water resources of the State of Oregon.
Report of the Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania .
Stream-flow records of Pennsylvania. ......
7th annual report ..........................
Bull. 40, Surface waters of Tennessee3 ....
Bull. 31, Water resources of Virginia..... Bull. 4, Surface water supply of Virginia
(Potomac, Rappahannock, and York River Basins).
Bull. 5, Surface water supply of Virginia (James River Basin) .
Bull. 6, Surface water supply of Virginia (Roanoke and Chowan River Basins).
Bull. 7, Surface water supply of Virginia (New, Tennessee, and Big Sandy River Basins).
Bull. 5, Monthly and yearly summaries of hydrometric data.
1st report of Railroad Commission of Wis consin to Legislature on water powers.
2d report of Railroad Commission of Wis consin to Legislature on water powers.
Issued by
Kansas Water Commission. Do.
State Board of Agriculture. Do. Do.
Kentucky Geological Survey. Department of Conservation.
Maine Water Power Commission. State Planning Commission and
Water Resources Commission. Department ' of Geology, Mines,
and Water Resources.
State Drainage Commission.
Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines.
Missouri Geological Surrvey and Water Resources.
Office of the State engineer. Montana Agricultural Experi
ment Station. Bureau of Water Power, Irri
gation, and Drafinage. Do.
Public Service Commission. Department of Conservation and
Development * State Water Policy Commission.
Do.
Office of the State Engineer. Department of Conservation and
Development . Do.
State chief engineer.
State Planning Board. State Water Conservation
Commission. Engineering Experiment Station,
Ohio State University. Department of Agriculture,
Division of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Engineering Experiment Station, Ohio State University.
Office of the State Engineer.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvani a .
Department of Forests and Waters.
Department of Public Works. Department of Education.
Do. Office of the State Engineer.
Do. Do.
Virginia Geological Survey. Virginia Conservation Com
mission-
Do.
Do.
Do.
Department of Conservation and Development .
Railroad Commission of Wis consin.
Do.
2 Contains records of monthly discharge in second-feet per square mile.3 Contains records of weekly discharge.4 Contains records of maximum and minimum daily, weekly, and monthly discharge and yearly mean
discharge.Hote.- In addition to the records contained in the reports listed above, the following States
have Issued annual or biennial reports in which are contained records of discharge: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Maine, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Hew York (also Hew York City Board of Water Supply and city of Rochester), Horth Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wyoming.
RECORDS OF DISCHARGE COLLECTED BY AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 11
The reports listed in the foregoing tables contain the customary records of discharge
collected during the systematic operation of gaging stations. Detailed Information on
the stage and discharge of many streams during major floods has been Included In special
reports on these floods published by the Geological Survey. The more recent of these
special reports also contain other pertinent hydrologlc Information and analyses and
compilations of data relating to earlier noteworthy, floods. The following list gives the
numbers and titles of these reports:
Water-Supply Title Paper
88 The Passalc flood of 1902.92 The Passalc flood of 1903.96 Destructive floods In the United States in 1903.147 Destructive floods in the United States In 1904.162 Destructive floods In the United States In 190tJ.334 The Ohio Valley flood of March-April 1913.426 Southern California floods of January 1916.487 The Arkansas River flood of June 3-5, 1921.488 The floods in central Texas in September 1921.5£'0-G Some floods in the Rocky Mountain region.636-C The New England flood of November 1927.771 Floods In the United States, magnitude and frequency.773-E The Now York State flood of July 1935.796-B Flood on Republican and Kansas Rivers, May and June 1935.796-C Flood in La Canada Valley, Calif., January 1, 1934.796-G Major Texas floods of 1935.798 The floods of March 1936, part 1, New England rivers.799 The floods of March 1936, part 2, Hudson River to Susquehanna River region.800 The floods of March 1936, part 3, Potomac, James, and upper Ohio Rivers.816 Major Texas floods of 1936.836-A Stages and flood discharges of the Connecticut River au Hartford, Conn.838 Floods of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, January-February 1937.842 Floods in Canadian and Pecos River Basins of New Mexico, May and June 1937.843 Floods of December 1937 in northern California.844 Floods of March 1938 in southern California.847 Maximum discharges at stream-measurement stations through September 1930.867 Hurricane floods of September 1938.869 Flood of August 1935 in Muskingum River Basin, Ohio.914 Texas floods of 1938 and 1939.967-A Floods of September 1939 in Colorado River Basin below Boulder Dam.967-B Flood of July 5, 1939, in eastern Kentucky.
RECORDS OF DISCHARGE COLLECTED BY AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
The following table contains a list of gaging stations for the area covered by this
report at which records of daily discharge were collected during the water year October
1944 to September 1945 by agencies other than the Geological Survey. The records for these
stations are not contained in the publications of the Geological Survey except as noted.
Records or discharge collected by agencies other than the Geological Survey
Stream
American Palls Reser voir, inflow to.
(Jrande Ronde River...
Indian Creek. ........
Malheur River ........
Snake River tribu taries.
Teton River tribu taries and di vers ions . t Records for some £ t Fragmentary.
Location
Near American Falls, Idaho ............
SW-J sec. 53, T. 18 S., R. 44 E., 5 miles southwest of Vale, Oreg. Prior to spring of 1937 in sec. 20, 6 miles west of Vale, Oreg.
SWi sec. 11, T. SB., R. 36 B. , near I& (Jrande, Oreg.
SE-i sec. 33, T. IS., R. 40 B-, above North Indian Creek near Imbler, Oreg.
SWi sec. 32, T. 20 S., R. 41 E., near Hamorf, Oreg.
Below Nevada Dam, near Vale, Oreg.
Near Irwin, Idaho .....................
Hear Driggs , Idaho ....................
arlier years published in water-supply
Period
1927-28, 1932 -45. .
1937-45.. .........
1938-45.. .........
ly31-45t-- ........
1934, 1936-42, 1944-45t-
1940-45J. .........
1934-45$. .........
papers of the Creole
Collected by
Idaho Water District 36.
Oregon State engi neer.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Idaho Water District 36.
Do.
gical Survey.
756837 O - 47 - 2
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1945, PART 13
Records of discharge collected by agencies other than the Geological Survey Continued
Stream
Wallowa Lake Reservoir
Location
At outlet, near Joseph, Oreg. .........
Period
1925-45t-- ..... 1926 45t
Collected by
Oregon State engineer-
t Records Tor some earlier years published in water-supply papers of the Geological Survey. Note.- Of the records for the stations operated by the Oregon State engineer, those for 1925-30
are published in Bulletin 8 of the State engineer, and those for 1931-36 (including some to December 1936) in Bulletin 9; those Tor 1937-45 haye not been published.
Records for the stations operated by Idaho Water District 36 are published in the annual reports of that organization.
The Soil Conservation Service of the TJhited States Department of Agriculture began in 1932 to collect records of runoff from one area of about 760 acres and three areas of less than 70 acres each near Pullman, .Wash. The records are in the files of the Soil Conservation Service.
COOPERATION
The work In the several States was done under cooperative agreements with the organiza
tions listed below.
Idaho: Idaho Department of Reclamation, M. R. Kulp, State reclamation engineer.
Oregon: Office of the State Engineer, C. E. Stricklln.
Utah: Office of the State Engineer, E. H. Watson.
Washington: State Department of Conservation and Development, Ed Davis,
director, and C. J. Bartholet, consulting engineer for the department.
Wyoming: Office of the State Engineer, L. C. Blahop.
Financial assistance was furnished by the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, In
the operation of 18 gaging stations, of which 14 were In Idaho and 4 In Wyoming.
Financial assistance was furnished also by the Office of Indian Affairs and the Bureau
of Recitation of the United States Department of the Interior and the Federal Power Com
mission. Assistance was furnished by the Weather Bureau of the United States Department
of Commerce.
Assistance In collecting records was rendered by the following organisations" and water-
masters.
Idaho: City of Pocatello, Idaho Power Co., Board of Control for Boise Project,
Idaho Water District 36, North Side Canal Co., Twin Falls Canal Co., Utah Power &
Light Co., Washington Water Power Co., and water-masters for Big Lost, Little Lost,
Big Wood, Little Wood, Boise, and Welser Rivers, Lake Fork of Payette River, and
Mud Lake.
Oregon: Malheur, Baker, Union, and Wallowa Counties, Eastern Oregon Light &
Power Co., Pacific Power & Light Co., and Warmsprings Irrigation District.
Washington: Washington Water Power Co.
DIVISION OF WORK
The stream-gaging work was conducted by the water resources branch of the Geological
Survey, Glenn L. Parker, chief hydraulic engineer, Carl G. Paulsen, assistant chief
hydraulic engineer, and Rudolph G. Kasel, chief of the division of surface waters (until
June 14, 1945). The data for the stations In the several States were collected and
prepared for publication under supervision of district engineers as follows: For certain
stations in Idaho, namely, Snake River at and above Mllner and stations on tributaries of
Snake River above American Falls Reservoir, Lynn Crandall; for all other stations in Idaho,
for tributaries of Snake River In Wyoming above Salt River, for Salmon Falls Creek near
San Jacinto, Nev., and for Snake River at Oxbow, Oreg., T. R. Newell; in Nevada (except
DIVISION OF WORK IS
(except for Salmon Falls Creek near San Jacinto) and for Clear Creel: near llaf, Idaho,
M. T. Wilson; in Oregon (except for Snake River.at Oxbow), G. R. Canfield, the work being
done in collaboration with C. E. Stricklin, State engineer; in Washington, F. M. Veatch;
in Wyoming for stations in Salt River Basin, Robert Follansbee.
The records were reviewed and the manuscript prepared for publication under the di
rection of B. J. Peterson, hydraulic engineer in charge, and F. J. Flyrm, associate engi
neer, section of reports.
OAGIHG-STATION RECORDS
SNAKE RIVER MAIN STEM
Jackson Lake at Koran, Wyo.
Location.- Electric tape gage, lat. 45°51', long. 110°35', in sec. 18, T. 45 N., R. 114 W., at dam on Snake River, at Moran. Datum of gage is at mean sea level (levels by Bureau of Reclamation).
Drainage area.- 816 square miles.
Records available.- July 1908 to September 1945 (1908-10, fragmentary).
Extremes.- Maximum contents during year 855,170 acre-feet July 4 (elevation, 6,769.32 feet); minimum, 300,990 acre-feet Oct. 1 (elevation, 6,745.78 feet).
1908-45: Maximum contents 857,220 e.cre-feet June 23, 1937 (elevation, 6,769.40 feet); no usable contents on several days during period August to October 1919 (ele vation, 6,730.00 feet).
Remarks.- Reservoir was formed by log crib dam in 1906 with a usable capacity of 300,000 acre-feet. The dam washed out in July 1910 and was replaced by an earth dam, forming a reservoir with a usable capacity of 380,000 acre-feet. The earth dam was raised in 1916 increasing the usable capacity to 790,000 acre-feet. In 1917, by dredging 'she outlet, the capacity was further increased to 847,000 acre-feet between elevations 6,730 feet (top of baffles to sluices) and 6,769 feet (top of spillway gates). Water is used for irrigation Ln Snake River Valley, Idaho. Gage read once daily at 8 a.m. Contents as given herein are computed from elevation at that time; all available for release.
Cooperation.- Reservoir elevations and capacity table furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Contents, In acre-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
300,990301,420301,840302,270302,690
303,110303,330303,750304,180304,600
305,020305,020305,450305,660306,520
306,520306,730306,950006,950307,160
307,590308,240308,880309,520310,170
310,810311,450311,880312,310312,740313,390
Nov.
314,240315,530316, 600318,110319,390
320,040320,900321,540322,610323,260
324,120325,190326,690328,200328,860
329,510330,160330,810331,240331,680
331,890332,330332,760333,630334,060
334,710335,800336,880337,320337,750
-
Dec.
338,190338,620339,710340,140340,570
341,010341,440342,310342,960343,180
343,400343,830344,260344,700345,130
345,560346,000346,650347,300348,170
349,040350,360351,670352,110352,550
353,210353,860354,520355,840356,710357, 590
Jan.
358,250358,910360,000360,880361,760
363,070364,390365,270366,140367,020
367,680368,340369,210370,310370,970
371,860372,740373,630374,520375,180
375,840376,290376,950377, 620378,060
378,720379,170379,830380,270380,940381,380
Feb.
382,490383,600384,700385,590386,480
387,360388,470389,360390,680392,010
392,900394,020395,580397,150399,380
400,280-..01,170402,070402,960403,860
404,750405,420406,090406, 760407, 660
408,300409,000409,670
__-
Mar.
410,340411,010411, 680412,350413,020
413,690414,360415,260416,160416,840
417,520418,190418,870419,540420, 450
421,330422,030422,700423,380424,280
424,960425,640426,540427,440428,120
429,020429,700430,370431,050431,720432, 630
Apr.
433,530434,430435,110435,780436,460
436,910437,360437,810438,500439,410
440,090441,000441,910442,590443,040
443,500444,180444,860445,550446,230
446,910447,590448,500449,410450,320
451,230452,140453,050454, 640456,010
-
Hay
457,140458,740461,010464,220467,890
473,160479,120483,470490,3904t>5, 470
504,240511,660517,940524,910531,430
538, 450543,830549,680554,840560,260
565,910570,390574,390578, 650583,150
587,900594,540600,950608,110616,950627,000
June
636,860646,960657,610668,740673,840
684,810695,780704,860713,950722,550
730,710737,140746,280757,990766,200
772,940778,710783,980791,500797,280
803,590812,180829,160840,610853,120
852,350852,100850,300849,280850,560
-
July
850,560850,820852,610855,170854,400
852,870852,610854,400854,150854,150
853,120852,610851, 580851,840853,120
854,150854,150853,640853,120852,350
852,870853,120851,330847,000843,150
837,560831,450825,340817,990810,660803,340
Aug.
796,010788,240781,470771,940761,720
752,760747,780742,820740,100734,910
729,720724,030719,100714,190709,530
704,370699,710694,810689,690684,320
680,180677,250674,810672,380670,200
669,230660,080662,690656,400648,160640,950
Sept.
632,770626,520621,250'617,190612,650
609,780605,010600,950595,960590,980
588,610583,870580,540577,220573,220
568, 500564,970561,910559,550559,320
560,020561,910563,080
564,260564,730
565,440566,620567,090567,560568,030
-
Monthly elevation and contents ater year October- 1944 to September 1945
fete
Dec. 31.... .................
Calendar year 1944. .......
Sept. 30. ....................
i Fie vat ion (feet)
6,745.76 6,746.36 6,747.49 6,748.40
_
6,749.48 6,750.75 6,751.77 6,752.80 6,760.11 6,769.14 6,767.28 6,760.69 6,757.63
-
Contents (acre-feet)
300,570 313,390 337,750 357,590
_
381,380 409,670 432,630 456,010
627,000 850,560 803,340 640,950 568,030
-
Change in contents during month
(acre-feet)
+12,820 +24,360 +19,840
-298,560
+23,790 +28,290 +22,960 +23,380
+170,990 +223,560 -47,220
-162,390 -72,92O
+267,460
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3O, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SHAKE RIVER MAIN STEM 15
Snake River at Iloran, Wyo.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°51', long. 110°35', in sec. 18, T. 45 N., R. 114 W., at Iloran, 1,000 feet downstream from Jackson Lake Dam. Datum of gage is 6,725.61 feet above mean sea level (Bureau of Reclamation bench mark).
Drainage area.- 816 square miles.
Records available.- September 1903 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 42 years, 1,400 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,960 second-feet June 25 (gage height, 8.37 feet); minimum daily, about 2 second-feet Nov. 21 to Apr. 14.
1903-45: Maximum discharge, 15,100 second-feet June 12, 1918 (gafe height, 10.41 feet, site and datum then in use); practically no flow for a few days in 1907 and 1909.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those below 50 second-feet, which are fair. Flow regulated by Jackson Lake (see preceding page).
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
3535343433
3332323274
2621441792S828S
28S28828628S235
3434343433
333333333333
Nov.
3333333232
3030
. 303030
3030303030
30SO3044
22222
22222-
Dec.
22222
?2222
2222
. 2
22222
22222
222222
Jan.
2
Feb.
2
__-
Month
October ..-.,.......,,....., . . .........November. ................. ... . . .December. ............. ............. . . .
Calendar year 1944 . . ........... . .
January. .......... ..... .......... .... .February. ................. ..... ... .....March. .:...................................April ...................... ... ...... . .May. .................. ....................June .............................. ........July.. .....................................August. ....................... ... .......September. ......................... . . ...
Water year 1944-45 ... ..................
Mar.
]
2
Apr.
22222
22222
220
23
33333
33333
33333-
Second- foot-days
3,28958162
547, "71
62566276
20131,937112,160115,37053,229
317,085
Hay
33333
1314131313
87666
66666
66555
555555
Maximum
28S332
6,740
~
_Z
146,5605,4306,3004,560
6,560
June
66e67
810111313
138
151413
8888
13
141623
1,1805,950
6,5606,2504,9803.61C3,160
-
Minimum
3222
2
_..236
1,6801,890
119
2
July
8,8702,040S.3503,6704,870
4,3803,OfiO3,4303,7404,310
4,3004,1403,1602,5402,fi50
2,7403,0503,0502,8302,190
1,5802,1404,4204,3804,370
4,4004,6405,1205,4305,2005,090
Aug.
5,350s.oao5,3305,9606,300
3,7902,9302,7003,2704,130
3,7903,7503,2103,2603,560
3,5503,6003,8204,6103,580
2,6602,0901,890] ,8901,920
2,1302,3402,9805,3305,3005,270
Mean
10619.42.0
1,497
o
222.56.5
1,0653,6183,7221,^74
869
Sept.
4,5603,5803,1802,8702,620
2,6403,1802,7202,7202,560
2,4602,5002,2702,4CO2,870
2,8602,7402,1201,050
119
119119119119119
119119119119119-
Runoff in acre feet
6,5201,150123
1,086,000
123111123151399
63,350222,500228,800105,600
629,000
Note.- No gage-height record Dec. 3 to May 4 (stage-discharge relation affected by ice during mos * period; discharge computed on basis of record of regulation of Jackson Lake Dam"end observer's >tes. Discharge Oct. 1-9, Oct. 21 to Dec. 2, May 5 to June 23, Sept. 2O-30 computed on basis oficp-dsllv qf.nff-f^no-ia penrMnETs-
t. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.once-daily staff-gage readings
Time baa is : Mountain war time un to S a.m., ? To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1
16 SNAKE BIVER BASIN
Snake River below Greys River, at Alpine, Idaho
Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 43°10'20", long. 111 G02 I 30", in SWi sec. 19, T. 37 N., R. 118 W., sixth principal meridian, at State line bridge on U. S. Highway 89, a
quarter of a mile south of mile south of Alpine, Idaho, post office, It miles upstream from Salt River, and 2 miles downstream from Greys River.
Drainage area.- 3,940 square, miles.
Records available.- October 1944 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 18,600 second-feet June 26 (gage height', 8.21 feet); minimum observed, 1,190 second-feet Mar. 6, Apr. 3 (gage height,
2.29 feet).Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Gage read once daily ~::cei>t May 6 to July 30, when it was read twice
daily. Diversions from tributaries above gage. Some regulation by Jackson Lake (see p. 14).
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used Sept. 19-30)
£.2- 1,060 3.5 3,200 6.0 10,2002.4 1,350 4.0 4,2102.6 1,650 4.5 5,410
7.0 13,9008.2 18.600
3.0 2,300 5.0 6,810
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1,9901,8901,8601,S601,860
1,8301,8301,8301,8301,860
1,8601,8901,8301,860
al,950
a2,050a£,050a2,0501,9£02,050
2,0501,S901,8101,7901,790
1,7901,7901,7901,7901,7601,760
Nov.
1,7601,7601,7601,8301,920
«2,0502,0702,0302,0502,070
2,1002,1002,1002,0701,810
1,6801,6501,6401,6201,590
1,5601,6201,5901,5601,560
1,5901,5601,6201,6401,640
-
Dec.
1,6201,6001,6501,6801,670
1,6401,6201,6001,5901,520
1,5601,5901,6501,7001,650
1,6201,6001,6001,6001,620
1,6501,6301,6001,5501,500
1,4201,4001,4301,5001,5301,550
Jan.
1,5001,5001,5001,5001,500
1,5001,5301,5301,5001,480
*1,4401,4501,4601,4701,480
1,4701,4401,4001,3501,300
1,2501,2001,2001,2501,300
1,2SO1,2701,2601,2801,3001,340
Feb.
1,3701,4001,4301,4601,430
1,4101,4601,4801,4101,380
1,4001,4101,4201,4801,400
1,3601,3401,3401,3501,360
1,3401,3201,3001,3001,220
1,2301,3401,320
_-
Month
October. ................................. .November. ........................ .........December. ................................ .
Calendar year ......................
January. ................................. .February ............................ ......March. .....................................April. .....................................May........................................June ..................... . . ..............July. ......................................August .......... ....... ........... ......September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
1,2601,2601,3201,3001,220
1,1901,2401,2601,200
*1,230
1,2SO1,3001,3401,3501,340
1,3201,3601,2901,2901,260
1,2401,2801,2601,2901,290
1,2801,3001,2901,2SO1,2401,300
Apr.
1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,
2,2,2,2,2,
1,2,2,2,2,
Second foot-days
58,16053,60049,140
-
43,23038, 46039,66051,950
193,330321,590357,820222,620134,770
1,564,330
300230190200230
2SO350500620560
530590560560540
440420480590940
030510380300110
990130200540650-
Hay.
3,0703,6904,2105,1206,450
7,1507,4007,0307,0307,430
7,0606,9006,7206,4206,050
5,8306,9306,S406,3906,080
5,4405,3605,1005,0505,540
5,9706,3906,7807,0008,2808,620
Maximum
2,0502,1001,700
-
1,5301,4801,3602,6508,620
18,60015,40010,4007,780
18,600
June
9,2509,3309,2908,9009,040
9,3309,6109,1808,8308,620
S,2508,110
10,30010,3009,040
7,9507,0307,1807,8208,730
9,90011,70012,60013,30016,200
18,60018,40017,40015,00012,400
-
Minimum
1,7601,5601,400
-
1,2001,2201,1901,1903,0707,0307,1805,1002,670
1,190
July
11,30010,00011,80013,90014,200
14,10013,40013,10013,70014,000
14,50015,40014,70012,40012,200
12,2001-1,80011,80010,90010,500
aS, 400a7,180aS,000
110,000a9,600
a9,400a9,4309,980
10,10010,0009,830
Aug.
9,2509,8,9,
510)40720
10, 400
9,6507,6,6,.
L50370590
7,000
7,490V6,6,1
)90)30310
6,750
6,5706,6,
a7,J
150ISO300
8,350
6,3905,.5,,5,.
560510LOO
5,410
5,2005,.6,'7,7>f
LOO750130550
7,820
Mean
1,8761,7871,585
-
1,3951,3741,2791,7326,236
10,72011,5407,1S14,492
4,286
Sept.
7,7806,4505,9705,7205,750
5,4605,8005,5405,3305,150
5,0804,7104,6604,7604,900
5,1205,1205,1004,3603,470
2,9703,1403,0102,9202,S30
2,7802,7402,7802,7002,670
-
Runoff in acre-feet
115, 400106,30097,470
-
S5, 75076,28078, 660
103,000383,500637,900709,700441,600267,300
3,103,000
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Helae. Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 14 to Jan. 14, Jan. 17 to Feb. 5. Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SNAKE RIVER MAIN STEM 17
I* Snake River neS? nelse, Idaho
Location.- Water-stake recorder, lat. 43°37', long. 111°40', in sec. 5, T. 3 If., R. 41 E., 3 miles upstream from Heise and as miles upstream from Henrys Fork. Altitude of gage, 5,015 feet (from river-profile map).
Drainage area.- 5,740 square miles.
records available.- September 1910 to September 1945, except winters of 1914-24.
Average discharge.- 35 years, 6,63? second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge duri.:,; year, 22,500 second-feet June 26 (gage height, 7.70 feet); minimum, 1,730 second-feet Jan. 22 (gage height, 1.46 feet).
1910-45: Maximum discharge, about 60,000 second-feet May 19, 1927, result of wash ing out of landslide on Gros Ventre River (gage height, about 16.0 feet, present datum); minimum, 1,210 second-feet Jan. 22, 1935.(gage height, 1.15 feet).
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good. Station is above all irrigation diversions from main river except Riley ditch (4,120 acre-feet diverted during year), which diverts 1 mile upstream fron station. About 130,000 acres in Wyoming and Idaho irrigated by diversions from tributaries above station. Some regulation b1 Jackson Lake (see p. 14).
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945D~y
a4S
"^" '"*
.1^
r.1"i"14;ri".V:rr~~"?'.""p""4T
" -,......,
3.V''"
: >:.
Oct.
3,0303,0102,9302,9102,900
2,3202,8002,780,2,8202,820
2,8002,8002,9002,9102,910
3,1003,1203,1003,0803,070
3,0702,9902,8402,8002,780
2,7502,7302,7102,7102,7102,730
Nov.
2,8802,9902,8602,8002,930
3,1203,1003,0102,9102,860
2,9102,9502,9702,9102,800
2,7502,6202,5202,4802,500
2,4702,4002,4702,5502,570
2,6402,660
*2,5502,4302,430
-
Dec.
2,4302,4202.4802 . 480.,,390
2,3902,4302,4002,3702,310
2,2902,3702,3902,4502,420
2,4002,3402,3702,5202,620
2,6902,5702,5502,3502,240
2,2202,140
b2,160b2,250
*b2,400b2,430
Jan.
2,3502,3102,3202,2602,220
2,2802,2802,3502,3402,240
2,2902,2602,2902,3202,320
2,3202,2802,130
b2,070*b2,000
bl,960bl.800bl,800bl,990b2,060
b2,020bl,980bl,950b2,020b2,100b2,170
Feb.
b2,200b2,240b2,270
2,3502,260
2,2302,2002,1RO2,2802,200
2,1802,1802,2402,3502,340
2,2302,1802,1702,1702,170
*2,1402,1002,1402,1402,100
2,0402,0702,170
---
Month
member. ..................................
*~ch. ........ ............... ............p--il.................... .................
Tater year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
2,1302,1102,1102,1602,110
2,0702,0402,ino2,0602,080
2,1002,1602,2302,2902,290
2,1802,11502,1802,1402,070
2,0802,1402,2202,3102,220
2,1802,2402,2302,1702,1602,170
Apr.
2,2202,2202,1402,1002,080
2,0802,1802,3502,6202,690
2,6202,5502,4702,3902,310
2,3702,4002,4502,5502,930
3,7804,5804,9104,8204,410
3,9803,9504,1604,7905,680
-
Second- foot-days
74,270
2,229,890
May
6,2707,2608,3209,530
11,000
12,80013,70013,00012,50012,500
12,80012,00011,80011,50010,700
10,30011,20012,40011,50010,700
10,2009,6009,2509,4209,460
9,85010,50010,80011,00011,60012,300
Maximum
2,690
2,310
22,200
June
13,10013,50013,40013,20013,200
14,30015,00014,90014,70014,500
14,10013,50014,00015,60014,800
13,20012,10011,40011,40012,100
13,10014,70016 , 00016,70017,800
21,40022,20021,80019 , 40017,300
-
Minimum
2,140
11,400
1,800
July
15,30014,00013,00013,90015,700
17,10017,00015,80016,30016,500
17,00017,80017,90016,00014,500
14,40014,10014,40013,80013,100
12,30011,40010,80013,10012,700
12,30011,90011,60011,70012,00011,600
Aug.
11,20011,10011,20011,00011,600
11,80010,1008,9808,5108,410
9,3609,0409,1508,5808,380
8,4808,3508,2508,840
10,000
9,7108,6407,5807,0707,010
7,1807,0906,9307,3508,8409,600
Mean
2,885
2,396
2,158
15,080
9,011
6,109
Sept.
9,6oo9,1808,1007,7307,290
7,3507,4107,8507,2107,010
6,9006,5606,5406,3206,250
6,6906,9306,8806,6605,880
4,9805,0104,8604,6204,460
4,3604,3404,2704,1604,090
-
Runoff in acre feet
177,400
147,300
4,126,000
133,100
132,700
666,000897,300870,300554,000
4,423,000
- '.Vlnter discharge measurement made on this day. Sbage-discharge relation affected by ice."ime basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain sbandard time thereafter."convert war time to standard time,-subtract 1 hour.
18 SHAKE RIVER IIAIH STEM
Divert Ions from Snake Rivtsr between Heise and Shelley paging stations, Idaho
Between Heise and Shelley gaging stations, 47 canals divert viater from Snake River for irrigation; of these 36 divert above mouth of Henrys Tori;. Records available during each irrigation season fron 1P1P to 1P45. One of the canals is equipped with a water-stage recorder, the others with staff gages, which are read once daily. Discharge combined to show total diverted flow. Records include Riley ditch vihich diverts 1 mile above Heise gaginf station. Records ^ood.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
October. ............................. ....November ......................... ...December. ..................................
Calendar year ..................
January ..................................February. ..............................March. .....................................April. . ....................... ...... ...Uav ay .... ....... ................ .........June ......... ..................... .......July. .................. ..................August ............................ ... ....September. ................... .......... .
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m
'Mar. Apr.
£US£.
___
102,390151,590244,560225,420158,600
_
. , Sept. 30
May
386466544638669
8871,3301,4601,6601,^20
2,1802,3002,5703,5004,320
4,6304,7805,0004,8304,720
4,3604,3604,3804,5604,460
4,7104,8405,1205,4305,6905,890
Maxima*
___5,8908,5108,8608,6106,880
_
June
5,7905,7805,4005,0104,580
3,8303,4503,1702,9002,630
2,4002,5802.5PO2,5002,600
2,8102,9003,3904,2905,660
6,7707,6508,3808,3408,510
8,4708,0007,4907,1406,590
-
Minimum
___
3862,4006,1206,0102,950
_
July
6,2806,1206,2006,3806,900
7,3607,6507,7808,0408,180
8,1407,9107,7207,6107,350
7,5407,7908,1008,1108,370
8,4508,3808,1908,5508,610
8,7608,7908,8608,8508,8008,790
Aug.
8,6108,5508,5208,4108,280
8,3608,2507,8007,4807,270
7,3607,3207,2107,2307,010
7,0507,0707,2307,1907,070
6,8006,7106,5006,320 6,200
6,0106,4906,4906,6306,9407,060
Mean
___3,3035,0537,8897,2725,287
_
Sept.
6,8806,6906,3406,0506,260
6,3206,5306,5806,4306,460
6,4406,3606,3806,4106,380
6,3306,230
.5,9705,6805,190
4,5003,8503,2503,1603,110
3,0403,030'2,9502,9502,950
-
Runoff in acre-feet
___
2fl3,100300,700485,100447,100314,600
1,751,000
1945; mountain standard time thereafter.To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SHAKE RIVER I1A.IN STEM 19
Snake River near Shelley, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°25', long. 112°08', in sec. 17, T. 1 II., R. 37 E., a quarter of a mile east of Woodville and 5 r.iiles north of Shelley. Altitude of gage, 4,596 feet (from river-profile map) .
Records available.- March 1915 to September 1945 lsummer months only during sone years).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 20,700 second-feet June 10, 11 (gage height, 10.77 feet); minimum, 1,350 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 4.52 feet); niniraun daily, 1,660 second-feet Oct. 1.
1915-45: Maximum discharge, 47,200 second-feet June 17, 1918 (gage height, 16.97 feet); minimum, 283 second-feet IIov. 5, 1934 (gage height. 2.22 feet).
Maximum discharge known, 70,000 second-feet (estimated) June 6, 1394, at forner station at Eagle Rock (now Idaho Falls), 7 miles upstream from present site.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Some regulation "by Jackson Lake (see p. 14), Henrys Lake (see p. 53), Island Park Reservoir (see p. 45), and Grassy Lake (see p. 53). Many diversions above station for irrigation.
Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1,5601,9101,9701,9701,870
1,9101,8901,8802,0101.S20
1,7801,7001,6601,6701,720
1,8501,8902,0602,1402,260
2,2302,1602,1602,0902,1110
2,0302,120£,0602,0602,0602,050
Nov.
2,0602,3102,5402,680E.790
3,0103,4003,5003,4803,450
3,3703,4003,5203,6803,550
3,6203,5203,0702,8802,830
2,8102,9003,1102,9603,090
2,9502,8603,0703,1102,900
-
Dec.
3,1103,0503,05O?,ooo
sn.Oin
2,9602,7702,8602,310
b2,600
a2,500a2,300a2,1502,100
al,950
bl,950b2,000b2,100b2,250b2,400
b2 , 550b2,650b2,850b2,soob2,700
b2,500b2,.150b? ,35^b2,100b2,100b2,50n
Jan.
b2,500b2,450b2 , 400b2,500b2,600
b2,6502,7002,790
b2,S70«b2,950
2,900*2,8102,8303,0003,110
b3,100b3,050b2,950b2,600b2 , 500
b2,200b2,000bl,800bl,900b2,100
b2,200b2,150b2,inob2 , 000b2 , 000b2,050
Feb.
2,0902,4702, "603, 27'">3,520
3,1503,5002,9803,0903,230
3,0903,0502,9002,9003,070
2,9002,7702,650
-"2,650
2,540
2,5602,5602,4702,5402,470
2,3°02,2102.340-_-
Month
October .......................... .November ................... ..... ...December . ............ ...........
Calendar year 1944 ........ .......
January ........ ................... ...February ....... ...... ........ .... ....March. ................. ...... . ..... .April. ...... ...... ............... ......May. ......... . . ................. .....June . . . ...... . . ... .......... ....July ..... ........ ..... . ........... ...August. ................ .... .........September ......... ... ... ... ........
Water year 1944-45 . . .... ......
Mar
2,4602,4602,5402,7002,740
2,9002,5902,5902,6302,630
2,6702,8102,9803,3703,730
3,4603,1703,0303,0002,900
2,3302,8102,8503,0503,170
a3,17n93,nRO
P QOQ
2,°602,7702,740
Apr.
2,7902,7402,7002,6502,5 C10
2,4902,5602,5903,0103,230
3,3303,3303,2303,0702,920
2,7702,8502,9605,0103,130
3,5004,6405,4405,9205,760
5,1204.7F.O4,!nQOA ,9405,730
-
Second- foot days
60,74092,44078,370
1,691,890
77,76078,32080,770
108,400338,730448,650277,870128,170139,740
1,918,930
May
6,6707,8408,750
10,000ll,4ro
13,10014,80015,60015,20014,200
14,00013,30013,00012.7CO11,800
10,80010,00011,00011,60011,200
10,2009,5408,6608,3508,700
8,980a ,100P,43ri9,2909,1809,V50
Maximum
£,2603,6503,110
21,700
3,1103,5208,7305,920
15,60020,10016,400
5,5706,470
20,100
June
10,50011,30011,50011,80012,000
13,10015,50017,10018,50020,000
20,10019,20018,70019,20019,700
18,50016,80014,30012,40010,900
9,8309 , 4309,790
10,60011,500
13,20017,00018,800IQ , -30018,100
-
Minimum
1,6602,0601,950
1,560
1,8002,0902,4602,4906,6709,4304,OEO2,4603 , ino
1,660
July
16,40014, ~0013,1' id11,40011,300
12,30012,60011,70010,60010,400
10,60011,60012,70012,50010,600
9,5401,2208, ''SO8,3807,130
6,5105,3804,7204,2505,440
5, ion4,5504,1204,0204.1CO4,270
Aug.
4,0205,7803,9004,2204,720
5,4705,5404,5204, -5004,300
4,2704,7204,6904,6104,330
4,1704,0205,7303, £204,140
E,5705,5704,750r,9705,310
3,3.5'.'3 , 3902,7902 , 4CO2,540?,SOO
Mean
1,9593,081£ , 528
4,623
2,6082,7972,8963,613
10,93014,9608,9644,1354,658
5,257
Sept.
4,7805,1905.U904,5504,270
3,8003,8005,800
a4,OOUa3,650
a3,750a3,650a3,550a3,500
3,420
3,4003,7804 ,2204,8105,250
5,2505,4706,150
a6,AOOC.470
6,1605,5105,3505,3105,190
-
Runoff in acre- feet
120,500183,400155,400
3,356,000
154,200155,300178,100215,000671,800889,900551,100254,200277,200
3,806,000
-:- V/inter discharge measur^niPTi ^ made on thi a TTo gage-height record; rliacharge comnute
Clough. Ranch.b Stage-discharge relation affected by Lee
basis of records
Tinto standard time,
Sept. 30, 1945; subtract 1 hour.
20 SHAKE RIVER MAIN STEM
Diversions from Snake River between Shelley arid Clough Ranch gaging station, Idaho
Between Shelley and Clough Ranch gaging stations, 13 canals divert water from Snake River for irrigation. Records available during each irrigation season from 1919 to 1945. The two largest canals are equipped with recorders, the others with staff gages which are read once daily. Discharge 1 combined to]_show total diverted flow. Records_good.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678Q
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jam. Feb.
Month
October. ...................................November. ........................ ........December ...................................
Calendar year ......................
January. ................................. .February. ....................... ..........March. .....................................April ............. ........................Unvmay. ................................... ...June .......................................July.. .....................................August .....................................September. .................................
The period, .........
Time basis : Mountain war time up to 2 a.m
Mar. Apr. May
7771,0601,2401,4201,190
1,5901,7702,1002,4202,550
2,6502,3002,8803,1203,240
3,3003,0402,7102,4302,290
2,1402,0902,0601,9401,930
1,9501,9702,0502,1602,3202,500
Second- Maximum foot-days Maximum
3
_67 SS7 "5 ^OO77 |S40 4 )oOO
108,240 3,8iO91,790 3,62069,968 3,170
_
June
2,4202,3402,3302,2102,190
2,0602,0001,9601,8201,550
1,4201,4401,4601,4901,630
1,8602,0502,3902,9803,460
3,7903,9204,0004,0003,960
3,9103,7503,1503,4102,090
-
Minimum
~
7771,4203,0601 790'989
_
July
3,0603,1203,1303,2603,400
3,4703,5003,5003,5603,510
3,5103,7103,5403 ,3806, 410
3,6603,7803,8103,6203,590
3,6103,5603,4803,3603,630
3,6403,5603,4603,4103,5103,500
Aug.
3,4503,4803,4203,6203,120
3,0002,8702,4001,7902,020
2,2802,9703,4VO3,5003,450
3,4203,4003,3603,2503,200
3,1903,0002,8402,7402,680
2,7702,9002,8202/2902,2202,870
Mean
~
2,1832,5953,4922,9612,332
_
Sept.
3,0502,8302,6802,7603,070
3,0903,1403,1503,1703,060
2,9602,9502,96O2,9402,920
2,9302,9702,8602,5602,230
1,9001,4001,1501,1001,050
1,0501,0501,010
98S989-
Runoff in acre-feet
134,300
214 ,7OO182 ,100138 ,800
824,300
, Sept. 30. 1945: mountain standard time thereafter.To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
STAKE RIVER MAIN STEM
Snake River at Clough Ranch, near Blackfoot, Idaho
21
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°07', long. 112°31', in SEi sec. 30, T. 3 S., R. 34 K., a quarter of a mile downstream from Blackfoot River and 14 miles southwest of Blackfoot. Altitude of gage, 4,401 feet (from river-profile nap).
Records available.- June 1910 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 18,400 second-feet June 11 (gage height, 9.31 feet); minimum, 208 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 0.57 foot).
1910-45: Maximum discharge, 46,200 second-feet June 18, 1918 (gage height, 14.80 feet); minimum, 111 second-feet Nov. 10, 1934 (gage height, 0.80 foot).
Late in summer of 1905 there vras no flow in Snake River for a distance of 10 miles in vicinity of Blackfoot. On Aug. 9, 1905, discharge of Snake River .lust below nouth of Blackfoot River was 39 second-feet, supplied by ground-water inflow a short distance upstream.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. Some regulation by Jackson Lake (see p. 14), Henrys Lake (see p. 53), Island Park Reservoir (see p. 45), Grassy Lake (see p. 53), and Blackf iot-Marsh Reservoir, having a combined capacity of 1,483,000 acre-feet. Many diversions above station for irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12S45
678910'
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
212266612B64896
864912928944987
eee856880880880
9441,0301,1201,2101,300
1,4401,4301,4901,4801,500
1,4501,4301,3801,3201,2801,400
NOV.
1,5201,6302,0002,1802,390
2,5702,9203,1603,2203,220
3,2703,4103,4603,6003,600
3,5803,6103,3703,0802,980
2,8602,9802,8103,0603,040
2,9203,0902,9002,<HO2,800
-
Dec.
2,8103,0303,2003,1203,030
3,0302,9202,8702,8702,640
2,1802,1302,0301,8701,900
1,780al ,850al ,950a2 ,0502, £00
2,2402,5202,5102,8002,600
2,4202,2802,2302,2701,8701,910
Jan.
2,3402,3202,2302,2402,390
2,4402,5402,6902,6902,700
2,8002,7402,8002,8803,010
3,0603,0002,8002,7802,340
2,2701,9801,6201,5001,640
1,9202,0802,0001,3801,8101,800
Feb.
2,0502,2702,9003,3403,420
3,2502,9302,9803,0303,240
3,3003,1402,0402,9802,760
3,1602,9502,7502,6302,480
2,4402,420£,3702,3002,270
2,2402,1202,050
-.-
Month
October. ...................................November . ........................ ... .....December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ................................. .February. ..................................March. .....................................April. .....................................May. .......................................June .......................................July.. .....................................August .....................................September. ................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar
2,2102,3102,3402,4402,580
2,4202,4802,4402,5202,500
2,5402,6002,7803,0903,490
3,5803,090
a2,950a2,900a2,820
a2,780a2,770a2 ,7802,9603,120
3,1202,9602,8802,8802,7202,630
Apr.
2,6002,6002,5402,5702,500
2,3902,3802,4202,6602,920
3,0803,0903,0002,8602,720
2,5702,4802,6202,6602,750
2,8803,4804,4605,0105,280
4,9704,5004,3204,1004,360
-
Second- foot-days
33 ,07388,07075,110
1,197,915
73,29076,81085,68096,770255,730350,740170,20640,83675,525
1,421,340
May
4,9205,6706,4407,2808,730
10,00011 ,50012,50012,30011,200
10,60010,4009,7009,1708,440
7,6406,9007,0308,8909,120
8,5007,7206,9806,4906,630
6,8806,9807,0606,9606,5406,560
Maximum
1,5003,6103,200
20 ,200
3,0603,4203,5805,28018,50018,20013 ,7003,1105,530
18,200
June
7,2607,9208,5508,8309,430
9,84011,70013 ,70015,30017 ,100
18,20018 ,10017,50017 ,00017 ,400
16 ,80014,90012,6009,7807,720
5,9505,1405,2005,8506,660
7,61010,70013 ,70015,20015,100
-
Minimum
2121,5201,780
180
1,5002,0502,2102,3804,9205,140
552246793
212
July
L3,70012,000L0,5008,3108,050
8,2608,9608,5007,0606,370
6,5807,0008,1808,7807,740
6,0905,4904,8804,7304,190
3,0802,2301,640
9961,190
1,5001,240744618552558
Aug.
660504355435960
1,9102,5402,3202,3402,620
2,0501,9401,3601,2701,210
1,070896737624702
1,8203,1102,6902,1201,460
960772475290246390
Mean
1,0672,9362,423
3,273
2,3642,7432,7643 2268,249
11,6905,4911,3172,518
3,995
Sept.
1,0502,1302,6002,4201,700
1,200872824936
1,180
1,040936904848800
793912
1,3302,0302,920
3,3904,1204,7305,3705,530
5,5105,0904,7604,3004,300
-
Runoff in acre- feet
65,600174,700149,000
2,376,000
145 ,400152,400169,900191,900507 ,200695,700337,60081 ,000149,800
2,820,000
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations near Eeise and near Shelley.
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SNAKE RIVER MAIN STEM
American Falls Reservoir at American Falls, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lit. 42°46', long. 112°53', In sec. 30, T. 7 S., R. 31 E., at outlet gates of reservoir on Snalie River at Anerican Falls. Datum of gage Is at mean sea level (levels by Bureau of Reclamation).
Records available.- March 1926 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum contents during year, 1,712,900 acre-feet May 21 (elevation, 4,354.73 feet); minimum, 534,740 acre-feet Oct. 1 (elevation, 4,327.32 feet).
1926-45: Maximum contents, 1,726,580 acre-feet June 10, 1938 (elevation, 4,354.97 feet); minimum since full capacity was attained on July 13, 1927, 17,200 acre-feet Oct. £2, 1931 (elevation, 4,299.72 feet).
uiv^i Liny, num oiifcLivu n.1 vci a.L niiLiuuKii ciiiu nij.iici I'euiio. ^unucincomputed from nean dally elevations; all available for release.
Cooperation.- Reservoir elevations and capacity table furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Contents, In acre-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
i*y
i2345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
pet.
534,740535,330538,850542,660543,830
549,700553,220556,200561,650564,990
566,800567,710569,530569,830570,130
571,340572,560575,580578,310581,640
584,970589,660596,540601,230605,290
608,730612,170615,290619,450626,220628,150
Nov.
629,760635,560642,330648,130655,420
664,390669,700676,010683,02069O,19O
698,390711,370717,570727,050738,630
748,110758,120767,140776,870787,340
796,980806,610814,020818,470827,840
838,890850,330862,140872,340879,OOO
-
Dec.
886,060894,300903,790915,920926,030
933,710942,220950,150959,330967,260
973, 100978,110983,530989,110994,260
998,9801,005,4201,012,2901,017,4401,023,450
1,034,8101,046,7001,056,8201,065,1901,074,530
1,082,1901,089,4101,096,6201,102,9301,109,7001,116,480
Jan.
1,125,2401,130,3101,135,3801,140,4501,144,600
1,149,6701,155,2101,162,6001,169,6701,175,320
1,181,9101,188,0301,193,2101,199,3301,206,400
1,212,5901,220,2601,226,9701,233,6901,239,920
1,244,7201,249,0401,251,9101,256,2301,259,140
1,263,0401,266,4501,270,8301,274,7301,279,6001,283,490
Feb.
1,288,3601,295,1801,302,4901,309,8601,319,270
1,326,2001,334,1201,339,5601,346,4901,353,420
1,360,4601,367,5201,374,5801,379,6201,386,180
1,395,2501,402,3101,409,9701,413,0501,419,740
1,424,3701,428,9901,435,6801,443,9001,448,020
1,450,0801,456,2501,459,380>
.._-
Mar.
1,463,5701,465,1401,470,3701,475,0901,480,850
1,488,1801,492,3601,496,0301,501,7901,507,030
1,511,7801,517,1101,520,3301,526,1601,537,340
1,542,6601,547,9901,555,9701,562,9001,567,250
1,571,6601,573,7701,573,7701,577,0301,584,100
1,588,4401,593,3301,595,5101,602,5701,604,7501,604,200
SNAKE RIVER MAIN STEM 23
Contents, Ir ore-feet, of American Palls Reservoir at America October 1944 to 'September 1945
Falls, Idaho, water ye
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Apr.
1,616,7001,624,4301,620,0101,619,4601,621,670
1,624,9901,627,7501,629,4101,633,2801,637,150
1,638,8101,644,8901,653,7301,656,5001,655,940
1,657,6001,660,9201,655,3901,650,4201,647,100
1,637,7001,642,1201,649,8601,654,8401,665,340
1,674,2201,678,1401,682,0601,688,7901,693,270
-
May
1,697,2001,700,0001,701,1201,701,6801,703,920
1,704,4801,707,2801,708,4001,703,3601,706,720
1,707,8401,700,5601,701,6801,705,0401,705,040
1,708,4001,706,1601,705,0401,700,5601,708,400
1,712,9001,712,3301,705,6001,705,6001,705,600
1,705,0401,705,6001,707,8801,708,4001,707,2801,704,480
June
,706,720,708,960,705,600,706,160,705,600
1,705,6001,710,0801,706,7201,707,2601,707,840
1,701,6801,698,8801,697,7601,703,3601,703,920
1,706,1601,704,4801,701,1201,699,4401,703,360
1,703,9201,697,2001,689,3501,685,9901,684,310
1,681,5001,677,0201,690,4701,701,6801,707,840
-
July
1,708,9601,706,1601,702,3001,704,4801,706,720
1,706,1601,704,4801,703,9201,702,8001,696,640
1,692,7101,668,2301,683,7501,679,8201,678,140
1,673,1001,665,8901,657,6001,649,8601,640,470
1,630,5201,617,8001,604,7501,591,7001,574,860
1,559,7001,544,2601,528,2901,510,1801,489,2201,474,560
Aug.
1,457,8101,441,3301,425,3901,408,4301,394,250
1,379,6201,364,4901,351,9401,342,0401,332,140
1,320,2601,309,3701,296,1601,283,0101,268,400
1,254,3101,239,4401,223,1401,207,8101,192,270
,177,200,163,540,153,360,140,910,126,620
,112,850,099,780,085,800,070,470,055,500,041,420
Sept.
1,027,7701,012,7201,001,990
992,540982,280
969,760960, 580947,640938,970927,650
915,510903,230897,440887,630877,040 .
862,920849,940846,510841,560837,370
838,510840,040845,750854,140865,280
877,330891,160900,180910,660924,820
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Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1944-to September 1945
Date
Calendar year 1944. .....
Water year 1944-45. .....
Elevation (feet)
4,327.31 4,330-37 4,337.43 4,343.02
-
4,346.55 4,350.05 4,352.77 4,354.38 4,354.58 4,354.64 4,350.34 4,341.34 4,338.58
-
Contents (acre-feet)
534,450 628,150 879,000
1,116,480
-
1,283,490 1,459,380 1,604,200 1,693,270 1,704,480 1,707,840 1,474,560 1,041,420
924,820
-
Change in contents during month
(acre-feet)
+93,700 +250,850 +237,480
-160, 680
+167,010 +175,890 +144,820 +89,070 +11,210
+3,360 -233,280 -433,140 -116,600
+390,370
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard tine, subtract 1 hour.
24 SHAKE RIVER MAIN STEM
Snake River at Neeley, I<1aho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°45', long. 112°54', in SWi sec. 31, T. 7 S. f R. 31 t;., 0.9 mile dovmstream from American Falls Dam. Datum of gage Is 4,241.4 feet above mean sea level (river-profile survey). Prior to Mar. 20, 1945, at site 0.4 mile upstream at datum 0.4 foot higher. Records computed to show flow at former Rite In sec. 11, T. 8 S., R. 30 E., half a mile north of Neeley and 2£ miles downstream from present site, by adding Inflow between sites.
Records available.- March 1906 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 24,500 second-feet June 10, 11 (gage height, 8.91 feet); nlnimun dally, 58 second-feet Nov. 26.
1906-45: Maximum daily discharge, 48,400 second-feet June 20, 1918 (gage height, 13.5 feet, site and datum then In use); minimum, 50 second-feet Oct. 22, 23, Nov. 14-16, 1941.
Remarks.- Records excellent. Flow regulated by American Falls Reservoir (see p. 32) and .other reservoirs, having a combined usable capacity of 3,200,000 acre-feet. About 700,000 acres of land Irrigated by water diverted from river and tributaries above station.
Cooperation.- dage-helght record furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Rating tables, water year 1944-45 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) (Shifting-control method used June 26 to July 24, Aug. 22 to Sept. 30)
Oct. 1 to Mar. 19 Mar. 20 to Sept. 30
1.0 1.2 1.5 1.82.1
112165270
465815
1,3502,1504,620
1.4 1.8 2.1 2 5
109121185275470
3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0
8301,3502,0503,1504,630
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to Septembe
6.0 8,7707.0 13,6008.0 19,1009.0 25,000
T 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oot
2,3001,7201,7501,7402,210
2,1302,910
632,7603,120
2,8502,7602,7003,3104,190
3,7402,7802,7302,4502,480
2,45061
2,4502,4702,420
2,4702,5202,710
762,9902,830
Nov.
2,8401,8501,8602,390
114
2,5003,0503,0802,5502,570
2,56059
2,5401,7101,530
1,5401,5301,550
591,190
1,2201,2GO1,2501,2101,190
581,3801,4701,4801,400
-
Dec.
1,4201,290
591,2901,570
1,5801,5501,4001,450
60
1,3601,6201,7801,8001,780
1,88076
1,6801,6801,650
1,5901,1901,620
721,670
1,6901,6901,7001,7101,710
72
Jan.
1,9602,8302,8802,7602,730
2,7602,7802,7602,7802,850
2,8102,7602,7602,7302,690
2,6602,6602,6902,0902,690
2,6902,7102,7302,7602,730
2,7302,7802,7602,7802,7802,760
Feb.
2,7102,4802,2802,3002, COO
2,7802,8802,6602,5202,540
2,5702, 6102,7102,7602,710
2,6902,7302,7102,7102,710
2,7302,7602,7302,7302,710
2,7302,7302,760
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Month
October. ...................................November. ........................ .........December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ................................. .February. ...................... ..........March. ..................... ...............April. .....................................May............. ..........................June .......................................July. ............................... ......August .....................................September. ............. ...................
Water year 1944-45 ... ..................
Mar.
2,7602,7806,7602,7802,780
2,7802,8102,8502,8302,850
2,8502,8802,8802,9002,780
2,7602,7802,7603,4103,760
3,7303,7603,7603,7603,760
3,7903,7604,6903,6503,6502,760
Apr.
23333
33333
33333
45777
7
544
44445
Second- foot-days
74,14049,00041,669
2,309,093
84,44074,60098,810131,345349,210442,680368,100347,500214,996
2,276,510
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30,^ o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
,530,910,940,910,940
,940,620,640,660,660
,480,480,370,570,860
,620,290,870,870,870
,390115,230,030,030
,120,370,470,470,090-
May
6,4407,7808,9109,460
10,600
11,50013 , 20017 , 20015,30012,900
17,30014,70011,30011,20011,000
11,10011,00011,00010,50010,100
11,60014,10012,1009,8409,840
9,B409,8909,8909,9409,8409,840
Maximum
4,1903,0801,880
23,300
2,8802,8804,6907,870
17,30023,50016,90011,80010,500
23,500
June
9,79011,10012,20012,50012,400
11,10015,20018,30017,70021,800
23,50020,50019,90019,90019,900
19,90019,90017,60012,60010,600
11,50012,10011,20010,2009,890
10,20010,60010,20013,50016,900
-
Minimum
615859
58
1,9602,2802,760
1156,4409,79010,50010,500
426
58
July
16,90015,90012,70010,50010,500
10,80011,10011,30011,50011,700
11,70011,70011,90011,80011,800
11,80011,70011,60011,50011,300
11,10011,00011,20011,40011,500
11,90012,00012,20012, 30012,30011,500
Aug.
11,00011,20011,40011,40011,400
11,50011,60011,60011,10010,600
10, 60010,80011,10011 , 20011,200
11,30011,50011,70011,80011,800
11,80011,80011,00010,90010,900
10,90011,00011,00010,90010,90010,600
Mean
2,3921,6331,345
6,309
2,7242,6653,1874,37811,26014,76011,87011,2107,167
6,237
Sept.
10,40010,30010,10010,30010,500
10,3009,6509,3209,4209,320
9,0908,9508,9108,8208,770
8,7708,8208,2806,9166,530
5,7804,6004,1603,6703,050
2,8702,8702,3201,790
426"
Runoff in acre-feet
147,10097,19082,690
4,580,000
167,500148,000196,000260,500692,600878,000730,100689,300426,400
4,515,000
1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
SHAKE RIVER MAIN STEM
Lake Walcott near Minidoka, Idaho
25
'.ocatlon.- Staff gage, lat. 42°40', long. 11S°29', in sec. 1, T. 9 3., R. 25 E., in power- house at Minidoka Dam on Snake River, 6 miles southeast of Ilinidoka. Datum of gage is 4,200.00 feet above datum of Bureau of Reclamation, which is 49.52 feet below mean sea level .
"ecqrds available.- April 1909 to September 1917 (gage heights only), October 1917 to September 1945.
"xtr ernes.- Maximum contents during year, 97,840 acre-feet May 16 (gage height, 45.21; feet); minimum, 63,260 acre-feet Oct. 30 (gage height, 42.18 feet).
1909-45: Maximum contents, 110,740 acre-feet Aug. 8, 1922 (gage height, 45.28 feet); minimum, -101,410 acre-feet Nov. 17, 1941 (gage height, 15.19 feet).
Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by rock-fill dam with concrete core; storage began in 1909. Capacity, 107,240 acre-feet between gage height 36.00 feet (sill' of powerhouse penstock) and 46.00 feet (top of flashboards) . Dead storage, about 115,000 acre-feet. Gage read at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Contents given herein are computed from mean gage heights. Water used for power- development and irrigation on Minidoka project of Bureau of Reclamation.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record and capacity table furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Contents, in acre-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
"Xv
1r?/f\6 "PP
10
111?'irr].'15
1617IS1920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
77,11076,55075,20075,20073,840
73,84071,94070,51065,89066.000
67,10068,53069,63069,41071,610
70,73070,84070,84072,05072,380
72,72071,61067,76067,43067,430
67,10067,21067,21066,99063,26064,140
NOV.
64,80065,89066,33067,43069,850
69,08071,06075,20077,00078,130
80,83081,85079,48080,38080,380
79,93078,80077,23075,76071,390
68,75066,77066,00064,58065,560
66,11063,48064,80065,78065,670
-
Dec.
66,11056,22066,00065,01065,890
66,22066,77066,99067,21067,210
65,12065,01065,89066,66067,210
67,65067,76066,11066,44067,100
67,65067,87067,65067,43065,670
66,22066,99067,43068,09068,31067,870
Jan.
65,45065,89066,00066,22065,890
66,11066,33067,43066,00066,330
66,44066,77066,77066,99067,210
66,99066,88066,77066,88066,770
66,77066,77066,77066,66066,770
66,55066,55066,55066,55066,55066,660
Feb.
66,55066,99067,43066,77065,890
66 , 44066,55066,33066,11065,890
65,89065,67066,78065,56066,220
66,33066,33066,44066,11066,220
66,00066,2206R.44066,55066,770
66,77066,770
. 66,660__-
Mar.
66,55066,22066,99066,66066,330
66,55066,55066,33066,44066,440
66,99067,43067,43066,99067,870
67,21065,67067,32067,65069,630
71,61073,50074,63075.R7079,480
81,17082,41084,24086,57088,43089,010
Apr.
92,04093,79094,25094,49093,670
93,67093,79092,04093,79093,550
94,49094,25094,95094,72092,970
92,39093,09093,32093,09093,900
93,55093,55088,20092,62093,440
93,90093,09093,09094,370J4.720
-
May
95,43095,91096,87096,63095,910
94,49093,79094,25094,72095,430
96,27096,15094,25095,18095,910
97,84097,47097,47095,67095,550
95,67095,67094.95095,55096,270
95,67096,63096,87096,99096,15094,950
June
95,91096,39095,43095,67096,030
95,67096,87096,99096,63096,]50
97,11095,91094,37096,39095,910
96,15096,03095,91095,18093,670
94,25095,91097,35097,59096,630
95,31093,67095,79095,91096,390
-
July
96,63096,39096,15096,51096,990
96,39095,91095,18095,18095,180
94,95095,18095,43095,670'95,160
95,18095,67096,51096,75096,870
96,87095,91095,67094,95094,720
94,49094,95095,43095,91095,67096,870
Aug.
97.35096,39096,15094,95094,720
94,72095,18095,67096,39096,390
95,91096,75095,55095,55095,310
S4.72094,72095,07094,84095,430
96,27096,75096,87096,51095.31Q
95,18095,18095,43095,31095,43095,670
Sept.
95,55095,18094,72094,60094,950
94,60095,91094,64095,43095,430
95,07095,91096,15096,27095,670
94,25093,67095,43095,43094,720
94,49095,18094,95095,07095,070
93,79093,20092,74092,39091,460
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Monthly gage height and contents, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Calendar year 1944...
Map 31
Anty ^1
Water year 1944-45...
Time basis; Mountain
1 hour.
Gage height (feet)
-
4° 49
-
war time up to 2 To convert wa
Contents (acre-feet)
-
-
a.m., Sept. 30 r time to stand
Change in contents during month (acre-feet)
+23,530
+13,440
, 1945; mountain ard time, subtract
26 SHAKE RIVER MAIN STEM
Snake River near Minldoka, Idaho
Location.- V/ater-stage recorder, lat. 42°40' ( long. 113°30', in sec. 2, T. 9 S., R. 25 E., 1 mile downstream from Minidoka Dam and 6 miles southeast of Minidoka. Datum of gage is
4,132.2 feet above mean sea level (river-profile survey).
Records available.- April 1910 to September 1945. August 1895 to December 1899 and May 1901 to December 1910 at site at Montgomery Ferry, 6 miles downstream.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 23,500 second-feet June 10, 11 (gage height, 11.67 feet); minimum daily, 802 second-feet Nov. 3.
1910-45: Maximum discharge, 45,900 second-feet June 21, 1918 (gage height, 16.02 feet); minimum, 59 second-feet Nov. 18, 1936 (gage height, 1.56 feet).
Remarks.- Records good. Flow regulated by American Falls Reservoir (see p. 32), Lake walcott (see p. 25), and other reservoirs, having a combined usable capacity of about
3,300,000 acre-fept, and greatly reduced by diversions above station for irrigation.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year-October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1,6201,4701,050
8901,280
1,9602,5602,2401,9401,660
1,4101,3001,3202,2902, 750
2,7902,6501,6701,5701,580
1.-7001,9301,8101,7601,850
1,7601,7201,7201,7301,7201,730
Nov.
1,7501,580
8021,020
842
,020,570,860,860,880
,850,880
1,900,890,900
,970,350,350,370,630
,840,230,550,270,270
,280,220,310,520,460-
Dec.
1,3801,2801,2201,1501,280
1,4801,5501,5701,5501,580
1,6401,5501,5801,6701,750
1,7401,5401,5901,5801,620
1,6501,8001,6801,5901,450
1,5701,6001,7001,7801,8101,780
Jan.
1,8902,5602,8402,9202,820
2,7302,7503,5803,2102,720
2,7502,7502,7702,7902,790
2,7702,7502,7502,7502,750
2,7702,7702,7702,7702,770
2,7902,8102,8102,8102,8102,790
Feb.
2,7902,6802,9702,9602,810
2,8402,8202,3602,8402,790
2,7902,7502,7702,8402,860
2,8102,8102,8102,8202,820
2,8202,8202,8202,8402,310
2,8102,8402,880
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Month
October. ................. .................November. ........................ .........December. ................................ .
Calendar year 1944 .... .................
January .................................. .February. ..................................March. ........... .........................April. .....................................May. ............. .........................June .......................................July... .................. .................August .....................................September .... ..............................
Water year 1944-45 ................. ....Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m
Mar.
2,9002,9002,9002,9202,940
2,9402,9202,9202,9202,920
2,9402,9703,0303,0502,990
2,9702,9002,8802,8802,880
2,8602,8602,9002,9002,880
2,9002,9002,9202,9202,9402,480
Apr.
1,7603,0103,9504,1004,260
4,2604,0003,8103,7603,760
3,7603,7603,7204,oOO4,410
4,7605,7308,2708,0907,650
7,2103,6203,6803,8303,640
3,8904,1004,1204,0804,320
-
Second- foot-days
55,43051,27448,710
1,955,414
86,31079,08090,130
133,370288,570379,640280,350261,740170,880
1,925,484
., Sept. 30,
May
5,2806,2807,0208,0309,110
10,10010,40013,60013 , 9009,270
12,80014,1008,5707;5907,620
7,8808,6009,1409,0508,360
9,30012,20011,6008,4208,450
8,4808,6608,7208,6908,6608,690
Maximum
2,7902,8401,810
23,600
3,5802,9703,0508,270
14,10022,80015,2008,9908,120
22,800
June
8,5409,550
10,80010,70010,900
10,20012,00017,50016,30020,000
22,80020 , 30018,10019,00018,200
17,70017,50015,70011,0007,560
7,4407,5307,3607,3307,160
7,2707,6807,620
10,90015,000
-
Minimum
89(80S
1,15C
80
1,89C2, 68C2,49C1.76C5.28C7,16C7,88C8,00(1.38C
80S
July
15,20014,70010,4007,8807,970
8,1808,5108,5408,5108,720
8,7808,6908,6608,8108,900
8,7808,5408,6008,6308,510
8,3908,3608,3608,4508,390
8,5108,7508,7809,0209,1108,720
Aug.
8,3008,6608,8408,9908,870
8,7808,6908,5108,3608,090
8,0008,0308,2408,2108,240
8,2708,3608,6008,7208,720
8,5708,5108,3608,3308,360
8,4808,4808,3308,2708,3608,210
Mean
3 1,788> 1,709) 1,571
2 5,343
) 2,784) 2,824) 2,907) 4,446) 9,309) 12,650) 9,040) 8,443) 5,696
5,275
Sept.
8,0007,9707,9708,0008,060
8,1207,6807,3607,1807,100
6,8806,5206,4906,6006,790
7,0407,0406,8206,1205,280
4,9.604,0003,5803,0302, 610
2,4002,4002, 1001,4001,380
-
Runoff in acre-feet
109,900101,70096,610
3,878,000
171,200156,900178,800264,500572,400753,000556,100519,200338,900
3,819,000
1945; mountain standard time thereafter.To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SHAKE RIVER 1KJN STEM 27
Snake River at miner, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°32', long. 114°01', in sec. 29, T. 10 S., R. 21 E., at Milner, a quarter of a mile downstream from miner Dam. Altitude of gage, 4,062 feet (from river-profile map).
Records available.- May 1909 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 16,900 second-feet June 11 (gage height, 17.67 feet); minimum daily, 9 second-feet July 13-15, 26, 27.
1909-45: Maximum discharge, 44,400 second-feet June 12, 1909 (gage height, 20.1Q feet, site and datum then in use); minimum, Z second-feet Mar. 17-28, 1936 (gage height, 1.18 feet).
Remarks.- Records excellent except those below 50 second-feet, which are good. Flow regulated by American Falls Reservoir (see p. 22), Lake Walcott (see p. 25) and other reservoirs having a combined usable capacity of about 3,300,000 acre-feet, and greatly reduced by diversions above Milner Dam for irrigation. About 1,300,000 acres of land irrigated by diversion from river and its tributaries above station. Flow includes some stored water released for use downstream by Idaho Power Co.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by Twin Falls Canal Co. and North Side Canal Co.
Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1 2 3 4 5
67 8 9
10"ll
12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct.
228 22 3 281 392 392
420 446 449 446 442
439 439 446 442 487
546 531 531 524 520
516 520 520 520 520
520 527 527 527 524 524
Nov.
524 527 527 551 762
903 692 920 903753
771 898 876 876 870
870 667 587 714 892
1,360 1,510
894 228 314
362 281 263 319426
Dec.
452 449 383 356 350
395 542 568 630 624
365 383 501 618 fi46
663 722 714 659 659
663 816 943 055 914
749667 654 705 766 830
Jan.
RR6 1.550 1,970 2,050 2,120
2,100 2,080 2,240 3,210 2,120
1,640 1,950 2,090 2,160 2,140
2,0802,160 2,050 2,030 2,070
2,020 2,020 1.Q60 1,0401,960
1,900 1,880 1,840 1,920 1,980 1,920
Feb.
1,070 2,080 2,150 2,320 2,140
2,000 2,110 2,060 2,000 2,060
2,060 2,040 2,030 1,960 8,030
2,060 2,080 2,060 2,050 2,020
2,050 2,050°,070 2,070 2,060
2,040 2,060 2,060
Month
Octo Neve Dece
Ca
Janu Febr Hare Apri May.June July Augu Sept
lendar year 1944
1 ......... ........ ........ . . . . . .
ember. ........... . ..................
Water year 1944-45 .... .......... ......
Time basis : MountTo convert war time
756837 O - 47 - 3
Mar.
2,nen2,040 2,060 2,060 2,050
2,100 2,100 2,080 2,080 2,070
2,020 1,920 1,660 1,930 2,170
1,970 1,920 1,960 1,980 1,910
1,850 1,8501,750 1,78" 2,500
2,320 2,280 2,170 2,170 1,900 1,270
Apr.
556 583
2,780 2,770 3,000
3,310 3,210 2,620 2,640 2,590
2,650 2,600 2,880 2,870 3,060
3,250 4,160 5,730 6,010 5,680
3,950178 158 148 165
167 165 165 167 141
Seccnd- fcot days
14,369 21,220 19,341
646,734
62,236 57,740 61,980 68,353 73,861 166,989 19,550 4,041 4,266
573,846
ain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
May
114 114 107 108 925
2,960 2,130 5,400 6,770 1,450
3,380 7,500 1,900
117 115
1,200 671
1,790 2,080 1,520
2,070 4,800 5,980 2,310 2,610
2,370 2,990 2,800 2,660 2,640 2,260
Maximum
546 1,510
955
18,900
3,210 2,320 2,500 6,010 7,500
16,600 7,550 1,200
595
16,600
June
2,200 2,400 3,800 4,080 3,800
3,880 3,200 10,400 9,510 11,700
16,600 14,800 11,000 12,100 11,200
10,500 10,300 9,370 4,850
631
' 205 178 279 444 134
132 99
107 1,900 7,190
Minimum
223 228 350
6
886 1,960 1,270
141 107 99 9 10 10
9
July
7,550 7,190 4,250 218 17
12 10 12 13 13
11 10 9 9 9
11 11in16 14
13 11 10 10 10
9 9 10 11 10 52
Aug.
16 12 11 10 10
1114 17 17 19
11 11 10 10
721
1,200 632 626 385
8168
2017
11 12 12 12 11 11
Mean
464 707 621
1,767
2,008 2,062 1,999 2,278 2,383 5,566
631 130 142
1,572
1945; mountain standard time the
Sept.
ll U ll1080
117 118 120 120 118
115 117 115 115 115
114 117 243 595 114
177 157 404 246 114
111 110 108 110 253
Runoff in acre- feet
28,500 42,090 38,160
1,283,000
123,400 114,500 122,900 135,600 146,500 331,200 38,780 8,020 8,460
1,138,000
reafter.
28 S!JA?CE RIVER Mill STEM
Snake River near Kimberly, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°36', long. 114°22', in NV/i sec. 4, T. 10 S., R. 18 £., 1,200 feet downstream Iron Twin Falls power plant, 2i riiles upstream from Shoshone Falls, and 4 miles north of Kimberly.
Records available.- July 1923 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 16.000 second-feet June 11 (gage height, 17.62 feet); minimum, 18 second-feet (regulated) July 27, Aug. 15 (gage height, 1.34 feet); minimum daily, 266 second-feet July 8.
1923-45: Maximum discharge, 27,200 second-feet July 4, 1927 (gage height, 14.76 feet, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 20,000 second-feet; minimum recorded, 10 second-feet (regulated) May 17, 1944 (gage height, 1.15 feet); minimum daily recorded, 139 second-feet July 4, 1941.
Rerrarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. Flow regulated by Twin Falls power plant and several reservoirs above station. Practically entire flow is diverted at Milner during irrigation season; no diversions between Ililner and Kimberly.
Eating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
3.6 256 6.0 9104.0 332 7.0 1,3204.5 445 8.0 1,8005.0 580 9.0 2,4805.5 735 10.0 3,400
12.014.016.017.5
Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1944
Day
1Z345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
710723719875
830
840819641918930
896886882882896
9341,010
986986986
982978970970970
946966986982970974
Nov.
974974990998
1,040
1,4001,4201,4101,4301,380
1,1901,3601,3601,3401,350
1,3501,3001,0201,0201,210
1,5401,9801,7401,050
686
750790802698726-
Dec.
889929914820776
8760aSOO
al,000al,040al.100
al.OOOa800a820
8721,070
1,0801,1001,150
al,050al.OOO
al.OOOal,050al,£50al,3501,380
1,2801,1001,0601,0701,1501,190
Jan.
1,3301,5202,220
-2,290,430
,400,450,400,550,690
,250,140,320,480,480
,400,400
,480,250,4EO
,3EO,320,310,240,340
,340,300,230,310
2,3502,370
Feb.
2,260,420,460,540,620
,210,410,350,310,340
,350,310,340,300,240
,340,370,350,310,330
,310,310,340,340,3EO
,310,310,320
_-
Month
October. ............................... ...November. ........................ .........December. .................. ...............
Calendar year 1944 ...................
January. ................................. .February. .................. ...............March. ..................... ...............April. .....................................May. ......................................June ......... ............. ...............July .......................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
2,3102,3002,3102,3102,280
2,3202,3402,3302,330C.330
2,2902,2102,0202,1202,400
2,4002,1902,1902,1902,170
2,0802,080£,0601,9302,610
2,660£,6102,5002,3802,4501,720
Apr.
1,620
:934
,890,960
3, .060
3,500Z£i
'':
J
,540,910,840,800
,820,800,980.130
3^370
3,3004c
ee
,310,460,430,010
5,100a
Second- foot-days
28,04335,27831,850
772,272
72 33065^72070,42077,72381, 9O2
171, 930
17!l8r18,331
703,806
,620666460526
51057259644756S-
5,7508,7.50
12,6005,700
to September 1945
May
475454146
300
596
2,670£.484,647, 1C
000
3,360;
2,0107,803,351,07
000
552
1,20092
1,052,54
600
1,940
2,0204,266,873,14
000
2,910
2,6803,123,143,022,91
0000
2,710
Maximum
1,0101,9801,380
17,600
3,5502,6202,6606,4307,800
15,6007,8401,5001,090
15,600
June
2,5002,3803,8904,5004,080
4,2602,7309,9809,810
10,800
15,60014,70011,20012,00011,500
10,70010,60010,3006,1302,120
910601602622882
585533477618
6,320-
Minimum
641686760
175
1,3302,2101,720
447410477266348393
266
July
7,8407,5305,0301,940
721
414368266384422
372378393368362
400402358392402
453367385400390
396403394394396377
Aug.
432438416372402
469437435428428
481348409421481
1,1,
1,
180500958170794
474450514528486
408475496494438420
Mean
9051,1761,027
2,110
2,3332,3472,2722,5912,6425,7311,068
554611
1,928
Sept.
462393490524490
510524580499576
622580570599610
564639594656
1,090
767639723792818
620606620594580-
Runoff in acre-feet
55,62069,970
. 63,170
1,532,000
143,500130,400139,700154,200162, 500341, OdO
65,65034,08036,360
1,396,000
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Milner. Time baala; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter,
o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SHAKE RIVER MAIN STEM 29
Snake River near Twin Falls, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°36', long. 114°29', In IJWiNWi sec. 33 (corrected), T. 9 S., R. 17 E., at Perrlne Bridge, 200 feet upstream from outlet of Blue Lakes, 4 miles north of city of Twin Falls, and 4 miles downstream from Shoshone Falls.
Records available.- September 1911 to June 1917, May 1919 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 17,200 second-feet June 11 (gage height, 10.73 feet); minimum, 381 second-feet (regulated) July 8 (gage height, 2.01 feet); nlninum daily, 486 second-feet July 8.
1911-17, 1919-45: Maximum discharge observed, 32,200 second-feet June 10, 1914 (gage height, 13.3 feet); minimum, 250 second-feet (estinated) Apr. 16, 1035; ninimum daily, 311 second-feet Apr. 17, 1936.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. Flow regulated by Twin Falls and Shoshone Falls power plants and several reservoirs above station. No diversion except by small ranch ditches between this station and station at Milner, where practically entire flow is diverted during irrigation season.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
2.2 2.42.7 3.0
475594809
1,060
5.5 4.0 5.0 6.0
1,5702,2103,7705,570
7.09.0
10.5
7,68012,60016,600
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
848981856
1,0401,050
1,0501,0301,020
9301,170
1,1101,1101,1001,1101,120
1,1501,2301,2201,2201,220
1,2101,2201,2101,2001,200
1,1801,2001,2201,2201,2101,210
Nov.
1,2201,2101,2201,2301,240
1,5501,6501,6401,6701,670
1,5201,5801,6401,5901,590
1,5901,5801,3501,2401,300
1,7502,2002,1001,400
840
900940960850870-
Dec.
1,0001,0801,0501,000
930
910960
1,1501,2001,250
1,200960980
1,0401,200
1,2401,2801,3301,2601,270
1,2601,3101,5001,5801,580
1,5301,3201,2401,2501,3001,370
Jan.
1,4801,5902,5202,6002,780
2,7802,8202,7903,8003,240
2,6202,4302,6102,8102,820
2,7602,7302,8502,5502,760
2,6702,6602,6402,5602,680
2,7002,6202,5602,6602,6802,720
Feb.
2,6102,7402,8202,8903,010
2,5502,7402,7002,6602,670
2,7202,6702,7002,6702,560
2,7002,7202,7202,6702,680
2,6402,6702,6802,6802,680
2,6602,6602,660
_--
Month
October. ................................. .November . ........................ .........December. ........................ ., ........
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ................................. .February ...................................March. .....................................April. .....................................May. .......................................June ............................... .......July. .................................. ...August ........................... .........September. .............................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
2,6602,6602,6702,6802,700
2,7002,7002,7002,7002,700
2,6802,6002,4002,5402,670
2,8102,5602,6402,5402,540
2,4202,4202,4502,2702,900
3,0602,9802,8902,7302,8502,060
Apr.
11133
33333
,950,310,820,380,480
,920,970,450,300,220
3,2503333
34566
521
Second- foot-days
34,84542,09037,530
876,139
R2.4PO75,53081,7808S, 09 191,526
185,83941,07223,36024,633
808,786
Note.- No gage-height record Nov. 20 to Dec. 18, Mar.for stations at Milner and near Kimberly.
Time baa la ; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
,240,350,550,770
,720,600,710,890,380
,650,360,020720676
691691727648648-
May
691655594551655
2,2902,8704,6607,4604,260
2,1708,0104,2201,670
880
1,1601,3001,4802,8902,380
2,3104,1607,1303,9403,270
3,1103,3703,5003,4103,2703,210
Maximum
1,2302,2001,580
18,900
3,8003,0103,0606,8908,010
16,5008,4801,8401,230
16,500
June
2,9002,7304,1104,8904,550
4,7103,3709,990
10,70011,500
16,50015,80012,10012,70012,300
11,40011,30011,1007,0402,820
1,120880848749955
972809712684
5,600-
Minimum
848840910
439
1,4802,5502,060
648551684486575608
486
July
8,4808,2106,0102,6401,050
698551486498504
557557515551509
5636O8575588563
582575532551569
563569621614582601
Aug.
628582588594569
582655528635635
628342321621575
1,0301,1,1,
340370330
1,210
302548669705712
669582712555535608
Mean
1,1241,4031,211
2,394
2,6612,6982,6382,9362,9526,1951,325
754821
2,216
6-13; discharge cor.ip'ited :.n basis
1945; mountain standard time the
Sept.
608614662749742
764749720794809
779802802794794
809809825848
1,230
1,090872981913
1,060
913764772786779-
Runoff in acre feet
69,11083,48074,440
1,738,000
163,600149,800162,200174,700181,500368,60081,47046,33048,860
1,604,000
of recoras
reafter.
30 SNAKE RIVER MAIN STEM
Snake River b<=low Lower Salmon Falls, near Hagerman, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°51'36", long. 114°54'42", In lot. 3, sec. 2, T. 7 S., R. 13 E., half a mile downstream from lower Salmon Falls power plant, 1 mile up stream from Big Wood (Malad) River, and 3i miles north of Hagerman.
Records available.- November 1937 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 23,000 second-feet June 12 (gage height, 13.62 feet); minimum, 4,420 second-feet (regulated) Aug. 26 (gage height, 5.76 feet); mini mum daily, 5,790 second-feet May 5.
1937-45: Maximum discharge, 28,800 second-feet June 7, 1943 (gage height, 15.66 feet), from rating curve extended above 22,000 second-feet: minimum, 3,800 second- feet (regulated) Mar. 28, 29, 1938 (gage height, 5.40 feet), from rating curve extended below 5,000 second-feet; minimum daily, 5,110 second-feet May 17, 1940.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are good. Flow regulated by Lower Salmon Falls power plant and many reservoirs above station. Practically entire flow at Mllner diverted during irrigation season; only minor diversions below Milner.
Rating liable, water year 1944-45 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
6.5 7.0 8.0 9.0
5,7706,7208,76011,000
10.011.012.013.2
13,400 15,900 18,500 El, 800
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
,630,590,650,570,690
,710,690,570,690,730
,770,650,650,650,670
,650,770,670,630,590
,570,590,550,550,510
,470,530,550,550,530,590
Nov.
7,6107,6107,6707,710
a7,800
a7,650a7,700a7,600a7,500a7,600
7,6507,8807,9607,9007,840
7,8407,8407,7507,5307,490
7,6908,0708,3808,1707,550
7,2507, £507,2107,1907,170
-
Dec.
,270,290,330,250,270
,230,190,210,250,310
,230,090,930,970,070
,230,210,230
a ,300a ,350
a ,400a ,500
,570,610,650
,610,450,150,230,210,250
Jan.
7,3107,5307,9208,4208,530
8,7408,7808,9508,9709,700
8,7408,3608,3808,5708,680
8,6108,5108,5908,5108,400
8,4408,4008,3208,2608,280
8,3608,2808,1308,2108,2808,360
Feb.
8,4708,6808,8008,5908,780
8,5108,3408,4708,3208,300
8,4008,3608,4908,3408,260
8,2808,4708,4008,3408,210
8,2108,3008,3008,2808,210
8,2108,2608,260
__-
Month
October. ...................................November. ........................ ... ...December ................................ .
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. .......... ...................... .February. ..................................March. .....................................April . .................... .......... ....May....... ... ............................June .......................... ...........July. ......................................August ........................ ............September. . . .... . . .................
Water year 1944-45 ... . . . ...... ....
Mar.
8,2108,2108, 2108,1908,150
8,1108,2108,2808,1908,190
8,1708,1108,0507,9008,090
8,3408,1308,0208,0208,020
7,9607,9007,9607,9208,020
8,6808,6608,5308,1907,9807,750
Apr.
7,2107,1906,7208,0908,780
9,0809,3209,1008,5908,570
8,5908,5908,6808,8908,890
8,9709,450
10,30012,00011,700
11,4009,2807,2706,5306,450
6,2806,1706,1506,0705,960
-
£S£.£36,210230,060£25,840
3,030,440
261,520
£52*350£50, £70264,020355,680
rQq'icjQ
2£C)260
2,963,980
May
5,9205,8605,8805,8605,790
5,9407,9808,300
11,90011,500
7,67010,20012,2008.P607,010
6,5306,9107,0307.8EO8,720
8,1308,910
12,20011,9009,410
9,4309,3709,5609,3709,2809,120
MaxiMum
7,770
7)550
24,300
9,7008 , 8008, 680
12,00012,200
14',0007,6308,210
21,800
June
8,5908,5108,910
10,30010,500
10,30010,10011,80016,80016,400
20,50021,80019,00017,70017,900
17,10016,80016,70014,50010,300
7,9206,9106,8306,8006,800
7,0507,0306,9506,8308,050
-
Minimum
7,4707,1706,930
5,710
7,3108, £10
5)9506)8006,1706,4906,700
5,790
July
14,00013,90013,0009,3907,410
6,7206,4£06,2306,1906,170
6,1706,2106,1906,2106,210
6,2406,2606,2806,2806,280
6,2806,3606,2406,2806,280
6,2806,2806,3806,4706,4206,450
Aug.
6,5506,5906,5306,4906,530
6,5306,6606,7206,7206,700
6,7006,7006,6606,6606,660
6,6207,2707,6307,1707,290
7,0506,7606,6406,7006,640
6,6206,6606,7206,7606,7806,740
Mean
7,6207,6697,285
8,280
8,4368, 3878,140
8*517ll)8607,1456, 756
. 7,409
8,120
Sept.
6,7206,7006,8006,9306,970
7,0107,1507,1507,1707,230
7,2707,2707,2107,2307,190
7,2707,2707,3307,5307,790
8,2108,0907,8807,9007,980
8,0007,9207,7107,7107,670
-
Runoff in ao re-feet
468,500456,300447,900
6,011,000
518,700465,800500,500496,400
705)500439,300415,400440,800
5,879,000
a No gage-height 2cord; discharge computed on basis of records for station at King Hill.lin war time up to 2 a.m , Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.bo standard time, subtract 1 hour,
SNAKE RIVER MAIN STEM 31
Snake River at King Hill, Idaho
Location.- V/ater-stage recorder, lat. 43°00", long. 115°11', in SWi sec. 7, T. 5 S., R. 11 E., 300 feet east of railroad station at King Hill and 20 miles downstream from Big Wood River.
Records available.- May 1909 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 24,900 second-feet June 12 (gage height, 11.19 feet); minimum, 6,460 second-feet (regulated) July 23 (gage height, 5.46 feet); mlnlnum dally, 6,860 second-feet May 3.
1909-45: Maximum discharge observed, 47,200 second-feet June 22, 1918 (gage height, 16.3 feet), from rating curve extended above 30,000 seconrt-feet; minimum observed, 4,760 seconrt-feet July 7-9, Aug. 15, 16, 1910 (gage height, 4.5 feet).
Remarks.- Records excellent. Flow regulated by many reservoirs above station. Practical- ly entire flow at Mllner diverted during Irrigation season so that flov/ at King Hill Is derived largely from springs and seepage entering below Mllner.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
9,0009,0309,0803,9009,080
9,0809,0309,0308,9709,050
9,3409,2609,2309,2309,260
9,2609,2909,3109,2609,210
9,2109,1809,1809,1609,160
9,1609,1309,1309,1309,1309,130
Nov.
9,2109,1809,2309,3109,400
9,2909,3709,1009,0009,230
9,3409,4509,6609,5809,500
9,4809,4809,4509,2109,130
9,2909,690
10,20010,0009,400
8,9509,0308,9008,7708,690
-
Dec.
8,8208,9008,9008,8208,770
8,7708,7408,7408,7108,770
8,7108,5808,4308,4308,460
8,6908,6608,6608,7108,820
8,9009,0809,1309,1009,160
9,1608,9708,6908,6908,7708,710
Jan.
8,8209,0009,2309,8809,990
10,20010,30010, 60010,40011,300
10,4009,9409,880
10,00010,100
10,1009,990
10, 10010,1009,850
9,9409,9109,8309,7509,770
9,8509,8009,6109,6409,6609,770
Feb.
9,88010,40011,70011,00010,900
10,60010,20010,40010,50010,300
10,20010,30010,50011,10010,500
9,99010, 10010,0009,9109,800
9,7709,8009,8309,8009,750
9,7209,7209,750
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Month
October. ...................................November ......................... .........December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ................................. .February. ..................... . ..........March.... ..................................April. .............. ......... ....... ....May........................................June ................ ......................July.. ........................ ............August .................... ... ... ...September. ......... ......... ............
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
9,7509,7709,7709,7709,750
9,5809,6909,8309,7709,750
9,8009,8809,9609,8309,830
9,9609,8309,6109,5309,560
9,6609,690
10,0009,9109,560
10,30010,60010,60010,1009,7209,660
Apr.
8,9008,8208,3008,970
10,200
10, 40010,80010,70010,20010,100
10,10010,10010,10010,30010,300
10,40010,60011, 60013,00013,300
13,10011,5009,3108,7108,740
8,5108,4008,2607,8807,660
Second foot-days
283,600279,520£72,450
3,542,990
307,710286,420305,020£99 260305)510399,630256,750249,920264,520
3,510,310
May
7,3707,1306,8606,9906,990
7,2009,0009,400
12,50013,600
9,48010,10014,5009,8808,510
7,8308,1308,3808,950
10,100
9,5809,830
12,90014,20011,000
11,00010,60011,00010,90010,90010,700
Maximum
9,34010,2009,160
26,500
11,30011,70010,60013,30014 50024^10015,2008,9509,690
24,100
June
10,2009,960
10,00011,50012,200
11,80011,80012,20018,50017,900
19,90024,10021,60019,20019,600
19,20018,60018,40016,70012,400
9,5308,360e.ieo8,1308,100
8,3308,3808,2608,1608,460
Minimum
8,9008,6908,430
6,570
8,8209,720
7^6606,860 8,1007,1307,6808,000
6,860
July
14, 60015,20014,70011,300
9,100
8,0007,6807,3907,2707,250
7,20O7,2507,2707,2307,250
7,2507,3007,3207,3207,320
7,3207,5407,1307,3207,350
7,3707,3507,3907,5607,6307,590
Aug.
7,6807,7607,7607,7107,710
7,7607,9008,0008,0007,980
7,9807,9807,9807,9607,960
7,9308,3608,9508,5808,640
8,7108,3607,9608,0008,030
8,0807,9608,0008,1008,0808,060
Mean
9,1489,3178,789
9,680
9,92610,2309,8399 9759^855
13 , 3BO8,2828,0628,817
.9,617
Sept.
8,0008,0308,0808,3008,380
8,3308,4008,4808,4608,560
8,6408,5808,5608,5608,530
8,7908,4608,7108,8709,100
9,6409,6909,4009,4509,500
9,5809,5309,3409,3109,260
Runoff in acre feet
562,500554,400540,400
7,028,000
610,500568,100605,000593,600606,000
509^300495,700524,700
6,963,000
l-3: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
c-d time thereafter.
32 SNAKE RIVER MAIN STEM
Snake River near Murphy, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°18', long. 116°26', In NEi sec. 35, T. 1 S., R. 1 w., 4-i miles downstream from Swan Falls power plant and 7-J nlles northeast of Murphy.
Drainape area.- 41,900 square miles.
Records available.- August to October 1912, August 1913 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 26,700 second-feet (regulated) June 13 (gage height, 9.64 feet); minimum, 6,850 second-feet (regulated) July 24 (gage height, 3.76 feet); minimum daily, 7,560 second-feet July 24, 27.
1912-45: Maximum discharge, 47,300 second-feet June 22, 1918 (gage height, 13.95 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum observed, 3,950 second-feet (discharge measurement) July 20, 1934, when stage was below Intake pipe.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of no gage-height record, which are good. Flow regulated by many reservoirs above station. Diurnal fluctuation caused by Swan Falls power plant. Several diversions by pumping between this station and station at King Hill.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
2627
29
31
Oct.
9,0109,2£09,1909,2809,100
9, CEO9,1909, £509,2509,160
9, £809,5509,4009,3409,430
9,4309,3709,5209,4909,460
9,4309,4309,4609,5509,550
9,4609,5809,5809,6409,6709,670
Nov.
9,8209,9109,8809,910
10,000
10,00010,00010,0009,8209,790
9,94010,00010,10010,20010, £00
10,2QO10,10010,10010,0009,880
9,6709,880
10,10010,60010,400
9,9409,5209,4909,4609,340
-
Dec.
9,1909,3109,4009,4009,340
9,2809,2809,2209, £509,220
9,1909,1908,9508,8908,800
8,9509,0109,1309,1009,160
9, ECO9,4009,5509,5809,580
9,5569,3009,2009,2009,2009,200
Jan.
9,3009,5009,800
10,20010,400
10,60010,80011,20011,40011,400
11,80010,60010,60010,70010,700
10,70010,60010,60010,60010,500
10,50010,50010,40010,40010,400
10,40010,40010,30010,30010,30010,300
Feb.
10,30011,00011,5001£,40011,400
11,40011,00010,50011,00011,000
10,80010,70010 , 80011,60011,900
11,30010,70010,60010,60010,400
10,20010,20010,30010,20010,300
10,20010,00010,100
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Month
October. ..................
December. ........................... ......
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January ............................ .....
March. ....................... ... . .April. .....................................May........................................
July. .................... .................
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ... ..................
Mar.
10,10010,10010,10010,10010,100
10,1009,9409,940
10,10010,100
10,00010,10010,20010,40010,500
10,50010,50010,40010,20010,100
10,10010,20010,40010,70010,800
10,40011,20011,50011,40010,70010 , 200
Apr.
10,2009,7309,6709,1309,610
10,70011,00011,40011,30010,900
10,90010,60010,60010,80010,800
10,70011,00011,40012,30014 , 100
14,50014,60013,40011,50010,500
10,4009,8609,4609,3109,040
Second- foot-days
286,240
3,780,650
265,420
3,756,890
May
9,1009,1309,1309,2£09,400
9,4009,580
11,30011,80014,900
15,60011,80012,90016,20011,900
10,5009,7309,880
10,10010,400
11,50010,90011,40014,50015,200
12,70012,70012,30012,70012,50012,400
Maximum
9,580
28,300
9,790
25,600
June
12,30011,80011,60011,70013,200
13,80013,60013,70014,70020,200
19,90023,90025,60023,00021,300
21,50020,60020,00019,70017,500
13,60011,0009,9109,7309,940
9,6409,5809,5509,4009,190
Minimum
8,800
7,390
7,950
7,560
July
9,70015,40015,90015,00011,800
9,8208,7708,3908,1308,130
7,8708,010,930,810,790
,810,870,730,790,810
,790,730,810,560,620
,700,560,760,650,810,790
Aug.
7,7907,9308,1007,8107,790
7,8707,9508,0405,0408,180
7,9808,1008,0708,0407,980
7,9807,9508,4208,8308,440
8,4708,6208,2708,0107,900
7,9307,9307,9807,9808,0108,070
Mean
9,234
10,330
8,847
10,290
Sept.
5,0707,9508,0408,1008,100
8,3608,3608,4208,4408,470
8,5608,6508,6208,6208,530
8,5608,8308,4408,6009,010
9,2209,7609,8809,6109,730
9,6409,7609,7909,5809,520
Runoff in acre-feet
567,700
7,499,000
526,500
7,452,000Rote.- No gage-height record Dec. 27 to Feb. 3; discharge computed on basis of records for station
at King Hill.Time basis; Mountain war tine up to E a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
Po convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SNAKE RIVER MAIN STEM
Snake River at Weiser, Idaho
Location.- V/ater-stage recorder, lat. 44°15', long. 116°59', in sec. 31, T. 11 N., R. 5 W., a third of a mile upstream from highway bridge at V/eiser. Datum of gage is 2,087.09 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.
Records available.- October 1910 to September 1945. tainen by u. B. Weather Bureau since 1895.
Fragmentary page-height record ob-
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 44,100 second-feet June 14 (gage height, 9.48 feet); minimum, 8,880 second-f^et July 25 (gage height, 2.77 feet).
1910-45: Maximum discharge observed, 83,100 second-feet May 23, 1921 (gage height. 13.60 feet); minimum observed, 5,100 second-feet Aug. 5, 1924 (gage height, 1.35 feet).
Flood of Mar. 3, 1910, reached a stage of 15.7 feet on old U. S. V/eathRr Bureau gage (discharge, about 100,000 second-feet). Flood of June 1894 was considerably higher.
Remarks.- Records excellent. Flow regulated by many reservoirs above station. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by Swan Falls power plant. Some diversions below Murphy for irrigation.
Cooperation.- Oage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. VIeather Bureau.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
11,40011,70011 , 90012,00012,100
11,80011,80012,00012,00012,000
11,80011,90012,10011,90011,900
12,10012,30012,40012,50012,600
12,40012,40012,20012,30012,300
12,40012,40012,50012,50012,50012,600
Nov.
12,60013,30013,70014,10014,600
14,90014,40014,00013,90013.70O
14,00014,00014,00013,90013,900
13,80013,40013,30013 , 20012,900
12,80012,40012,60013,00013,500
13,50012,90012,30012,20012,200
-
Dec.
12,00012,10012,30012,50012,300
12,10012,10012,10012,00011,900
11,50011,30011,20011 , 00011,000
11,00011,00011,00011,40011,600
11,90012,30012 , 90012,40012,400
12,40012,40012,20012,00011,90011,700
Jan.
11,70011,60011,60011,80012,000
12,90013,30014,40015,00014,800
14,60015,20015,00016,20016,300
16,80016,10015,60014,90014,400
14,10013 , 60013,60013,60013,300
13,20013,00013,00013,10012,80013,000
Feb.
13,50014,40017,60018,20018,600
19,00017,30021,10026,90022,000
20,10019,10018,80021,800£1,500
19,80018,40017,70017,20016,600
15,90015,40015,13014,90014,600
14,40013,80013,900
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Month
October. ...................................November ......................... .........December .... .......................... ...
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January .................................. .February ........................ .......March. .......................... ..........April. .............. ......................HayJune .......................................July. ............... ......................August ......................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ... ..................
Mar.
14,00013,90013,90013,90013,700
13,30013,30013,20013,30013,600
13,90013,90014,70015,60O16,400
15,90015,40015,00n14,80016,600
21,80020,30019,00019,70020,000
19,60019,60019,40020,00020 , 20019,300
Apr.
19,10018,80017,30016,40015,400
14,80016,20016,90017,60017,700
16,90016,60015,90015,60016,100
16,70017,20017,90018,80020,500
23,40026,50030,30029,00025,200
24,00023,00020,80018,80019,100
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Second- foot-days
376,600403,200367,000
5,150,230
430,500497,400507,200532,500940,700935,900356,120309,280351,800
6,059,100
May
19,60020,60020,60021,70026,000
27,70029,70030,00030,60031,200
34,90036,60034,20036,20039,400
34,00033,80032,90031,20030,300
29 , 20023,40026,60027 , 60033,200
33,50031,90032,50032,40032,00032,200
Maximum
12,60014,90012,900
36,500
16,80026,90021,80030,30039,40042,90020,20010,70014,400
42,900
June
32,5003-1,80030,70031,80032,800
37,40037,30037,30037,00037,000
42,50041,40042,40042,90038,800
34 , 60033, 60031,60029,90029,500
28,30025,80023,60022,70022 , 400
22,30021,40020,50018,90017,200
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Minimum
11,40C12.20Cll.OOC
8.52C
11 , 60C13,50C13.20C14.80C19.60C17.20C9 21 19J53C
10.10C
9.21C
July
15,90014,40019,20020,20019,600
16,40013,30011,60011,00010,500
10,1009,94010,10010,00010,200
10,20010,1009,9009,7509,790
9,7209,6009,6009,6009,240
9,2109,2409,2809,3909,4909,570
Aug.
9,790'9,7509,7909,7209,750
9,7209,940
10,10010,30010,400
10,70010,50010,10010,0009,790
9,7209,6809,5709,720
10,500
10,30010,30010,50010,1009,720
9,5309,7509,720Ti.'OiO9,9409,940
Mean
) 12,15013,440
) 11,870
) 14,070
13,89017,760
) 16,360) 19,420) 30,350
31,200) 11,490
9,97711,730
16,600
Sept.
10,10010,10010,10010,10010,100
10,20010,50010,70010,80010,900
11,00011,00011,00011,00010,900
10,90011 , 00011,30011,00011,700
13,00013,80014,20014,40014,200
13,70013,40013,70013,60013,400
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Runoff in acre-feet
747 , 000799,700729,700
10,220,000
853,900986,600
1,006,0001,155,0001,866,0001,856,000
706,400613,400697,800
12,020,000
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mounts To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
ndard time thereafte
34 SHAKE RIVER MAIN STEM
Snake River at Oxbow, Oreg.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°57', long. 116°51', In NWi sec. 16, T. 7 S., K. 48 E., at Oxbow, five-eighths of a mile upstream from Intake of diversion tunnel for Oxbow power plant.
Records available.- May 1923 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 44,100 second-feet June 14 (gage height, 15.63 reet); minimum, 9,030 second-feet July 26 (gage height, 7.86 feet).
1923-45: Maximum discharge, 74,600 second-feet Apr. 21, 1943 (gage height, 20.71 feet); minimum, 4,890 second-feet Aug. 6, 19E4 (gage height, 6.30 feet).
Remarks.- Records excellent. Flow regulated by many reservoirs above station.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1?.345
67fi9
10
111?1.11415
1617IB1920
2122232425
?6272R293031
Oct.
11,60011,60011,90012,00012,000
12,10011,80012,00012,00012,100
12,00011,90012,10012,20012,000
12 , 00012,30012,40012,40012,600
12,50012,50012,40012,30012,300
12,40012,40012,40012,50012,60012,600
Nov.
12,80012,80013,50014,40014,500
14,70014,70014,30013,90014,100
13,90014,00014,10014,20013,800
14,00013 , 70013,40013,30013,300
13,10012,80012,70013,00013,200
13,80013,50012 , 90012,50012,500
~
Dec.
12,30012,40012,40012,60012,800
12,50012,50012,30012,40012 , 100
12,10011,70011,60011,50011,300
11,30011,40011,30011,60012,100
12,20012,40012,90013,10012,600
12,80012,60012,80012,50012 , 30012, 100
Jan.
12,00012,00012,00012,00012 , 200
12,60013 , 40013,90015,20015,000
15,00015,00015,80015,70016,900
17,00017,10016,30015,70015,000
14,60014,10013,60013,80013,600
13,30013,20013,10013,20013,20013,000
Feb.
13,30013,80016,60018, 50018,700
19,50018,80019,50026,30026,200
21,90020, 60019,70020,90022,700
21,40020,00018,70017,90017,400
16,70015,90015,50015,40015,100
14,90014,60014,200
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Month
December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
Mav
September. .................... ............
Water year 1944-45 ......... ............
Mar.
14,30014,40014,20014,20014,000
13,70013, 60013,50013,50013,600
14,00014,30014,70015,50016,300
16,50016,10015,70015,40015,900
21,80023,60020,90020,40021,100
20,60020,70080,40020,50021,10020,800
Apr.
20,20020 00019,00017,90017,100
15,90016,30017,60018,10018,600
18,20017, 50017,10016,50016,500
17,20017,70018,30019,20020,700
22,30026,10029,40031,60028,600
25,00025,00022,60020,80020,000
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Second- foot-days
378,500
5,293,020
438 500514 700
990 50097e 600
354,200
6,263,470
May
20,90021,80022,40023,00026,000
29,60031,20032,20032,10033,400
34,00038,70037, 10036,40040,200
38,20035, 50035, 50033,80032,000
31,30030,20029,00028,00031,600
35, 60034,20034,20034,20034,20034,000
Maximum
13,100
37,000
14,500
43,600
June
34,80034,00033,60032,80034,400
36,80039,40039,00039,00037,800
40, 50043,40041,70043,60041,500
37,00035,00033,60031,60030, 700
30,20028,20025,80024,20023,600
23,20022,40021,60020,40018,600
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Minimum
12,50011,300
6,800
12 000
10,300
9,250
July
17,30016,10016,00020,20020,200
18,90015,80013,60012,30011,700
11,10011,00010,40010, 60010,400
10,60010,40010,40010,20010,000
9,9209,8309,8909,7409,630
9,2509,3109,3709,2809,4209,450
Aug.
9,3609,9209,7409,7209,860
9,7409,830
10,10010,30010,400
10,50010,70010,30010,40010,200
10,1009,8909,8909,77010,200
10,80010, 50010,60010,60010,200
9,8009,860
10,00010,00010,10010,200
Mean
13,58012,210
14,460
11,810
17,160
Sept.
10,30010,40010,40010,30010,300
10,40010,50010,70010,80010,900
11,20011,20011,20011,20011,200
11,10011,10011,10011,50011,400
12,30013,70013,90014,40014,500
13,90013,50013,50013,70013,600
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Runoff in acre-feet
808,100750,700
10,500,000
702,500
12,420,000
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2,,a-m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
S1IAJE RIVER 11AIIJ STETI 35
Snake River near Clarkston, Wash.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 46°25'3Q", long. 117°10'30", in lot,l» sec. 16, T. 11 N., R. 45 E-, 2 miles upstream from Alpowa Creek, 7 miles downstream from Clarkston, and 134 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 670 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, bench mark).
Drainage area.- 103,200 square miles.Records available.- October 1935 to September 1945 in reports of Geological Survey.
October 1915 to September 1922 and August 1928 to September 1935 at site 66 miles downstream, published as Snake River at RiparLa, in reports of Geological Survey. October 1909 to September 1933 (at site at Riparia) In State Water-Supply Bulletin 5.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 149,000 second-feet May 7 (gage height, 26.91 feet); minimum, 14,700 second-feet (regulated) Dec. 14 (gage height, 9.47 feet); mini mum daily, 16,100 second-feet (regulated) Dec. 14.
1909-45: Maximum discharge observed, 270,000 second-feet May 20, 1921 (gage height, 19.0 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum observed, 10,600 second-feet Aug. 14, 18, 20, 24-28, 30, 31, Sept. 1, 2, 5, 1931, but may have been less during period of ice effect in January 1937.
Maximum stage known, 24.7 second-feet, Riparia site and datura, June 5, 1894, determined from floodmarks by U. S. 1 Weather Bureau (discharge, 409,000 second-feet).
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of no gage-height record, which are falrV Staall diversions by pumping between this station and station at Oxbow. Large diurnal fluctuation caused by power plant on Clearwater River above Lewiston, Idaho.
10.011.012.013.0
Rating table in feet,
16,40020,10024,30029,000
, water year 1944-45 (gage height, and discharge, in second-feet)
14.015.016.016.0
34,30040,10046,30060,400
20.022.024.026.0
77,00095,600
116,000138,000
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617IB1920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
19,30019,30019,00019,30019,300
19,30020,10019,30019,30019,000
19 , 00019,00018,60019,30019,700
20,10019 , 30019,30019,30019,700
19,70019,70019,30019 , 30019,300
19,30019,30019,30019,30019,30019,700
Nov.
20,10022,10023,00023,00024,300
24,70024,70024,30023,40022,500
24,30025,10023,80023,40023,000
22,10021,70020,90020,10020,500
20,10020,10019 , 70020,50021,700
21,700£1,70021,70020,900
a20,500-
Dec.
a20,000a2 1,500a23,000a22,800a22,500
a22,20022,1002.% 00022,50021,300
19,30017,50016,40016,10016,400
16,40016,40016,40016,80017,800
20,10020,50020,10019,70019,300
19,00013,60018,60019,30019,30019,300
Jan.
19,30019,30019,30019,30019,300
10,70(120, POO27,00030,50028,500
26,50026,50032,60047,00041,300
37,20034,30032,10030,50028,500
27,00025,60023,80021,70022,500
22,50021,70021,70021,30020,90021,300
Feb.
21 ,30022 , 50023,30028,00030,000
,30,50031,60n35,40051,70055,800
49,00043,20040,10040,10040,100
40,10037,20034,90032,60031,600
30,00029,00027,50027,00026,500
26,10025,10C25,100
__-
Month
December ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
J&nuary
March. ........................ ............
May........................................
September ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
24,70025,10025,10025,10024,700
23,4no22,50023,40023,80024,300
25,60027,00030,00032,60033,200
33,70033,20032,10031,00030,500
37,20049,00051,70050,30047,000
45,10043,80043,20043,80042,60043,200
Apr.
46,30045,10043,20040,10037,700
36,600?6,60041,00051,00047,600
45,70045,10042,60040,70038,900
38,90041,30041,90044,40050,300
62,00072,50074,30077,90076,100
69,20064,40062,80062,00062,000
-
Second- foot-days
604,200
12,334,200,
589 , 300
15,523,700
May
77,90086,90099,600
115,000131,000
142,000144,000138,000132,000131,000
133,000134,000131,000129,000136,000
126,000119,000115,000109 , 000104,000
99,60097,60095,60094,600
109,000
119,000123,000124,000126,000130,000135,000
Maximum
23,000
105,600
25,100
148,000
June
137,000134,000129,000127,000123,000
138,000148,000144,000137,000134,000
128,000127,000122,000116,000112,000
103,00094,60093,60093,60005,600
99,600105,000104,00096,60093,600
93,60087,80079,70072,50068,400
-
Minimum
19,70016,100
16,100
17,100
16,100
July
62,80057,20055,10055,10056,500
54,40051,00046,30043,20040,700
38,90037,70036,60034,90034,300
33,20032,10031,00030,00029 , 000
28,00028,00025,10025,60024,700
24,30023,00022,50022,10021,70021,700
Aug.
21,70021,30020,90020,50020,100
20,10019,70019,70019,70020,100
20,10020,10020,10020,10019,700
19,70019,00018,60017,80017,800
17,80018,20018,20018,20017,800
17,10017,50017,80017,50017,50017,100
Mean
19,35022,19019,490
33,700
19,640
42,540
Sept.
17,10017,10017,10017,50017,100
17,10017,80017,80017,80018,200
17,80017 ,80017,80017,80017,800
17,10018,20019,30019,00020,100
19,30021,30023,40023,80025,100
24,70025,10023,80023,00022,500
-
Runoff in acre feet
1,190,0001,320,0001,198,000
24,460,000
1,169,000
30,800,000
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Fend Orellle Rivpr "below 2 Canyon, near Metaline Palls.
Time basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
36 TRIBUTARIES ABOVE SALT RIVER
Pacific Creek near Moran, Wyo.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°51', long. 110°31', In sec. 23, T. 45 N., R. 114W., 50 feet downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 287, half a mile above mouth, and3 miles southeast of Moran.
Drainage area.- 160 square miles. Records available.- July to November 1906 (gage heights only), July 1917 to September 1918
I no winter records), September 1944 to September 1945. Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period September 1944 to September 1945, 1,310 second-
feet June 13; maximum gage height, 3.21 feet June 1; minimum discharge not determined,occurred during period of ice effect.
1917-18, 1944-45: Maximum discharge observed, 3,030 second-feet June 15, 1918 (eageheight, 3.98 feet, former site and datum); minimum, not determined'.
Remarks.- Records good except those for Nov. 8 to Apr. 19, which are poor. No diversionor regulation.
Discharge, in a 1944
Day
Sept. 23 24 25 26
Discharge
56 55 53 53
Day
Sept. 27 28 29 30
Discharge
52 52 53 61
Note.- Mean discharge Sept. 23-30, 54.4 second-feet (runoff, 863 acre-feet).
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
16 17 181920
21222324 25
262728293031
Oct.
58555E5151
a51a51
515151
5152525255
56 59 595552
51505252 51
504847424242
Nov.
55514853
*61
6669
a65
' 45
-
Dec.
45
> 35
I 40
Jan.
> 40
> 35
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year .........
January .......................February ......................March ......................April ....... ..............May ...........................June ..........................July ..........................August .... ...................September .....................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
> 40
35
---
Second- foot-days
1,5921,5981,190
1,1701,0801,1801,742
20,30828,92012,3563,7862,924
77,846
Mar.
,
35
f")
> 40
/
Maximum
59
-
___
1O51,130
1,180662148170
1,180
Apr.
' 40
I a50
70
788787
#89 78
748391
a 100a 105
-
May
a!20184265374518
671689608725761
. 734671689725635
599 698 662644626
534502502558 680
830914870
1,0601,1301,130
Minimum
42
-
____
120635145
9572
-
June
1,1801,1501,1201,0301,14O
1,1801,1001,06O
992958
914936
' 1,1501,040
870
761 716 74382087O
9801,O701,O301,100 1,030
969925780671635
Mean
51.453.338.4
_
37.738.638.158.1
65596439912297.5
213
July
558550599617590
582582608582550
66263551O47O454
4O9374 3423O6285
260a240a220
200 192
181174167161151145
Per square mile
0.321.333.240
_
.236
.241
.238
.3634.096.022.49
.762
.609
1.33
Aug.
139136136145131
123L26134134131
118116111L09104
106 100 1OOL23
145
148134118109 142
142
a
a
121100a95110
a 100
Sept.
a85a80a80a80a8O
9195898280
7876747272
SO 98
1231041O6
134170139131123
118109958793
Runoff
Inches
0.37.37.28
_
.27
.25
.27
.404.726.722.87
.88.68
18'. 08
Ac re- feet
3,1603,1702,360
_
2,3202,1402.3403,460
40,28O57,36024,5107,5105,8OO
154,400
' '< Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a_No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations on nearby streams.h Computed from staff-gage reading.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice during period about Nov. 16 to Apr. 15 (no gage-
height record for period except Mar. 12-14; discharge computed on basis of records for stations on nearby streams)._ Time basis: Mountain war tine up to 2 i.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
me to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
TRIBUTARIES ABOVE SALT RIVER
Buffalo Fork near Moran, VJyo.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°50', long. 110°31', in sec. 26, T. 45 N., R. 114 U., ?<"> feet below bridge on county road, half a mile above mouth, 2<r miles downstream
from Lavi Creek, and 4 miles southeast of Moran. Drainage area.- 378 square miles. Records available.- July to November 1906 (gage heights only), July 1917 to September 1918 (no winter records), September 1944 to September 1945.Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period September 1944 to September 1945, 3,550 second- feet July 11 (rage height, 5.23 feet); minimum not determined, occurred during period
of ice effect. , , ,1917-18, 1944-45: Maximum discharge observed, 5,840 second-feet June lo, 1918 (gage
height, 6.78 feet, datum then in use), from discharge measurement; minimum not de termined. ,. ,.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. Ho di version or regulation.
Discharge, In second-feet
1944
Day
Sept. 15 23 24 25 26
Discharge
h!95 195 191 187 183
Day
Sept. 27 28 29 30 31
Discharge
183 180 183 216
h Discharge computed from staff-gage reading. Note.- Mean discharge Sept. 23-30, 190 second-feet
(runoff, 3,010 acre-feet). * Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
195187183180183
alSOa!78
176176173
173169169173191
204221216195187
183180180180173
169169165162165169
Nov.
183183169183
#191
195
» al90
> 140
-
Dec.
> 140
' 120
,150
>
Jan.
, 150
(-=-)
1 120
Month
October .......................November ...... ...............December ......................
Calendar year .........
January ................. . .February ......................March .........................April .................... . .May ...........................June ..................... ....July .........................August ........................September .....................
Water year 1944-45 ....
Feb.
> 140
120
--~
Second- foot days
5,6044,9143,990
-
4,2303,7604,1004,802
23,59149,49061,54018,1539,830
194,004
Mar.
' 120
; (*)
> 140
Maximum
221
_
-
___
2501,1502,9603,220
906419
3,220
Apr.
> 140
195221216
«195173
169183
a 190a210££50
May
a300f374
458559692
874935802899989
890810762786722
670754786754762
700655648670
a720
a780a850a850a940
al,050al,150
Minimum
162
_
-
___
3001,060
930383274
-
June
1,2601,4301,3801,2401,290
1,4701,3701,3101,2301,220
1,1401,2101,6701,5701,300
1,1501,0601,1001,3101,490
1,9702,3802,4902,9602,790
2,6102,5902, ISO1,7701,550
"
Mean
181164129
-
136134132160761
1,6501,985
586328
532
July
1,3901,4501,8102,2202,320
2,3902,4502,6302,7402,700
3,2203,1502,4502,3002,560
2,3602,3702,1301,9901,960
r 1,880al,760al,650f 1,5401,440
1,3601,2101,1501,0201,010
930
Per square mile
0.479.434.341
-
.360
.354
.349
.4232.014.375.251.55
.868
1.41
Aug.
827813764906729
667654750667634
582570570530504
498473443473680
778563498461524
530461389383443389
Sept.
360348338326343
389419360326310
300284279274274
274316371226316
354419354338321
316316290284305
~
Runoff
Inches
0.55.48.39
-
.42
.37
.40
.472.324.876.051.79.'97
19.08
Acre-feet
11,1209,7507,910
-
8,3907,4608,1309,520
46,79098,160
152,10036,01019,500
384,800
a No gage-height record; discharge computed
38 TRIBUTARIES APOVE SALT RIVER
Gros Ventre River at Kelly, Wyo.
Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 43°?7', long. 110°38', in sec. 11, T. 42 N., R. 115 V/., at bridge on private roacl 0.3 mile south of Kelly post office and 3 miles downstream from Tun-in free!:. Prior to 1944, staff gage at site 1 mile upstream.
Drainage area.- G22 square miles. Area at former site, 621 square miles (revised).
Records available.- June to September 1918, October 1944 to September 1945.
Extremes,~ Maximum discharge observed during year, 2,930 second-feet June 25 (gage height, 5VSo feet); minimum observed, 102 second-feet fee. 16 (gage height, 1.54 feet).
1918, 1944-45: Maximum discharge observed, 6,220 second-feet June 16, 1918 (gage height, 9.95 feet, former site and datum); minimum observed, that of Dec. 16, 1944.
Remarks.- Records good. Diversions above and below station for irrigation.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
1.5 94 3.5 818 1.8 157 4.0 1,170 2.2 259 4.5 1,620 2.6 383 5.0 2,140 3.0 545 5.7 2,950
Discharge, in -second- feet , water year October 1944 to September
Day
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct.
179 191 181 181 171
176 176 176 174 176
179 162 171 174 176
184 191 191 191 191
186 181 179 179 179
176 171 171 171 169 162
Nov.
171 181 184 186 176
191 198 196 196 194
191 18'8 181 181 179
162 152 148 139 128
130 130 128 139 134
132 136139 139 139
Dec.
141150 150 143 139
139 146 148 128
a!20
113 111 109 107 109
102 113 105 115 121
119 130 126124 111
11510V 119 132 128 136
Jan.
143 141 146 126 146
146 146 146 143 141
143 143 146 143 143
143 130 115 1S8 119
111 109 117 130 134
115 130 126 111 105 124
Sec
Feb.
134 141 146 143 130
141 134 139 143 143
141 143 148 148 134
126 130 139 136 130
121 130 126 126 113
111 107113
ond-foot-days
Octo Nove Dece
Ca
Janu Febr Hare Apri May June July Augu Sept
Ha
mber ...................
lendar year
h .........................
st ..... ..................ember . . ..................
5,515 4,868 3,856
-
4,089 3,716 4,176 4,902
22,440 45,219 34,475
9,748 8,500
ter year 1944-45 .......... 151,504
Mar.
115 119 136 139 139
113 128 124 134 126
139 136 146 148 139
128 139 143 128 146
124 128 141 146143
141 141 141 141 126 139
Maximum
191 198 150
-
146 148 148 237
1,080 2,930 1,800
431 387
2,930
Apr.
132 136 126 121 130
134 136 141 148 148
148 141 134 126 134
136 134 136 136 155
181 214 235 237 224
214 211 201 224 229
May
248 281 336 408 608
649 793 943 916 964
957 903 812 739 739
727 733 876 812 704
649 588 545 555 639
693 799 876 876 992
1,080
Minimum
162 128 102
-
105 107 113 121 248 903 446 259 251
102
June
1,280 1,280 1,310 1,210 1,130
1,180 1,160 1,170 1,110 1,040
1,070 999
1,080 1,520 1,430
1,230 1,010
903 957
1,170
1,610 2,230 2,300 2,670 2,930
2,440 2,340 2,280 1,780 1,400
Mean
178 162 124-"
132 133 135 163 724
1,507 1,112
314 283
415
1945
July
1,1801,0101,0101,210 1,500
1,650 1,410 1,530 1,490 1,530
1,500 1,800 1,630 1,380 1,320
1,240 1,210 1,150 1,080
a 1,030
971 943 937 876 715
649 588 532 496 462 446
Per square mile
0.286 .260 .199
-
.212
.214
.217
.262 1.16 2.42 1.79
.S05
.455
.667
Aug.
431 412 352 339 333
320 305 302 299 296
279 267 262 267 267
296 284 267 273 308
394 431 383 339 323
311 305 287 270 259 287
Sept.
284 276 270 259 256
259 299 373 387 359
330 308 290 267 259
256 251262 262 270
276 279 290 290 279
267 267 265 256 254
Runoff
Inches
0.33 .29 .23
-
.24
.22
.25
.29 1.34 2.70 2.06
.58
.51
9.04
Ac re- feet
10,940 9,660 7,650
-
8,110 7,370 8,280 9,720
44,510 89,690 68,380 19,330 16,860
300 , 500
a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated.Time "basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard tlir
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
TRIBUTARIES AFOVE CALT RIVER
Hoback River near Jackson, VJyo.
Location - Staff gage, lat. 43°17'55", long. 110°40'10", in sec. 32, T Cfl I! R 11S W. at Camp Creel: Camp, a quarter of a mile dovmstrean from Willow Creel- 4'miies upstream fron mouth, and 13* niles southeast of Jackson. wlllow ureek > 4 ^lles
Drainage are 564 square miles.
Records available.- November 1944 to September 1945. Julv 1917 to Sentember 1Q1 R at -i a quarter onrmlle above mouth, published as Hobacl- River nea? Chen
Extremes. - Maximum discharge observed during period Novemb
Remark^- Records fair. No regulation. Small diversions above .station for irrigation.
Rating table,'Hov. 6, 1944, to Sept. 30, I 1.45, except periods of ice effect(gage height, in feet, and lischar^e, in second-feet)(Shifting-control method used Aug. 26 to Sept. 30)
2.0 135 3.0 624 2.1 159 3.5 1,020 2.2 187 4.0 1,500 2.4 265 4.5 2,020 2.7 ' 426 4.9 2,460
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1 2 34 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct. Nov.
*240236 287 216 216
216 227
216216
187 176 170 159 159
159159 165 b!70 b!55
154 165 159 165159
Dec.
181 181 b!75 b!70 blSO
187 201 201 187 159
blSO b!40 b!40 b!40 b!40
b!30 b!40 b!30 b!40 b!50
blSO b!60 blSO blSO b!40
b!50 b!40 blSO b!70 b!60 b!70
Jan.
b!80 blSO 187 176 187
184 201 187 187 187
187-.r!87
187 181 176
181 170
blSOb!60 blSO
b!40 b!40 b!50 b!60 b!70
blSObl60 b!60 blSO b!40 blSO
Feb.
b!70 blBO b!90 b!90 blSO
blSO b!70 165 170 181
181 181 170 165
b!60
b!50 b!55 b!60 b!60 b!55
blSO b!60 b!60 blSO b!40
b!40 b!30 1
Month Second- Month foot-days
Octo Move Dece
Ca
Janu Febr Marc Apri May June July Augu Sept
Tl
mber .5
lendar year
c
ember ..................... 1
4,694 4,912
-
5,265 4,5835,223 7,625 7,344 3,800 0,142 6,879 1,279
IB period. .......
Mar.
145 159 170 181
b!75
b!40 b!50 b!50 b!60 -:M59
181 181 187 187
blSO
b!60 b!70 159 140
b!70
b!60 159 187 176 176
176 170 176 176 176 187
Maximum
240 201
-
201 190 187 555
1,710 2,390 1,900
695 451
_
Apr.
176 b!70 b!60 b!60 b!70
176 181 201 201 194
194 187 181
b!70 187
187 187 187 209 275
357 368 357346
-::-S94
325 368 436 476 555
May
681 755 966 ,190 ,540
,710 ,520 ,390 ,500 ,440
,330 ,290 ,250 ,120 ,080
,080 ,400 ,250 ,100 ,000
914850 984 984
1,040
1,120 1,190 1,190 1,350 1,500 1,690
Minimum
154 130
-
140 130 140 160 681
1,850 667 397 309
.
June
1,730 1,920 1,620 1,500 1,710
1 ,750 1,670 1,620 1,600 1,500
1,330 1,5002,060 1,730 1,500
1,250 1,290 1,600 2,060 2,170
2,370 2,390 2,310 2,370
2,260 2,090 1,750 1,600 1,270
Mean
188 158
-
170 164 168 254
1,205 1,793 1,295
544 376
_
July
,190 ,350 ,620 ,730 ,900
,750 ,810 ,830 ,750 ,670
,730 ,620 ,540 ,540 ,460
,380 ,330 ,210 ,160 ,140
1,080 1,060 1,000
948 88S
834 786 770 710 695 667
Per square mile
0.333 .280
-
.301
.291
.298
.450 2.14 3.18 2.30 .965 .667
.
Aug.
638 624 652 610583
569 652 6P4 610 569
555 559 555529 515
502 476 476 725 695
583 515 475 464 529
470 445 420 420432 397
Sept
368 368 368 368 426
439 451 432 426 426
374352 352 S57 35S
352 352 352 319 309
409 409432 352 363
352 363 Z5S 352 352
RunoffInches Acre-feet
0.31 9,310 .32 9,740
-
.35 10,440
.30 9,090
.34 10,360
.50 15,120 2.46 74,070 3.55 106,700 2.65 79,620 1.11 ' 33,480 .74 22,370
380,300
* Vlinter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis: Kountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
40 SALT RIVER BASIN
Salt River near Smoot, Wyo.
Location.- Vfater-stage recorder, lat. 42°36', long. 110°55', in sec. 7, T. 30 N., R. 118 W., li niles south of Smoot and If miles upstream from Willow Creek.
Drainage area.- 59.4 square miles.
Records available.- June 1932 to September 1945 (no winter records 1933-35, 1936-37).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 220 second-feet June 24 (gage height, 3.05 reet ); minimum daily, 5.4 second-feet Oct. 22-24, 29.
1932-45: Maximum discharge, 430 second-feet May 15, 1936, from rating curve ex tended above 200 second-feet; minimum daily recorded, 1.8 second-feet Sept. 1, 1937.
Remarks.- Tteoords good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. A few diversions above station for irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
108.98.98.68.6
8.28.28.27.97.9
7.67.67,67,67.6
7,37.37.36.66,3
6.05.45.45.46.0
6.05.75.75.45.76.0
Nov.
7.96.66.06.07.6
7.97,66.36.06.0
6.67.0*7.67.6b7.0
b6.86.87.27.67.8
8.08.48.68.48.2
8,08.28.28.18.0
Dec.
8.48.48,48.89.6
1011111110
1010*101010
109.69.09.09.0
9.09.29.29.0
8.8
8.68.68.68.68.88.8
Jan.
8.88.88,89.28.8
9.0109.49.09.0
8.88.89.08.88.8
8.89.28.89.29.0
8.68.88.68.68.8
8.68.28.08.08.08.0
Feb.
8.28.48.48.28.0
8.08.08.28.28.2
8.48.48.48.48.2
8.28.28.28.48.2
8.48.48.48.28.0
8.07.8»7.8
_.-
Month
October ....................................November ...................................December . ..................................
Calendar year 1944 . .................
January. ................................. .February ...................................March ......................................April ..................................May.. ....................................June .......................................July. ............. ........................August .......................... .........September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ....... ..............
Mar.
7.87.67.88.08.2
7.87.88.08.08.0
8.28.28.48.68.6
8.68.48.48.48.4
8.68.68.68.68.6
8.48.48.48.68.89.0
Apr.
9.08.88.68.8
*9.0
9.29.6
101010
9.89.48.88.27.6
7.06.86.86.86.6
8.98.99.28.66.6
6,67.39.2
1420-
Second foot-days
220.9222.0290.4
11,477.1
272.8229.8257.8270.1
3,6555,5292,464786423
14,620.2
May
366389
119132
148156146143138
121112115106101
102124132134127
122113108106108
113119118121ISO153
Maximum
108.8
11
193
108.49.0
201562171303519
217
June
162159162167175
201199194194204
194190198198186
174161159169182
198209217212204
194188175161143-
Minimum
5.46.08.4
4.1
8.07.87.66.6
36143361811
5.4
July
130121121129127
119116115115110
10298918280
7572686156
5151495146
423938373636
Aug.
3533323128
2828323229
2828282726
2522222628
2523212020
191818181818
Mean
7.137.409.37
31,4
8.788;218.329.00
11818479.525.414.1
40.1
Sept.
1716141414
1917141413
1312121212
1212121113
1616161515
1515151413"
Runoff in ao re- feet
438440576
22,770
540456511536
7,25010,9704,8901,560839
29,010Winter discharge measurement made on this day,
b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice,Note.- No gage-height record Nov. 17 to Apr. 19 (stage-discharge relation affected by ice during
moat of period); discharge computed on basis of 3 discharge measurements, weather records, and records for stations on nearby streams.
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SALT RIVER BASIN 41
Salt River at Wyoming-Idaho State line
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°10', long. 111°04', in sec. 16, T. 3 3., R. 46 E., just downstream from Trout Creek, half a mile upstream from mouth, and three- quarters of a mile west of Wyoming-Idaho State line.
Drainage area.- 890 square miles.
Records available.- April 1934 to September 1945. July 1917 to September 1918 at site 4 miles upstream; records not equivalent.
Average discharge.- 11 years, 663 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, £,200 second-feet June 11 (gage height, 3.81 feet;; minimum daily, 359 second-feet Mar,, 19, 20.
1934-45: Maximum discharge, 3,520 second-feet May 6, 1936 (gage height, 4.64 feet), from rating curve extended above 2,600 second-feet; minimum, 216 second-feet May 17, 1934 (gage height, 1.30 feet).
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Diversions above station for irrigation.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) (Shifting-control method used Oct. 1, 2, Sept. 19-30)
1.5 335 2.6 9701.8 435 3.4 1,7502.1 590 3.8 2,190
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
536530525525515
515510520548542
548542554560572
566560560548542
542542536536536
536536536536542542
Nov.
554554542542548
548548542542542
554548
»548542536
515495505520520
5E5515515530515
505520510500490"
Dec.
5004904954904S5
4S5485485476
b460
b410b395
*b410b410b400
b400b402b408b411b420
435458435415411
411407
b399b410
435419
Jan.
415411407403415
415419423419415
415411415419419
419415399415403
389392
b380b380b390
b388b379
374368377383
Feb.
3S9407411399392
392386389389386
386386395415407
395395389389389
386383386386380
371*374377---
Month
October. .......................... ........November. ........................ .........December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 .....................
January. ................................. .February ..................................March. .....................................April .......... ...........................MayJune .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ... ..................
Mar.
377377383374374
368374371371371
371371374371368
362365365359359
362368371374358
371374374374377380
Apr.
11
Seoond- foot-days
16,73815,87013,552
210,419
12,47210,92911,49817,65149,72053,24028,60926,08325,494
281,856
3833S33833S3383
386395427471453
448440435423419
423431444471560
712858906914818
788818906
,100,290-
May
1,3701,4701,5301,6201,710
1,8301,8301,7501,6901,670
1,6601,6201,5801,5901,490
1,4801,6901,8001,7101,680
1,6401,6301,5701,5401,510
1,5001,5001,5201,5101,5001,530
Maximum
572554500
1,360
423415383
1,2901,830E,1801,460
900940
2,180
June
1,6701,6301,5SO1,6101,710
1,7801,8401,9402,0702,100
2,1802,1202,0702,0401,990
1,9201,8401,7601,7101,660
1,6101,5801,5801,6201,680
1,6401.6401,5801,5601,530
-
Minisum
510490395
389
368371359383
1,3701,530
818780765
359
July
1,4601,3701,2601,1301,080
979938914S98842
842842S58834842
842842842842834
834850S58890882
86684283481S818826
Aug.
81S310326334810
810342374374S82
874382398390874
858334318360900
898370345320. 820
822310780780785785
Mean
540529437
575
402390371588
1,6041,775
923841850
772
Sept.
765775775780820
890930940920900
875S65845838838
840860860866850
858930906858S42
826834818795795-
Runoff in acre-feet
33,20031,480
- 26,880
417,400
24,74021,68022,S1035,01098,620
105, 60056,75051,73050,570
559,100
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Note.- No-gage-height record Aug. 19 to Sept. 18; discharge computed on basis of records for
stations on nearby streams.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
42 SALT RIVER BASIN
Cottonwood Creek near Smoot, Wyo.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°37', long. 110°53', In sec. 4, T. 30 N., R. 118 W., li miles downstream from Porcupine Creek and li miles southeast of Smoot.
Drainage area.- 26.3 square miles.
Records available.- May 1933 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 12 years, 40.0 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 238 second-feet June 26 (gage height, 2.52 feet); minimum dally, 13 second-feet Mar. 31 to Apr. 6 (gage height, 1.04 feet).
1933-45: Maximum discharge observed, 424 second-feet June 17, 18, 1933 (gage height, 3.76 feet, datum then In use), from rating curve extended above 200 second-feet; mini mum dally, S.5 second-feet Feb. 28 to Mar. 2, 1935.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. Wo diversion above station. Flow regulated by Cottonwood Lake.
Discharge, in second-feet k water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12'6
45
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
3030292928
2828272726
2626262626
26£5252524
2424242424
2323£2222222
Nov.
2222222223
2323£22121
2222222221
2121212121
2121202121
2120202020-
Dec.
2020202020
2020202020
2018
*181819
1818181818
1818191918
b!7bl818181818
Jan.
1818181818
1818181818
1717171717
1717171719
1919191919
171717171717
Feb.
1717171717
1717171717
1717171717
1616161616
1515151516
16*b!6
16__-
Month
December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
May...................................... .
September. ...................... ..........
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
1616161615
b!516151515
1515151515
1515141414
1415151414
141414141413
Apr.
1313131313
1314151514
1414141414
1414151517
1818181818
1717181921
Second- foot days
582
16,350
549
1 7591,208
17,252
May
2428313336
3842444648
4643434241
4043464747
4644434346
485050546072
Maximum
20
198
21
54
235
June
8392
100104108
121132132132135
132130137140135
126119119132157
200222225228228
235220204207184-
Minimum
17
15
33
13
July
162160180194197
194202202204204
190180167157144
137132128123119
11010410010092
898380787673
Aug.
7069696866
6565656360
6065625854
5251515756
5451494949
484746474746
Mean
18.8
44.7
141
40.3
47.3
Sept.
4443434343
5448464442
4141414040
4141414038
3838373535
3634343433
Runoff in acre-feet
1,570
1,150
32,430
906
9,1608,650
2,400
34,220
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Mote.- No gage-height record Jan. 18 to Feb. 26 (stage-discharge relation probably affected by ice
during part of period); discharge computed on basis of weather records.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SALT RIVER BASIN 43
Swift Creel: near Afton, Wyo.
Location.- Water-sta£e recorder, lat. 42°45'50", long. 110°54'00", In SEi sec. 29, T. 32 N., R. 118 W., 1 mile upstream fron nouth of canyon and lij miles east of Afton.
Drainage area.- 27.4 square miles.
Records available.- May 1943 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge '-luring year, 41E second-feet June 35 (gage height, 3.53 feet); minimum daily, 2ci second-feet Apr. 3, 4.
1945-45: Maximum discharge, 491 second-feet June 21, 1943 (gage height, 3.58 feet); minimum, 24 second-feet liar. 24, 1944 (gage height, 1.95 feet).
Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of no cage-heit.ht record, which are poor. Pipe line (capacity, about 5 second-feet) diverts water above station for town of Afton.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
5252525148
4848484S49
4848484846
464545 44
44
4242424141
414141393941
Nov.
4139383838
3738393939
3937393839
3938383837
3737363637
3737363737-
Dec.
3838383737
3839414139
3937373838
3836353535
3535363636
353E35353555
Jan.
3636353736
3744383637
3635363636
3639373838
3637383838
343535353535
Feb.
3637383636
353E353535
3536363635
3536353535
353E353534
343433---
Month
October. ........................ ......November. .............. ......... ........December . ............. .... . ....... .....
Calendar year 1944 ... ........... ......
January. ....................... ... ..... .February ........................ . . . .....March. ..................... . . ...... ...April .......................... .......May. ............................... .......June ........ . ........ ......... ......July .... .............................. ...August ........... ........ ......... ......September. .................. .........
Water year 1944-45 ..... ...............
Mar
3332333434
3233333334
3434343435
3333333334
3424343434
343333333334
Apr.
323028es29
2930333332
3130303030
3D30323439
48454442 11
4140424245-
Second- foot-days
1,4081,1351,143
£8,718
1,135937
1,038
2J643
6^6292 , 6131,675
28,890
May
4649556679
8186838188
OBSB883B86
3393939390
as86836686
90909396
1LO131
Maximum
524141
407
4438354813140132510781
401
June
157L77L91191191
195216220216220
2132O6228
195
165151151187261
353355401389389
36E365265210108-
Minimum
393635
30
3433 zp
OQ
461511O96751
28
July
138143210277293
2342652973173E5
3173212932S1234
234220207197L90
180197190194168
L46133121109109109
Aug.
107107105102100
9696969490
8589878074
7170676778
8181818380
838074737170
Mean
45 4
36 '.9
78.5
36.62l*c
v' ~\
85.324121484.562.5
79.2
Sept.
6768676568
8178716765
6363646160
6364646460
5858575656
5655535251
Runoff in acre- feet
2,7902,2502,270
56,960
2 2501^9602,oeoe , 090
14|33013,1505,190 3,720
57,300
3-15, Sept. 11-30; discharge computed on basis of
:andard time thereafter.
756837 O - 47 - 4
44 HENRYS FORK BASIN
Henrys Fork near Lake, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°36', long. 111 021', In SWi sec. 26, T. 15 N., K. 43 &., a quarter of a mile downstream from Henrys Lake Dam and 4 miles south of former Lake post office. Datum of gage Is 6,450.62 feet above mean sea level, levels by Bureau of Reclamation (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, bench mark).
Drainage area.- 104 square miles, Including that of Dry Creek Basin.
Records available.- September 1922 to September 1945. May 1920 to September 1922 at site 3 miles nownstream and below mouth of Dry Creek, floodwaters of which have been di verted Into Henrys Lake since 1923.
Average discharge.- 25 years, 46.0 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 369 second-feet July 27 (gage height, 3.22 feet); minimum dally, 2 second-feet October to December (leakage through reservoir gates).
1920-45: Maximum discharge, 907 second-feet June 13, 1926 (gage height, 5.40 feet); minimum, 0.1 second-foot Oct. 3-31, 1937.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. Flow regulated by Henrys Lake (see p. 53), gates of which remained closed Oct. 1 to July 26. Water flowed over spillway at dam June 11 to July 26.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by North Fork Reservoir Co.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
2----
.----
_----
.----
----
t2
_-----
Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December . ..................................
Calendar year 1944 .................... .
January .................................. .February. ............................ ... .March. ............................... .....April. ....................... .............If AVmay ........................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September. ................... .............
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar. Apr.
t5
Second- foot-days
626062
26,017
9384124150155
3,4277 197i.'esi
13,800
May
t4
Maximum
_
44S
6335531065
355
June
gc
6810
121416IS20
3025
t202019
1817161616
1720243037
4251535763-
Minimum
_
£
E6Cee
£
July
6063687275
7776767571
7172747573
7171727276
SOSO777373
73192355341326317
Aug.
310306301299296
28S2S72832S1279
279279276276274
274274270270270
270269227117129
12811176666666
Mean
2g
2
71.1
33455
23.5111
56.0
37. S
Sept.
6557575757
5757565655
5656565658
5555555555
5555555555
5555555555
Runoff in acre-feet
1 rt* .IcO
119123
51,610
184167246298307
1,400 6 jSOO
3)33027,380
t Result of discharge measurement.Note.- No gage-height record Oct. 2 to June 19, Sept. 16-30; discharge computed on basis of 4 dis
charge measurements and occasional gage readings (mean discharges only October to May). No inflow from Dry Creek above station during year; flow allowed to enter old channel which enters Henrys Pork below station.
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
HE1RYS FORK BASIN
Island Park Reservoir near Island Park, Idaho
45
Location.- Electric tape gage, lat. 44°25', long. 111°24', In gatehouse shaft at dam on Henrys Fork, a quarter of a mile south of quarter corner between sees. 28 and 29, T.
2 miles west of Reclamation).
Drainage area.- 478 square miles.
Records available.- November 1938 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum contents observed during year, 137,805 acre-feet June 8 (elevation, 6,303:32 feet); minimum observed, 51,890 acre-feet Oct. 10 (elevation, 6,289.28 feet).
1938-45: Maximum contents observed, that of June 8, 1945: minimum observed after first filling of reservoir, 16,855 acre-feet Sept. 27, 1940 (elevation, 6,274.22feet).
Remarks.- Reservoir Is formed by earth-fill, rock-faced dam. Storage began llov. 15, 1938. Capacity, 127,265 acre-feet between elevations 6,239 feet (normal low-water level with outlet gates open) and 6,302 feet (crest of spillway). Natural flow passing through reservoir when outlet gates are open prevents withdrawal of storage to elevation 6,230 feet (sill of lower outlet). Dead storage negligible. Water Is used for Irrigation of lands in Fremont-Madison Irrigation district between Ashton and Rexburg. Gage read at 8 a.m. Contents given herein are computed from elevations at that time; all available for release.
Cooperation.- Reservoir elevations and capacity table furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Contents, in acre-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
52,01052,13052,16552,24552,165
52,01051,93051,93051,93051,890
51,93051,93051,93051,93051,930
51,97052,01052,01052,01052,010
52,01052,01052,01052,01052,010
52,01052,01051,89051,89051,93052,010
Nov.
52,01052,20552,20552,24552,285
52,28552,16552,01051 ,97052,010
52,01052,09052,13052,05052,010
52,84553,61054,42555,30056,095
56,86057,64058,47559,31560,215
60,99061,82562,85063,61564,385
-
Dec.
65,21066,04566,94067,35068,565
69,28570,11570,90571,64572,340
73,10073,86074,63075,41076,190
76,86577,54578,11573,92079,845
80,60581,370
_83,03083,870
84,66085,26085,99066,73087,53588,405
Jan.
89,21589,97590,66591,365P2 , 17,0
92,90093,61094,32595,04095,760
96,48597,14597,87598,81099,480
100,490101,100101,845102,460103,215
103,905104,595105,290105,775106,475
107,175107,810108,590109,300109,800110,440
Feb.
111,375112,240112,965113,840114,500
115,450116,185117,000117,740113,560
119,160119,910120,590121,270121,955
122,565123,170123,860124,475125,245
125,865126,485127,030127,655128,200
128,830129,380: 29. 775
__-
Mar.
130,170130,435130,800131,115131,355
131,515131,515131,590131,590131,670
131,670131,670131,750131,830132,070
132,070132,230132,150132,070131,990
131,910131,910131,910132,150131,990
131,990132,310132, sin132,310132,150131,990
Apr.
132,070131,990131,990131,990131, Q10
131,910131,910131,910132,470132,470
132,390132,550132,550132,550132,550
132,470132,470132,310132,230132,310
132,310132,470132,630132,790132,790
132,790132,790132,870132, R70133,030
-
Hay
133,190133,430133,910134,880136,175
136,825136,745136,420136,095135,770
135,690135,690136,175136,420136,580
136,340136,340136,260136,175136,015
135,690135,690135,770135,690135,285
135,125135,125134,960134,960134,680134,880
June
134,880134,880134,880135,450136,015
136,500137,720137,805137,560137,560
137,070136,665136,260135,690135,285
135,285135,285135,285135,285135,125
135,045135,045134,800134,800134,800
134,880135,045135,045134,980135,125
-
July
135,045134,880134,800134,475134,315
134,155133,910133,910133,830133,750
133,590133,590133,750133,510133,670
133,750133,190133,510133,590133,510
133,110132,710132,150131,670130,960
129,930128,985127,965127,265125,795126,175
Aug.
125,165124,090123,020122,110120,970
119,760118,860113,115117,295116,555
115,815115,080114,715114,135113,405
112,890112,240111,520110,800110,870
110,300109,655109,230108,660107,950
107,245106,545105,845105,360104,250103,765
Sept.
102,730101,23599,68097,94096,155
94,58593,09591,49089,78588,215
86,23584,35582,25580,43078,345
76,47074,91072,18069,18066,345
63,71061,82559,54057,12056,775
56,95056,90556,77556,77556,775
-
Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Calendar year 1944....
Sept. 30.................
Water year 1944-45....
Elevation (feet)
-
6 299 75
6 302 99
6,290.47
-
Contents (acre-feet)
-
56,775
-
Change In contents during month (acre-feet)
-34,845
+245
-46,990
+4,845
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
46 HENRYS FORK BASIN
Henrys Fork near Island Park, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°25", long. 111°24', in SWi sec. 28, T. 13 N., R. 43 E., an eighth of a mile upstream from Buffalo River, an eighth of a mile downstream from Island Park Dam, and 2 miles west of Island Park. Altitude of gage, 6,225 feet(from river-profile map).
Drainage area.- 478 square miles.
Records available.- January 1935 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 12 years, 488 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,380 second-feet June 8 (gage height, 5.72 feet); minimum daily, 6 second-feet Nov. 16 to Dec. 7.
193&-45: Maximum discharge, 2,580 second-feet June 1, 1943 (gage height, 5.96 feet); minimum daily, 1 second-foot Nov. 16 to Dec. 7, 1938.
Remarks.- Records good. Flow regulated by Henrys Lake (see p. 53) and Island Park Reservoir (see p. 45).
Cooperation.- Gage-height record and five discharge measurements furnished by Bureau ofReclamation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
468468500555560
525490481481481
481476476i?6472
468468468468468
468468468468468
463458450440440440
Nov.
440436486540555
5555554°5463463
525575575575195
66666
66666
66666
-
Dec.
66666
66777
77777
77777
77777
788888
Jan.
88819
9Q
999
99999
99999
99999
9999S9
Feb.
9991010
1010101010
111111111111111111111111111656
90125150__-
Month
October ......................... ..........November . ........................ .........December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ........... .......
January .................................. .February ...................................March. ........................ ............April. ....................... .............May........................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .................. ..................September. .................. ............
Water year 1944-45 ... ............. ....
Mar.
167184206234246
258258270278278
278282294S10328
S28337337S32328
3283S2337346342
3463643603643503RO
Apr.
Second- foot days
14,7617,523
215
232,968
276677
9,35212,23226,46229,27221,96232 52241^052
196,306
Hote.- Discharge Nov. 16 to Feb. 28 computed on basisTime basis ; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30,
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
351346351351351
3553RD355400404
400418409400400
400396396396404
418436445458458
458463472486504-
May
524557650797976
1,0701,050986930910
935935961971971
971992956920885
851851821826802
758733713704723733
Maximum
560575
8
1,830
9150364504
1,0701,8801,0801,2002,010
2,010
June
73374375S811890
1,0101,5601,8801,6001,720
1,4901,3201,2501,15089S
816806797782772
76275872S723728
738762762753772-
Minimum
44066
6
89
167346524723533860610
6
July
753733694674635
610591581567562
548552562567567
576567538533658
787743748811915
956961956940997
1,080
Aug.
1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,
1,1,
Mean
476251
6.9
637
8.924.2
302408854976708
1,0491,368
538
of once-daily staff -gage readings1945; mountain standard time the
190190190190190
190200190130050
050050050040040
050050040050040
040050997860865
S65S60660915020020
Sept.
1,1801,3301,3301,3301,330
1,3301,3201,3201,3201,420
1,5201,5201,5201,5001,500
1,5001,7602,0102,0001,980
1,9601,9501,9401,210
684
689704655630610-
Runoff in acre-feet
29,28014,920
426
462,100
5471,340
18,55024,26052,49058,06043,56064,51081,420
389,400
reafter.
1EIIKYS FORK BASIN 47
Henrys Fork at Warm River, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°07', long. 111°20', in sec. 12, T. 9 II., R. 43 E., 1,000 feet upstream from Warm River and half a nile northwest of Warm River rail road station. Altitude of gage, 5,255 feet (from river-profile map).
Drainage area^- 660 square miles.
Records avallab]e.- September 1910 to March 1915, April 1918 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 31 years (1910-14, 1918-45), 982 second-feet.
Extremes.- Ilaximum discharge during year, 3,290 second-feet June 8 (gage height, 7.40 feet); minimum, 1^65 second-feet Dec. 10 (gage height, C.30 feet).
1910-15, 1918-45: Maximum discharge, 3,540 second-feet Hay 18, 1927 (gage height, 7.55 feet); minimum, 218 second-feet Jan. 19, 1940 (gaga height, 5.17 feet).
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. Flnw regulated by Henrys Lake (see p. 53 ) and Island Park Reservoir (see p. 45 ). Some water diverted above station for irrigation of meadows on headwaters.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
829820840880910
910880850840840
850860870870870
860850845840835
830820815810810
811811811805805817
Nov.
847847878943
1,020
1,010995995891898
9301,0301,0501,020976
458408386399430
417- 408394410400
410420400390395-
Dec
399426430417408
412430430318338
408435435430417
408408399412480
444430346412430
417412399408399386
Jan.
374390408404408
412412408412412
417417417417417
422412350412374
334378422510435
394408422412390422
Feb.
435440440435417
394426417412399
404399417426358
390412408382422
354404417358346
394444545_..-
Month
October. .................. ................November ....................... . ........December .............. ..................
Calendar year 1944 ......... ............
January ....................... ..........February .......................... . . ...March. ...... .............. ...............April ............... ............. . . . . .Mnvmay .............................. .......June ................................ . ....July... ............................... ....August ................................ ...September. ..... ....... ............... .
Hater year 1944-45 ....... ......... ....
Mar.
545565605658636
691697703715739
739721739757769
757775781757751
745751781805769
763781781775763757
Apr.
763721733715715
715727733817793
793805781745751
751751745745775
817859891891878
884910976
1,0501,150
-
Second- foot days
£6,094SO, 45512, "OS
388,903
12,62211,49522,57124,38046,30048,22034,66845,07054,160
358,758
May
1,2301,3801,5601,5501,640
1,7201,7401,6401,5501,510
1,6801,6301,6601,7301,680
1,6401,7501,6701,5801,530
1,4201,4201,4201,4301,370
1,2801,2301,1901,1501 ,1 P 01,160
Maximum
9101,050
480
2,180
510545805
1,1501,7503,0501,3901,6602,700
3,050
June
1,1701,1801,1901,3401,470
1,7102,3103,0502,7802,780
2,5502,1602,OCO1,8701,680
1,3901,3601,3101,3101,270
1,2501,2301,2001,1801,160
1,2001,2701,2701,2601,310
-
Minimum
b05386318
318
334346545715
1,1501,160
9241,2301,050
318
July
1,2601,2101,1801,1401,120
1,0801 , 0501,0301,010995
982988
1,010982S76
988988969936924
1,1701,1301,0901,1501,200
1,3701,3401,3601,3401,3201,390
Aug.
1,5901,6201,6601,6501,620
1,6301,6EO1,6601,6501,440
1,4301,4301,4301,4301,430
1,4301,4301,4301,4601,500
1,4501,4001,3301,2501,240
1,2301,2301,2301.S301,4401,470
Mean
842682410
1,063
407411728813
1,4941,6071,1181,4541,805
983
Sept.
1,5701,6801,7501,7501,750
1,7501,8001,7301,7101,720
1,8501,9001,9001,9001,900
1,9202,1502,4002.40O2,400
2,5502,7002,4001,9001,150
1,1601,1501,1001,0701,050
-
Runoff in acre-feet
51,76040,57025,240
771,400
25,04022,80044,77048,36091,84095,64068,76089,400107,400
711,600
Note.- No gage-height record Oct. 2-25, Nov. 24-30, Aug. 14-23, Aug. 31 to Sept. 30; dischar computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for stations near Island PST-I: and nea Ishton.
Time basis; Mountain war time to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter, ro convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
48 lENRYS FORK BASIN
Henrys Fork near Ashton, Idaho
Location.- V/ater-stafe recorder, lat. 44°05', long. 111°30 1 , in sec. 28, T. 9 N., R. 42 £., a quarter of a rille downstream from power plant and 3 miles west of Ashton. Alti tude of gage, 5,095 feet (from river-profile map).
Drainage area.- 1,030 square miles.
Records available.- August 1902 to June 1909, April 1920 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 26 years (1903-8, 1924-45), 1,267 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,580 second-feet June 8 (gage height, 7.88 reet); minimum, 174 second-feet (regulated) Feb. 12 (gage height, 4.99 feet): minimum daily, 515 second-feet Dec. 18.
1902-9, 1920-45: Maximum discharge, 6,220 second-f&et May 7, 1925; minimum, 65 second-feet (regulated) Oct. 16, 1935 (gage height, 4.59 feet): minimum daily, 440 second-feet Dec. 5, 1931.
Remarks.- Records excellent. Flow regulated by power plant above station and by Henrys Lake (see p. 53) and Island Park Reservoir (see p. 45). Some water diverted above station for irrigation of meadows on headwaters.
Cooperation.- Oage-heigK record during nonirrigatlon season furnished by Utah Power &Light Co.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12
Oct.
1,1601,140
3 1,13045
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
1,1601,240
1,2401,4801,1601,1601,130
1,1401,1501,1801,1801,200
1,1801,1801,1701,1301,140
1,1301,1401,1401,1301,100
1,1001,1001,1201,1201,1101,100
Nov.
1,1201,1301,2301,2101,420
1,3501,2901,2501,2301,130
1,2501,3801,4001,3501,260
703645645676719
703659659775669
678754725647669~
Dec.
731723723715644
720707706588518
666677677675639
706666515665738
718770598665738
696718646718707686
Jan.
676707707707707
718707836704697
705714715715725
736700617697638
61760465S69S6SO
679663686687664722
Feb.
751843715722721
716721738721713
715,'714721729704
669719703693703
655693712662632
677752788-_-
Month
October. ...............................
December. .................................
Calendar year 1944 ...................
May. ......... .............................
September .............. . .................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
812850930923923
917992955
1,0401,010
1,0601,0101,0101,0701,080
1,0901,0501,0801,0601,070
1,0401,0501,0901,1301,110
1,0301,OSO1,0801,0801,0501,070
Apr.
1,040982
1,030959984
1,0501,0201,0201,0501,120
1,0601,1601,0901,0501,030
1,0301,050,030,050,OSO
,170,240
1,2801,2101,240
1,2401,3201,3601,4SO2,140
-
Second- foot-days
21,059
521,190
21,48620,00231,792
71, 47069,74048,23057,39067,510
508,510
May
2,4402,0202,2SO2,3002,440
2,5902,6302,4702,4202,420
2,4902,4202,5302,6SO2,570
2,4402,7002,5502,4202,380
2,1602,1602,1602,2402,140
1,9601,9401,9001,8601,880
1,880
Maximum
770
2,510
836S43
1,130
a, 7004,1001,S302,1003,190
4,100
June
1,8801,8401,8602,0402,220
2,6103,4404,1003,7603,790
3,4902,9702,8202,6602,380
2,OSO2,0001,9401,9001,860
1,7701,8101,7501,7501,700
1,7501,8601,8601,S302,020
-
Minimum
515
515
604632812
1,S601,7001,3401,6101,3SO
515
July
1,8301,7001,6501,6301,560
1,5301,4701,4701,4401,440
1,4201,4201,4701,4201,450
1,4501,4401,3901,3601,340
1,6001,5601,5201,5801,600
1,7701,7301,7501,7501,7201,770
Aug.
1,9602,0402,1002,1002,040
2,0202,0602,0602,0401,330
1,8301,8101,8401,7901,770
1,8301,8301,7701,8601,920
1,8601,7901,8101,6601,610
1,6301,6101,6101,6101,8401,860
Mean
679
1,424
714
2,325
1,8512,250
1,393
Sept.
1,8302,14O2,2002,8002,200
2,2002,2402,1202,1602,140
2,3402,34O2,3202,3002,320
2,3402,4202,8902,9102,860
2,9703,1903,0802,8901,610
1,5001,5501,4801,3901,380
-
Runoff in acre- feet
41,770
1,034 ,.000
39,670
138,300
113,800133,900
1,009,000
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3O, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter, o convert war tiire to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
HENRYS FORK BASIN 49
Diversions fron Henrys Fork between Ashton and St. Anthony gaging stations, Idaho
Between Ashton and St. Anthony gaging stations seven canals divert water from Henrys Fork for irrigation. Records available each irrigation season from 1919 to 1945. Dis charge of canals computed from daily or biweekly staff-gage readings, or interpolated, and combined to show total diverted flow. Records good.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1
4
6
910
111213
15
16
1819
2122232425
262728293031
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year .................. ...
March. .....................................
Bay........................................
September. .................................
Mar. Apr.
Seoond- foot-days
16 ,621
-
May
64164767677377S
8269279559S2
1,010
1,1101,1001,OSO1,0701,070
1,0601,070
867S59998
99299999g9S6759
913944979999
1,0101,O3O
Maximum
842
-
June
1,070i.oso1,0901,1101,060
969751747738712
6826597006S6673
735762S32984
1,070
1,1001,1601,1901,1601,130
1,1001,110
9347937S2-
Minimum
31S
-
July
779778822878906
907961986995999
984946940931873
873860896870861
921825826
1,0401 ,040
1,080973
1,1001,1301,0601,100
Aug.
,110,150,160,1OO,060
,O1O,OOO966838845
833837823804810
794786829801799
784770768756747
780815910SB 9894836
Mean
554
-
Sept.
842807806759763
763771690682673
636616611613574
534506509516494
478353349344342
318318318313318-
Runoff in acre-feet
32,970
257 ,300
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3o, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
t'O IIE'RYS FORK BASIN
Henrys Fork at St. Anthony, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 4G°58', long. 111°41', in sec. 1, T. 7 N., R. 40 E., hcJf a mile upstream from bridge on main street of St. Anthony. Altitude of gage, 4,950 f?et (from river-profile map).
prilna^e arei.- 1,750 square miles.
Records available.- March 1919 to September 1945 (irrigation seasons only).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge recorded during year, 7,480 second-feet June 8 (gage height, 6.G1 feet); minimum recorded, 667 second-feet July 21 (gage height, 3.10 feet); mini mum daily recorded, 684 second-feot July 20.
i:<19~i5: Maximum discharge recorded, 9,030 second-feet May 8, 1925 (gage height, 6.70 feet); nininum daily recorded, 413 second-feet July 22, 1931.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are t'ojd. Diversions above station for irrigation. Flow regulated by power plant 17 miles above station and by Henrys Lake (see p. 55), Island Park Reservoir (see p. 45), and Grassy Lake (see p. 53).
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
tl,600
Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
October. ...................................November , . . . .................... .........December ............................... ...
Calendar year ......................
January ...'.......................... .... .February ...................................March. ...... ..............................April. .....................................May. .......................................June ............ ..........................July ................ ......................August ............. . .....................September. .................. .............
The period. .............. . ..............
Mar. Apr.
Second- foot-days
.__
103,510102,970
37,78838,30662 , 590
-
May
2,3402,4703,0603,4304,010
4,4204,6904,0104,0304,010
4,1104,0103,9004,3503,800
3,4003,7803,7003,3302,990
2,5202,2702,2903,1803,130
2,9202,8002,6302,6302,7202,580
Maximum
___
4,6906,6102,8201,4903,430
-
June
2,5602,4702,4502,5802,940
- 3,9805,7206,6106,1006,160
5,4704,4804,1604,1403,600
2,7502,4002,2502,2102,210
2,2302,3402,4002,4702,610
2,6103,4003,4002,8903,380
-
Minimum
___
2,2702,210
684962
1,310
-
July
2,8202,4502,1002,1702,100
1,7501,5101,4201,3101,220
1,1901,1501,070
962994
1,0101,010
887767684
767876796739776
866897908887856846
Aug.
9621,0301,1201,3101,260
1,2201,2801,3701,3801,250
1,1901,2001,2401,2201,220
1,2501,2501,1501,2601,490
1,4801,3801,3701,2901,240
1,2901,1501,040
9941,1201,300
Mean
___
3,3393,4321,2191,2362,086
-
Sept.
1,3101,5101,6601,6601,660
1,7001,8401,9001,7701,730
1,9402,0202,0402,0202,080
2,0602,1002,6502,7502,720
2,8903,4303,2303,110
62,000
1,820al,840al,780al,700al,670
-
Runoff in acre- feet
___
205,300204,20074,95075,980
124,100
684,500
t Result of discharge measurement.a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations near Ashton and near
Rexburg.Time- basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
HENRYS FORK PAS IN51
Diversions from Henrys Fork between St. Anthony and Rexburg gap-in^ stations, Idaho
Retween St. Anthony and Rexburg gating stations four canals divert water from Henrys Fork for irrigation. Records available for part of each irrigation season from IJ'10 to 1945. Discharge of canals computed from daily or biweekly staff-gage readings, or inter polated, and combined to show total diverted flow. Records good.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
67Q
910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
October. ...... ... . . ....... .............November. ........................ ........December. ......... ... ....................
Calendar year ......................
January ..................................February ............... ...... ............March.. ... ....... .................. ....April .................. ... ...... ........May. ........... ... .......................June ......... ..... .... ..................Jnly. ............. ...... .................August ................. ...... ............September .......... ........... ...........
Thf period. .......,.........
Mar. Apr. May
484659662684664
690699690704691
842844876878873
917882865877877
640850822613810
801809553608616637
Second- uax i mum foot-days Maximum
3_
£3,517 91724,665 1,10022,653 90318,974 83511,976 697
_
June
767897997
1,0401,100
1,020732726686637
640652675654653
744808896915993
1,0201,0401,0501,000
978
838737644644462-
Minimum
484462569372187
_
July
586656710740735
760759763813813
764704596608629
659621618569644
587815780772766
867636903890878812
Aug.
835814777727622
64165637C532528
541550591524536
555565550593591
5875285.34561582
600665494776764783
Mean
759822731612399
_
Sept.
697680663542533
563570531529529
536548471474461
422410415290
202191189187187
187187187187187-
Runoff in acre feet
46,64048,92044,93037,63023,750
SOI ,900
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
52 HENRYS FORK BASIN
Henrys Fork near Rexburg, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°50', long. 111°54', in sec. 30, T. 6 N., R. 39 ETTjust downstream from highway bridge, downstream from all tributaries, and 7 miles west of Rexburg. Altitude of gage, 4,807 feet (from river-profile map).
Drainage area.- 3,010 square miles.
Records available.- April 1909 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 37 years (1908-45), 1,909 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,910 second-feet June 11 (gage height, 9.58 feet;; minimum, 781 second-feet Jan. 22, Aug. 1.
1909-45: Maximum discharge, 9,490 second-feet June 29, 1927 (gage height, 9.90 feet); minimum, 183 second-feet Mar. 24-28, 1934 (gage height, 1.45 feet).
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Flow regu lated by operation of power plant at Ashton and by Hettrys Lake (see p. 53), Island Park Reservoir (see p. 45), and Grassy Lake (see p. 53). Many diversions above station for irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1P.345
67fi9
10
1112131415
16171R1920
2122?3?425
?6?7Z8?9.1031
Oct.
1,6101,5901,5701,5401,570
1,6201,6401,7101,560.1,560
1,5201,5201,5001,5501,550
1,5901,6201,6501,6601,620
1,6301,6401,7101,7101,690
1,6501,6401,6601,6701,6701,690
Nov.
1,7101,7501,7801,8301,840
2,1302,1602,0302,0601,980
1,9001,9602,0902,0902,080
2,0101,5301,4701,43O1,410
1,4601,4401,3301,4701,520
1,3801,4201,5001,4201,390
-
Dec.
1,4601,5101,4801,4801,530
*1,2701,3801,3601,2901,140
1,1101,360
bl,420bl,440bl, 450
bl,430bl,450bl,420bl,320til, 440
bl,500bl,470bl,490til, 400hi, 420
bl,450bl,400bl,410bl,370bl, 420bl,400
Jan.
bl,380bl,360bl,370bl,370
*bl,370
bl,370bl,370bl, 400bl,470bl,350
bl,350bl,350bl,350bl,350bl,370
1,3901,3601,2601,2001,210
1,180843963
1,1301,240
1,2701,1701,1401,1701,3101,190
Feb.
1,2901,4301,5501,4601,430
1,390*1,3601,3701,4801,380
' 1,3701,3301,3201,3401,300
1,2601,2201,2501,2001,220
1,1801,1601,2201,2001,150
1,0901,1801,240
__-
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
May........................................
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
1,2901,3601,4401,4801,450
1,4301,5001,5201,5401,550
1,5801,6501,9202,2302,070
1,9001,8401,8201,7701,740
1,7101,7401,8302,0201,920
1,8301,7901,7601,7001,6301,610
Apr.
1,5601,5501,5201,5101,470
1,5001,5001,5501,6801,770
1,6301,6001,5701,4801,400
1,3501,3201,3601,3701,390
1,6201,8302,0202,0501,870
1,7301,6901,7201,8001,920
Second- foot-days
51,72043,470
656,327
39,60636,37052,67048,330
119,290142,42064,18047,80475,280
771,250
May
2,6602,6902,7403,1303,490
3,9904,5004,6704,5004,350
4,3604,4404,4404,4304,700
4,3904,0404,2704,2303,960
3,6303,2603,2903,2003,760
3,7903,6403,6903,6503,5903,610
Maximum
1,7102,1601,530
5,390
1,4701,5502,2302,0504,8707,8505,2401,9403,960
7,850
June
3,5403,3103,2203,2403,360
3,9405,2206,3807,6407,830 .
7,3507,5506,9306,5706,420
5,9304,8704,0703,5203,160
2,9902,9202,9503,0403,370
3,6404,0404,8405,0405,040
-
Minimum
1,5001,3801,110
680
8431,0901,2901,3202,6602,920
808786
1,530
786
July
5,2404,6103,3903,2803,170
2,9902,7102,4602,3402,170
2,1502,2102,2302,0501,940
1,9601,9701,9101,7101,510
1,3701,2501,2101,1701,130
1,090996904867885808
Aug.
736855963
1,1901,430
1,4601,4201,7601,9101,920
1-,8301,8001,3101,3301,810
1,7301,7201,6401,5501,700
1,9201,9401,8901,7801,580
1,5601,5101,3201,030
9501,160
Mean
1,6161.7241,402
1,793
1,2781,2991,6991,6113,8484,7472,0701,5422,509
2,113
Sept.
1,5301,6101,3101,8901,910
1,9202,0402,1502,0302,020
2,1102,2402,3002,3302,350
2,3902,4302,5902,9403,120
3,2703,6203,9303,9603,670
2,8302,7002,6302,5302,430
-
Runoff in ao re-feet
99.390102,60086,220
1,302,000
78,56072,140
104,50095,860
236,600282, 500127,30094,820
149,300
1,530,000
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. Time basis ; Mountain war time "P to 2 a.m., Sept. 30,
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour. -1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
HEIJRYS FORK BASIN 53
Smaller Reservoirs in Henrys Fork Basin
Henrys Lake.- Staff gage, lat. 44°36', long. Ill 0 21', at dam on Henrys Fork in SWi sec. 26, T. 15 N., R. 43 E., 4 miles south of former Lake, Idaho, post office. Datum of ga^e is 6,457.16 feet above mean sea level (levels by Bureau of Reclamation). Drainage area, 104 square miles, including that of Dry Creek. Records available, June 1923 to September 1945 (fragmentary). Maximum contents observed during year, 82,349 acre-feet July 4 (gage height, 15.47 feet); minimum, 55,776 acre-feet Oct. 1. Maximum contents observed during period 1925-45, 82,927 acre-feet June 28, 1944 (gage height, 15.56 feet); minimum observed, 140 acre-feet Nov. &, 1934 (gage height, 0.03 foot).
Reservoir is formed on natural lake by concrete dam; storage began Sept. 21, 1922; dam completed July 1323. Capacity, 79,351 acre-feet between gage heights 0.0 foot (normal low-water level of Henrys Lake prior to construction of dam) and 15.0 feet (top of 5-foot flashboards on spillway). Floodwaters of Dry Creek are diverted into Henrys Lake at times (none diverted during water year 1944-45). Water used for irri gation near St. Anthony. Gage read once daily about 9 a.m. during period of storage withdrawal and only occasionally during remainder of year. Records given herein repre sent usable contents. Gage-height record and capacity table furnished by north Fork Reservoir Co.
Grassy Lake.- Mercury pressure gage, lat. 44°08', long. 110°49', in gatehouse at dan on Grassy Creek, approximately in sec. 7, T. 48 U., R. 116 W. (unsurveyed), half a riile upstream from mouth and 24 miles northwest of Moran, Wyo. Datum of gage is at nean sea level (levels by Bureau of Reclamation). Drainage area, 12 square miles, including basin of Cascade Creek, from which water is diverted into Grassy Lake. Records availa ble, October 1939 to September 1945. Maximum contents observed during year, 15,368 acre-feet June 10-14 (elevation, 7,210.60 feet); minimum observed, 6,417 acre-feet Oct. 1, 2 (elevation, 7,177.40 feet). Maximum contents observed during period 1939-45, 15,446 acre-feet July 2, 1943 (elevation, 7,210.85 feet); no contents Oct. 2-5, 1940.
Reservoir is formed by earth-fill, rock-faced dam; storage began Oct. 18, 1939. Capacity, 15,182 acre-feet between elevations 7,135.0 feet (sill of trash rack) and 7,210.0 feet (crest of spillway) above mean sea level. Water is used for irrigation of lands in Fremont-Madison irrigation district, Idaho. Gage read once daily about 7 a.m. Records given herein represent usable contents. Gage-height record and capaci ty table furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Monthly elevatio or gage heights and contents, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Sept.30. ......................
Henrys Lake
Gage height (feet)
11.18
-
34.40 15.44 14.80 12.84
-
Contents (acre- feet)
55,896 a58 , OOO a60,600 a61,7OO
-
a62,000 a65,800 a68,300 aVl.OOO 75,570 82,1S7 78,090 65,890
a64,200
-
Change in contents
during month (acre-feet)
+2,104 +2,600 +1,100
-17,146
+30O 3,800 2,500 2,700 4,570 6,587
-4 , 067 -12,200 -1,690 '
+8,304
Orassy Lake
Elevation (feet)
7,177.40 7,179.30 7,181.45 7,183.65
-
7,185.45 7,187.50 7,189.05 7,190.45 7,203.05 7,210.25 7,210.05 7,210.00 7,204.15
-
Contents (acre- feet)
6,417 6,854 7,351 7,879
-
8,317 8,829 9,218 9,582
13,071 15,260 15,198 15,182 13,400
-
Change in contents
during month, (acre-feet)
+ 437 +497 +528
-6,993
+ 438 + 512 +389 + 364
+3,489 +2,189
-62 -16
-1,782
4-6,983
a Wo gage-height record; Time basis: Mountain wai
o convert war time to star
terpolated.2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945;
subtract 1 hour.mountain standard time thereafter.
54 HENRYS FORK BASIN
Diversions from Fall River above gaging station, near Squirrel, Idaho
Above Squirrel gaging station two canals divert water from Fall River for Irrigation. Records available for part of each irrigation season from 1919 to 1945. Discharge of canals computed from daily or biweekly staff-gage readings, or interpolated, and combined to show total diverted flow. Records good.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
J>122232425
2627282.93031
Oct. Nov. Dec Jan. Feb.
Month
December. ..................................
Calendar year ........... ..........
April. ...................... ....May.
July Augu September. .............. .... .............
The pprlod. ......... .....................
Mar. Apr.
Seoond- foot-days
___
0 1,2104,567 3,660 1,469
-
May
00000
0o000
00000
0o000
00000
000000
Maximum
___0
106179 1S2 68
-
June
00000
00000
00000
0506080100
100104104106106
8686767676-
Minimum
___0 0
72 67 39
-
July
7372748496
116136166166164
164162162160160
159154158158163
158152157162163
163165168176177179
Aug.
177175177175155
165167182133132
1291221S2124107
1S1120124151141
7471706871
686867676770
Mean
____
0 40.3
147 118 49.0
-
Sept.
6866666664
6857565656
5555544242
4040404040
3944414039
3939393939-
Runoff in aore-feet
____
0 S,4009,060 7,260 2,910
21,630
Time basis ! Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
HENRYS TORK BASIN 55
Fall River near Squirrel, Idaho
Location.- Staff-gage, lat. 44°04', long. 111°15', in sec. 34, T. 9 N., R. 44 C., 4 miles northeast of Squirrel and 10 miles ujstream fron Conant Creek.
Drainage area.- 380 square miles.
Records available.- January 1904 to June 1909, flay 1918 to September 1945. August 1902 to December 1903 at V/ilson's sawnill, 3 miles upstream.
Average discharge.- 32 years (1904-8, 1917-45), 740 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 2,940 second-feet June 6 (gage height, 3.26 feet); minimum observed, 345 second-feet Apr. 4 (gage height, 1.10 feet).
1904-9, 1918-45: Maximum discharge observed, 6,440 second-feet June 27, 1927; mini mum observed, 72 second-feet Feb. 9, 1930.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Gage read once daily. Flow since October 1939 partly regulated by Grassv Lai-e (see p. 53).
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
454454454454454
440425418418418
418418418418432
447491491476461
461461447447447
432432432432432476
Nov.
514514491476630
554491476476476
483491499476468
440397597454491
491485480476470
465460455450445-
Dec.
*440435430425420
415411405360360
380405420425435
440440440440440
440440435430425
425420420
--423425425
Jan.
425425425425425
420420420420420
415415415415415
420410
- :-385375365
395395395395395
405405405405405405
Feb.
404404404404404
404404
-I.-404410418
408405405405400
395390390290235
3853803803783RO
385590390---
Month
October. ........................... .......November. ...................... . . , . . .December . . . ......... ............ .......
Calendar year 1944 .................... .
January. ....... ........ . . ............ .February. ................ . . ....... .....March. .............. ...... ...............April. ............ . ....... ........ .May. . ............. .... ................June ........... ....... . . ..............July. ............. ...... . . ....... ....August .............. ...... . . . . ...September . ... ...... ........... .......
Water year 1944-45 ... . . ........ ......
Mar.
3903903903803VO
365370370371375
385395395395397
395395595390390
395397397397397
397397597395390365
Apr.
380371350345550
3603VO374400440
420390380370368
370375380590422
500650594540480
455490530£80650-
Second- foot-days
13,75914,37113,094
244,455
12,66011,10112,04713 ,07453,24662,37028 ,19617 ,52418,109
269,550
May
776?20
1,1301 ,4001,650
1,8502,0501,8102,0202,200
2,300£,2002,2402,1401,920
1,6501,8001,8701,6501 ,540
,380,29O,330,600,650
,700,730,760,830,940,9£0
Maximum
491650440
2 ,540
418397650
2,3002,9401,570
776757
2,940
June
1,8801,8701,9602,01-02,370
£,8402,9002,7502,5502,400
2 ,0201,9401,9401,9901,570
1,4501,4201 ,4001,4801,620
1,9002,1702,2502,3302 ,400
2,4702.E40C.. ,2001,9501,650
-
Minimum
418397360
560
365378365345776
1,400462462558
345
July
1,5701,5001,4501 ,4701 ,400
1,5301,2701,2101,1701,120
1,0901,020
956995916
865865786719700
628610570562546
5225084925004QJ>
462
Aug.
462462478673530
4854S5646570538
538530530530530
570515500776619
655610594578610
610586562562562628
Mean
444479422
668
408396
4361,718'910
565604
738
Sept.
578562554546538
586691637637637
638637637637637
554586602562554
5547-57628610610
a610a600a590a580a570
-
Runoff in acre feet
27,29028,50025,970
484,800
25,11022,O2023,66025,950105,600123,70055,93034,76035,920
534,600
-: Winter discharge measurement made ora ITo gape-height record; discharge coir
Teton Fiver near St. Anthony.tiote.- Incomplete gage-height record I
at times * Tovember to March); discharge c readings, 9 discharge measurements, and St. Anthony.
Time "baais ; hountain war time up to 2 To convert war time to standard time, su
i this day.iputed on basis of records for Pall River near Chester and
rov. 22 to July 12 (stage-discharge relation affected bv ice omputed on basis of once- to thrice-weekly staff-gage records for Pall River near Chester and Teton River near
i.m., Sept. 50, 1945; bract 1 hour.
ndard time thereafter.
56 HENRYS FORK BASIN
Diversions from Fall River between Squirrel and Chester gaging stations, Idaho
Between Squirrel and Chester gaging stations eight canals divert water from Fall River for irrigation. Records available for part of each irrigation season from 1919 to 1945. Discharge of canals computed from daily or biweekly staff-gage readings, or interpolated, and combined to show total diverted flow. Records good.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789iO
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
?fi27?R?93031
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year ...................
May........................................
September ..................................
The period. ..............................
Mar. Apr.
Seoond- foot-days
18,156
10,704
-
May
131381277
7775103113120
113128210220229
221214222206204
227218252234253
2552142234285135O2
Maximum
_
6917124934O7
-
June
544536525513540
530410435416410
36734836O352371
4144695O158061O
62265568O691632
507416491475344-
Minimum
__8
344443386284
-
July
544574612611611
61361661863O640
644634609571581
592620607642712
678655658517515
5O5505450455443496
Aug.
468478477493469
448446477445444
439437422429429
437424424422438
4O6386392393399
398397461458458470
Mean
___19O491586438357
-
Sept.
350346341341339
346355381364407
407407407406406
4O3397396366366
342339334332326
324324284284284-
Runoff in ao re-feet
___
11,70029,24036 ,O1O26 ,90021,230
125,100
Time basis: Mountain war time up tc To convert war time to standard time,
2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mot ubtract 1 hour.
ntaj.n standard time thereafter.
HENRYS FORK BASIN ' 57
Fall River near Chester, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°01', long. 111°34', In sec. 13, T. 8 N., R. 41 E., half a mile upstream from mouth and 2 miles north of Chester. Altitude of gage, 5,060 feet (from river-profile map).
Drainage area.- 560 square miles.
Records available.- April 1920 to September 1945 (Irrigation seasons only).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period May to September, 3,100 second-feet June 7 (gage height, 4.67 feet;; minimum, 28 second-feet July 24 (gage height, 1.05 feet).
1920-45: Maximum discharge, 6,380 second-feet June 27, 1927 (gage height, 6.60 feet); minimum, 9 second-feet Aug. 7, 1923.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. Flow since October 1939 partly regulated by Grassy Lake (see p. 53 ). Station Is below all diversions for irrigation from Fall River.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 tc September 1945
Day
1Z345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year ........... ..........
January .................................. .February- ...................... ..........March. .......................... ..........April ........................... ..........May. ................................ ......June . .....................................July. .................... ..............August ..................................September. .................................
The period
liar. Apr.
Seccnd- foct-days
__
60,88457,14014,5856,461
10,385
-
May
8641,0901,4501,S302,240
2,5202,7102,2402,4702,520
2,6402,5202,4402,5502,190
1,9202,1202,0201,7801,680
1,4601,3201,3201,9201,710
1,7701,9OO1,7901,9402,0201,940
Maximum
_
2,7102,9701,380
337495
-
June
1,S401,7701,7901,7401,920
2,4002,9702,9502,7402,640
2,3202,0102,0102,1201,760
1,4501,2901,2301,2601,360
1,4601,6201,6601,7601,770
1,7202,3001,9901,5801,710
-
Minimum
S641,230
3064
274
-
July
1,3801,2401,1901,2401,180
9908S2802722621
557508406351356
33731624915699
827430
112110
961061201179462
Aug.
647492
245166
129134238204183
1831S3190186183
193162137204328
337290269282307
316269219193215286
Mean
1,9641,905
470
346
-
Sept.
2982S62S6278278
328395346311307
303294298298303
274303311290290
328467418390
a440
a495a470a 450a 430a420
-
Runoff in acre feet
120,800113,300
12*82020J 600
296,400
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 1 discharge measurement and records foi Teton River near St. Anthony.
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3O, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To converu war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
58 HEFRYS FORK BASIN
Teton River near Tetonla, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°51', long. 111°15', In sec. 15, T. 6 N., R. 44 E., IT miles downstream from highway bridge, 4 nlles downstream from Packsaddle Creek, and 6 Tilles northwest of Tetonia.
nralnpp-e area.- 460 square miles.
Records available - October 1929, March 1930 to Septenber 1932, May to September 1934, July to Septenber 1935, Hay to September 1940, July 1941 to September 1945. Additional records collected by Water District 36, State of Idaho, October and November 1932; July to September 1936, July to September 1937.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,900 second-feet June 28 (gage height, 2.97 feet ) ; niriimum daily, 130 second-feet Jan. 20.
1929-45: Maximum discharge observed, that of June 28, 1945; minimum observed,62 st;uonr[-fe«t Jan. 16, 17, 1943.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are poor. Many diversions from tributaries above station for irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
319314310305J01
292C88292282292
2EP283288288310
329329319301292
292288288279279
274279274274£79283
Nov.
339329301292364
397354344305292
3O1324354324296
292288292295295
295290280275270
2602502S5220
-3-210-
Dec.
205205205205200
200198195186160
180195200205200
2002'~'0200200200
200200200POO200
200200200
i-198200200
Jan.
20020020020020O
20020020020O200
200200200200200
180-::-142140135130
160160160160160
185185135185185-
Feb.
195200205210215
PT5S15215215215
215-X214215215210
210210210210190
175175160150145
150160170---
Month
October. ........... ...... ...November. ........................ ........December ....... .......... ................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. .......................... ......February. ........................ ...March. ..................... . ... ........April. ............................ ... ....May.. .......... ................. .....June ............... .......................July.. ........................ ........ ...August ........................ ... ........September ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
ISO185190180175
170170175180185
195210280250235
225217210205
*198
215250330305280
265250240240240254
Apr.
245235235230260
350431500400320
290260250246255
#262290320360450
54146046fr310285
275272270250242-
Second- foot-days
9,1268,9636,137
131,250
5,6375,4846,8849,49412,17236,25634,00619,19114,850
168,200
Hay
P42~
234238250270
292310310305314
3593593703SO392
448510460425443
4314844434 2O410
420437448478574716
Maximum
329397205
1,690
_215330541716
1,8701,400
708686
1,870
June
880839872913980
1,1901,2501,2901,2301,150
1,060913
1,0201,3401,220
972856792792897
1,0601,2201,5501,6801,730
1,7201,7701,8701,6801,520
-
Minimum
274210160
160
130145170230234792636522437
130
July
1,3001,0501,1501,2501,320
1,4001,3601,3201,2601,240
1,2501,2601,2601,2101,190
1,2501,1801,1401,1201,030
1,0201,0501,0201,010
947
888808730693664636
Aug.
60860161570865V
615608686693678
636622613643615
601568548588671
708657595548574
636581541522554671
Mean
294299198
359
182196222316393
1,2091,097
619495
461
Sept.
588548S41535522
510516516497478
466448443443437
437466466460454
478686629541497
466460448437437-
Runoff in acre-feet
18,10017 ,78012,170
260,300
11,18010,88013,65018 ,83024,14071,91067 ,45038 ,06029 ,460
333,600
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.Note.- No gage-height record Nov. 18 to Apr. 27 (stage-discharge relation affected oy Ice during
most of period), I'ay 24-26, July 1-7; discharge computed on basis of 7 discharge measurements, weekly readings of staff gage 1 3/4 miles upstream, weather records, and records for station near St. Anthony.
Time baslsj Kountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945: mountain standard time thereafter. me to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
HENRYS FORK BASIN 59
Teton River near St. Anthony, Idaho
Location.- Vfater-stage recorder, lat. 43°56', long. 111°37', in sec. 15, T. 7 N., R. 41 E., half a mile upstream from railroad bridge and 4 miles southeast of St. Anthony.
Drainage area.- 920 square miles.
Records available.- April 1P03 to June 1909, April 1920 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 18 years (1903-8, 1921-22, 1953-45), 746 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,270 second-feet June 9 (gage height, 5.84 feet); minimum, 281 second-feet Dec. 10 (gage height, 1.78 feet).
1903-9, 1920-45: Maximum discharge, 7,820 second-feet June 5, 1909 (gage height, 6.90 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum, 88 second-feet Mar. 12, 1906 (gage height, 1.00 foot, site and datum then in use).
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or no rage-height record, which are fair. Flow affected by diversions from streams in Teton Basin 20 miles upstream,and by flow diverted from Henrys Fork through Cross Cut Canal into Teton River (no diversion through Cross Cut Canal during irrigation season).
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Oct.
558549544549558
549544558578578
573544544539530
558573578563549
544544544521521
516516516512512512
Nov.
549592568549587
666634628582563
563568592582526
480521458435448
448435458476408
430453448412444"
Dec.
448444444435426
*430426417361289
340360380400410
410410415420420
415410410405400
400400400400405410
Jan.
410410410410
it-410
410415417408399
399399399408408
408378353340320
290320340350360
360365370370380390
Feb.
390390390390390
390#382386404391
386386386412417
395395391386382
378365350345340
340340340---
Month
October ....................................November ...................... . . ... ....December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 .......... ...........
January .................................. .February. ....................... . . .....March. .....................................April ...... ... . . ............ ..... ....May........................................June ....... ...............................July .............. ........... ............August ................................ ...September ... . . ... .......................
Water year 1944-45 ................. ....
Mar
3553613S2357353
332344349340
#336
344369498608494
440412395374369
378448650563484
453444430417422448
Apr.
466440412399404
444573719852628
554516471440440
458476503587917
1,1701,120
932731650
618608597602602-
Second- foot-days
16,87415,50312,540
262,448
11,80610,63712,94918,32946,11776,42055,24030,15523,038
329,608
May
618666789954
1,140
1,3601,5001,4301,4701,550
1,8201,7601,6401,8301,680
1,5901,6401,7601,6101,510
1,400i,;?5o1,3101,4701,540
1,6001,7101,6701,7001,9502,100
Maximum
578666448
2,760
417417650
1,1702,1003,1802,3601,120
946
3,180
June
2,2302,2602,2102,2102,250
2,6802,9303,0903,1802,920
2,7402,4502,4002,7002,490
2,1301,8801,7301,7701,960
2,2402,6102,8703,0603,060
3,0103,1203,0502,7102,480
-
Minimum
512408289
289
290340332399618
1,7301,030
837684
289
July
2,3401,9401,7801,9802,210
2,3602,3202,2702,1902,110
2,1102,0802,0201,9401,990
2,0001,8601,7701,7201,640
1,6001,5601,5401,5001,430
1,3501,2701,1701,1001,0601,030
Aug.
976961976
1,1201,040
969976
1,0201,0601,040
1,010983983976946
924895866924
1,030
1,0901,060
976924932
991954866837859991
Mean
544517405
717
381380418611
1,4872,5471,782
973768
903
Sept.
946873837816803
803816789782769
737719706694694
689712731719706
719895924837776
737719712694
a 684
Runoff in acre-feet
33,47030,75024,870
520,600 -
23,42021,10025,68036,36091,470151,600109, 60059,81045, 700
653,800
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Tetonla.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 11 to Jan. 7, Jan. 19 to Feb. 6, Feb. 22 to
Time basis: Mounts o convert war time t756837 O - 47 - 5
r time up to 2 a .it ndard time subtra
Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
60 HENRYS FORK BASIN
Diversions from Teton River between St. Anthony gaging station and mouth, Idaho
Between St. Anthony gaging station and mouth 17 canals divert water from Teton River for Irrigation. Records available for part of each Irrigation season from 1919 to 1945. Discharge of canals computed from daily or biweekly staff-gage readings, or interpolated, and combined to show total diverted flow. Records good.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
6789
10
1112ia1415
16171R1920
?122
?A25
?6272R293031
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
Decembe r ...................................
Calendar year ......................
FebruaryMarch. .................................
May........................................
September. .................................
The period. ................ ... ...........
liar. Apr.
Second- foot-days
22 901
14 ,348,
_
May
8188939898
137137264393411
474533524513481
467464497515503
482466466462496
521570609622634691
Maximum
709
-
June
785786782748607
556550562669569
574542522524516
530574653728815
1,0701,1301,1401,1301,150
1,1201,070968900731-
Minimum
81616
366
-
July
745802815606815
9061,0201,0401,0201,020
1,0301,000
996950960
958953963
1,0101,000
9679699B5
1,0201,010
1,010981948890798851
Aug.
802829818890787
729733675700707
638659654620590
615615637652669
732716667634639
646645641625649711
Mean
763
478
_
Sept.
709624605579575
565587568568533
500492457447453
435431435424426
425455435423366
365365365365365~
Runoff in ao re-feet
^
25,37046,420
28,460
199 ,600
Time baa la; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3O, 1945; mountain standard tine thereafter. To convert TOT time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BLACKFOOT RIVER BASIN
Blackfoot River near Blackfoot, Idaho
61
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°08', long. 112°28', at east quarter corner of sec. 28, T. 3 S., R. 34 E., 2 miles upstream from mouth and 9 miles southwest of Blackfoot. Altitude of gage, 4,420 feet (river-profile survey).
Drainage area.- 1,100 square miles.
Records available.- July 1913 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 540 second-feet May 8 (gage height, 5.38 feet); minimum daily, 1 second-foot July 27-29.
1913-45: Maximum discharge, 868.second-feet May 21, 1921; no flow on many days.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. Flow regulated by Blackfoot Marsh Reservoir (capacity, 413,000 acre-feet). Many di versions above station for irrigation. Most of flow during nonirrigation season and part of that during irrigation season is supplied by waste from Snake River canals.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by Office of Indian Affairs.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
67a9iO
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
26272fi293031
Oct.
1314366457
5157525054
6268
11610061
64676772
104
16021629130129B
284264236203150130
Nov.
1501631741S7235
2S62822S8312312
340361357348348
344329332341328
265391298367315
280335295269290-
Dec.
451348327336
*300
301259271346327
.
> 260
'
>I> ISO
I.1> 150Ei
1
1'
Jan.
145145145
*144144
150150150150150
ISO220250270247
2142001S5170160
I\ 150
J
I
1'
Feb.
V
> 220
i
220200195200
*208
21-5225220225270
318297280210170
155150147146144
139120119_--
Month
December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March. .....................................
May. .......................................
July. ......................................
September ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
126132130163163
142132114151164
180217264341344
3152091S4201209
205203233266277
251229225221214205
Apr.
200212216214213
211207207228220
1741361229016
1515151514
1453
183197252
273268263258258-
Second- foot-clays
7,O86
47,278
5,2991,166
5,735
64,083
May
263274318518528
51353251032£262
23215692SI58
212266
35230S
201123130146177
17217C1481083610
Maximum
451
451
490116
449
532
June
12222346
196
152217426462466
470480490489395
2512421957733
832
-
Minimum
150
0
119114
10
12
24
1
July
56728694106
1141161048231
1815331834
2925122627
20121054
711125
Aug.
2222
10
1229754027
108
1343
112
138144149149130
218311349332263
212159108502114
Mean
229
129
203207
22117737.6101191
176
Sept.
2449
137158110
7355403660
1S4177150143142
130102S6117156
202309356361343
3493SS407449442-
Runoff in ao re- feet
14,060
93,800
10,47011,25012,720
13,60010,5102,3106,220
11,380
127,100
« Winter discharge measurement made on this day.Note.- Ro gage-height record Dec. 11 to Feb. 22, June 24-30; discharge computed on basis of 3
discharge measurements, occasional gage readings at site at Blackfoot, 9 miles upstream, weather records, and records for Snake River at Clough ranch.
Time basis: Bountaia war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
62 MUD LAKE BASIN
Mud Lake near Terreton, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°53', long. 112°24 ( , in SWi sec. 1, T. 6 N., R. 34 E., 2 miles north or First Owsley pump house, 2i miles northeast of Terreton, and 14 miles southwest or Hamer; supplemental staff gage at pump house. Datum of each gage is 4)775.33 feet above mean sea level.
Records available.- April 1921 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum contents during year, 44,200 acre-feet June 19 (gage height, 8.57 feet); minimum observed, 9,020 acre-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 2.26 feet).
1921-45: Maximum contents observed, 61,660 acre-feet May 5, 1923 (gage height, 9.20 feet); practically no contents Oct. 1 to Nov. 15, 1937 (at 4 p.m. Nov. 15 water was diverted from Camas Greek into lake).
Remarks.- Mud Lake is a perched body of water confined by earth dikes and fed by ground Water and surface tributaries. For complete -description of Mud Lake region see Water- supply Paper No. 818. Water for Irrigation is diverted from lake and tributaries by pumping and gravity. During 1945 season diversion dam in Camas Creek diversion canal was not in place. Area of lake is varied from time to time by changes in dikes. High winds occasionally disturb recording of lake stages. Figures given herein represent contents above gage height -4.0 fpet. Capacity table prepared from surveys made by Geological Survey adjusted for changes in dikes.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected by Water District No. 66 and supplemental staff-gage readings furnished by Owsley Canal Co.
Contents, in acre-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617IS1920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
11,30011,20011,30011,30011,100
11,50011,40011,40011,40011,400
11,30011,30011,30011,10011,100
11,00011,00010,90010,60010,700
10,60010,40010,30010,20010,000
9,6809,7009,5609,3909,290
a9,200
Nov.
h9,OSOa9,SOO9,4209,5209,740
9,91010,20010,30010,60010,800
11 , 10011,50011,70012,00012,200
12,50012,900
h!2 ,800al3,000a!3,300
a!3,600h!3,800a!4,000a!4,200a!4,400
a!4,600h!4,90015,10015,200
h!5,500-
Dec.
M6.800816,000a!6,200h!6,400a!6,600
al6,800h!7,000a!7,200h!7,400hi 7, 700
a!7,900h!8, 100alS.SOOal6,600h!8, 800
a!9,000h!9,200a!9 , 400h!9,700a!9,900
h20,100a20,300320,500h20,600h20,600
h21,000h21,200h21,300n21',70t>a21,900h22,100
Jan.
hSS.SOOh22,500322,700h22,900h23,000
323,200h23,300h23,700h23,900h24,000
h24,200h24,500h24,700h24,900
25,000
25,10025,30025,50025,60025,900
26,10026,300
h26,500h26,800a26,900
h27,000h27,300h27,500a27,70027,90028,400
Feb.
28,70028,80029,00029,200
h29,400
h29,600h29,700a29,900h30,100330,300
h30,500330,600h30,800a31,000h31,200
h31 , 400331,500h31,600h31,600h32,000
h32,200h32,300332,400h?2,600h32,800
h33,000h33,200h33,200
__-
Mar.
hSS.FOO333,700h33,900h34,000h34,100
334,200h34,300h34,300834,400h34,500
334,600h34,600334,700h34,800h35,000
a35,100h35,200h35,400335,500h35,600
h35,90036,30036,30036,40036 , 500
36,70036,90036,90037,100
e37,300037,500
Apr.
<>37,60037,80037,90037,90038 , 000
38,00036,00038,10038,30038,600
38,60038,30039,20039,20039,400
39,60039,50039,60039 ,70039,700
39,70039,70039,6003Q,70039,700
39,80039,80039,90040,00040,100
-
May
40,20040,40040,5004CT,80040,900
41,10041,20041,30041,20041,000
40,80040,40039,90039,80039,600
39 ,50039 ,20039,20039 , 10039,200
39,20039,40039,500-39,60039,700
39,80039,90040,10040,10040,00039,900
June
39, BOO39,70039,50039,50039,500
39, BOO40,20040,40040,80041,400
41,60041,60042,20042,60043,000
43,30043,60044,00044,00044,000
43,80043,50043,20043,00042,700
42,30041,90041,70041,40041,300
-
July
41 ,20040,90040,70040,40040,000
39,70039,20038,80038,10037,600
37,00036,50035,90035,40034,800
34,10033,50033,10032,60032,200
31,60031,20030,60030,10029,600
28,90028,30027,70027,10026,30025,700
Aug.
25,10024,40023,90023,30022,700
22,10021,30021,40020,90020,500
20,20019 ,90019,70019,60019,500
19,30019,10019,00018,90019,100
19,10019,10019,10019 ,00019,000
19,00019,00019,00019,00019,20019,300
Sept.
19,40019,40019,40019,40019,500
19,60019 ,60019,50019,60019,500
19,50019,50019,50019,60019 ,500
19 ,50019,50019,50019,40019,300
19,30019,40019 ,60019,70019,800
19,90020,20020,10020,20020,300
-
a No gage-height record; contents Interpolated.e Stage-contents relstlon unstsble because of dike failure; contents Interpolated.h Computed from supplemental staff-gsge resdlng except Nov. 1, 30, which were computed from stsff-
age readings at recorder site.
Monthly gage height snd contents, wster year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Cslendar year 1944....
Msy 31.. ...... ........ .
V.'ster year 1944-45....
Gage height (feet)
, pp
-
7 698.007.97
5 79
-
Contents (3 ere -feet)
22 100'
-
33 200
40,10039 ,900
-
Change In contents during month, (acre-feet)
2 200
+6,600
+2,600-200
+8,900
war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain . To convert war time to stsndsrd time, subtract
MUD LAKE BASIN 63
Camas Creek at Elghteenmile shearing eorral. near Kllgore, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°18', long. 111°58', in sec. 7, T. 11 N., R. 39 E., at bridge on county road at Eighteenmlle shearing corral, just downstreari from West Camas Creek, 7 miles south of Kilgore, and 18£ miles northeast of Dubois.
Drainage area.- 210j3Quare miles.
Records available.- May 1937 to September 1945 (no winter record?).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year,1 1,170 second-feet June 7 or 8 (gage height, 5.60 feet, from range line), from rating curve extended above 450 second-feet; minimum not determined.
1957-45: Maximum discharge, about 1,200 second-feet probably on May 2, 1938 (gage height, 4.70 feet, datum then in use, from floocjmark), from rating curve extended above 600 second-feet; minimum recorded, 0-7 second-foot Aug. 19, 1940.
Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, which are poor. Diversions above and below station for irrigation and stock water.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder Inspected by Water District No. 66.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
2422202020
2020202020
2020202022
2424222220
2020191919
181819202022
Nov.
2428242646
503631302S
3030
I b25
\I> b20
'
b!8
-
Dec.
%
Jan. Feb.
Month
October. ...................................November . ........................ ..........December . ..................................
Calendar year ......................
January ....................................February ...................................MarchApril ......................................May........................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September . .................................
Water year ......................
Mar, Apr.
288-
Second- foot-days
634738
^^..
11,07511,7261,6541,049858
-
May
361571731688610
536406382257289
232243257430421
362433520373308
262265340340322
273210194189192208
Maximum
2450
-
___
7311,120
146
48
-
June
210g!3227325622
1,030al,120al.OOO
a900a850
a700B600a450B400a350
a300a250a200alBO179
174164154144146
134174208164158-
Minimum
18
-
-
___
18913429
-
-
July
146115978677
6961575248
4752525548
5045424240
4039403633
303232323029
Aug.
27303933
> a40
}
s.35
]
. a25
Mean
20.524.6
-
___
35739153.433.828.6
-
Sept.
> a27
23232323
2222242425
2642483934
333232
a33a33
Runoff in ' ao re-feet
1,2601,460
-
___
21,97023,2603,2802,0801,700
-
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a Ho gage-height reeordj discharge computed on basis of records for station at Camas and nearby
streams.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time baaIs; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
64 MUD LAKE BASIN
Camas Creek at Camas, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°00', long. 112°13', In EfcSEi sec. 21, T. 8 N., R. 36 E., 350 feet upstream from Oregon Short Line Railroad bridge at Camas and half a mile upstream from Beaver Creek.
Records available.- April 1925 to September* 1945.
Average discharge.- 19 years (1926-45), 20.4 second-feet.
Extremes .- Maximum discharge during year, 585 second-feet June 8 (gage height, 5.26 feet); no now at times.
1935-45: Maximum discharge, 900 second-feet probably on May 3, 1938 (gage height, 3.98 feet, datum then In use, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 400 second-feet; no flow June 1-7, 1926, and many periods during 1930-45.
Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are poor. Diversions above station for Irrigation and stock water.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
al
2.01.3
.7
.4
.1
.1
.1
.2
.1a.la «1a.la.l
Nov.
>
V> ao
a!5
1414
16
I ^g'
.I
f 10f
1
B
(*)
-
Dec.
(*)
6
(*)
Jan.
(*)6
(*)
(*)
(*)
Feb.
<*)' 6
(*)_-
Mcnth
October. ...................................November. ..........'........................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 .......................
January ....................................February. ..................................March. .....................................April ......................................May. .......................................June .......................................July............... ........................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
6
(*)7
'
Apr.
10
16151311
12\
I a!5
19
1313141516
2031294634
354678
110159-
Seoond- foot-days
23.4314136 -
9,661.6
1B6168202350
6,72B6,359
621.4193.4277.5
16,103.7
May
204269372426415
372309240195153
145143145177250
232202;> S279208
leo161177204193
138153126117109110
Maximum
2.016
250
__
159426535873639
5B5
June
112114114117177
340516585516432
448372299259227
193175148123110
1031039739BO
737194
10394-
Minimum
0.1
-
0
___
10971
000
0
July
8780634941
3326252317
13108.6
1719
1716141112
ll107.85.92.8
.9
.5
.3
.5.1
0
Aug.
0004.21.2
.1
.1
.2
.41.6
9.65.64.54.55.6
7.17.54.01.43.1
1236271610
7.56.74.34.24.54.0
4 ,
0.7510.56.0
26.4
6.06.06.5
28.321721220.06.249.25
44.1
Sept.
&.99.15.63.11.7
1.4a2.0aS.Oa4.0h4.2
4.25.23.41.9.6
0.3.3.7
4.0
5.912223932
2523211918
-
Runoff in acre-feet
46623369
19,170
369333401
1,69013,34012,6101,230
384550
31,940
* Winter discharge measurement or field estimate made on thia day.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for stations on
nearby streams.h Computed from staff-gage reading.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Nov. 12 to Apr. 6 (no gage-height record most of
period)j discharge computed on basis of field estimates, discharge measurements, weather records, and records for stations on nearby streams).
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945 5 mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour-
MUD LAKE BASIN 65
Beaver Creek at Spencer, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°21\ long. 112°11', in NEi sec. 23, T. 12 N., R. 36 E., at highway bridge, 0.4 mile southeast of Spencer post office and 24 miles upstream from Rattlesnake Creek.
Drainage area.- 120 square miles.
Records available.- October 1940 to September 1945 (no winter records 1942-45).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 335 second-feet June 6 (gage height, 4.70 feet), from rating curve extended above 140 second-feet; minimum observed, Q.U second-feet Oct. 6 (gage height, 1.70 feet).
1940-45: Maximum discharge observed, 408 second-feet Apr. 13, 1942, from rating curve extended above 140 second-feet; maximum gage height observed, 5.95 feet Mar. 30, 1943 (Ice Jam); minimum discharge observed, 0.5 second-foot Jan. 26, 1942. Feb. 22. 1944.
Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, wnicn are poor. Gage read once dally. Several ranch diversions above station.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except period (gage height, In feet, and discharge. In s
of Ice effect econd-feet)
1.7 l.S 2.0
1220
2.32.5 2.S S2
3.4 1524.0 2324.7 335
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 tc September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
352714109.6
9.010111111
1114141520
22274S2018
1712121212
121111121322
Nov.
2623203145
3329252325
2625242423
> b20
<*)
-
Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year ......................
January. ...................................February ...................................March. ..... ...............................April 19-30. ...............................May........................................June. ......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September ..................................
Water year ......................
Mar. Apr.
_----
__---
_----
_--3963
84S8917763
5582
112146118~
Second- foot-days
502.6702
__
1,0182,9894^6621 445*846
795
-
Hay
146146140110102
6977726863
6865
aeO96
a90
a90a!30a!50a!20alOO
a90a90a 90116126
93a8272727282
Maximum
4845
__
1461503351053955-
June
93S2
a 100216232
335305232232a250
232191178165152
152a!34116116105
1049389
a96102
102140100102114~
Minimum
9.0
-
_
___
3963QOOC
191616
-
July
al0597707068
5852
a 494643
43486151
a50
6152423838
38a34303028
261923
a252624
Aug.
23212625a25
2639353833
30a30313130
302623a2535
3927252420
a201919182330
Mean
16.223.4
___
84. 896.4
15546.627.326.5
-
Sept.
28a27271917
163026
a2320
2019202020
a2020232420
2654
a553936
32272830
a29~
Runoff in acre-feet
9971,390
___
2,0205,9309,2502,8701,6801,580
-
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a Ho gage-height fs^ord.; discharge Interpolated or computed on basis of records for station at
Ubols.to Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
'o concert >«r tlae to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
bb MUD LAKE BASIN
Beaver Creek at Dubois, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°11', long. 112°14', in NWi sec. 21, T. 10 N., R. 36 E., half a mile north of Dubois.
Drainage area.- 220 square miles.
Records available.- April 1921 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 18 years (1921-24, 1928-29, 1931-45), 14.4 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 396 second-feet June 6 (gage height, 3.14 feet); no flow at times.
1921-45: Maximum discharge, 858 second-feet Apr. 7, 1930; maximum gage height, about 6.5 feet Har. 16, 1926; no flow during long periods.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected by Water District No. 66.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
8.1146.0.2
0
00000
00001.0
2.S3.3
189.73.5
2.31.0000
000o00
Nov.
5
2.5
(*)
-
Dec.
(*)
2
(*)
Jan.
(*)
(*)4
(*)
(*)
Feb.
*2
_-
Honth
October. ...................................November. ..................................December. ....................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January .................................. .February ...................................March ......................................April. .....................................Mav»ay . f ......................................June ................................ ......July. ......................................August .....................................September. ...................... ..........
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Har.
2
5
1
Apr.
' 10
15
2031
506S736246
4656738484-
Second- foot-days
69.9112.562
6,410.9
1245695913
2,4723,971947453.3495.5
9,771.2
Hay
8486817369
7376696055
57556590SI
S41221329993
S4S6S395105
797166626369
Maximum
is_
18'8
_.._841322S6763039
2S6
June
SI- 7476154185
271286215204227
211173154144138
1301181059990
8376697483
81108888490-
Minimum
0
-
0
___^
5569107.97.3
0
July
7665595549
4339343128
2830403553
3833262423
2320183514
131110121210
Aug.
9.17.9
111310
9.19.4IS2421
IS15191919
1714111220
3020151311
109.7109.11019
Mean
2.25,3.762.0
17.5
4.02.03.1
30.479.7
13230.514.616.5
26.8
Sept.
14129.18.27.9
7.3111712^11
1110101112
1212141516
1835393127
2524232120-
Runoff in acre-feet
139223123
12,720
246111188
1,8104,9007,8801,880899985
19,580
ation affected by Ice most of* Winter discharge measurement or field estimate made on this day.Hot e.- Nq gage-height record Oct. 29 to Apr. 18 (stage-discharge relation affected by Ice most
period); discharge computed on basis of field estimates, discharge measurements, weather records, and records for stations on nearby streams.
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
MUD LAKE BASIN 67
Beaver Creek at Camas, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°01', long. 112°14', in NEi sec. 21, T. 8 N., R. 36 E., a quarter of a mile northwest of Oregon Short Line Railroad station at Cams and three- eif;httisof a mile upstream from mouth.
Records available.- April 1921 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 91 second-feet June 7, 8, 11, 19; maximum gage height observed, 2.56 feet June 7, 19; no flow most of year.
1921-45: Maximum discharge observed, 163 second-feet Apr. 7, 1930; usually no flow past station except for short period in spring of each year; none passed station during years 1931-36, 1940.
Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily. Flow affected by Irrigation diversions above Dubois, about 14 miles above station, and by heavy channel losses below Dubois.
Cooperation.- One discharge measurement furnished by Water District Ho. 66.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122?.32425
2671?B293031
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March. .....................................April ......................................May........................................
July. ......................................
September ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar. Apr.
Second- foot-days
0
689
3481,529
88
0
1,965.
May
021
00
02420
oo0
1115
1620392723
2221202128
231511S710
Maximum
0
73
039913100
91
June
1113133063
7991878787
9175757575
7167566738
3226211823
L932373233~
Minimum
000
0
o
0
11000
o
July
31£21676
42000
00000
00000
00000
0000o0
Aug.
Mean
000
1.88
0LI. 251.02.8O0
5.38
Sept.
Runoff in acre-feet
000
1,370
0
00
6903,030
17500
3,900
Time baala; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, aubtract 1 hour.
68 HUD LAKE BASIN
Medicine Lodge Creek at Kills Ranch, near Argora, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°17', long. 112°30', In sec. 7 T. 11 N., R. 34 E. 4 miles upstream from Middle Creek, 6i miles southeast of Argora, and 17 miles north west of Dubois.
Records available.- October 1940 to September 1945,
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 134 second-feet June 10 (gage height, 3.30 reetj; minimum, 22 second-feet Dec. 11, Jan. 22, Apr. 2; minimum gage height, 1.37 feet Apr. 2.
1940-45: Maximum discharge, 229 second-feet June 9, 1944 (gage height, 4,23 feet), from rating curve extended above 120 second-feet "by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 9 second-feet Dec. 12, 1940.
Remarks.- Records good. Several diversions above and below station for Irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
5554545354
5454545454
5455555659
5357565455
5556565656
555656565656
Nov.
5755545760
5958565656
5757565554
5245413339
4142546058
5757565655-
Dec.
5555545454
5454544029
2424233237
4041383442
5362323534
384451605655
Jan.
5454545352
5252515050
5049494850
4948484836
3426283544
494145433948
Feb.
5450484848
48 47
474646
46464e4641
4348464048
3437404141
374450-_-
Month
October. ............. .....................November ......................... .........December .............. ....................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ...................................February. ....................... ..........March ......................................April. ........ .............. .............May.......................... .............June. ........ .............................July. .................... .................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
525048453g
4042494646
4646474746
4547464646
4749504154
504948484849
Apt.
Second- foot-days
1,7131,5981,363
21,155
1,4291,2561,4451,5061,4232,1022,0261,9911,554
19,406
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
4834444848
4951535048
4*»48474648
5050525762
6358565351
4849505046-
May
4443363435
3332312934
4856595858
5959535050
4850435044
464646474849
Maximum
596062
183
545454635985727663
85
June
4750555871
7970717535
7271707271
7070706968
6968687576
8075717977-
Minimum
553£24
1£
2e343£342<4r5r5646
2'
July
7271726863
6262595857
5858575959
6070707070
6969666667
666870716871
Aug.
Mean
55.253.344.0
58.0
46.144.846.650.245.970.165.464.251.8
53. S
, 1945; mountain standard time the
6868696866
6570766968
6968706866
6564636366
6362595958
585757565756
Sept.
5456545453
5463575655
5252535250
4949495050
5054515050
4847484846-
Runoff in acre feet
3,4003,1702,700
41,960
2,8302,4902,8702,9902,8204,1704,0203,9503,080
38 , 490
reafter.
MUD LAKE BASIN 69
Medicine Lodge Creek near Small, Idaho
Location^- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°16', long. 112°25', in NWi sec. 25, T. 11 N., R. 34 E.7 400 feet west of H. W. Small's ranch house, 1 mile downstream from Indian Creek, 4 miles northwest of Small, and 11 miles northwest of Dubois.
Drainage area.- 270 square miles.
Records available.- April 1921 to December 1923, October 1940 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum daily discharge during year, 150 second-feet June 10; minimum dis charge recorded, 24 second-feet Apr. 2 (gage height, 2.72 feet), probably less during winter period.
1921-23, 1940-45: Maximum discharge recorded, 265 second-feet June 9, 1944, from rating curve extended above 150 second-feet; minimum observed, 8 second-feet Dec. 14, 1940 [discharge measurement).
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-heigbt record, which are poor. Many small diversions above and below station for irrigation.
Discharge, in seccnd-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
67a910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
26272829 3031
Oct.
6866666666
6666666565
6666666874
7370696868
6868686767
66666666 6667
Nov.
6967666877
7269666665
6463636060
55
b45
b50b55*b55
\1> b58
-
Dec.
6263616061
606059
b30
b40
.t a55
\ a40
I1I a55'
Jan.
a55
*5555
b35
a50
Feb.
,I
> a551
1/
h56
a50
> a40
-
-
Month
October . ...................................November . ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ...................................February. ..................................HarohApril........ ..............................May. .......................................June .......................................July.. .....................................August .....................................September ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ................ .....
Mar.
) a50I*
|> a40I'
» a50
*4848504250
515048484850
Apr.
503S465949
4952565048
4948434748
5251525862
6663605856
53535354 52-
Seccnd- foot-days
2,0831,7721,461
26,241
1,5701,3661,4931,5801,8643,4342,7272,3112,075
23,736
May
4948434040
4141414044
5871747467
65S2686868
6668667367
64666666 6872
Maximum
7477
220
_66821501169284
150
June
72728090100110100111120150
130120120130130
127125123121119
116116116116116
118120122124 120-
Minimum
65
-
_
_384072806464
-
July
116113110106103
9990858282
828282S283
8083S98786
86858280SO
80818284 8080
Aug.
7978807976
76809283SO
SO79817878
75737071SI
7571696766
66666664 6567
Mean
67.259.147.1
71.7
50.648.848.252.760.1
11488.074.569.2
65.0
Sept.
6464646666
6784757574
7169696867
6666686S68
6977737070
69686767 66-
Runoff in acre feet
4,1303,5102,900
52,030
3,1102,7102,9603,1303,7006,8105,4104,5804,120
47,070
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station
at Ellis Ranch?near Argora.ti Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.h Computed from staff-gage reading.Hote.- Ho gage-height record June 1 to July 12; discharge computed on basis of occasional staff-
gage readings and records for station near Argora.Time basis! Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
70 LITTLE LOST RIVER BASIN
Little Lost River near Howe, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°53', long. 113°06', In see, 3, T. 8 N., ft. BS E., a quarter of a nile upstream from diversion dam of Blalne County Investment Co., 6 miles northwest of Berenice, and 7 miles northwest of Howe.
Records available.- April 1921 to September 1945 (no winter records).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 138 second-feet July 27-30$ maximum gage height recorded, 4.96 feet (ice Jam) sometime during period Dec. 8 to Jalu 25; minimum discharge observed, 19 second-feet (discharge measurement) Jan. 26»
1921-45: Maximum discharge, about 450 second-feet Aug. 11, 1936. during cloudburst (gage height, 3.1 feet, datum then in use, from floodmark), frsia rating curve extended above 100 second-feet; minimum observed, 4.1 second-feet Dec. 12, 1940.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect 01* no gage-height record, which are fair. Many diversions above and below station for irrigation.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder Inspected by Water District He. 9.
Rating table, water year 1944-48, except periods of ice effect (sage height, in feet, and aiseharge, in second-feet)
2.4 2.6 2.8
345273
3.0 96120145
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1234
67S9
10
11
1314Ib
16 17181920
2122232425
26
28 293031
Oct.
82
78
8078
81 80
77
76
75
7474
Nov.
75
a78
76
78
a 50 a43
a45
b44
b40 b40
Dec.
b40
---
-----
-
---
-----
-
:
-
Jan.
t!9
Psb.
Month
December 1-7. . ............................
Calendar year .......................
April .......... ...........................UBV
July. ......................................
September. .................................
Water year ......................
Mar.
__-
-
_*55
53 53555658
a65
6671
Apr.
7057626570
7272737068
7072696671
73 a73a73a74a76
a78a80a77a 70a 67
a66a 66
75 7371
Second- foot-days
2,4301 825
280
-
2 121
o 1372,083
-
May
6566738086
909198
103102
1041031069095
91 94948992
a92929696
100
9786 83 869096
Maximum
82
-
138
82
-
June
9698
106110115
124128132135136
136137132132132
131 127122124124
128130132136137
137138138 138138
Minimum
74
-
_
58-
July
132125126122122
119115110110110
108115106112118
114 109107102
88
8888818182
7677 73 817773
Aug.
7269687171
7071787774
7069777574
78 66646471
7470666261
6264 63 616665
Mean
78.4
40.0
-
69.4-
Sept.
626058SB61
6275736869
6865666666
66 63697272
7432807877
7575 73 7372
Runoff in ao re-feet
4,820
555-
4 2404,130
-
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.t Result of discharge measurement.a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated or computed on basis of Big Lost River at Wild
Horse near Chilly and Big Lost River at Howell Ranch near Chilly, weather records >and recorded range in stage.
b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Hote.- Discharge computed from staff-gage readings Kov. Z, 3, 7-14, May 11-20, Hay 22 to Aug. 3.Time baais: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
LITTLE LOST RIVER BASIN 71
Blalne County Investment Co.'s canal near Howe, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage and Clppolettl weir, lat. 43°53', long. 113°05', in NW-iNWi sec. 11, ' T, IT'N., R. 28 E., 300 yards downstream from head gates and 7 miles northwest of Howe.
Prior to May 7, 1945, staff gage 200 feet upstream at sane datum.
Recordsi available.- April 1924 to September 1945 (prior to 1939, irrigation seasons drily 7".
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 59 second-feet June 27-30 (gage height, 3,08 feet); no flow during long periods.
1924-45: Maximum discharge observed, 87 second-feet May 24, 25, 1928; no flow during long periods each year.
Remarks.- Records good. Gage read once daily. Canal diverts water from Little Lost River in sec. 2, T. G N., R. 28 E., for irrigation of lands In project of Blaine County Investment Co.
Cooperation.- Gage readings furnished by Water District Ho. 9.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September
Day
12345
67B9
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
8.48.48,48.48.4
8.48.48.48.48.4
8.48.48.48.48.4
8.48.48.48.48.4
8.48.48.48.18.1
aS.O7.97.97.97.9
10
Nov.
1111131517
a!615151516
18209.200
00000
00000
00000
-
Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
December. ...................................
Calendar year ......................
May........................................
September ...............................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar. Apr.
00000
00000
00000
5.413191821
2424242436
3649463023-
Second- foot-days
259.0191.2
0
-
000
392.4332.7
1,431694.5244.4210.5
3,755.7
May
239.9
101010
109.99.99.19.1
9.511121111
111111119.9
a9.99.9
101010
109.99.99.99.9
14
Maximum
' 1020
0
-
000
492359541111
59
June
1621283233
3844485052
5252525252
5250505050
5052525356
5859595959-
Minimum
7.900
-
00009.1
166.66.65.3
0
July
5452363434
3027252625
1925192526
2625252424
1414121212
118.37.68.08.06.6
Aug.
6.66.96.96.6
a6.6
6.66.67.27.26.9
6.66.67.26.96.9
6.96.26.66.66.6
6.66.6
1010
alO
111111111111
Mean
8.356.370
-
000
13.110.747.722.47.887.02
10.3
Sept.
11111011115.35.95.65.65.6
5.65.65.65.65.6
5.65.65.65.65.6
5.65.95.65.65.6
5.65.6
111111
-
Runoff in acre-feet
514379
0
-
000
778660
2,8401,380
485418
7,450
a Ho gage-height record; discharge interpolatRd.Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafte
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
72 BIG LOST RIVER BASIN
Big Lost River at Wild Horse, near Chilly, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°56', long. 114°07', in sec. 17, T. 7 N., R. 20 E., a quarter of a mile upstream from East Fork Big Lost River, 2 miles downstream from Wild Horse dam site, and 16 miles southwest of Chilly.
Drainage area.- 114 square miles.
Records available.- March 1944 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 548 second-feet June 25 (gage height, 4.15feet); minimum, 10 second-feet sometime during period Feb. 25 to Mar. 4 (gage height, 1.13 feet, from range line).
1944-45: Maximum discharge, 622 second-feet June 27, 1944 (gage height, 4.37 feet); minimum, sometime during period Feb. 25 to Mar. 4, 1945.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. No diversion or regulation.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder Inspected by employee of Water District No. 27.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9
2.2 2.5 2.8 3.1
129 ISO 240
3.4 3153.8 4354.2 565
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1946
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
4039383736
3636363737
3736363639
4239383736
3635
3434
343433333234
Nov.
3633333939
3937363637
3434343226
2525242525
2629293130
2931292828-
Dec.
' a27
25262626
2628282325
252423232323
Jan.
2425252525
2525252525
2525252525
2323232322
2022232423
ei2022212425
Month
October .... ..................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year .........
January .......................February ...... ........... ...March .................. ......April ....... .................May ............................June ... .......... ...........July ..........................August ........................September .....................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
2423222223
2222212020
2020202018
2020201920
2020207J°
add
a20a20a20_..-
Second- foot-days
1,122939S06
733576614912
6 ,2109,2396 ,6322,0711,199.
31,103
Mar.
a20a20a202020
2022232119
1919191918
1920181820
2020202020
202020202020
Maximum
423928
25242274
535 ,
11450
535
Apr.
2018201920
2021222120
2020202021
2222232735
4648464341
4144455374-
May
113152203280304
327332310288296
2S8256249207188
175169152140132
123117128147142
140147155167188195
Minimum
322423
20181818
1131951064736
18
June
201230278280286
2S6283273263256
234225238232215
199195219276338
429473473535522
509432344299266"
Mean
36.231.326.0
23.620.619.830.4
20031021466 . 840.0
85.2
July
256283318321291
283276278270273
261245236236230
219215207201195
184176160150142
135123126123113106
Per square mile
0.318.275.228
.207
.181
.174
.2671 » 752.721 .88.586.351
.747
Aug.
9792918883
7275767270
6863636059
57555253
114
8266605653
535349474747
Sept.
4442414141
4450474442
4039393837
3637373837
4041393939
3938373736-
Runoff
Inches Acre-feet
0.37 2,230.31 1,860.26 1,600
.24 1,450
.19 1,140
.20 1,220
.30 1,8102.03 12 3203.03 18^4202.16 13,150.68 4,110.39 2,380
10.16 61,690
a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated. Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945;
o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour*nountaln standard time thereafte
BIG LOST RIVER BASIN 73
Big Lost River at Howell Ranch, near Chilly, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°01', long. 114°00', In sec. 30, T. 8 N., R. 21 E., at Howell Ranch, 9 miles southwest of Chilly and 21 miles northwest of Ifeckay.
Records available.- April 1904 to August 1906, July 1907 to November 1914, Ifey 1920 to September 1945 (no winter records).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,890 aecond-feet June 26 (gage height, 3.85 feet); minimum, not determined, probably occurred during period of no record.
1904-14, 1920-45: Maximum discharge, 3,500 second-feet June 12, 1921 (gage height, 5.94 feet), from rating curve extended above 3,000 second-feet; minimum observed, 19 second-feet (discharge measurement) Dec. 12, 1939.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. No regulation. Several small diversions above station. Hammerly ditch (capacity, about 20 second-feet) diverts a quarter of a mile below station.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected by Water District No. 27.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
147144142137134
132130130132134
132132132139144
152144139137134
132130128128125
123121121121121128
Nov.
137118123139147
13212811612312S
121125118130101
93a90a90a92a98
allO-«126
> al!5
-
Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
October . ...................................November . .......................... .......December. ..................................
Calendar year ......................
January ....................................February ...................................March 27-31 ................................April. .....................................Hairmay. .......................................June .......................................July.... ...................................August .....................................September . ..................................
Water year ......................
Mar.
____-
___~-
_.__-
____-
___--
_7471727176
Apr.
7160717380
7478787471
7876747180
868489103132
171190173155142
137147149171229-
Second foot-days
4 1253^505
3643,272
16 , 47227,20419 , 4356,5494,209
-
May
307377527677745
832855855855862
788664638560510
469495426394368
348337356377368
341352373426485505
Maximum
152147
76229862
1,7201,000360179
-
June
532619767781733
752759704664670
595590657645584
538532619818
1,030
,330,540,440,660,680
,720,430,050900810-
Minimum
12190
7160
307532300152128
-
July
774S92
1,000996S85
870S4S840810810
781759724711670
613572554538532
516495440407381
37334134134431S300
^Aug.
279265265255233
220217245223214
211199199193187
182173168171360
303233208193182
176168160152155160
Mean
133117
72.8109531907627211140
-
sept.
152144144142142
144179163152147
142137132130128
128130128132132
142152142137137
134134134132132-
Runoff in acre-feet
8,1306,950
_722
6,49032,67053,96038 , 55012,9908,350
-
and records for* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 1 discharge measure
station at Wild Horse, near Chilly.Time basia: Mountain war time un to 2 a.m., ?ept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war tine to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BIG LOST RIVER BASIN
Big Lost River (east channel) above Mackay Reservoir, near Mackay, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 43°59', long. 113°45', in sec. 32 » T ; 8 N-» R- 23 E., above flow line of reservoir, 3 miles upstream from Hai-1-av Dam' and 7s niles northwest of Mackay.
Records available.- Hay 1919 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 26 years, 62.2 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 923 second-feet June 26 (gage height 4 74 feet affected by backwater from Mackay Reservoir); minimum, 5 second-feet Mar.' 1-10, Apr 27 to May 4; minimum gage height, 1.23 feet Mar. 7-10.,r J;9 i9~45: Maxllmnn discharge, 1,320 second-feet June 7, 193B; maximum gage height, R.02 feet July 1, 1944; no flow during long periods in 1920, 1923-38, 1940.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of backwater and those below 10 second- feet, which are fair. Diversions above station for Irrigation. The sum of the com bined discharge of east and west channels of Big Lost River and of the combined dis charge of east and west channels of Warm Spring Creek, near Mackay, represents practi cally entire surface flow of Big Lost River which enters Mackay Reservoir.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph furnished by Water District No. 27.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except periods of backwater (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
1.21.31.4 1.6 1.8
2.0 2.3 2.6 2.9 3.2
130181247
3.5 3.9 4.3 4.7
337 492 6SO 930
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
2828293029
2828272727
2727282930
3031315231
3130303030
292930303030
Nov.
3132333431
3233323534
3537333030
2928272423
2221202020
2020201818~
Dec.
1818171716-
161616ieIE
1514141414
141313121?
1111111110
99
101099
Jan.
99988
88839
9999
10
99999
88878
877777
Feb.
66666
66666
66666
66666
66666
666__-
Month
December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944. ......................
March. .....................................April. .....................................May. .......................................
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
55555
55555
56666
66666
66
7
Apr.
77666
66666
66666
66666
66666
65555-
Second- foot-days
410
54 ,579
10,973
1,917671
29,591
May
55558
72132167189199
210199187176161
149144135124116
109105102102101
96898892
101109
Maximum
18
1,150
864
13034
864
June
116128153189214
23002420235C2300247
C2270207020902200226
02120200C1950226295
432610675746
C837
0864C839710575484-
Minimum
9
5
116
3618
5
July
416432488503472
444420404385369
381366366355341
311283263255260
252245230214197
183174163160148140
Aug.
1301141029437
7875706661
5957555452
4344414150
6764595348
474541403936
Mean
13.2
149
22.4
81.1
Sept.
3430282725
2728262424
2221212020
2020191920
2020202020
2020191918
Runoff in acre- feet
813
108 ,300
1,330
58,690
o Stage-discharge relation affected by backwater from Maokay Reservoir; discharge computed on basis of percentage submergence of control and a standard submerged weir formula corrected on basis of dis charge measurements.
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BIG LOST RIVER BASIN 75
Big Lost River (west channel) above Mackay Reservoir, near Mackay, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°58', long. 113°45', In sec. 5, T. 7 N., R. 23 E. t above flow line of reservoir, 3 miles upstream from Mackay Dam and 7i miles northwest of Mackay.
Records available.- May 1919 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 26 years, 58.6 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 328 second-feet June 26 (gage height, 3.69 feet); minimum, 35 second-feet Apr. 27 (gage height, 2.02 feet).
1919-45: Maximum discharge, 1,200 second-feet (estimated) sometime during period June 5-16, 1921 (gage height, 4.45 feet, site and datum then In use); minimum, 9 second- feet May 22, 26, 1935.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record or backwater from Mackay Reservoir, which are fair. Diversions above station for Irrigation. The sum of the combined discharge of east and west channels of Big Lost River and the combined discharge of east and west channels of Warm Spring Creek near Mackay, repre sents practically the entire surface flow of Big Lost River which enters Mackay Reser voir (see following page).
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph furnished by Water District No. 27.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
5656565656
5656565656
565S585858
5S58565656
a5656565658
5859
a 59a59
5959
Nov.
6161616161
6263636464
6566656462
6160595857
5656565656
5555555555-
Dec.
5555555454
5352525151
5050494948
4847474747
4646464646
464647474747
Jan.
4747474646
4646464646
4747474746
4646464545
4545454543
424242424242
Feb.
4343434242
4242424242
42424241242
4242424243
4341414141
414141
_-
Month
October . ...................................November . ....................... .........December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ................................. .February. ..................................March. .....................................April ......................................HayJune .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
4141404040
4040393939
4040414141
4040404040
4041424140
404040404040
Apr.
4040404040
4040404040
4040403938
383S383838
3838363636
3636383939-
Second foot-days
1,7671,7931,524
29 429'
1,4001,1741,2461,1591,8354,0433,1051,S301,656
22,532
May
3939393939
4048627278
8482807874
7068666362
6161585856
555452525254
Maximum
596655
428
4743424084
317152
6359
317
June
5455667892
9S103105108114
10810098
10098
89868184
102
133184218
c235c286
c317c292
231178150-
Minimum
565546
38
424139363954625652
36
July
137133144152144
133126119115112
117115114112110
loe95908782
8278767869
686665656368
Aug.
6262615856
5658585858
5856565859
5958585863
6261615959
595959596161
Mean
57.059.849.2
80.4
45.241.940.238.659.2
13510059.055.2
61.7
Sept.
5958585656
5659585656
5555555455
5555555554
5454545454
5454545252
Runoff in acre- feet
3,5003,5603,020
58,370
2,7802,3302,4702,3003,6408,0206,1603,6303,880
44,690
a Ho gage-height record; discharge interpolated.c Stage-discharge relation affected by backwater from MacKay Reservoir; discharge computed on basis
of reservoir heights.Note.- No gage-height record Nov. 2 to Jan. 14; discharge computed on basis of weekly staff-gage
readings and records for Big Lost River (east channel) and Warm Spring Creek (east and west channels) near Mackay.
756837 0-47-6
76 BIG LOST RIVER BASIN
Combined discharge, in second-feet, of Big Loat River (east and west channels) and Warm Spring Creek (east and west channels) above Mackay Reservoir, near Mackay, Idaho, water year October 1944
to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
206205206207208
205205204205205
206208210211211
211212211210210
210209£08207210
209210212215215217
Nov.
223223225230229
231232232234241
243247238232227
224220218214212
210210210211209
207206206204205-
Dec.
204204201200199
197198197194193
192191189190189
189187187186185
181180179179179
178178180180178178
Jan.
176176176173173
172172172172172
173172172172173
172172172169169
168168169168166
165163163164164163
Feb.
163163159160160
160158160160160
161160160160158
160160160158159
160158159159159
159159159
_-
Month
October. ...................................November ...................................December . ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ...................................February. ............................ .....March. .....................................April. .....................................May. .......................................June .......................................July. ................................ .....August ........................... .........September. ................... .............
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
157156155153153
153153151151151
152154156155154
152150150150150
151154156152151
151151151148148148
Apr.
Seoond- foot-days
6,4786,6535,842
134,915" *"
4)4714,7174,2328,240
20 18217)2456,931 5,667
95,929
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
148147146145144
144144144144144
144145145144143
143142142142142
142141140140136
135130130128128
May
127121115116119
184260322364386
407394380365344
326316302286277
267261256256252
245233229233242255
Maximum
217247204
1,980
163157148407
1,510850297198
1,510
June
264279324384444
472498497500528
494457453465464
434411399434534
724994
1,1301,2401,430
1,5101,4401,190
964825-
Minimum
204204178
125
163156148128115264307196180
115
July
731741816850799
748713682658638
658642639626611
565520491477473
464448429406385
369356343339321307
Aug.
297££2
836854
244
235£££
343024
219
2162££
121114
214
208£1]
039999
230
244Z££
373020
211
207£]]]
01969699
196
Mean
209222188
369
1701 AA J.OU
1521412666V3556224189
263
Sept.
189186184181180
186198197192193
190189190188189
187185184187189
190191189190193
194191190188187-
Runoff in acre-feet
12,85013,20011,590
267,600
10.4508 8709,3608,390
16,34040,03034,20013,75011,240
190,300
1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
BIG LOST RIVER BASIN 77
Mackay Reservoir near Mackay, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage on head-gate tower of dam on Big Lost River, lat. 4o°57', long. 113 U40', in sec. 12, T. 7 N., R. 23 E., 4 miles northwest of Mackay. Datum of gage is 6,000 feet above mean sea level.
Records available.- January 1919 to September 1945.Extremes.- Maximum contents observed during year, 40,570 acre-feet June 26 (gage height,
63.67 feet); minimum observed, 9,599 acre-feet Sept. 16-18 (gage height, 31.40 feet).1919-45: Maximum contents observed, 41,270 acre-feet May 30, 1938 (gage height,
64.20-feet); no available contents during periods in 1919, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1931-35; minimum gage height observed, 6.3 feet Aug. 5, 1934.
Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by earth-and rock-fill dam, which was reconstructed 1917-18; storage impounded by original dam not recorded. Capacity, 38,400 acre-feet between gage heights 7.0 feet (bottom of outlet tunnel) and 62.0 feet (crest of spillway). Dead storage reported to be about 125 acre-feet. Water is used for Irrigation of lands In Big Lost River Irrigation district. Considerable seepage around dam because of Its porous foundation, but the greater part of this water returns to Big Lost River between reservoir and station below reservoir, near Mackay. Figures given herein represent usable contents, computed for 12 p.m. on basis of once-daily readings of staff gage.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record and capacity table furnished by Water District No. 27.
Contents, in acre-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
20,44020,91021,28021 , 49021,690
21,86022,18022,44022,64022,840
23,07023,35023,60023,95024,210
24,43024,66024,96025,21025,420
25,69025,88026,09026,37026,620
a26,83027,040
a27,250a27,47027,68027,960
Nov.
28,20028,41028 , 65028,96029,260
29,50029,74029,91030,16030,530
30,83031,13031,48031,74031,980
32,20032,47032,66032,87033,010
33,15033,38033,63033,83034,000
34,19034,32034,48034,65034,830
-
Dec.
35,05035,28035,39035,57035.6SO
35,58035,45035,29035,17035,070
34,96034,85034,67034,40034,300
34,33034,49034,60034,67034,710
34,77034,85034,92034,96035,010
35,08035,14035, ISO35,22035,250357300
Jan.
35,36035,41035,42035,45035,490
35,53035,57035,61035,63035,670
35,71035,74035,78035,83035,890
35,93035,95035,98036,00036,010
36,04036,07036,11036,14036,160
36,17036,19036,19036,20036,21036,220
Feb.
36,22036,23036,26036,28036,310
36,35036,35036,31036,23036,190
36,17036,16036,16036,15036,120
36,11036,09036,09036,11036,140
36,17036,21036,25036,30036,330
36,37036,40036,430
__-
Mar.
36,48036,52036,56036,59036,630
36,66036,68036,69036,72036,740
36,79036,84036,88036,90036,930
36,950se.pso36,99037,00037 , 020
37,05037,12037,15037,18037,220
37,25037,27037,28037,30037,32037,340
Apr.
37,37037,39037,39037,39037,390
37,39037,39037,41037,44037 , 460
37 , 46037,46037,47037,48037 , 470
37,46037,46037,46037,46037,460
37,46037 , 46037,46037,46037,460
37,46037,46037,46037,43037,420
-
May
37,41037,38037,27037,17037,140
37,15037,36037,73038,21038,720
39,02039,16039,25039 ,27039,210
39,19039,16039,14039,11039,030
38,96038,93038,92038,91038,880
38,87036,84038,80038,78038,79038,800
June
38,84038,8903S,98039,16039,280
39,40039,56039,65039,69039,730
39,77039,74039,69039,56039,470
39,46039,45039,43039,43039,520
39,67039,60039,94040,24040,500
40,50040,18039,63039,24039,010
-
July
38,7503S,75038,79038,85038,780
38,61038,47038,33038,15037,940
37,73037,54037,39037,20036,980
36,89036,81036,52036,38036,210
36,05035,93035,73035,50035,270
34,82034,81033,52032,99032,23031,330
Aug.
30,64029,87029,04028,12027,370
26,78025,83024,88024,13023,340
22,60022,21021,64021,01020,500
20,10019,63019,00018,41017,870
17,41016,94016,52016,09015,670
15,28014,86014,29013,87013,48013,030
Sept.
12,65012,29011,97011,66011,350
11,02010,73010,58010,36010,080
9,6559,7919,7469,6829,631
9,5999,5999,7219,8689,997
10,17010,33010,46010,68010,890
11,10011,35011,64011,85012,120
-
a No gage-height record; contents Interpolated.
Monthly gage height and contents, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Calendar year 1944.....
Water year 1944-45.....
Gage height (feet)
-
-
Contents (acre-feet)
-
-
Change In contents during month (acre-feet)
-80
-8,080
Time Basis: Mountain war time standard time thereafter. To cor 1 hour.
a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; me time to standard time.
78 BIG LOST RIVER BASIN
Big Lost River below Mackay Reservoir, near Mackay, Idaho
Location.- V/ater-stage recorder, lat. 43°56', long. 113°38', in sec. 18, T. 7 N., R. 24 E., 450 feet downstream from Oleson Suspension Bridge, 1 mile downstream from head of Sharp ditch, li miles downstream from Mackay Reservoir, and 2i miles northwest of Mackay.
Records available.- December 1903 to August 1906, May 1912 to March 1915 (April 1913 to narcn 1915 at site 1 mile downstream], January 1919 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 29 years (1904-5, 1912-14, 1919-45), 269 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,770 second-feet June 26 (gage height, 4.68 feet); minimum, 70 second-feet (regulated) Sept. 29, 30 (gage height, 1.66 feet).
1903-6, 1912-15, 1919-45: Maximum discharge, 2,990 second-feet June 10, 1921(gage height, 5.79 feet); irlnimum, 18 second-feet (regulated) Nov. 1, 1934; minimumgage height, 1.23 feet Nov. 5-8, 1926.
Remarks.- Records good. Sharp ditch Is only diversion between station and reservoir; many diversions above reservoir. Flow regulated by Mackay Reservoir (see p. 77).
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder Inspected by Water District No. 27.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
8787878790
9090939393
9393969898
98989898101
106106109109109
109112109109112112
Nov.
112112112112112
112112112112118
115121121118121
121121124124124
124124124121121
121121124124127-
Dec.
127130130133204
276281281281276
276276276276276
239183183183183
183133183185183
179179179179179179
Jan.
176176176179179
179179179179179
176176176176176
176176176176176
172176176176176
176172172172176176
Feb.
176176176176176
176183197197197
197197197197197
1941941S3152152
152152152152156
156156156.--
Month
October. ..................... .............November. ........................ .........December . ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ................................. .February ...................................Mar>h. .....................................April ......................................May.............. ........... .............June .......................................July.... ...................................August .....................................September ...............................
Water year 1944-45 .... .................
Mar.
156156156156156
156156156156156
156159159156159
159159162162162
162162162162162
162162162162162162
Apr.
162162162162162
162162162162162
16216216216S162
162162162162162
162162162162162
162162162162162-
Second- foot-day s
3,0703,5676,459
140,897
5,4614,9224,9354,8608,46820,57121,20617,4827,221
108,222
May
162159159159159
159159159165212
281342379389393
384379361351347
333315311307298
289281272264268272
Maximum
112127281
1,960
179197162162393
1,700S47721422
1,700
June
243251281338398
447481496515530
525510496481481
471456437432491
658877
1,0201,0801,250
1,5801,7001,4801,170
996-
Minimum
87112127
82
17215215616215924353544770
70
July
847745727817817
793769745727745
739739739715685
663608608602575
540540540535545
580685715709697715
Aug.
709703721715709
691697680668aso59758055053550O
491496520540545
525515491481466
456456456456466447
Mean
99. 0119208
385
1761761591622736S6684564241
296
Sept.
488sea384374356
851356265574356
SB*289886365239
204204197169169
17S166146136118
1181O6827070-
Runoff in ao re-feet
6,0907,08012,810
879,500
10,8309,7609,7909,640
16,60040.6OO42,06034,68014,320
214,700
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time there To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BIG LOST RIVER BASIN
Vlarm Spring Creek (east channel) near Mackay, Idaho
79
Location^- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°58', long. 113°45', In NEi sec. 5, T. 7 H., R. S3 K., 700 feet upstream from confluence with west channel and 7i miles northwest of Mackay.
Records available.- Itay 1919 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 26 years, 28.2 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 119 second-feet June 26 (gage height, 2.79 reet ); minimum, 12 second-feet May 3-5; minimum gage height, 1.46 feet May 3.
1919-45: Maximum discharge observed, 225 second-feet June 15, 1922 (gage height, 3.24 feet, site and datum then In use; minimum, 9 second-feet May 8, 9, 13, 14, 1919, May 18-21, 1920.
Remarks.- Records good. Practically all natural flow above station diverted during irri- gatlon season. Discharge during summer represents return water from Irrigation. The sum of the combined discharge of east and west channels of Warn Spring' Creek and the Combined discharge of east and west channels of Big Lost River, near Mackay, represents practically the entire surface flow of Big Lost River which enters Mackay Reservoir.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph furnished by Wat»r District No. 27.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)(Shifting-control method used May 10 to June 24,
July £1 to tug. 15, Aug. 26 to Sept. SO)
1.41.51.6 1.8
2.02.42.5
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
3029292930
2929292929
2929292929
2929292628
2S28282727
272727282828
Nov.
2929293030
3030303032
3333323029
2827272727
2727282827
2727272727~
Dec.
2727272727
2626252525
2525252525
2525252525
2424242425
252526252424
Jan.
2424242423
2323232322
2222222222
2222222222
E222222222
222222222221
Feb.
2121202020
2020202020
2020202020
2020202020
1919191919
191919---
Month
October ....................................November .................. ........... . .December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January ..................................February ..................................March. .......................... . .... .April .......... ............... ..........May........................................June. ..................... ... . . ...July. ......................................August. ............ ........... ..... .September .... .............................
Water year 1944-45 . . ...................
Mar.
1918is18IS
1818IS18IS
1818191818
1817171717
1719181717
171717171717
Apr.
1717171716
1616161616
1616161616
1616161616
1616161716
1615141414-
Second- foot-days
883S64781
12,332
694554547478676
1,5511,237
629608
9,502
May
1413121212
1316222729
3030302928
2726252424
23222g2222
212020202021
Maximum
303327
150
2421191730
114612422
114
June
2122253039
4245454648
4542414038
3631313238
47637987
106
114107856861-
Minimum
272724
14
2119171412212219IB
12
July
5454586158
5350464646
4748474746
4238363632
3E30292727
262625352422
Aug.
2223222120
2121212020
1919192020
1919191924
2322212120
191919191919
Mean
2". 5°R.a25.2
33.7
22.419.817.615.921.851.739.920.320.3
26.0
Sspt.
19ISIS1818
1922212020
2020212121
2020202021
2122212121
2121SI21
21-
Runoff in acre-feet
1,7501,7101,550
24,450
1,38O1,1001,080
9481,3403,0802,4501,2501,210
18 ,850
Time basis: fountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time there To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
80 BIG LOST RIVER BASIN
Warm Spring Creek (west channel) near Mackay, Idaho
Location.- Water-st^ge recorder, lat. 43°58', long. 113°45', in NEi sec. 5, T. 7 N., R. 23 E., 500 feet upstream from confluence with east channel and 7& miles northwest of Mackay.
Records available.- May 1919 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 26 years, 92.1 second-feet.
Extrenes.- Maximum discharge during year, 220 second-feet June 26 (gage height, 2.56 feet); ninimun, 58 second-feet May 3 (gage height, 1.26 feet).
1919-45: Maximum discharge, 600 second-feet (estimated) Aug. 11, 1936 (gage height^, 4.42 feet, datum then in use, from high-water mark); minimum, 49 second-feet Apr. 27, 1935 (gage height, 0.62 foot, datum then in use).
Remarks.- Records pood. Flow during summer represents return flow from irrigation. The sun of the combined discharge of east and west channels of Warm Spring Creek and the combined Discharge of east and west channels of Big Lost, River, near Mackay, represents practically the entire surface flow of Big Lost River which enters Mackay Reservoir.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph furnished by Water District No. 27.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
9292929293
9292929393
9494959594
9494959495
9595949495
9595969898
100
Nov.
102101102105107
107106107107111
110111108108106
106105105105105
105106106107106
105104104104105-
Dec.
104104102102102
102104104102102
102102101102102
102102102102101
10099989898
989898989898
Jan.
9696969596
9595959595
9594949495
9595959393
9393949493
939292939393
Feb.
9393909292
9290929292
9392929290
929292909092"
92939393
939393__-
Month
October. ...................................November . ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January ....................................February. ..................................March ......................................April ......................................May. ............ ..........................June .......................................July ................ ......................August .....................................September ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ... ..................
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m
Mar.
9292929090
90908989S9
8990909089
8S87878787
88S9898787
878787848484
Apr.
8483838282
8282828282
8283838383
838282SS82
8281828178
7774737070-
Second- foot-days
2 9223*1763,127
38 ,555
2,9202,5752,7402,4172,2473,6173,2782,5552,732
34,306
. , Sept. 30,
May
6964596060
5964717680
8383838281
8078767575
7473747473
737069696971
Maximum
100111104
250
96939284832151299399
215
June
7374808799
102110112116119
114108105105102
9894929299
112137160173199
215202165143130-
Minimum
9210198
66
929084705973837777
59
July
124122126129125
118117113112111
113113112112114
11010410210099
9895949392
929090898683
Aug.
8384838181
8080818080
8080818283
8282818195
9290898784
827877788080
Mean
94.3106101
105
. 94.292.08S.480.672.512110682.491.1
94.0
Sept.
7780808081
8489929293
9393939393
9290909394
9595949598
9996969696-
Runoff in ao re-feet
5,8006,3006,200
76,490
5,7905,1105,4304,7904,4607,1706,5005,0705,420
68 ,040
1945; mountain standard time thereafter.To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BIG LOST RIVER BASIN 81
Sharp ditch near Kackay, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir, lat. 43°57', long. 113°39', in sec. 7, T. 7 N., R. 24 E., 1,600 feet downstream from head of ditch, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Mackay Reservoir, and 34 miles northwest of ITackay.
Records available.- April 1939 to September 1945. June 1912 to October 1914, March 1919 to April 1939 at site 1,400 feet upstream, above Hintze ditch.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 39 second-feet July 4 (gage height, 1.29 feet); no flow on many days November to May.
1912-14, 1919-45: Maximum discharge observed, 42 second-feet June 23, 1921 (former site); no flow at times.
Remarks.- Records good except those for hfoy 31 to June 18, which are fair, and those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. Sharp ditch diverts from east side of Big Lost River In SEi sec. 12, T. 7 N., R. 23 E., half a mile below Mackay Reser voir and 1 mile above station on Big Lost River below Mackay Reservoir, near Mackay. Water used for irrigation northwest of Ilackay and above Streeter ditch. Hintze ditch diverts from Sharp ditch above station and, according to water-master, carried 48 acre- feet during year (9 in June, 11 in July, and 28 in August).
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph furnished by Water District No. 27.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
7.07.07.07.27.2
7.27.58.3S.58.5
9.19.49.71011
111010106.5
3.73.53.33.33.3
3.33.23.23.2
a2.S2.3
Nov..
2.32.32.22.22.0
1.91.91.91.20
00
. aO
hO
. aO
-
Dec.
. aO.5
Jan.
> aO.9
h.9
a. 9
Feb.
. aO.7
---
Month
October ....................................November. ..................................December . ..................................
Calendar year 1944 .................. ...
January .................................. .February ...................................llaroh... ...................................April ......................................May. .......................................June ............................ ..........July. ...... ...............................August .....................................September. ...... .......................
Water year 1944-45 .......... ...........
Mar.
> aO.6
h.6
a. 6
Apr.
.
> aO.3
~
Second- foot-daya
207.217.915.5
3,335.3
27.919.6IS. 69.04.1
959677519.6404.9
2,880.3
May
I"000
00000
. aO
4.1
Maximum
112.3
34
\
_4.1
3835
21
38
June
2222263535
3637373S38
3S3S383633
3232323233
3124313029
2931302925-
Minimum
2.30-
0
_0
22147.S5.1
0
July
1424353430
313231
|.19
1818181718
1717171717
171817171717
Aug.
2124242424
25
I
W20
j16151413
1313131415
131311108.8
8.07.8
17222120
Mean
6.6S.60.50
9.11
.90
.70
.60
.30
.1332.021.816.813.5
7.S9
Sept.
1918IS1819
2020202119
161312119.7
7.S7.87.26.55.S
5.85.17.2
1512
121111IS19-
Runoff in acre-feet
4113631
6,620
553937188
1,9001,3401,030803
5,710
a. No gage-height record; discharge interpolated h Computed from staff-gage reading Time basis! Mountain war time up
To convert war time to standard timei 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter, subtract 1 hour.
82 PORTNEUF RIVER BASIN
Portneuf River at Topaz, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 42°38', long. 112°06', in sec. 23, T. 9 S., R. 37 E., atOregon Short Line Railroad bridge, a quarter of a mile west of Topaz, li miles upstream from diversion dan of Portneuf-Marsh Valley Canal Co., and 6 miles southeast of McCammon.
Records available.- January 1913 to September 1915, July 1919 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 26 years (1913-14, 1919-22, 1923-45), 190 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 454 second-feet Feb. 14 (gage height, 3.06 feet); minimum observed, 118 second-feet Oct. 5, Dec. 12, 13: minimum gage height observed, 1.08 feet Dec. 12, 13.
1913-15, 1919-45: Maximum discharge observed, 902 second-feet Apr. 3, 1913 (gage height, 6.1 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum observe^, 65 second-feet Oct. 9, 1934 (gage height, 0.81 foot).
Remarks.- Records good. Gage read once daily. Flow regulated by Portneuf-Marsh Valley Canal Co.'s reservoir near Chesterfield. Ilany ranch diversions above station.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
122122126122118
122122124124124
120120124124120
122124122122122
122122122122122
122122122122122122
Nov.
124124124124143
139139143139135
15515515114714V
143143143143143
14714314V147143
14314V143139139-
Dec.
141141141141141
141141137133130
126118118120120
120120120120133
13V145133133133
135135135135135135
Jan.
135133133137137
139143159147143
143143145155167
159155143139139
139139135135135
135131131131131131
Feb.
137167207199183
149151151151151
151155226454244
19518717116V155
147147143139147
147139139---
Month
October. ............................November . ........................ ....... .December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January .................................. .February ............................. .....March ....................................April ......................................MavMay ........................................June .......................................July..... ..................................August ............................... .....September. ............................... .
Water year 1944-45 ................ .....
Mar.
139139139135135
131131135135135
14720V218210199
179171163155147
151191210199181
1911911S7187187187
Apr.
220224231235246
257237226222207
205189189189189
19118V18V18V179
201228235212212
214222218214228-
Second- foot-days
3,7884,2424,093
63,202
4,3674,8995 2126*375
10,4959.VV17,022V 5866*,OV1
73,921
May
248267294301331
33735035035034V
353359365395401
344350365371371
371371356319316
313312304319331334
Maximum
126155145
372
167454
, 218257401451253258253
454
June
3473443503SO410
410424432439451
439410394380313
31431S2S62S6280
269255233222222
239231231231231-
Minimum
118124118
116
1311371311S7248222
224157
US
July
20320S203203203
20522828S286220
21S226226226224
220831216224224
a224224224833250
253246250253250253
Aug.
25785S853246248
246853250246246
25125V253250257
853248248248842
842839
a840848242
239235835831231224
Mean
122141132
173
141175168212339386827245202
203
Sept.
288231931888242
853244242242239
231228824212189
165157157157161.
205205185177177
177177173169165
Runoff in ao re-feet
7,5108,4108,120
125,400
8, 6609,72010,34012,640£0,82019,38013,93015,05012,040
146.600a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3O, 1945; mou
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.itain standard time thereafter.
PORTNEUF RIVER BASIN
Portneuf River at Pocatello, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°52', long. 112°28', In sec. 27, T. 6 S., R. 34 E., at highway bridge at foot of Carson Street, in west end of Pocatello.
Records available.,- August 1911 to September 1945. May 1897 to October 1899 at site 1 mile upstream.
Average discharge.,- 32 years (1912-16, 1917-45), 250 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 774 second-feet June 12 (gage height, 6.49 feet)T minimum, 72 seconrl-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 2.59 feet).
1897-99 1911-45: Maximum discharge, more than 2,000 second-feet sometime during period May 13 to June 14, 1917; minimum, 5 second-feet July 31, 1942, from rating curve extended below 40 second-feet.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, whtch ere fair. Many diversions above statimi for irrigation. Flow regulated by
storage reservoir near Chesterfield.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except periods of lee effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, Feb. 2-18, Aug. 21 bo Sept. 30}
2.7 85 4.5 350 2.9 109 5.0 444 3.2 149 5.5 548 3.5 191 6.0 659 4.0 267 6.5 776
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct.
92 95
105 104 109
109 109 112 118 118
121 121 121 125 126
132 130 131 131 132
132 135 139 136 138
136 135 135 135 135 136
Nov.
142 155 166 169 185
202 209 228 250248
261 294 309 311 304
288 277 262 257 254
256 257 25O 254 259
257 257 262 257 254
Dec.
269 269272 269 267
265 265 264 257 238
221 b210 b200 b200 b200
b200*b?"iO b2^0 b210 b250
272 280 340 333 294
S89 267 262 269 270 262
Jan.
259 259 254 253 254
256 272 306 361
*340
a320 a30O
316366
370 342 311 301 288
283 267
b250 b240 b240
b240 b240 b230 b230 b230 b230
Feb.
257 359 481 521 54O
519 450 392 348
*361
379 392sai440 555
544 493 418 373 355
a34O a330 a3303515 u3UO
a310 a310a29f
Month
Octo Nove Dece
Ca
Janu Febr Hare Apri Hay.June July Augu Sept
fla
mber. ............. ....... ............
lendar year 1944 ......... ............
ary
1. .................... . . ........ ...
St. ............... ............... ....ember. ...... ............ .............
ter year 1944-45 ......................
Har.
h296 a295 a295 a295 a290
a290 a280 a280 285 293
328 386 428 481 510
479 422 375 354343
340 357 390 401 368
359 377 381 381 372 368
Apr.
575 372 361 359 354
357 381 409 426 414
396 386 373 364 355
354 354 352 359 403
466 510 516 527 525
498 477 470 479 512
Second- foot-days
3,833 7,3347,864
86,997
8,705 11,088 11,099 12,484 18,903 16,207 4,068 4,393 6,583
112,561
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis o
Hay
548 592 623645666
687 714 716 694 682
680 67O 668 657 641
610 607 614 621 612
612 603 581 566 546
533 523 512 502 491 487
Maximum
139 311 340
638
370 555510 5277ie771 251 198 335
771
June
531 533 514516 557
612 664 707 738 759
771 769 752 735 716
684 643 612 57O 525
470 416 357 314 296
294 308 306 277 261
Minimum
92 142 200
19
230 257 280 352 487 261 85
107
35
July
251 248 234 206180
171 163 134 131 134
118 112 110 99
108
132 136 136 131 108
105 103 99 93
103
8589 87
89 87
Aug.
91 97
108 116 109
107 122 198 173 160
146 159 152 157 157
153 146 139 142 160
163 160 153150 152
142 141 141 134 138 127
Mean
124 244 254
238
281 396 358 416 610 540 131 142 219
308
f weather records and records for
Sept.
107 113 118 142 174
164 164 167 166 164
152 152 191 264 256
238 228 224 218 220
236 297 333 335 313
296 297 291 283 280
Runoff in acre-feet
7,600 14,550 15,600
172,600
17,270 21,990 22,010 24,760 37,490 32,150 8,070 8,710 13,O6O
223.3OO
station atTopaz.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.h Computed from staff-gage reading.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945;
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.nountain standard time the
B* PORTIIEUF RIVER BASIN
Birch Creek near Downey, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage and wooden control, lat. 42°21', long. 112°15', In SEi sec. 28, T. 12 S., R. 36 E., just downstream from point where flow that is diverted through Malad power plant re-enters stream, 8.6 miles southwest of Downey, and 10 miles upstream from confluence with Marsh Creek.
Records available.- September 1937 to September 1945. ii miles upstream.
October 1911 to August 1914 at site
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 25 second-feet June 9 (gage height, 1.34 feet); minimum observed, 6.3 second-feet Dec. 11-18.
1911-14, 1937-45: Maximum discharge observed, 95 second-feet July 15, 1938, by velocity-area method on basis of floodmark at measuring section; minimum observed, 3.4 second-feet Dec. 24-27, 1913.
Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice daily. Malad power plant, which has a sraallreservoir above station, may cause slight diurnal fluctuations. Water Is diverted from Birch Creek half a mile below station and carried by transmountain canal to Devil Creek In Bear River Basin.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1234b
fi789
10
11121214lb
16IV181920
212223?425
26?728293031
Oct.
7.97.97.97.97.9
7.77.77.77.77.7
7.57.57.57.57.5
7.37.37.37.37.3
7.37.37.37.37.3
7.27.27.27.27.27.2
Nov.
7.57.27.27.38.2
7.77.57.37.37.3
7.3.8.37.37.37.2
7.27.27.27.27.2
7.27.27.27.27.2
7.07.07.07.07.0-
Dec.
7.07.07.07.07.0
6.86.86.86.86.6
6.36.36.36.36.3
6.36.56.56.66.6
6.86.86.86.86.8
6.S6.66.86.86.86.8
Jan.
6.66.G6.86.86.8
6.66.66.87.07.2
7.07.06.87.07.0
7.07.07.07.07.0
6.87.07.07.07.0
7.07.07.07.07.07.0
Feb.
6.96.87.07.07.0
7.06.86.S6.8
6.86.86.87.27.0
7.07.07.07.07.0
7.07.07.07.06.8
6.86.86.8.--
Month
December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March. .....................................April. ......... ...........................Hay
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
6.86.86.86.86.8
6.86.S6.86.86.8
6.86.87-.07.26.8
6.86.86.86.86.8
7.07.07.36.87.2
7.27.27.27.27.27.2
Apr.
7.27.27.27.37.3
7.37.57.57.97.9
7.77.V7.77.77.V
7.VV.97.99.5
10
1010101111
1010101112-
Second- foot days
231.7219,4207.4
3,292.2
215.1260.8489529
313.3275.9
3,515.8
May
1313131415
1616161617
1818181818
1816161616
1616161515
151515151515
Maximum
7.98.87.0
16
7.27.27.312182414129.7
24
June
1515151616
1520222324
2322222020
2020181818
1616151515
1514141414-
Minimum
7.27.06.3
6.3
6.66.86.67.2
1314119.V9.0
6.3
July
1414131313
1212121212
1212121212
1212121111
1111111111
111111111111
Aug.
1111111111
111211109.7
9.71010109.7
9.9.9.9.9.
9.9.9.9.9.
9.9.9.79.79.79.7
Mean
7.477.316.69
9.00
6.986.926.948.69
15.817.611.810.19.20
9.63
Sept.
9.79.79.79.79.7
9.79.79.09.09.0
9.09.09.09.09.0
9.09.0-9.09.09.0
9.79.39.09.09.0
9.09.09.09.09.0-
Runoff in acre-feet
460435411
, 6,530
425384427517970
1,050726621547
6,970
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain'standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
TRIBUTARIES AIID DIVERSIONS BETWEEN PORTNEUF RIVER AND SALMON FALLS CREEK 85
Clear Creek near Naf, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41 058'15", long. 113°17'15", in SV/iSWi sec. 1, T. 14 H., R. 13 W. Salt Lake meridian, 2 miles south of Utah-Idaho State line, 3 miles south of Naf post office, and 20 miles upstream from Raft River. Prior to Dec. 31, 1912, staff gage at site 600 feet downstream at different datum.
Drainage area.- 19 square miles.
Records available.- January 1910 to June 1911 (fragmentary), June to December 1912 (gage heights only), November 1944 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 132 second-feet June 5 (gage height, 2.26 feet); minimum, 0.4 second-foot Sept. 8, caused by irrigation diversion.
1910-11, 1944-45: Maximum discharge observed, 180 second-feet May 13, 1910 (gage height, 1.60 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum observed, 0.3 second-foot July 21, 1910.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are poor. Diversions above station for irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct. Nov.
_____
____-
____-
____'
__
*2.82.6
b2.5
b2.4b2.4b2.3b2.3b2.2
-
Dec.
, b2.2
bl.8
Jan.
1.81.31.81.81.8
1.82.42.42.22.2
2.22.22.42.42.6
2.6b2.5b2.4b2.4b2.0
b2.0bS.O
2
Feb.
2
-.-
Month
"rctober. ..................................."ovember 25-50 ................... .........'Mcember. ..................................
Calendar year ......................
January .................................. ."ijbruary .......:............ .............." won. .....................................*»ril ...... ................. .............."\y.......................... .............June .......................................July .......................................\ugust .................................. . .^ sptember ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ...... ...............
Mar.
22(*)
1"2.02.2
2.62.83.22.83.0
b2.9b2.8b2.6b2.52.4
2.63.23.23.03.2
3.02.32.82.82.83.2
Apr.
3.0b2.8h2.7t>2.93.0
3.03.44.24.2
»3.G
3.43.2
b3.1b3.03.2
3.43.44.66.18.1
1112121210
9.29.28.79.815
-
Second- foot-daya
19.559.8
65. V5680.4183.2
1,6402,428834232.6107.6
5,706.8
May
2126313946
4952545560
6466706454
5054524946
403S393941
495568829592
Maximum
2.8
2.6
3.2159512441135.8
124
June
99106102104124
109999184SO
7373788073
6967768888
9184747174
6560' 54
4S44-
Minimum
2.2
___
2.72144112.6.8
.8
July
4140414140
3838373434
3532303432
2S26242221
2019181815
141313131211
Aug.
1113121110
9.61312107.8
6.26.67.47.06.6
5.85.86.27.S9.6
7.46.64.45.05.0
5.05.04.74.44.12.6
Mean
2.441.93
2.1222.596.1152.980.926.97.503.59
18.3
Sept.
s.s4.14.45.84.4
4.44.1.8
3.83.5
3.23.22.92.62.6
2.62.93.23.53.2
3.84.44.14.14.1
3.83.83.53.53.5-
Runoff in acre-feet
_39
119
_
130111159363
3,2504,8201,650
461213
11,320
» Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Hote.- No gage-height record Jan. 23 to Mar. 2; discharge computed on basis of weather records. Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
86 TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN PORTNEUF RIVER AND SALMON FALLS CREEK
North Side Minidoka Canal near Minidoka, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°40', long. 113°29', in sec. 1, T. 9 S., R. 25 E., 600 feet downstream from head gates at Minidoka Dam and 6 miles south of Mlnidoka.
Records available.- May 1909 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,700 second-feet July 24, 27, 28; maximum gage height, 9.84 feet July 28; no flow during winter.
1909-45: Maximum discharge, 1,780 second-feet July 11, 1943; maximum gage height, 10.00 feet May 7, 1943; no flow during winters.
Remarks.- Records excellent. Flow controlled by head gates. Canal diverts water from snake River for irrigation of 64,000 acres of land under North Side Mlnidoka project.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1234
6
11
16
J.O
21
23
26
<£O
Oct.
628630626628622
622
676
652
466461 452452
452452452452443
Nov.
384387334249219
21973
0
0
00
00 00
00000
-
Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
December ..................... .............
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March ............... ......................
May. . .......... ..........................
September. ...... .............. ...........
Water year 1944 45 ......................
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m
Mar. Apr.
00000
00000
00000
0000
135
203202 262310377
412410410412521-
Second- foot-days
0
£14,928
y^'g^lc n ' n
27,447
221,542
. , Sept. 30
May
650889
1,2001,4301,500
1,4901,5601,6601,6901,690
1,6301,6701,6701,6301,580
1,4901,4001,3701,2401,110
1,0401,040
997884803
801803803803801853
Maximum
0
1,700
1 540
1,310
1,700
June
9631,0801,1701,2701,140
1,030976924924851
807805935
1,0301,130
1,3101,4401,5201,5401,530
1,5301,540 1,5001,4601,420
1,3501,2901,2101,1501,150
Minimum
C
C
80 c
40E
C
July
1,2101,3401,4601,5101,550
1,5901,6801,6801,6801,680
1,6901,6901,6901,6901,690
1,6901,6901,6901,6901,690
1,6901,660 1,6901,7001,690
1,6901,7001,7001,6601,6601,630
Aug.
1,6201,6101,6101,5501,500
. 1,5001,5001,4401,3701,370
1,3701,3701,4201,4601,460
1,4601,5301,5701,5601,570
1,5701/580 1,5601,5301,500
1,4801,4801,4801,4501,4201,390
Mean
0
587
915
607
Sept.
1,3101,2501,2601,8601,240
1,2101,1601,1101,1101,110
1,1101,1401,1601,1201,080
1,0701,010
887842807
722602 576576515
471470439412408-
Runoff in acre-feet
0
426,300
54,440
439,400
1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN PORTNEUF RIVER AND SALMON FALLS CREEK 87
South Side Minidoka Canal near Hinidoka, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°40', long. 113°29', In sec. 12, T. 93., R. 25 &., 300 yards downstream from head gates at Minldoka Dan and 6 miles south of Hinidoka.
Records available.- April 1909 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,360 second-feet July 11 (gage height, 5.99 feet); maximum gage height, 6.02 feet Aug. 28, 29; no flow during winter.
1909-45: Maximum discharge, that of July 11, 1945; no flow during winters.
Remarks.- Records excellent. Flow controlled by head gates. Canal diverts water from Snake River for irrigation of 54,000 acres of land under South Side Ilinidoka project.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
437426407361322
329363373340324
324252212228241
242242241242247
249252326371389
383383414432422424
Nov.
401308268
890
00000
00000
00000
00000
00000
-
Dec. Jan. Feb.
Mcnth
October. ...................................November . ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ................................. .February ............................... ...March ......................................April ......................................May. .......................................June. ......................................July. .................................. ...August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar. Apr.
Second- foot-days
10,1981,066
0
153,160
0
00
25 775
38^10024 , 214
161,059
May
103308373373371
600763931
1,0901,310
1,3501,3401,3301,2701,200
1,1701,040
934889843
774671550474414
377340326373407414
Maximum
437401
0
1,320
0000
1,3501,3401,350 1 2701^260
1,350
June
439494571635635
620625628581552
552588684804919
1,0301,1401,2901,3401,220
1,3301,3001,2801,1801,060
946898798807829
Minimum
EliCC
C
CCCC10*3
43'
1.09C27?
C
July
863955
1,0201,1701,260
1,2701,3001,3101,3101,320
1,3501,3401,3401,3301,320
1,3201,3201,3201,3101,300
1,2901,2801,2701,2601,260
1,2601,2701,2701,2701,2701,270
Aug.
1,2501,2401,2401,2201,210
1,2201,2301,2301,1701,140
1,0901,1001,1401,2401,240
1,2401,2501,2601,2601,250
1,2501,2601,2601,2601,260
1,2601,2701,2701,2701,2601,260
Mean
2 32935.5
0
418
) 0000
(. 1,258'807
441
Sept.
1,2601,2501,2601,2401,180
1,1501,1501,1201,0501,040
1,0401,0401,0601,0701,060
1,010886823746650
535367290292280
273273273273273
Runoff in acre-feet
£0,2302,110
0
303,800
0000
45,04051,120TL' ?48^030
319,400Time basis! Mountain war time up to £ a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time the
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
88 TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN PORTNEUF RIVER AND SALTON FALLS CREEK
Goose Creek above Trapper Creek, near Oakley, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°07', long. 113°56', in sec. 13, T. 15 S., R. 21 E., 5 niles upstream from Trapper Creek and 10 miles south ef Oakley.
Records available.- April 1911 to September 1916, March 1919 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 22 years (1911-14, 1926-45), 40.7 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 311 second-feet Feb. 14 (gage height, 3.92 feet); minimum, 7.0 second-faet Sept. 16 (gage height, 1.51 feet).
1911-16, 1919-45: Maximum discharge, 1,670 second-feet Jan. 23 or Feb. 24, 1943 (gage height, 7.6 feet, from high-water Hark), from rating curve extended above 600 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; no flow July 22 to Aug. 10, Aug. 22-30, 1934, Aug. 15 to Oct. 3, 1935, July 22 to Sept. 25, 1940.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are poor. Diversions above station for irrigation. Flow of artesian well, completed in 1935, enters below. Practically entire flow passing station is stored In Oakley Reservoir.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
7.88.18.18.48.7
S.79.39.38.79.0
9.09.39.08.79.3
1111121212
1212121414
141414141415
Nov.
1515161720
2222201919
2023272623
2222222017
16
15
-
Dec.
> 15
> 11
(«)
14
17211916
Jan.
\
I16
1720334030
23
(*)
19202225
Feb.
304375
10185
5442424864
5070121
*260177
7662554843
3836393734
293234_--
Month
December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
September ..................................
Wster year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
3332323433
2729323240
65941079670
5548464240
4O44566350
525754494748
Apr.
5055504646
4850565958
5457565452
5252566270
8399113125129
128114108109113-
Seoond- foot-days
433
14,824.9
6771,8251,5472,2O45,5762,70167537O.5332.1
17, 237. O
"ay
126141159174184
SOS216Z-P233231
236236238236229
207191180167164
153150141156159
148144144141136129
Maximum
21
202
40260107129238130462317
260
June
123116109108121
130120126121125
1251141029394
9290827065.
6260566060
6061565248-
Minimum
7.8
-
.9
_292746
12648127.57.2
7.2
July
4641353533
3130231213
1418191921
2219171918
1924222018
161514151413
Aug.
1312111211
1114182319
1614141413
12109.69.912
1214109.68.4
7.87.87.87.58.48.7
Mean
10.918.614.0
40.5
21.865.249.973.518090.021.812.011.1
47.2
Sept.
8.48.18.71010
129.9109.69.3
9.39.08.78.47.8
7.27.67.88.49.0
1014161717
1716161616-
Runoff in ao re-feet
6711,110859
29,400
1,3403,6203,0704,37011,0605,3601,340735669
34,190
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by lee Nov. 21 to Feb. 1.Time basis; Mountain war time up to S a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN PORTNEUF RIVER AND SALMON FALLS CREEK 8£
Oakley Reservoir near Oakley, Idaho
'.ocatton.- Staff gage, lat. 42°12', long. 113°55', in sec. 19, T. 14 S., R. 22 E., Just upstream from right abutment of dam on Goose Creek, 4 miles southwest of Oakley.
"ecords available.- October 1912 to September 1945.
"bctremes.- Maximum contents observed during year, 34,900 acre-feet June 18 (gage height, 93.8 feet); minimum observed, 6,450 acre-feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 40.4 feet).
1912-45: Maximum contents observed, 74,600 acre-feet June 15, 1921 (gage height, 136.2 feet); reservoir drained at close of season in 1915, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1933.
"'emarks.- Reservoir is formed by earth dam constructed in 1911-13; storage began in 1911. Capacity, 74,350 acre-feet between gage heights 0.0 foot (bottom of diversion tunnel) and 136.0 feet (crest of spillway). Dead storage negligible. Water is used for Irrigation of lands along Goose Croek in Oakley Canal Co. project. Figures given herein represent usable contents. Gage read occasionally and contents shown on days observations were made.
")ooperation.- Gage-height record and capacity table furnished by Oakley Canal Co.
Contents, in acre-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1946
1
flepK'
nir
]«
,r.
P
i r'->
Oct.
:
8,440
-
8,660
9,020
:
9,090
9,410
9,600
Nov.
9,690
-
10,100
10,500
-
-
10,900
11,100
Dec.
11,400
11,800
11,900
12,100
-
12,200
:
12,600
Jan.
13,100
13,400
-
14,100
-
:
14,600
15,100
Feb.
15,300
15,800
:
16,500
17,500
18,200
^
18,900
:
Mar.
-
:
-
-
-
i22,000
22,800
Apr.
22,800
23,600
-
24,400
-
j
25,100
26,200
26,900
May
27,100
27,500
28,000
-
29,100
-
30,200
1
31,200
32,000
June
32,200
32,400
:34,000
34,200
34,500
-
34,900
33,400
-
July
32,200
31,900
-
29,500
29,400
_
26,600
23,200
22,300
Aug.
21,900
20,400
:-
18,900
18,200
-
17,100
:
16,100
14,400
Sept.
13,900
12,400
11,700
10,400 10,100
9,660
_
8,180
6,460
ime basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter, convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
90 TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN! PORTHEUF RIVER AND SALMON FALLS CREEK
Trapper Creek near Oakley, Irlaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°10', long. 113°59', in sec. 34, T. 14 S., R. 21 E., 4 miles upstream from Oakley Dam and 7 miles southwest of Oakley.
Records available.- May 1911 to September 1916, March 1919 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 21 years (1911-12, 1913-14, 1926-45), 13.5 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 104 second-feet Feb. 13 (gage height, 6.09 feet); minimum recorded, 2.7 second-feet Dec. 30 and during period Jan. 3-20.
1911-16, 1919-45: Maximum discharge recorded, about 700 second-feet Aug. 17, 1941 (gage height, 6.99 feet), from rating curve extended above 50 second-feet (a higher flow may have occurred during cloudburst about 12 p.m. Aug. 15, 1931); minimum not determined, probably occurred during winter.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. A few snail diversions above station. Flow of artesian well, completed in 1936, enters above. Practically entire flow passing station is stored In Oakley Reservoir.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by Oakley Canal Co.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
8.4a8.68.68.88.4
8.88.88.88.89.3
9.38.89.89.810
11109.89.39.8
9.39.39.39.89.8
9.38.89.39.39.39.8
Nov.
1010111112
1111111111
12131211
all
allalOa 10a 10alO
1111111110
111111
' 1011-
Dec.
allalOalOalOalO
alOalOalOa9a8
a?7.28.48.88.8
8.09.38.8
1113
14131311
alO
109.810107.8
12
Jan.
109.8
alOalOalO
allalSa!6
V a!5
12
14129.9
1311
11119.2
111415
Feb.
1414151513
13IS161714
141551
a40a.VI
a 2012121212
11
129.89.8__-
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March. .....................................April. ...............:.....................Hay
September ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
9.81010109.8
alO10101012
1417181513
1212121112
1216161213
141313131213
Apr.
1413131313
1313151413
1313131213
1313141517
1920192219
1716161719-
Seccnd- foot-days
288.4327308.9
4,552.7
393.7453.6384.6454926610344.5282.8282.7
5,056.2
May
2123252833
3333343333
3433343332
3131292928
2725263030
303030303028
Maximum
111314
28
165118223428141112
51
June
2726272827
2524232324
2221212021
2019181717
1616171716
1617151515-
Minimum
8.4107.2
6.4
9.29.89.8
1221158.58.C8.4
7.2
July
1414131313
1212121212
1212121212
1111121111
109.89.89.39.3
9.3a9.0a9.0a9.0a8.5a8.5
Aug.
a8.58.48.88.48.0
8.011119.89.3
8.48.48.88.88.4
8.48.08.4
1011
109.89.39.39.3
9.39.39.38.89.88.8
Mean
9.310.910.0
12.4
12.716.212.415.129.920.311.19.1
.' 9.4
13.9
Sept.
8.49.89.89.38.8
8.89.39.38.88.8
8.88.88.88.48.4
8.89.39.39.39.3
1112111010
10109.89.39.3-
Runoff in acre-feet
572649613
9,030
781900763900
1,8401,210
683561561
10,030
a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated or computed on basis of weather records and records for Soose Creek near Oakley and Rock Creek near Rock Creek.
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard tine, subtract 1 hour.
TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN PORTNEUF RIVER AND SALMON FALLS CREEK
P. A. lateral near Milner, Idaho
91
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 42°32', long. 114°01'. in sec. 22, T. 10 S., R. 21 E., 600 feet downstream from pumping station and 2|, miles northeast of Milner.
Records available.- April 1919 to September 1945; 1916 to 1918 by North Side Canal Co.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 62 second-feet on many days; no flow at times.1919-45; Maximum discharge, 64 second-feet May 11-13, 1920 July ll" 12 19-2^
1932;" no flow at .times. J ' ' ' ''
Remarks.- Records excellent. Gage read twice daily. Flow regulated by pumping plant wnich lifts water from Snake River for irrigation on North Side Twin Falls tract.
Cooperation.- Gage-Jieight record and one discharge measurement furnished by North Side canal Co.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct. Nov.
00000
00000
0000
16
160000
00000
00000~
Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
October ...................................November ...................................December . ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January .................................. .February ...................................March. .....................................April. .....................................May. .......................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
00000
00000
1141600
00000
00000
000000
Apr.
00000
00000
00000
00000
0000
IS
IS18161623-
Second- fcct-days
0320
8 ,612
00
31109
1,7431,7941,8691,8631,382
8,823
Hay
233036484S
4655626262
6262626262
6262626262
6262626262
585857575754
Maximum
0160
62
00
16236262616161
62
June
5454545454
5555595959
5962626262
6262626262
6262626262
6262626262- '
Minimum
00 o
0
0000
235456600
0
July
6161616160
6060566161
6161616161
6161606060
6060606060
606060606060
Aug.
6060606060
6060616161
6060606060
6060606060
6060606060
606060606060
Mean
01.10
23 .5
001.03.656.259.860.360.146.1
24.2
Sept.
6060606060
60SO606061
6161616161
61616161616l"
555500
00000
Runcff in acre- feet
0630
17,080
00
61216
3,4603,5603,7103,7002,740
17,510
Time baala; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
756837 0-47-7
92 TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN PORTNEUF RIVER AND SALMON FALLS CREEK
Milner low-lift canal near Milner, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°31', long. 114°01', in sec. 32, T. 10 S., R. 21 E., 600 feet downstream from head of canal and Ij- miles south of Milner.
Records available.- June 1921 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 203 second-feet Aug. 26, 27; no flow on many days.
1921-45: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 26, 27, 1945; no flow on many days.
Remarks.- Records good. Flow controlled by pumping plant which lifts water from Snake River above Milner Dam for irrigation of 9,000 acres of land in Milner low-lift irri gation district.
Cooperation.- Record of pump discharges furnished by Milner low-lift Irrigation district.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 2425
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
Octo Nove Dece
Ca
Janu Febr Hare Apritlau
June July Augu Sept
ffa
ber. ...................................
nber ...................................
lendar year 1944
ary
1. .....................................
ember . .................................
ter year 1944-15 ......................Time basis: Mount
To convert war time
Mar. Apr.
Second- foot-days
0 0 0
20,915
0 0 0 0
3,761 4,035 6,173 6,205 4,056
24 , 230
ain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
May
56 56
110 139 145
156 176 185 185 197
202 202 202 189 176
176 176 156 156 141
133 133 111 96 80
27 0 0 0 0 0
Maximum
0o0
192
0 0 0 0
202 176 202 203 182
203
June
0 25 57 99
107
107 107 107 107 107
122 129 129 148 156
156 156 156 156 156
164 176 176 176 176
176 176 176 176 176
Minimum
0 0 0
0
0 0 0 0 0 0
180 182
0
0
July
182 180 195 202 202
202 202 201 202 201
201 201 201 201
. 201
200 200 200 200 200
198 199 199 199 199202 201 201 201 200 200
Aug.
202 202 201 200 200
200 202 202 202 201
200 200 202 202 202
202 202 202 201 201
202 202 202 201 201203 203 201 200 182 182
Mean
0 0 0
57.1
0 O 0 0
121 134 199 200 135
66.4
Sept.
182 1S2 182 180 180
180 182 1S2 176 130
182 182 182 182 182
182 180 180 182 170
107 0 1
56 5656 56 56 56 52
Runoff in acre-feet
0 0 0
41,480
0 0 0 0
7,460 8,000
12,240 12,310 8.050
48,0601945; mountain standard time thereafter.
TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN PORTNEUF RIVER AND SAIJON FALLS CREEK 93
Goodlng Canal at Mllner, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder on Mllner-Goodlng Canal In SWi sec. 7, differentialrecorder on control gates of North Side Canal Co. diversion In sec. 19, and staff gage on diversion canal In sec. 18, T. 10 S., R. 21 E., about 3 miles downstream from head gates that are In sec. 28, T. 10 S., R. 21 E., lat. 42°31', long. 114°01'.
Records available.- May 1930 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum dally discharge during year, 2,410 second-feet July 16, 17; no flow on many days.
1930-45: Maximum dally discharge, 2,580 second-feet July 31, Aug. 1, 2, 1942, July 31, Aug. 1, 3, 4, 1943; no flow on many days.
Remarks.- Records good. Goodlng Canal diverts water from Snake River for Mllner-Goodlng project of Bureau of Reclamation and In part for project of North Side Canal Co. The latter project also receives water through the North Side Twin Falls Canal and P. A. lateral. Discharge of canal Is computed by combining the discharge of Milner-Gooding diversion and-that of North Side Canal Co. diversions below their division point, and adding from 20 to 50 second-feet to that sum for loss between head gates and division point.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record and some discharge measurements furnished by North Side Canal Co., American Falls Reservoir District No. 2, and Bureau of Reclamation.
Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
lay
i 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct.
S50 330
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 00 0
0 480 820 840 850 840
Nov.
S40 S50 830 SOO 380
180 490 780 780 770
760 710 360
0 0
0 450 690 640 620
470 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
Dec.
Month
Oc No De
Ja Fe Ma Ap Ma Ju Ju Au Se
camber.. . .........
Calendar year 1944
ly.. ..............
Waber year 1944-45
Se foo
Jem.
cond-t-days
5,010 11,400
0
352,440
' 0 0 0
16,130 60,110 60,940 71,560 66,990 55,650
347,790
Feb. Mar. Apr.
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0
390 750 870
1,190 1,410 1,450 1,420 1,460
1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,430
Discharge In second-feet
Maximum
850 850
0
2,510
0 0 o
1,460 2,040 2,170 2,410 2,360 2,210
2,410
Minimum Mean
0 162 0 380 0 0
0 963
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 538
1,520 1,939 1,850 2,031 2,170 2,308
910 2,161 0 1,855
0 953
May
1,520 1,610 1,690 1,770 1,840
1,370 1,880. 1,880 1,960 2,020
2,020 2,020 2,020 2,020 2,020
2,030 2,030 2,040 2,040 2,040
2,040 2,020 1,990 1,980 1,970
1,960 1,970 1,970 1,970 1,970 1,950
June
1,970 1,990 2,040 2,040 C,040
2,040 2,050 2,020 1,970 1,910
1,870 1,870 1,850 1,850 1,850
1,910 2,010 2,000 2,010 2,100
2,170 2,160 2,160 2,150 2,150
2,150 2,100 2,170 2,170 2,170
Total runoff
acre-feet
9,940 22,610
0
699,080
0 0 0
31,990 119,230 120,870 141,940 132,870 110,360
689,830
July
2,170 2,170 2,170 2,200 2,230
2,220 2,230 2,250 2,260 2,250
2,260 2,34C 2,400 2,390 2,400
2,410 2,410 2,390 2,400 2,390
2,330 2,340 2,330 2,330 2,310
2,310 2,310 2,300 2,330 2,330 2,350
Aug.
2,330 2,320 2,320 2,310 2,320
2,350 2,330 2,290 2,280 2,320
2,280 2,260 2,270 2,240 1,410
910 1,410 1,840 2,000 2,330
2,360 2,350 2,320 2,290 2,240
2,250 2,240 2,230 2,210 2,180 2,200
Sept.
2,210 2,180 2,100 2,030 2,030
2,030 2,040 2,030 2,020 1,990
1,950 1,960 1,950 1,950 1,950
1,940 2,000 2,030 2,010 2,030
1,900 1,890 1,850 1,820 1,790
1,740 1,710 1,710
810 0
Distribution (acre-feet)
To Mllner- Goodlng project
0 5,690
0
397,240
0 0 0
14,360 74,720 77,100 89,930 79,640 60,750
402,190
To Horth Side Canal Co. project
9,940 16,920
0
301,820
0 0 0
17,630 44,510 43,780 52,010 53,240 49 ,630
287,660
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
94 TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN PORTMEUF RIVER AND SALMON FALLS CREEK
North Side Twin Falls Canal at Milner, Idaho
Location.- Water-stape recorder, lat. 42°32', long. 114°01', in sec. 20, T. 10 S., R. 21 E., half a mile north of Milner and three-quarters of a mile downstream from head "gates at Milner Dam.
Records available.- Hay 1909 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,840 second-feet July 11 (gage height, 8.39 feet); no flow on several days.
l;TTi-4F,: Maximum daily discharge, 3,200 second-feet July 5-7, 29-31, 1921, May 15, 192R, June 2, July 23, 1929; no flow at times when head gates were closed.
Remarks.- Records excellent April to September and good October to March. Flow controlled by head gates. V/ater diverted by this canal and by P. A. lateral and part of that di verted by Gooding Canal, all at "liner, Is used for Irrigation of 163,000 acres of land under North Side Canal Co. system.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by North Side Canal Co.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
16171R1920
2122232425
2fi272Rm3031
Oct.
263719964964967
9861,0301,050
994945
912878864850860
860842850821824
824824832821788
774289
00oo
Nov.
00o00
o0000
00
386591591
5916016046086O8
601604601591627
595559566575569-
Dec.
553543543550540
540543537540540
534550550543518
512518503475469
463451451448442
445484506490475475
Jan.
472466463463463
457457454454445
451457457454454
457463460463463
478487487490487
490487487487487484
Feb.
487475466466466
472469466460466
466466469463472
475478475475469
472472469469463
463460460__-
Month
October. ..............................
December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March. .....................................April ......................................May. .......................................
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 .......... ...........
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m
Mar.
457457460457454
460460457460521
5595S5614624627
618611611611611
608608608618637
631634631637641654
Apr.
637579547506540
566582614611608
61860S621621601
621696271
00
280582618627634
757930
1,0401,1901,360
-
Second- foot-days
22,59510 ,46815,731
433 ,255
14,52413 ,12917 ,62118 ,46569,14065,430
82,41051,426
465 ,269
Sept. 30,
May
1,5101,6901,8402,0102,200
2,2902,3702,4202,5102,540
2,5702,6102,6102,5802,530
2,5302,5302,4802,4302,370
2,2902,2502,1302,0302,000
2,0002,0101,9901,0801,9201,920
Maximum
1,050627553
2,670
490487654
1,3602..6102,4302,8302 ,7502,600
2,830
June
2,1102,8002,1102,0402,080
2,0702,1202,1302,1302,070
2,0402,0001,9602,0502,080
2,1002,0902,1102,2502,300
2,3002,2902,2902,2702,310
2,3702,3402,4302,4102,380
-
Minimum
00
442
0
445.460454
01,5101,9602,3702,610
185
0
July
2,3702,3902,4702,5102,540
2,5802,6202,6902,7702,800
2,8302,8102,7802,7702,810
2,8102,7902,7802,8002,800
2,7902,7(902,7802,7902,770
2,7602,7902,8002,7902,7802,770
Aug.
2,7402,7202,7202,7402,750
2,7302,7002,6602,6502,630
2,6102,6202,6202,6202,620
2,6202,6402,6702,6702,670
2,6502,660
' 2,6502,6303,620
2,6502,6502,6402,6^02,6302,610
Mean
729349507
I 1 ,184
469469568616
2,2302,1812,7202,6581,714
1,275
Sept.
2,6002,5902,5902,5802,550
2,5402,5002,3602,3402,330
2,2302,2202,1902,1302,110
2,0802,1001,9201,8401,720
1,560733460442376
328249185597956-
Runoff in acre-feet
44,82020,76031,200
859,300
28 ,81026,04034 ,95036 ,620
137 ,100129 ,800167 ,300163 ,500102 ,000
922,900
1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN PORTNEUF RIVER AND SALMON FALLS CREEK 95
South Side Twin Falls Canal at llilner, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°31', long. 114°01', in sec. 29, T. 10 S., P.. 21 E., 700 feet downstream from head gates at Milner Dam.
Records available.- May 1909 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, G,630 second-feet July 31 (gage height, 10.43 feet); minimum, 60 second-feet (estimated) on several days.
1909-45: Maximum daily discharge, 4,600 second-feet Aug. 12, 1918, computed on basis of stage-discharge relation for canal plus estimates by hydrographer of water wasted through spillway below station and returned to river; no flow Sept. 20, 1920.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. Flow controlled by head gates. Canal diverts water from Snake River at miner Dam for irrigation of 202,000 acres of land in Twin Falls County.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by Twin Falls Canal Co.
Discharge, in second-fset, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1,5401,5001,4501,3801,320
1,3001,3101,3001,2101,150
1,0801,0801,1001,1101,150
1,1801,020
882858848
875913
. 930930926
930923930940933933
Nov.
936916306220a60
a60a6O160860
1,030
789568604640661
664634574583604
613613616628622
613616607598604
Dec.
607598598595598
601598595592595
595598598610607
607613610610622
616610604595595
589604610613610613
Jan.
604601604598586
571562559556556
562565553538535
532538535535538
538535538541541
541541544547550550
Feb.
547547544541544
544520532514508
508480477488488
488491491491494
494494500502502
502502502
_-
Month
October. ...................................November ...................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January ....................................February. ...................................March. .....................................April. .....................................May. ........................................June .......................................July .......................................August .....................................September. ..............................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
liar.
508508508508508
508508505505500
500508517520520
520526523517514
511511517396a60
a60a60a60a60490932
Apr.
679684517517523
529541541574583
574586568568583
613625643720872
1,0701,1701,3001,3701,410
1,5101,5601,6101,7101,870
-
Second- foot-days
33,93117,05918,706
597,173
17,19414,83513,88826,62093,04088,090
107,680109,51078,800
618,753
Bay
2,1202,6703,2603,1403,130
3,2003,3403,3103,3603,330
3,3303,3403,3403,2903,260
2,1303,4003,2403,0603,130
3,0403,0803,1403,0102,700
2,5702,5602,6502,6602,660S,600
Maximum
1,5401,030
622
3,580
60454793E
1 ,8703,4003,1503,6103,5603,510
3,610
June
2,7002,7802,8002,8402,860
2,8402,8502,8602,8802,850
2,8502,8602,8802,9102,950
2,9502,9102,9503,0603,120
3,1503,1203,1103,0903,090
3,0903,0102,9102,9302,890
-
Minimum
84860
589
60
532477
60517
2,1202,7002,8903,5001,120
60
July
2,8903,0103,2303,3203,390
3,4303,4503,4803,4803,480
3,4303,5103,5203,4803,480
3,5403,5403,5303,5703,570
3,5603,5503,5503,5703,560
3,5603,6003,6003,5803,5603,610
Aug.
3,5602,5603,5603,5603,560
3,5603,5603,5403,5303,520
3,5303,5003,5203,5403,530
3,5303,5203,5203,5303,560
3,5203,5203,5203,5203,500
3,5403,5403,5303,5203,5103,500
Mean
1,095569603
1,632
555508448887
3,0012,9363 4743)5332,627
1,695
Sept.
3,5103,4803,5003,5003,510
3,4603,3503,2603,2803,230
3,0703,0002,8502,8402,850
2,8402,8702,8702,6702,500
2,2102,0201,9001,8101,760
1,6101,4301,3101,1901,120
-
Runoff in acre feet
67,30033,84037,100
1,184,000
34,10028,24027,55052,800
184,500174,700213,600217,200156,300
1,227,000
a No gage-height record; gates closed, leakage estimated by «i Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945;
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
itermaster, Mllner Dam.nountaln standard time tliereafter*
96 TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN PORTIIEUF RIVER AIID SALMON FALLS CREEK
Rock Creek near Reck Creek, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°22', long. 114°18', in sec. 25, T. 12 S., R. 18 E., 0.1 mile downstream from road bridge, three-quarters of a mile downstream from West Fork Rock Creek, 5 miles south of Rock Creek settlement, and 12 miles south of Hansen.
Records available.- November 1938 to July 1939, November 1943 to September 1945. November 1909 to August 1913 at site 2 miles downstream; records equivalent except for ranch diversions and small Inflow from artesian wells developed In recent years.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 311 second-feet May 6 (gage height, 3.58 fret); minimum, 6.2 second-feet Lee. 30; nininum gage height, 1.04 feet Sept. 14-16.
1909-13, 1938-39, 1943-45: Maximum discharge observed, 429 second-feet Ifey 21, ]912 (gage height, 10.4 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum observed, 3.6 second-feet Aug. 7-12, 1310 (gage height, 0.3 foot, site and datum then In use).
Remarks.- Records good. Small rc.nch diversions above station.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
8.68.38.07.77.7
8.08.38.08.08.3
8.38.38.38.68.9
9.29.29.59.2Q.S
9.29.S9.29.28.9
8.99.29.29.29.29.5
Nov.
1010101112
1111111111
13IS121111
1110101010
1011111111
1010111011-
Dec.
1111121111
1111118.98.3
8.39.29.51010
9.210101012
1215141211
119.2'
1111118.9
Jan.
1211111011
1113151414
1414141515
1515141411
14139.51413
12IS10111315
Feb.
1516171616
1616161817
IS18283631
S926252321
2020212018
171818__-
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 .................. ...
April ......................................Msav
Jnly. ......................................
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Time basis: Mountain war time UT> to 2 a.m
Mar.
IS18181817
1618181818
1921283028
S929282726
2729343334
363736363437
Apr.
3837353432
3234384140
3838363335
3941445368
111131126137115
1019793111146-
Seoond- foot-days
330.5
12,429.2
399.5570815
1,9596,6152,715
738339.5283.9
15,358.9
May
201246266273292
306290S80266262
254235240223206
19319318718S173
163152155169177
181181176173163157
Maximum
9.513-15
239
153637146306158431513
306
June
1581321321S4118
110110108108110
1101031019794
9287807673
6764666360
6163534946-
Minimum
7. r108.S
e.e9.E151632
15246148.S8.C
7. r
July
4339373533
3329282725
26262525S5
2322212020
SO18171716
161515151414
Aug.
1413131212
1215141312
1111111110
101010101110109.59.S8.9
9.5109.58.99.59.5
Mean
8.7310.810.7
34.0
12.920.426.365.3
21390.523.811.09.46
42.1
Sept.
8.68.69.51010
9.29.59.58.9
8.68.68.68.08.0
8.08.98.98.98.9
10 13
121110
101010109.5~
Runoff in acre-feet
537641656
24,650
7921,1301,6203,89013,1005,3901,460
673563
30,450
. , Sect. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.time to standard time, subtract 1 houi
TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN POKTNEUF RIVER AND SALMON FALLS CREEK 97
Rock Creek near Twin Falls, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°36', long. 114°32', In SWi sec. 36, T. 9 S.,R. 16 £., at highway bridge, 3 miles upstream from mouth and 4 miles northwest of townof Twin Falls.
Records available.- March 1922 to September 1945. Average cllscnargeT- 23 years, 211 second-feet. Extremes.- Maximum discharge recorded during year, 505 second-feet May 23 (gage height,
3.20 feet); minimum, 109 second-feet Mar. 7 (gage height, 1.79 feet).1922-45: Maximum discharge, 984 second-feet Sept. 21, 1927 (gage height, 4.5 feet,
datum then In use. from flooclmarks); minimum, 90 second-feet Mar. 28, 1941 (gageheight, 1.66 feet).
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.Practically all normal summer flow diverted several miles above station for Irrigation.Waste water from South Side Twin Falls low-line canal, which crosses Rock Creek12 miles above station, causes abrupt fluctuations In stage at time a. Irrigation v;astewater and return flow frnn project lands enter above gage.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, in feet,and discharge, in second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-3, Apr. 23 to Sept. 30)
1.8 110 2.6 2702.0 1392.2 173
2.8 3325.0 402
2.4 216 3.2 480
Discharge, in seccnd-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
267267264259253
248250253239237
237237239239239
242237234234232
232229229226226
226226224226229234
Nov.
229226232237229
202179177177202
216216204a204204
204202202200195
193191187179181
185168177175179-
Dec.
168a!68a!68a!69h!69
a!70a!70171168
f!59
159159159159153
159152147157149
144153147144141
138a!30a!40139136132
Jan.
159168166150145
150175152139142
142142142142147
147142144141133
132132127
a!24a!20
117117118121120123
Feb.
128136134128133
130130132132130
134133144142134
134144141134136
124128132132127
120121124---
Month
October. ...................................November ...................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ...................................February ...................................March.. ....................................April............. .........................May. .......................................June .......................................July. .................... .................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
124126126126118
116116118116.116
117118120126127
128130127126128
130134141134134
152209157134130130
Apr.
169141134132133
132133139147147
152155153149143-
15215-7157162
a!80
Second- foot-clays
7,4145,9524,777
74,815
4,3193,6974,0345,3809,2978,0166,5817,5518,770
75,788
i220J240245253259
250245229'234
232-
May
232273288291291
282276282273276
279279297288267
253270279332297
285332425
a440a370
a370a300291294294291
Maximum
267237171
377
175144209259440332234259329
440
June
273270273273273
270267262273306
288276262256250
239234232229239
250250250264332
273313313273253-
Minimum
22416613C
10C
llr12Clie13£E3222S19£23£24£
lie
July
234221224224214
209207202204200
198207207216221
211202204211211
207209207204204
2092112B4229224226
Aug.
237<i£S
323734
239
242££2
423734
237
237222
394542242
239222
424550
248
245£22
484859
253
248£2£2
53454856
248
Mean
239198154
204
139132130179300267212
> 244! 292
208
Sept.
248253273279288
288288291288291
288276282282291
297303310319326
329310297303303
306300291288282-
Runoff in acre-feet
14,71011,8109,480
148,400
8,5707,3308,00010,67018,44015,90013,05014,98017,400
150,300
a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated or computed on basis of weabher records records for station near Rock Creek.
f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.h Computed from staff-gage reading.Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mou
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.standard time thereafte
y° SALMON FALLS CREEK BASIN
Salmon Falls Creek near San Jacinto, Nev.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°57', long. 114°42 I , In sec. 23, T. 47 11., R. 64 £., in canyon, 200 yards downstream from highway bridge, 250 yards downstream from Shoshone Creek, and 5 miles north of San Jacinto.
Records available.- September 1909 to September 1916, October 1918 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 31 years (1910-16, 1919-20, 1921-45), 128 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 950 second-feet May 8 (gaga height, 6.50 feet); minimum, 15 second-feet Sept. 13 (gage height, 2.41 feet).
1909-16, 1918-45: Maximum discharge, between 2,060 and 2,420 second-feet Feb. 24, 1943 (gage height exceeded range of recorder, 10.20 feet, but was not more than 1.2 feet higher), from rating curve extended above 1,400 second-feet; minimum, 5.3 second- feet Aug. 17, 1940 (gage height, 2.16 feet).
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of no safe-height record, which are fair. Many diversions above station for irrigation. Salmon Dam of Salmon River Canal Co., 15 miles below station, forms a reservoir having a capacity of about 180,000 acre- feet.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to Septembe 1945
Day
1234b
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Dot.
3734332431
2927262934
4141403941
4343424242
3536383839
404141393941
Nov.
5152525459
5855575963
6369726969
6664606560
59535O6357
4764544559-
Dec.
5963585148
5254534444
4445464644
4244434652
5560656459
5S4455555346
Jan.
5757535259
6163172134112
9382798091
9076827065
6866686358
57594852CO69
Feb.
6569
101148134
1129185147139
125170244536242
191152132119107
79104969488
808285__-
Month
December. ...............................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March. .....................................Apri 1 .......... ........ ..................
September. ....... .........................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
S4S2SOS280
73787879
134
258310403355239
182154139119118
126182242197172
ISO166154147139137
Apr.
145143143134132
143176203221206
195182170160162
184208219253289
372500598629632
587519468455479-
Second- foot-days
1,1451,7681,592
59,459
2,2863,8174,9698,90722,10413,9563,264816856
65,480
May
525618694748806
SS792995b926908
893S70911870809
762694632573554
541538546638643
660618612598590573
Maximum
437265
890
1725364036329386802373640
938
June
573571536571610
621680671635604
579552490455455
445426393355325
315313348445385
372350320296265-
Minimum
244E42
ie
4£6£72
13252E26E2S2C1£
IE
July
237214197178162
147139125109104
106102109130121
1261181079491
8673655955
483833323029
Aug.
27262S2625
2529363029
3029242221
2021232424
2225222225
293029293133
Mean
36.958.951.4
162
73.713616029771346510526.328.5
179
Sept.
3229293229
27a26a 24a23a22
a2l20182122
2222222424
2733394039
3938383737
Runoff in acre feet
2,2703,5103,160
117,900
4,5307,5709,860
17,67043,84027,6806,4701,6201,700
129,900
gage-height record; discharge interpolated. basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945;
vert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.standard time the
SALMON FALLS CREEK BASIN 9
Salmon River Canal Co. Reservoir near Rogerson, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage at dam on Salmon Falls Creek, lat. 42°13', long. 114°44', in sec. 17, T. '14 S., R. 15 E., 10 miles west of Rogerson. Datum of gage is 4,990.0 feet above mean sea level (surveys of Salmon River Canal Co.).
Records available.- January 1922 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Haximum contents observed during year, 103,900 acre-feet June 16, 17 (gage height, 53.9 feet); minimum observed, 29,830 acre-feet Sept. 15-21 (gage height, 19.9
feet).1922-45: Maximum contents observed, 123,700 acre-feet May 30, 31, 1922 (gage
height, 61.1 feet); minimum observed, 125 acre-feet Sept. 21 to Oct. 5, 1934 (gageheight, 0.1 foot).
Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by gravity-section concrete-arch dam completed in 1911; storage began in 1910. Capacity, 182,650 acre-feet between gage heights 0.0 foot (bottom of outlet tunnel) and 80.0 feet (maximum operating level). Dead storage unknown. Water is used for irrigation of lands in Salmon Canal Co. project. Figures given herein represent usable contents. Gage read once daily.
Cooperation.- Gage readings and capacity table furnished by Salmon River Canal Co.
Contents, In acre-feet, year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
38,18038,18038,18038,18038,180
38,18038,18038,18038,18037,990
37,99037,99037,99037,99037,990
37,99037,99037,99037,99037,990
37,99037,99037,99037,99038,180
38,18038,18038,18038,18038,18038,180
Nov.
37,99037,62037,62037,62037,620
37,62037,62037,62037,62037,620
37,80037,99037,99037,99037,990
38,18038,18038,36038,36038,360
38,36038,54038,54038,54038,540
38,73038,73038,73038,92039,100
-
Dec.
39,10039,10039,10039,10039,100
39,28039,28039,47039,47039,470
39,47039,47039,47039,47039,660
39,66039,66039,84039,84039,840
39,84040,02040,02040,02040,020
40,21040,21040,21040,21040,40040,400
Jan
40,40040,58040,58040,58040,760
40,76040,76040,95040,95041,140
41,32041,50041,69041,88042,060
42,24042,24b42,24042,43042,430
42,43042,43042,43042,43042,430
42,62042,62042,80042,80042,80042,800
Feb.
43,00043,00043,20043,40043,600
43, 60043,80044,00044,20044,400
44,60044,80045,00045,40045,800
46, 60047,20047,80048,20048,200
48,20048,20048,40048,40048,400
48,60048,60048,800
---
Mar.
48,80048,80049,00049,00049,400
49,60049,80049,80050,00050,200
50,40050,60051,00051,20051,800
52,40052 , 80053,40053,60053,800
53,80053,80053,80054,00054,600
54,80055 , 00055,20055,60055,80056,000
Apr.
56,20056,40056,60056,80057,020
57,23057,44057,66057,88058;, 090
58,30058,52058,74058,95059,160
59,38059,60059,81060,02060,460
60,88061,32061,96062,60063,670
64,96066, 46067,54068,46069,160
-
May
69,85070,77071,69073,07074, 450
75,60076,98078,59080,01081, 450
82,17083,37084,33085,05086,010
87,00087,75088,50089,00089,500
89,75090,25090,75091,25091,760
92,52093,29094,31094,82095,58096,100
June
96,87097,39097,91098,43099,210
99,730100,200101,000101,600102 , 5.00
102,800103,400103,600103,600103,600
103,900103,900103, 600103, 400102,800
102,300101,800101,000100,500100,200
99,73099,47098,95098, 43098,170
-
July
98,17097,91096,87096,35095,840
95,08094,31093,29092,27091,250
90,25089,25088,25087,00085,770
84,57083,37082,17080,97079,770
78,59077,44076,06074,91073,760
72,38071,23069,85068, 46067,11066,040
Aug.
64,70063,67062,60061,32060,240
59,16058,09057,02056,00055,000
54,00053,20052,20051,20050,200
49,00048, 00047,20046,20045,400
44,40043,60042,80041,88041,140
40,21039,28038,36037,44036,51036,140
Sept.
36,14036,14036,14036,14035,400
34,66033,92033,18032,44031,700
31,02030,34030,00030,00029,830
29,83029,83029,83029,83029,830
29,83030,00030,00030,00030,000
30,00030,00030,00030,00030,000
-
Monthly gage height and contents ater year October 1944 to September 1945,
Date
Dec. 31. ....................
C lend 1944«
Gage height (feet)
24 5
25.7
27 0
51 7
Contents (acre-feet)
40,400
Change in contents during month
(acre-feet)
+1, 300
6 140*
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter- To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
100 SAUTO FALLS CREEK BASIN
Salmon River Canal Co. Canal near Rogerson, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°15', long. 114°45', in sec. 7, T. 14 S., R. 15 E., half a mile dovmstream from Salmon River Canal Co. Reservoir and 7 niles west of Rogerson.
Records available.- April 1937 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 658 second-feet July 16 (gage height, G.12 feet); no flow during long periods.
1937-45: Maximum discharge, 660 second-feet July 20-24, 1944; no flow during long periods in each year.
Remarks.- Records good. Canal diverts from Salmon River Canal Co. Reservoir for irri gation of lands in Salmon River Canal Co. project.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by Salmon River Canal Co.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
6789
10
U12131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
00000
00000
00000
00000
00000
00000
hi 54
Nov-,
KL95H65
000
00000
00000
00000
00000
00000-
Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
April ......................................May. ........................................
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar. Apr.
00000
00000
078
157112
0
00000
00000
00000-
Second- foot-days
0
46,647
10 945
2,976
53,362
Hay
00000
000
244307
311304318348345
325313310290276
271265262250221
194193185181179173
Maximum
0
660
348
354
656
June
178192195210238
232234244257266
276281292307341
361406438492509
528544556549531
519485462422400"
Minimum
0
0
0
0
July
366368376397432
457509531582598
624624623630635
645655649643643
640636636643652
656648640624615603
Aug.
59358057055054C
526517505485461
453439444451453
4624664S5487485
479472474476479
480477479480387
0
Mean
0
127
196
99.2
146
Sept.
000
237333
341354347346336
32527543390
00000
00000
00000
Runoff in acre-feet
3055160
92,520
5,900
105,800
h Computed from staff-gage reading.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30,
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
BIS W90D BASIN 101
Big Weed Rivef a& HailSy, IdahoLocgtlon.- Water-stage reorder, ial, 4B°§i' } I6hgj il4°BO»! In Bwj gees 9, f.
R. 18U., at stsel highway brlags a quarter bi a Mile SBiithw'est of Halley. Drainage area.- 640 square wiles, Mcoras &yalp6j.».»- June 1916 $e September 194§;
:- 80 years, |8§ Second-feeti Aveb KM.,,,---.-J"PVTI -A i-u« £» KW" ««v,«"v»-iyo 1< » fnotcwe combined discharge of Big Weod River and Big Tfood Slougn> SO years* 40(3 seboha-fsfti renes.- Maximum di89Mrg6 during ~yfe&r, IjSlO sect)ftS-feet June 24 (gage height, 5.01
?h? c is ?!!?>«.! ?I,c.9?d-fee^ Dee. 9 (gage height; 0.79 foot).i^S^ o f eA1y' : Maximum di?eHarget 4,480 ,sscond-feet June 7, 1938; maximum
15s iS*n 6 nV ' feet June lfi» Iggl; practically flo flow Sept. 15-23, Nov. 20, 22,<&o, 19iil, OCu, 25j, ±93/1
1915-45J_e_etoJ)ta«fl)! Maximum daily discharge, 4,600 second-feet June 6, 7, 1938;
of no gage-height record and those below diverted around station by Hailey power plant
., f. - u -- ----- Slough. Total flow of river at Halley (combined rfi^i' "i."^ d Rlver and BiR Wood Slough) is given on following page. Diversions above station for Irrlga^pn.
i- Water-stage PebdraSr' inspeoted by water District No. 7 AB.
Rating table, water yea? 1944-45 (gage height, in feet, anddischarge, in aeoond-feat)
(Shifting-control method used Got. 1 to Nov. 4)
0.9.9
1.0i.s1.4
914
l.g 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.6
7210715022130S
3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0
4707S5
1,0401,4001,800
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 194S
bay
1234S
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
8687SB293031
Oct.
2485262928
2940eg5654
3511121516
2020685412
1010
999
111012161015
Nov.
3027265499
10792S38098
9492928368
5447464643
4648546154
5057474153 *
Dec.
6166614737
119878
50120128128135
143143143150152
152155159157137
132122141152150143
Month
Jan.
157152150148155
18618B157155155
152152152155157
155137146155143
126140150145145
130125125125145150
Feb.
155171150135155
140145145135140
145145150
h!64130
135155150125145
125150145135130
135155145
»A*
December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March.. ....................................April ......................................Hay
September ................ .................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
145135140135135
130140146140135
14514615S157146
143164148132148
143150178168166
168166164162166175
Apr.
ieo171168168178
175183195192190
195195187185197
224242259298387
540610560318466
408408412470596-
Second- foot-days
7471,8723,207
84,517
3,548
111,659
Hay
749821956
1,1201,230
1,3001,2801,2301,1701,140
1,080949910809720
676692615560525
474466610ego632
695556560S9S637692
Maximum
68107159
1,420
150
1,700
June
725797968968
1,000
988982968942942
858839884864803
737708743884
1,070
1,3401,5501,4801,7001,860
1,6801,3801,090
96285S-
Minimum
926
7
1
59
7
July
821884?S6
871
839803803767755
743686648654626
565535506484470
44S425391367344
302286282292276264
Atig.
E5S^f
^&9226
221219 207192190
185180183175173
168162167157197
187173168159159
157157155150150150
Mean
24.162.4
103
231
306
lie306
Sept.
14812§13Sis§1S§
i4i150148146146
141139137137135
137139139141141
12483757166
6564646159-
Runoff in acre- feet
1,4803,7106,360
167,600
18,190
35,750
7,040
221,500
h Computed from staff-gage reading.Hote.- No gage-height record Jan. 22 to Pet. 1, Pet. 3-13, Pet. 15 to Mar. 11; discharge computed
on basis of records for Warm Springs Creek a t Buyer Hot Springs, near Ketchum, and Big Wood Slough at Halley.
102 BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN
mbined disehai =, in second-feet, of Big Wood River and Big Wood Slough at Hailey, Idaho, water year Octoter 1944 to Septemter 1945
Day
12345
67a9
10
111?.131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
165168172179175
182180175181180
181177180184186
190190183175178
178179179179177
181180181179178177
Nov.
202199195229256
228212201200219
216213212204188
172164163163160
163165171179172
168175165158171~
Dec.
181182178164178
183173165136130
126142150151152
153153148155157
156159163161141
136126145156154147
Jan.
161156154152159
159159161159159
156156156159161
159141150159147
130144154149149
134129129129149154
Feb.
159175154139159
144149149139144
149149154168134
139159154129149
129154149139134
139159149__-
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
Febr March. . . . ........
May. .......................................
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ...... ...............
Mar.
149139144139139
134144149144139
149150156161150
147168153141157
151158182178177
179177174173176186
Apr.
1911821791791B9
186194208204200
204204195193205
233251268308398
551621601526466
418418422478599-
Second- foot-days
5,5495,6834,801
139,312
4,6734,147 4,8639,471
26,68134,04419,8196,9415,173
131,845
May
758B53
1,0031,1701,280
1,3501,3301,2901,2401,220
1,1601,020
979873780
734751669613577
526507555667679
645636641675721779
Maximum
190256183
1,600
161175 186621
1,3501,7701,OOO
287196
1,770
June
814890
1,0701,0701,110
1,1001,1001,0801,0601,060
969948994974905
833801834982
1,180
1,4201,6201,5501,7701,730
1,6501,4501,1501,020
910-
Minimum
165158126
126
129129 1341795078013O1184154
126
July
872936989
1,000921
889850852816804
788731733741711
648615590568541
517494460418393
349331319330312301
Aug.
287272265259256
250248247244241
234228232221217
208200193193255
238218209197195
192194191184185188
Mean
179189155
381
151148 157316861
1,135639224172
361
Sept.
181175174174172
174186183180180
174171168168164
168171171174174
182196182173164
162161160157154-
Runoff in aore-feet
11,01011,2709,520
276,300
9,2708,230 9,650
18,79O52,92067,53039,31013,77010,260
261,500
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard tin To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN
Big Wood River near Bellevue, Idaho
103
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43 019', long. 114°21', in sec. 20, T. IS., R. 18 E. If miles upstream from flow line of Magic Reservoir, 3 miles upstream from Camas Creek, and 10 miles southwest of Bellevue.
Drainage area.- 883 square miles.
Records available.- July 1911 to September 1945 (except winters of 1942 and prior to 1940).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,090 second-feet June 26 (gage height, 3.50 feet;; minimum, 46 second-feet Jan. 2 (gage height, 1.65 feet).
1911-45: Maximum discharge recorded, 3,660 second-feet June 16, 1921 (gage height, 6.07 feet), from rating curve extended above 2,800 second-feet; minimum recorded, 7 second-feet Apr. 14, 1932 (gage height, 1.10 feet).
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Many diversions above station for irrigation.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected and five discharge measurements furnished by Water District No. 7 AB.
Ratine table, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) (Shifting-control method used Apr. 22 to Sept. 30)
1.61.71.81.9
2.0 1322.1 1702.2 2162.4 329
2.6 4672.S 6253.0 7963.3 1,080
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1?345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
?1??232425
?62??8?93031
Oct.
7575737371
7171717373
7575757578
7883836380
8080808078
757575757375
Nov.
78757593
107
8580757173
8078858075
716967
*6769
8091939698
98116120120120
~
Dec.'l26
132129129126
129129126
bllOb90
b80b75b75b75b65
b60b60b60b65
60
5860585856
5452545251
b51
Jan.
5249495149
4951515149
49#51
546064
717171
b66b65
b62b60b60b64b65
b65b65b65b62b60b70
Feb.
. beo175136113107
10498
123120104
10198
136104
9696969396
9693939696
b959393---
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
FebruaryMarch. .....................................April ...................................May
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
9391939191
b90888893
*107
126147170155123
110110107101101
120147202166140
140140129107
9898
Apr.
9380757373
7171696969
6767676462
6060606269
104232388382336
293269269281342
~
Second- foot-days
2,3572,5852,505
72,604
1,8212,9603,6624,277
13,88416,0338,7782,5712,359
63,792
May
453521609692770
823805752744675
667601576513445
375375287253237
216193216281E87
264253237242253269
Maximum
83120132
1,150
71175202388823
S3
1,030
June
a300a350a400
431506
552544544513521
475431431431409
369293253269388
560761814933
1,030
1,000868675529453
~
Minimum
716751
51
49
60193
73
49
July
395424453467402
362342323317317
349362388402445
409355323293258
227179159147120
1019691969185
Aug.
8885808083
7883919893
9388889693
8583787380
8380807873
788078757575
Mean
86.280.8
198
143
78.6
175
Sept.
7578757883
8891939393
88S3807875
7373737578
7575757373
7373737373-
Runoff in acre-feet
4,6805,1304,970
144,000
4,680
126,500
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and recopc
Creek near Blaine.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945j mountain standard tin
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour. thereafter.
104 BIG W09E| RIVER BA.3IN
Magic f^sgervQir neap , Idaho
Location.- Staff gage at dam on Big Wood River-, lat, 43e16', long. 114 °22', in NE&5E* sec. 18, T. 2 S., R. 18 E., 18 ffliieg^nerthwe3t of fUohfield. Datum of gage is 4,800 feet above datum of Idaho Irrigation do,, which Is' reported to be about 137 feet below mean sea level.
Qrainage area.- 1,560 square iiiiles.Records available .- February to, April 1906 (gage heights only), April 1909 to September 1945. - Extremes ._- Maximum observed contents during year, 192,700 acre-feet Apr. 25, 26, May 4,
5, 7, "June 27, 28 (gage Insight, 13§,3 ftal); minimum observed, 103,800 acre-feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 106,8 feet).
1909-46: Maximum observed contents, lf>3,600 acre-feet June 26-28, 1944 (gage height, 135.5 feet); no storage for ieveral days in 1909, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1935,
Remarks .- Reservoir is formed by earth- and rock-fill dam, completed In 1909, and raised 5 feet in 1917. Capacity, 191, SOO aere-feet between gage heights 21.4 feet (2.9 feet above bottom of outlet pipe) and 135,0 feet (top of 5-foot flashboards) . Dgad storage unknown, Water is u§ed for Irrigation of lands in Carey Act project of §Jg Wood Canal Co, Figures given herein represent usable contents including banK gterage. Contents computed from morning reading.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record and yield table furnished fey Water District No. 7 AB.
Contents, in acre-feet, water. yeai> 8ctober 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
108,000108,300108,300108,300108,500
108,500108,800108,800108,800109,000
109,000109,300109,300109,600109,600
109,800110,100110,100110,300110,600
110,600110,800111,100111,100111,100
111,400111,400111,600111,600111,600111,900
Nov.
112,100112,100112,400112,600112,900
113,200113,400113,700113,700113,900
113,900114,200114,500114,500114,700
115,000115,000115,300115,300115,500
115,500115,300115,000114,500113,900
113,700113,900114,200114,500114,700
Dec.
115,000115,500115,800116,000116,300
116,600116,800117,100117,400117,600
117,900117,900118,200118,400118,400
118,700118,700119,000119,200119,200
119,500119,800119,800120,000120,000
120,000120,300120,300120,600120,900120, POO
Jan.
121,100121,100121,100121,400121,400
121,700121,700121,980122,800122, 5QO
1?2,&00122,780123,900183,300123, §00
123,800183,800124,100124,400124,700
124,700124,900125,200125,500125,800
125,800126,000126,300126,300126,600126,000
Feb.
127.20C1?V700128,800129,900130,200
130, 6 f>e131,100131,690131,900132,500
133,3.00i?3,aoo133,900186,100136, gOO
136,800137,400137,700138,000138,300
138,600138,900139,200139,500139,500
139,800140,100140,400
__-
Mar.
140,700141,000141,300141,306141,600
141,000142,206142,200142,500148.80Q
143rSOO144,400149,200148,100148,100
149,700160,400150,700161,000151,300
158,000153,300155,600157,600158,900
160,300161,700162,700163,700164,800166,200
Apr.
167,600169,400170,§Q@171,990173,300
174,800176,300178,500180,700185,000
184,500186,400188,000189,200190,300
191,100190,700191,900192,300192,300
192,300192,300192,300192,300192,700
192,700192,300191,900191,900191,900
-
May
191.90Q198,300192,500192,700192,700
19S.SOO192,700193,300198,500198,300
192,300191,900191,900191,900191,900
191,500191,500191,100190,700190,300
189,900189,500189,500189,500189,500
189,500189,500189,500189,500189,500189,200
Jime
189, EDO189,2001S9.20Q189,800189,600
189,500189,900191,100191,100191,900
192,300192,500192,300191,900191,900
191,900191,900191,500190,700190,300
190,300190,300190,700191,100191,900
192,300192,700192,700192,300191,500
-
July191,100190,700189,SOO189,500189,200
188,400187,600186,800186,100185,300
184,500183,800183,000182,200181,500
180,700180,000179,200178,500177,700
176,600175,500174,100172,600171,500
170,400169,000167,600166,200165,100163,700
Aug.
162,400161,500160,000158,600157,300
155,600154,300152,600151,700150,700
149,400148,100146,900145,600144,700
143,500142,500141,600140,400139,500
138,300137,100136,200135,400134,500
133,600132,500131,600130,500129,700128,500
S«pt.
127,700126,600126,000124,900124,400
123,600122,500121,400120,900119,800
113,700117,900117,100116,300115,300
114,500113,700112,900111,900110,800
109,800109,600103,800108,000107,000
106,500106,000105,300104,500103,800
-
Monthly gage height and contents, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Calendar year 1944..
Water year 1944-45..
Sage height (feet)
-
128 2
127 5
-
Contents (a ore -feet)
-
191 900
-
Change in contents during month (acre-feet)
-40,800
+25 700
-4,200
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To «onvert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN 105
Big Wood River below Magic Dam, near Richfield, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°14', long. 114°22', in sec. 18, T. 2 S., R. 18 £., half a mile downstream from Magic Dam and 18 miles northwest of Richfield.
Records available.- April 1911 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 33 years (1912-45), 400 second-feet.
Extreines.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,240 .second-feet (regulated) Apr. 25; maximum gage height, 4.80 feet May 6; minimum discharge, 12 second-feet (regulated) nany days December to March; .minimum gage height, 1.13 feet Jan. 12-23, 28-31.
1911-45: Maximum discharge, 7,160 second-feet Apr. 13, 1943 (gage height, 13.31 feet); no flow Feb. 3, 1915.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. Many ranch diversions in upper drainage area. Flow regulated by Magic Reservoir (see p. 104).
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected and five discharge measurements furnished by Water District Ho. 7 AB.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1616161616
a!6a!6a!6a!616
16161616al6
a!616161615
1515151515
151516161616
New,
1616161616
a!6a!6a!6a!6a!6
a!6a!6a!6a!6a!6
1616161616
103348398394175
1414141414.-
Dec.
1414131313
1313121212
1212121212
1212121212
1313131312
131213121212
Jan.
1212121212
1212121212
1212121212
1212121212
1212121212
121212121212
Feb.
1213121212
1212121212
1212121212
1212121212
1212121212
121212---
Month
October. ...................................November ...................................December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ................................. .February. ..................................Haroh ......................................April ......................................May. .......................................June .......................................July..... ..................................August ......................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
1212121212
IS12121212
1313131313
1313131313
1313141313
141518161616
Apr.
1616161616
1616161718
19192020
249
640505558714834
912864954
1,0601,120
1,1801,000785634634-
Second foot-days
4881,808
387
128,932
372337411
12 ,3342 1,81318,663
20 ) 09314,322
114,599
May
640708S52
1,0301,120
1,1301,100i.oeo1,030
960
924807807774768
719687609563553
529495490471462
44441240340340S435
Maximum
1639614
1,440
1213
1,1801,130
965
752548
1,180
June
453486514534548
534495490505534
598614634583583
573553553614634
634655660660741
852965900812752-
Minimum
151412
12
12121216
40345370£534160
12
July
746746708714725
73073074675S763
763763763758752
768780752746752
752752746719719
730730725725730730
Aug.
730736741746752
746730725719703
692692666655629
614614614614614
609604583573593
593588568558558534
Mean
15.760.312 S. o
352
12.012. 'o13.3
429704622743648 477
314
Sept.
519514514514514
524539548548524
519529529529524
524519500490476
453443448416403
40339 S398398160
Runoff in acre feet
9683,590768
255,700
738668815
25,56043,27037 , 02045,66039,850 28,410
227.300a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter,
o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
106 BIG WOOD RIVER BASW
Big Wood River at Goodlng, Idaho
Location.-- V/ater-stage recorder, lat. 42°57', long. 114°43', In NEiNEi sec. 31, T. 5 S., R. 15 E., 30 feet downstream from highway bridge and half a mile north of Goodlng.
Records avallable.- June 1896 to October 1899 (published as Malade River at Toponis), April 19UI to September 1945, except for winters.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 955 second-feet Apr. 26 (gage height, 4.34 feet); no flow for long periods.
1921-45: Maximum discharge recorded, 5,120 second-feet Apr. 13, 1943 (gage height, 10.21 feet); no flow for long periods In each year.
Remarks.- Records good except those for Mar. 28, Apr. 2, 3, 29, 30, May 1, Aug. 17-20, Which are fair. Many diversions above and below station for Irrigation. Flow regu
lated by Magic Reservoir (see p. 104) and affected by deliveries from Mllner-Goodlng canal which diverts from Snake River.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph and four discharge measurements furnished by Water District No. 7 AB.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1234b
6789
10
11121314Ib
1617181920
212223242b
262728293031
Oct.
39
Nov.
0
Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year ......................
May. .......................................
September. .................................
The period.
Mar.
____-
____
0
___-___--____-__
h!04412727
Apr.
19h6h6
00
00000
00000
00
78243344
460544624870840
9008SO743
h5S8h472
-
Second- foot-days
_..i
3,5S51,7431,6621,890
-
May
h291176122153277
344374344305245
190149120
9285
88124132124116
118110104104122
118120118US114110
Maximum
__r
1629580
106
-
June
99110114122126
136138155144162
149140134138140
1321181039067
SO101103IDS114
114120114110104-
Minimum
.-
<_
S567400
35
-
July
9585766248
6767595457
61575S5654
4S45535441
5254575652
474540474S48
Aug.
5658525657
6576736870
7876676864
43t6t2t20
1252475459
597580706453
Mean
_-..
165120
56.253.663.0
-
Sept.
5450494567
6156545S64
7661585741
3537505864
7268686265
708395
106106-
Runoff in acre-feet
__
7,1103,4603,3003,750
42,860,
fField estimate, h Computed from staff-gage reading.Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945j mountain standard tin
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN 107
Big Wood River near Goodlng, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°54', long. 114°48', In sec. 21, T. 63., R. 14 K. , at Hudson Ranch, 2 miles downstream from bridge on PI Iss-Goodlng highway, 3i nlles downstream from Little Wood River, 5 miles upstream from diversion dam for King Hill project, and 6 miles southwest of Goodlng.
Records available.- March 1916 .to September 1945 (fragmentary 1922-37, 1941, 1942).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,840 second-feet Feb. 3; maximum gage height, TTOSTeet Feb. 3, momentary peak caused by obstruction In channel; nininum daily rji£_ charge, 3 second-feet Aug. 19. *
1916-45: Maximum discharge, 5,220 second-feet Apr. 14,1943 (gage height, P.80 fec-t); no flow at times in many years.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. Di- versions above and below station for Irrigation. Flow regulated by Magic Reservoir (see p.104) and affected by deliveries from canals diverting from Snake River at Mllner.
Cooperation.- Three discharge measurements furnished by VJater District No. 7 AB.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
10360423535
3638424243
4147494950
5154677573
77SOS68686
898277807876
Nov.
767373100104
10152283511C
122122116114
*112
11611010610198
158224224166144
16S20614290
113
Dec.
101114917737
93 93
94SO70
7555505050
5050504360
7080757375
706555757570
Jan.
6065656065
7085878791
*10793908796
9187
1049184
8075758085
858580808080
Feb.
90130
1,180673637
478397249397386
345314253607375
265£237194168153
139156144144140
139140142__-
Month
October. ...................................November ................................. .December . ............................ ... .
Calendar year 1944 .................... .
January. ................................. .February. ............................ .....March. .....................................April ......................................Hay. .......................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September . .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
142],42140126114
97119148122113
130204312285228
206179153139137
160233368329247
228373337282246223
Apr.
202156112106148
142139136131130
142144145148142
13011990253357
460555673964
1,120
1,1401,100
929673509-
Second foot-days
1,9343,507o OgT
60,325
2,5508,6726,26211,1957,2516,5501,8092,1673,OS3
57,201
May
357211122161244
341382347300224
194172171144142
150208228228240
237221226221253
247253256264258
' 249
Maximum
10S224114
837
1071,1SO
3731,140
382386155116202
1,130
June
221194187208224
251280335345386
367310285262247
216196187172134
122156161164164
160150150155161-
Minimum
352848
24
60909790
122122313
42
3
July
15513911810186
8489705347
5569604439
3531373834
3537364046
383434374246
Aug.
6072605557
66841019193
101103826756
501943
29
2756728086
729011411611091
Mean
62.411771.6
165
82.331020237323421858.469.9
103
157
Sept.
8175737358
4743495581
10090656660
42436187
125
150152120161177
182184202192189~
Runoff in acre-feet
3,8406,9604,410
119,700
5,06017 ,20012,42022,20014,38012,9903,5904,3006,120
113 ,500
* Winter discharge measurement made on tills day.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 10 to Jan. 6, Jan. 21 to Feb. 2. Time baais; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
756837 0-47-8
108
Warn Springs Creek at (Tuyer Hot Springs, near Ketchun, Idaho
Location.- Water-stare recorder, lat 43°41', long. 114°2S', in IIE-J- sec. 15, T. 4 I'., R. 17 bJ., at Guyer Not Springs, 2 1/8 niles upstream from' nouth and 2.2 niles v/est of Ketchun.
Drainage area.- 96 square miles.
Records available.- November 1940 to September 1945. May 1920 to September 1921 at site a quarter of a mile downstream, published as Warm Springs Creek near Ketchum; records not equivalent.
Extremes.- Maxinum discharge during year, 275 second-feet May 6 (gage height, 2.27 feet); minimun, 17 second-feet Feb. 21 (gage height, 0.81 foot).
1940-45: Maxinum discharge, 696 second-feet Hay 30, 1943 (gage height, 3.36 feet); minimun, 6 second-feet Feb. 29, 1944 (gage height, 0.55 foot), ice jam upstream; nini- ipum daily, 20 second-feet Feb. 26, 1941.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. Diversions above and below station for irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
3737363635
3536363737
363636374O
3838373736
3636353534
343434343440
Nov.
4237374747
4240373840
3838373731
3232323233
35363636
a34
a34a35a33a31a33-
Dec.
a34a34a333435
3534322628
3133353532
3234343334
3333333224
282832353333
Jan.
3432333333
3333343333
3333333435
3229353328
2829333232
292828283233
Feb
3235333034
3032323031
3232333228
3034332833
2833323029
303432---
Month
October. ...................................November ......................... .........December. ........................... ...
Calendar year 1944 ...................
January. ................................. .February. ..................................March. ..................... ...............April. .......................... ..........May.. ........................... ..........June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September . .................................
Water year 1944-45 ... ..................
Mar
3230323030
2931323131
3232343431
3235322934
3336403738
393737363741
Apr.
3836363639
3839424138
414O403942
53627292125
16015513711210O
9293104123155-
Second- foot-days
1,1191,0921,OO2
26 ,493
988880
1,0442,2205,3124,8652,2311,2711,028
23,052
May
175187213230244
25O236221216216
205185183166149
14714713312312O
114110127151155
151147145151155160
Maximum
404735
366
3534411602502101045741
250
June
16917320O190210
2052O2192.192185
173166169162155
145137133135145
153160158160155
151137125118110
-
Minimum
343124
24
28282936
110110473630
24
July
104100979592
8985827979
8285858781
7269666261
6057555352
515051554847
Aug.
4645454442
4244454242
4240424040
3837374157
44414O3837
373736363737
Mean
36.136.432.3
72,4
31.931.433.774.017116272.041.034.3
63.2
Sept.
3534333434
3436343333
3231313130
3132323334
3941383737
3737353535-
Runoff in acre-feet
2,22O2,17O1,990
52,550
1,9601,7502,O704,40010,5409,6504,43O2,5202,040
45 ,740
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Big Wood River and Big Wood Slough at Hailey.
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3O, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN 109
Big Wood Slough at Halley, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°31'00", long. 114°19'30", in sec. 9, T. 2 II., H. 18 h'., at highway bridge, an eighth of a mile northeast or steel highway bridge over Big Wood River and an eighth of a mile southwest of Hailey.
Records available.- June 1915 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 30 years, 118 second-feet.
Extremes (regulated).- Maximum discharge during year, 253 second-feet Oct. 22 (gage height, 3.30 feet;; minimum not determined, probably occurred during period of no gage-height record in winter.
1915-45: Maximum discharge observed, 419 second-feet June 6. 1921, from rating curve extended above 280 second-feet; maximum gage height, 5.55 feet (top of Ice in well) Jan. 20-23, 1937; no flow May 8, 1931, Oct. 20 to Nov. 3, 1938.
Remarks.- Records good except those for July 7-27 and those below 10 second-feet, which are fair, and those for Dec. 16 to Mar. 11, which are poor. Flow affected by Halley power plant, half a mile upstream, until December, when operation of plant was discontinued. Thereafter flow controlled at power plant to meet the requirements of irrigation di version from Slough and sewage dilution. Big Wood Slough, a natural channel of Big Wood River, is utilized as' a tallrace for power plant, and Its discharge plus the dis charge of Big Wood River at Halley (see p. 101) is total discharge of river at this point.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder Inspected by employee of Water District No. 7 AB.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1
6
11
15
16 17J.O
20
21
26 27 28t330
Oct.
141143146
153
126
146166168169 170
170 170
166
168169170170168
170 170 169163 168
Nov.
172172169175
121120118120121
122121120121 120
US 117117117 117
117117117118118
118 118 118117 11S~
Dec.
120116117117141
172164157129122
76222223 17
alO alO \
; a5
a4
Jan. Feb.
_-
Month
1" "cember . ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
I'-rch. .....................................,'pril.. ....................................r«v. .......................................
"«ptember . .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
a4
4444
4 459 9
889
1011
11 11 1011 1011
Apr.
1111111111
1111131210
998B 8
9 99
10 11
1111111110
10 10 108 4
-
Second- foot-days
1,594
54,753
298
1 225l)625
20,163
May
932474751
5048587575
78706964 60
58 595453 52
5251454747
50 Bl 8180 8487
Maximum
172
239
113
175
June
8993
101102109
115115115115115
111109110110 102
96 939198
106
8469687273
72 66 5954 52
Minimum
_
£ c2£
-
July
5152535250
50h47h49h49h49
h45h45h85hB7 h85
h83 hBOh84h84 h71
h69a69h69h51h49
h47 h45 3738 3637
Aug.
3430303030
2929405251
49484946 44
40 383636 58
5145413836
35 37 3634 3538
Mean
51.4
150
92 1
54.2
55.3
Sept.
3836353533
3336353434
33323131 29
31 323233 33
581131071029S
97 97 9696 95
Runoff in acre-feet
3,160
108,600
399
2 4303,220
40,000
a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 1 discharge measurement, weathe "nd records for Big Wood River at Hailey and Warm Springs Creek at Guyer Hot Springs, nea
h Computed from staff-gage reading.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time the
'""> convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
Setchum.
after.
11U BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN
Cams Creek near Blaine, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°20', long. 114°33', in sec. 15, T. 1 S., R. 16 E., a quarter of a mile north of moon siding on Hill City branch of Oregon Short Line Railroad, three-eighths of a mile downstream from Willow Creek, 2i miles upstream from backwater of Magic Reservoir, and 4 miles southeast of Blaine.
Drainage area.- 618 square miles.Records available.- May 1912 to September 1945 (no winter records prior to 1945). Dis
charge measurements only for 1922.Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,110 second-feet Apr. 17 (gage height, 5.70
feet); Minimum recorded, 3.2 second-feet Aug. 19 (gage height, 0.92 foot).1913-45: Maximum discharge recorded, 9,780 second-feet Apr. 8, 194S; maximum gage
height, 15.48 feet, Apr. 18, 1938, from floodmark; minimum recorded, 1.5 second-feet Aug. 29, 1940.
Remarks.- Records good except those belpw 10 second-feet, which are fair, and those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are poor. Many small diversions above station; no appreciable regulation.
Cooperation.- Four discharge measurements furnished by Water District No. 7 AB.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) (Shifting-control method used June 19 to July 30,
Aug. 3 to Sept. 30)
0.9 3.01.0 4.61.1 6.91.2 9.5
1.3 131.4 181.6 311.8 50
2.0 732.3 1152.6 1663.0 248
3.5 3734.0 5145.0 8455.7 1,110
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
4.84.84.84.64.6
4.64.64.64.85.5
6.06.05.55.55.5
5.56.06.27.96.4
6.26.26.06.26.4
5.85.56.06.76.96.7
Nov.
S.57.99.0
1618
1413121213
1615151313
1212
s-111111
1111111211
1112101111-
Dec.
1112121111
121211
> aS.O
Jan.
I'"
b80
22365240
3025
Feb.
a30a40
496280
5139395265
826869
152174
*114695140
> a35
-_-
Month
December. ..................................
Calendar year ......................
January ..................................
March ......................................April. .....................................May.. ......................................
July. ................................ .....
September. ................... .............
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
> a40
a50
a70b!80b380
288148
131106
867194
183395651468453
439368397378456677
Apr.
775698641568580
778912
1,0701,080
982
88082B702511459
606966859702719
691680747747747
654497420370333-
Second- foot-days
276.0
_
511.9
113.9
41,925.0
May
308298298285283
276266250235224
211207207195181
176187181176161
148138146164174
176166152145141138
Maximum
_
1,080
4.4
1,080
June
133125141148164
168183199201203
193174159133140
1331211099685
7673665958
5856504846-
Minimum
-
6.7
3.3
-
July
4440373228
2422201813
1519202016
139.28.58.59.2
9.29.59.08.79.2
9.89.88.57.7
-7.46.7
Aug.
6.46.25.55.34.8
4.44.14.14.14.1
4.04.04.03.63.6
3.63.53.53.53.6
3.53.53.53.63.5
3.53.63.63.63.63.6
Mean
8.90
_
710
3.80
115
Sept.
3.53.53.53.53.5
3.33.53.84.13.8
3.53.33.33.33.3
3.53.53.63.64.3
4.34.34.34.34.1
4.14.44.34.34.3
Runoff in acre- feet
547
_
1,400
42,230
226
83,160
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Big Wood
River near Bellevue.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basisi Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour*
BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN 111
Lincoln Canal near Richfield, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°10', long. 114°19', in sec. 9, T. 3 S., R. 18 E., at head of canal, 100 yards east of Shoshone-Hailey highway, 5i miles dovmstream fron Magic Dam, and 12 miles northwest of Richfield.
Records available.- April 1925 to September 1945 (prior to 1937, irrigation seasons only).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 258 second-feet May 15 (gage height, 2.28 feet); no flow for long periods.
1925-45: Maximum discharge, 706 second-feet May 28, 1927 (gage height, 4.00 feet), from rating curve extended above 600 second-feet; no flow during long periods in each year.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of incomplete or no gage-height record, which are poor. Canal diverts water from right bank of Big Wood River in sec. 9, T. 3 S., R. 18 E., from which point it approximately parallels river for 10 miles to head of North Gooding Canal in sec. 15, T. 4 S., R. 18 E., where water is either diverted into North Gooding Canal or returned to Big Wood River. Canal is used to avoid large channel losses in natural bed of river. No diversion above station.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph and four discharge measurements furnished by Water District No. 7 AB.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 194.5
Day
1
6
11
16
21
<C3
AO
26
j&O
Oct.
120000
0
0
00
0
0
0
Nov.
00000
000
0
00
00
0
0
0
0"
Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
April ......................................'">y. .......................................
July. ......................................
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar. Apr.
00000
00000
' 0
0000
00000
00000
£039373682-
Second- foot-days
12
0
26,096
0
5 2544,863
26,940
Hay
132153176196210
210210212212210
224246245245248
250237201176157
161153134136128
127127126126132133
Maximum
12118
0
252
00
82
192179
250
June
142136140140140
139132128144144
145145146146145
145136133172170
169167169167174
199208203201194-
Minimum
CcC
c
cc
cc
10C
c
July
187191177164189
187187187191194
192191184184182
194186181191198
198196194189189
189186187184184183
Aug.
181181182182187
189191192181181
180176172171170
160153161161159
160159160161157
159161158156157156
Mean
0.414.3
0
71.3
0007.1
182
162
) 73.8
Sept.
150154159157157
1S7161173175174
169170170165165
170179177176176
161167165167162
157154148148100-
Runoff in acre-feet
24851
0
51,760
000
42411,1709,360
11,540
9,650
53,440
Hote.- Incomplete or no gage-height record Julv 28 to Sept. 30; discharge computed on basis of fragmentary gage-height record, occasional staff-'gage readings, and records for station near Shost
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN
Lincoln Canal near Shoshone, Idaho
Location.- V/ater-stage recorder, lat. 43°05', long. 114°19', In sec. 15, T. 4 S., K. 18 K., a quarter of a mile upstream from outlet of canal, 7 miles west of Richfield, 11 miles northeast of Shoshone, and 12jt miles downstream from Magic Dam.
Records available.- May 1925 to September 1945 (1929-36, irrigation seasons only).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 225 second-feet May 12 (gage height, 1.37 feet); no flow for long periods.
1925-45: Maximum discharge, 667 second-feet May 29. 1927 (gage height, 2.48 feet), from rating curve extended above 550 second-feet; no flow for long periods each year.
Remarks.- Records good except those for Nov. 22-25, which are fair, and that for Oct. 1, Canal diverts water from right bank of Big_Wood River in sec. 9, T. 3
sodingchannel losses in natural bed of river, feet above this station for Irrigation.
Five ditches have rights to divert 12.5 second-
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph and one discharge measurement furnished by V/ater District No. 7 AR_Jlstrict No. 7 AB.
Dischar(», in Second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678 9
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
a400000
00000
00000
00000
00000
000000
Nov.
00000
C00 00
00000
00000
0387791
f96
Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
October. ...................... ............November. ........................ .........December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ................................. .February ...................................March. .....................................April. .....................................Bay. ................................. .....June ............ ..........................July. ......................................August ................................. ...September .............................. ...
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar. Apr.
0y000
000e0
D5000
00000
00000
022B72648
Second- foot-days
40302
0
21,889
000
1235,0564,0314,9024,544 4,224
23 , 2 S 2
Bay
J l*129154170185
IBSisihlSg4H186
199225222219216
216210
U18E170US.
14Q143181
hlEB121
lieHilielie
hllflhllfi
Maximum
4096
0
207
000
48
172164164157
225
June
h!27116118121181
mii§til123
}$127129129129
12912711411814S
14814614714 g147
17017B176167168
Minimum
CCC
C
CCCC
11411£13 f13411C
C
July 1
157157160159meiggIRQ162162
160160154152152
154160IBS1871S4
184168186ISO110
160ido168157166154
»ug.
152152184167ItswJlf
h!64 164160
152152152150147
140140140138138
1SS13 S133133156
136134136
h!36136136
Mean
) 1.310.1
0
) 59.8
000
> 4.1163134
5 -1 C«J.OD147 141
63.6
Sept.
129184i»e136iss136140150 1541S7
1501SE152147147
1§QISO150
hi 50160
143140lag168136
134131125121110
Runoff in acre-feet
79599
0
43,420
000
24410,030
8,0009,7209,0108,380
46,060
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Richfield, f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record. h Computed from staff-gage reading.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter,
o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN 113
Thorn Creek spillway near Gooding, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°01', long. 114°37', In sec. 6, T. 5 S., R. 16 E., 600 feet downstream from point of diversion from North Goorting Canal, 900 feet upstream from Thorn Creek, and 7i miles northeast of Gooding.
Records available.- April 1928 to September 1945 (prior to 1937, irrigation seasons only).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 321 second-feet Apr. 24 (gage height, £.49 feet); no flow for long periods.
1928-45: Maximum discharge, 447 seconrt-feet Apr. 24, 1938 (gage height, 2.90 feet); usually no flow during nonirrigatlon seasons.
Remarks.- Records good except those computed from staff-gage readings, which are fair. Spillway diverts from North Gooding Canal and discharges into Thorn Creek in sec. 6, T. 5 S., R. 16 E. Irrigation diversions from Big Wood River below Thorn Creek are served in part by water carried successively through Lincoln and North Gooding Canals to mini mize channel losses in natural bed of river.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph and five discharge measurements furnished by water District No. 7 AB.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945"Xv
12345
6789 f)
1'Z"5' 4 S
«'7*3'*»202122232425
2627OQ,<o29,30,31
Oct.
35hS
000
00000
00000
00000
00000
000000
Nov.
00000
00000
00000
000
h30h!02
h88h90h53h53h54
h49h5
000
-
Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
0-tober. ..................................."""ember. ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
J-nuary ....................................-"bruary ...................................""rch ......................................"-ril. .....................................
June .......................................July. ......................................"ugust .....................................""ptember. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar. Apr.
00000
00000
00000
00000
000
h315h229
h232h216hi 87h!54h!58
Seoond- foot-days
37524
0
20,910
000
1,4914,8725,0774,0493,7053,157
22,912
May
140150164193218
200174152127108
113120135138148
154170176174172
168162156158162
160164158152156150
Maximum
35102
0
218
000
315218191150154131
315
June
146156162170172
178181181174
' 191
176172174181178
185174162144133
156168166168168
174183174168162
Minimum
CcC
ccccc
10 1132llf
482
C
July
150140142118118
140137133129131
133129133135129
125131133125125
133137137135129
127125118122125125
Aug.
127125122124127
137146142144150
15414614614 E138
792710
442
120135131133127
138150148138129124
Mean
1.217.5
0
57 1"
000
49.7157169131120105
62.8
Sept.
120116116111120
111105109116125
124113111105
92
838698
103103
979E908488
92101115131100
Runoff in acre-feet
731,040
0
41,480
000
2,9609,660
10,0708,0307,3506,260
45,440
h Computed from staff-gage readings.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
> convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
114 BI3 V/OOD RIVER BASIN
Little Wood River at Campbell Ranch, near Carey, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°28', long. 114°03', In SWiNWj sec. 35, T. 2 N., R. 2,0 E., at Canpbell Ranch, above flow line of Little Wood Reservoir, Is nlles down stream from High Five Creek, 2i miles downstream from Muldoon Creek, 11 miles east of Bellevue, and 12 miles northwest of Carey.
Drainage area.- 267 square nlles.Record? available.- February 1920 to September 1926 (published as Little Wood River near
CareyJ, March 1941 to December 1942, Ajril 1944 to September 1945 (Irrigation seasons only except 1021-24, 1926).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 524 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 2.76 feet;; minimum recorded, 31 second-feet Sept. 16 (gage height, 1.03 feet).
1920-26, 1941-42, 1944-45: Maximum discharge recorded, 1,420 second-feet Apr. 10, 1942 (gage height, 4.31 feet); minimum, 14 second-feet Aug. 29, 30, 1926.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. Flow nay be slightly regulated by Campbell Reservoir (capacity, 2,700 acre-feet) on unnamed tributary. Diversions for irrigation from Muldoon Creek.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder Inspected by Little Wood Reservoir Co. and Water District No. 11C.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, In faet, and discharge, In aacond-feet)
1.01.11.21.31.4
1.6 1.8 2.0 2.3
128180242347461
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1
67
11
16
21
JCO
26
Oct.
4647484848
48 50505051
5046485252
5454525251
4848474848
^
I
Nov.
_---~
-
---
_---~
----~
606470--
-"
~""
Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
December. . .............................. .
Calendar year ......................
March. ............................... ... .
September. ................... ......... ...
Water year ..... . .... ....... .
Mar.
' a75
777380
79
94110110110
110101103105121158
Apr.
164128114112126
148 177204183186
192169146146210
266273325392422
457457392336294
273a270a280a290a3 15
-
Second- foot-days
_
_
I'SRI1,301
-
May
a350a380a410a440a450
422426407388380
366325315286E66
262297245229223
216207226290280
259249245256273269
Maximum
_
_
54
June
269276308311343
377 461411403403
369351347343325
. 300280283
a310a340
a370403380403403
399354286259245-
Minimum
_
_
04 c
32-
July
236252259252229
220"207
201186183
172158150143138
121114110107101
9488807577
77737077
a 7062
Aug.
6364625852
52 54635656
5450505047
4643424264
5852484644
434341424650
Mean
_
_
86 "5
43.4
-
Sept.
4444424241
42 46444242
4137363433
3339413838
4450505152
5050505154-
Runoff in acre feet
_
_
5 320
2,580
-
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of waathe ar Carey.
ords for station
Time basis! Mountain war time o convert war time to standard time,
2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter, subtract 1 hour.
BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN
Little Wood River near Carey, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°33', long. 114°OG', in Ei sec. 30, T. 1 II., R. 21 E., a third of a mile upstream from West Canal, 1 1/3 miles upstream from East Canal, 2 miles downstream from Little Fish Creek, 3 miles downstream from Little Wood Reservoir/ and 6 miles northwest of Carey.
Drainage area.- 312 square miles.Records ay3- 1^16 -" April 1904 to my 1905, September 1926 to September 1945.Average discharge.- 16 years (1926-27, 1929-42, 1943-45), 123 second-feet.Extremes (regulated) .- Maximum discharge during year, 620 second-feet Apr. 28 (gage
height, 4.64 feet); minimum, 1 second-foot Jan. 26 (gage height, 1.64 feet), caused by ice jam upstream; minimum daily, 5 second-feet several days in January and February.
1904-5, 1926-45: Maximum discharge, 6,000 second-feet (due to failure of reservoirs on Little Fish Creek) Apr. SO, 1938 (gage height, 12.07 feet, datum then in use, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 1,800 second-feet; minimum, that of Jan. 26, 1945; minimum daily, 3 second-feet several days during November, 'December, 1943, January 1944.
Remarks . - Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, which are poor. Regulation and diversions above station for irrigation. Storage in Little Wood Reservoir (capacity, 10,000 acre-feet) 3 miles above station began Feb. 12, 1941. Flow is also affected by Condie, Cameron, and Howard Reservoirs (combined ca pacity, 990 acre-feet) on Little Fish Creek. Capacities are as shown in llth Biennial Report of Department of Reclamation, State of Idaho.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected by Little Wood Reservoir Co. and Water District Ho. 11C.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
4848494949
5052535455
5554555455
5557575257
5755545555
555555534376
Nov.
7674697292
103112878181
65a95a85a75a60
a50a43a43a4343
44444546
b46
b46b47b474745-
Dec.
43404040
b40
40b40b40b40b34
b28b26b!9b!4b!2
bllb!2b!2b!314
1415161616
b!4blObSb6b6b7
Jan.
9b8b7b69
b88e8
a6
a6a6a5*56
6b5b55
b5
5b5b555
b5t55
b5b55
Feb.
5b6666
55687
666
17b!2
b77
348281
b82b8180
b76b72
b70b70b70__-
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January ...................................February ...................................March. .....................................April ......................................May.......................................June .......................................July... ...................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
b64b70
a70
*7869
656462
b6264
76107139118107
9287929299
109
Apr.
91848499118
118118116112112
114112112112114
116118122143399
546565457389332
300285280285300-
Second- foot-days
1,6571,906
686
50,154
186919
2,4866,2539,3989,9546,0834,2791,901
45,708
May
335360392426436
443436419402386
373332311285261
253288248225215
210200208253269
248235230230238251
Maximum
7611243
640
98213956544346426419898
565
June
251253272288311
344464439402409
369341329326317
291269261274305
3473863793S6396
382363294261245-
Minimum
43436
3
55
6234
2002451397437
5
July
264251245243240
23823822S228222
2102 OS193179156
145139150163161
148139152156172
181210218203205198
Aug.
188196198191184
181174172165159
137141152159150
141139137133122
12412211010794
868180749686
Mean
53.563.522.1
137
6.032.880.220830333219613863.4
125
Sept.
849S989687
8076767675
7472757472
5338373738
3939394457
4848485370-
Runoff in acre feet
3,2903,7801,360
99,480
3691,8204,930
12,40018,64019,74012,0708,4903,770
90,660
& Winter discharge measurement made on tliis day.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded, range in stage, weather records
and records of regulation at Little Wood Reservoir.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
116 BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN
Little Wood River near Richfield, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat..43°03', 'long. 114°08', In sec. 30, T. 4 S., R. 30 E., hair a mile upstream from Jim Byrne's Slough and heading of Bietrich Canal, 1 mile east of railroad station at Richfield, and 14 miles downstream from Silver Creek.
Records available.- January 1911 to September 1945 (irrigation seasons only).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 285 second-feet Apr. 24 (gage height, 2.23 feet); minimum recorded, 90 second-feet May 16 (gage height, 1.37 feet).
1911-45: Maximum discharge recorded, 868 second-feet May 3, 1938 (gage height, 3.97 feet); minimum recorded, 7.6 second-feet June 24, 25, 1920 (gage height, 0.52 foot).
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. Diversions above station for irrigation. Flow partly regulated by Little Wood Reser voir and four small reservoirs on tributaries. River above Sliver Creek is dry, except during freshet seasons, owing to channel losses and irrigation diversions above Carey.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph and seven discharge measurements furnished by Water District No. 11 AB.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12
4
678910
1112131415
16171819
2122
24
26
2829
31
Oct.
165165165165171
176173171169167
167167165167173
171171169165
a!67
a!67a!66a!66a!66a!65
al68167167169169169
Nov.
173180185185190
195205202198192
195202202208210
210200198190185
185182180180180
180178178176176-
Dec.
176
Jan. Feb.
_----
__---
____-
_-_--
_----
_h!52tLl4E---
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year ......................
May. .......................................
September . ..... .........'..................
Water year ......................
Mar.
a!48a!48a!48a!48a!48
a!47h!46a!43a!43a!43
150169190216218
192178171162160
162167178198205
200192188188182173
Apr.
167162
a!60158158
158155154154154
a!56a!56a!56al58a!56
a!52a!52a!4Sa!48a!42
a!70232270282270
246?27216210202
Second- foot-days
5,208
_
3,950
May
h2132OO208200200
198195r?i1461E2
11010C103103103
9398108106106
106108115117122
134136142142144136
Maximum
176210
_
218
146
June
118105105113122
133150195218244
267267252238227
218198185158134
118117118117112
110106106106106
Minimum
16E17;
_
14"5
10^
115
-
July
110105101105105
106108112117117
117117115115113
118118118118120
122124124124124
120113108106106105
Aug.
105106108110110
106106103103113
1121081101(38108
108108105105110
110113115113112
118120118115122120
Mean
168190
_
J 132-
Sept.
120120118118120
120120124131134
134134133131131
129129131131134
134136142142144
146146142138138
Runoff in acre-feet
10,33011,310
_
7,830
- .
gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of information furnished by water-master and records for Silver Creek near Picabo.
h Computed from staff-gage reading.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN 117
Little Wood River at Shoshone, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°56', long. 114°24', In sec. 2, T. 6 8,, R, 17 E,, just upstream from diversion dam for town water supply and 400 feet upstream from highway-bridge in Shoshone.
records available.- April 1922 to September 1945 (irrigation seasons only).
rxtremes.- Ifeximum discharge during year, 538 second-feet June 10 (gage height, 3,26 feet); minimum daily, 5 second-feet (regulated) Aug. 18.
1922-45: Italmum discharge recorded, 664 second-feet June IB, 1922; naxiciun gage height recorded, 4.49 feet June 11, 1944; practically no flow July 29, 1931, Oct. 3, 1938.
remarks.- Records good except those for Feb. 27 to liar. 10, liar. 15, which are fair, and those for Aug. 16-19, which are poor. Many diversions above and below station for irri gation. Flow affected by operation of Milner-Gooding Canal, which diverts from Snake River and crosses .Little Wood River above station, by operation of several reservoirs above Carey, and by Big Wood River water deliveries through Byrne's Slough for Dietrich Canal via Little Wood River at Richfield.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph and six discharge measurements furnished by Water District No. 11AB.
Discharge, in second-feet, wat*r year October 1944 |o September 1945
Day
1
6
11
16
18
20
21
23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
Oct.
75
5E46
54
5050
5048464646
52
585858
58
62 64 64
62 64 64 64 69
Nov.
6975
120131
131140147
134137144150156
156
144140140
137
125 162 153
147 134 134 1S2 122
Dec.
134---
h!31
- ---
_----
_----
-
:
^
Jan. Feb.
.-,-.-
.----
_----
____-
^
131 131
-
Month
Citober. ...................................
Calendar year ......................
r **b ruary
Fay........................................
j'vgust. ....................................!"'«<ptember. .................................
Water year ......................
Mar.
iseHi786968
71a66a 60
5464
82106117131
a 136
140131117108103
134 147 159 176
183 173 166 162 162159
Apr.
147147150147144
140140140137140
140140140144144
12869625850
4890
212 320 331
323 307 292 272 239-
Second- foot-days
_
10,361
May
216243355418442
451458444
f4J4f4El
448445437440433
421437440460463
481494 478 474 477
475 480 472 458 451440
Maximum
_
408
June
413383383410433
46g475499522535
509490478445431
423457466433418
f456476 470 469 462
458 459 464 477 485-
Minimum
_
22'
July
483482478475480
478476473480484
483481472457452
454450459461456
452458 459 460 453
440 433 431 430 420
h420
Aug.
h428h432
428426428
434448444433430
434417406401379
e!31elOe5
6367425
416436 452 454 434
418 431 437 427 420414
Mean
_
' 345
Sept.
408406404364340
344349351353360
344328331337340
334337351372379
362355 349 347 337
320 326 311 295 227-
Runoff in acre- feet
_
28,320
20,550
a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated.e Stage-discharge relation indefinite because of manipulation of stop logs in control dam; dis-
harge computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record and estimates furnished by water- master.
f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.h Computed from staff-gage reading.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
' "o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
118 BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN
Silver Creek near Picabo, Idaho
Location.- Water-staLe recorder, lat. 43°17', long. 114°01', in sec. 1, T. 2 S., R. 20 E., 14 miles downstream from drain ditch of Blaine County Drainage District No. 1 and 3 miles southeast of Picabo.
Records available.- May 1920 to September 1945 (1922-35, irrigation seasons only).
Average discharge.- 12 years (1920-22, 1935-45), 146 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 258 second-feet Feb. 3 (gage height, 2.91 feet); minimum, 105 second-feet May 10 (gage height, 1.33 feet).
1920-45: Maximum discharge, 312 second-feet Apr. 3, 1923; maximum gage height, 3.97 feet Jan. 8, 1942 (ice jam); minimum discharge, 26 second-feet June 2, 1920 (gage height, 0.48 foot).
Renartis.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record and those for Mar. 1 to May 25, which are fair. Many diversions above station for irrigation. Records of discharge do not include water bypassed around station at times by slough on right bank from which there is some diversion for irrigation.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected during irrigation season and. three discharge measurements furnished by Water District No. 11 AB.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
193195197196195
193192192192193
194190191195193
188187182182181
184179177178175
178179178177178181
Nov.
184186184190207
219213204199198
206212220222214
207203201199197
196194193194192
189190188187186-
Dec.
185187188186186
186187185179176
173
a 165
170170
Jan.
.1 a!65
163
> a!70
172176
184175170169166
162161160159157
156154152151150150
Feb.
1511R4248226201
178167170194189
186177176211223
197183176171168
164163161159158
155153152
__-
Month
October. ..................... . ...
December. .................. ...............
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March.. ....................................April. .....................................
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
151150148149147
145142142142146
169189212226210
190180174171171
175188202223212
199200198194186184
Apr.
180176171167165
164163163162160
158158160160158
155151150148146
145144143144142
143142141140140-
Second- foot-clays
5,328
63,978
5 117
5,077
60,136
May
137132129126126
119120113106107
hl!3116
hll8119
h!20
125h!33
129h!27
126
1U29127126130142
141134131129124116
Maximum
222138
222
248
lei248
June
113116122126137
145154170177181
186180171165171
171164160149143
141137138137134
133131130137142-
Minimum
105
157
106
July
138134138138138
140142142141142
143145146149155
161159158159160
160159158157154
152146146148152152
Aug.
151152152151148
149151150158150
148148148148147
147147146146147
151156155152152
157159160163163163
Mean
172
175
169
165
Sept.
163160159160159
157158168173173
173172171171170
170172172172172
171174179181177
172172169169168-
Runoff in acre feet
10,570
126,900
9,200
9,150
10,070
119,300
a No gage-height records discharge computed on basis of weather records. li Computed from staff -gage readings. Jfote.- Plow in bypas
Nov. 19; 0.9 second cond-feet June 21;
flow was reported May 6, June 1 Time baala: Mountain war tim
To convert war time to standard ti
reuuraj a-i-scimrgo compuusa un UUBJ.B ui wwabiioi J-BUUIUB.taff-gage readings.pass channel, whicli carries water around gage, measured as 5.5 second-feet-foot Jan. 14; 26.6 second-feet Mar. 13; 3.0 second-feet (estimated) Apr. 10; 2.1; 8.6 second-feet July 2O; 9.2 second-feet Aug. 8; 8.4 second-feet Sept. 20; no
up ti 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountair subtract 1 hour.
standard time thereafter.
BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN
King Hill Canal near Hagerman, Idaho
119
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 42°52', long. 114°55', In SWi sec. 27, T. 6 S., R. 13 E., 430 feet upstream from mouth of Inverted syphon crossing Snake River, 1,000 feet downstream from heading at Idaho Power Co.'s canal, half a mile west of highway bridge over Big Wood River, and 3i miles north of Hagerman.
Records available.- March 1930 to September 1945 (Irrigation seasons only except 1939).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 317 second-feet May 17, 18, June 10, 11, 12; maximum gage height observed, 3.68 feet Aug. 15; practically no flow at times when gates were closed.
1930-45: Maximum discharge observed, 338 second-feet May 23-28, May 30 to June 1, June 3, 4, 1944; maximum gage height observed, 3.80 feet July 19-22, 26, 27, 1944; no flow or small flow from leakage at head gate during nonlrrigation seasons.
Remarks.- Records good. Gage usually read twice dally. This canal, which is operated by King Hill Irrigation District to provide water for irrigation of Its project, diverts from Idaho Power Co.'s canal, which in turn diverts from Big Wood River (Malad Springs water).
Cooperation.- Gage readings furnished by King Hill Irrigation District.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
278276275275275
273273272272193
____-
____-
____-
_---t2
Nov. Deo. Jan.
to.l
Feb.
Month
October i-lo... ............................November . ........................ .........December. ..................................
Calendar year ......................
January. ...................................February ........ S ..........................Haroh.. ....................................April ......................................May. .......................................June .......................................July.. .....................................August ............................ ... ....September ..................................
Hater year ... ............. ....
Mar.
to
Apr.
S5140140140140
14014014014014O
140140140140140
140140140140140
1S7209210196226
235235244244236"
Seoond- foot-days
2,662
-
-
__
4,9679,4378,3579,5018,8318,535
-
May
238273272314307
3103103052 93302
312307309309305
305317314310314
310307310309309
305310310310312314
Maximum
278_-
-
__
244317314314314312
-
June
310314314314314
314314314314295
31431230729774
00
234310309
309310307309309
307307309309307-
Minimum
193_-
-
__85
2380
297O
232
-
July
307305304298305
31431431O307304
297302300302300
298304307310309
31O31231230731O
314314309307304305
Aug.
310314314310309
309307309307309
310309309310297
280286293293£20
076
30929729S
298298312312314312
Mean
266
-
-
__
1663042793062S5284
-
Sept.
312309310312309
3093093O7307309
30529829729S285
285286235280280
278278265265262
264232233233233-
Runoff in ao re-feet
5,230
-
-
_ _
9,85018,72016,53018,S4017,52016,930
-
t Discharge measurement, field estimate, or observation. Time basis; Hountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept- 30, 1945; mountain
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.standard time thereafte
120 TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN BIG WOOD RIVER AND OWYHEE RIVER
Bennett Creek near Bennett, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°13'30", long. 115°31'30", in sec. 28, T. 2 fi., 3. 6 E., 100 yards downstream fron Dive Creek and 7-J miles southwest of Bennett.
.EralnaL'6_are a. - 21.3 sqrare railes.
Recorda _available.- [fey 1938 to September 1945 (discontinued).
Extrenes.- Maximum discharge during year, 137 second-feet tfer. 22 (gage height, 5.19 feet); practically no flow during periods in October, August, and September.
1938-45: Maximum discharge, 204 second-feet Apr. 2, 1943 (gage height, 6.05 feet); practically no flr>w during periods in most years.
Remarks.- Records fair except those below 2 second-feet and those for period of backvater from beaver dams, which are poor. No diversion or regulation above station; riany di versions below station for irrigation.
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
00000
00000
00000
00000
00000
.1
.2
.2
.3
.4
.4
Nov.
0.3.2.4.4.4
.3
.4
.4
.7
.8
.7
.7
.8
.8
.9
1.01.11.11.0.9
.91.01.1.6.5
.6
.7
.4
.5
.6-
Dec*
0.6.7.6.6.7
.7
.5
.5
.4
.5
.5
.6
.6
.6
.6
.7
.7
.7
.7
.8
.7
> a. 7
Jan.
> aO.7
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
Januarv ......................Febr Hare
nary ......................
April .........................MayJune ..........................July ..........................August ...-...................'..September ...........'..........
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
a2a20137.24.4
3.33.3
451611
1110615119
1512119.48.4
6.7a4a2.5aSaS
a4aSa6
-
Second- foot-days
1.620.220.0
699.8
21.7367.2458.7412333.2147.841.26.73.0
1,833.3
Mar.
a7a6aSa4a4
a43.73.54.49.1
161922148.6
R.I7.46.76.2
11
2945442521
202222202021
Maximum
0.41.1
14
_61 4518148.1
_-
61
Apr.
1816151515
1515151414
1413131212
1212121314
15151-51514
1312121111-
May
1112131314
1414131313
1312121110
1111109.48.9
8.68.48.9
119.1
8.68.18.18.18.17.9
Minimum
0.2
0
_2 3.5
117.92.6
_-
0
June
7.76.97.77.48.1
7.26.76.56.56.2
5.35.15.15.15.1
4.24.03.93.73.3
3.03.03.03.14.4
3.93.13.03.02.6
Mean
0.05.67.65
1.91
.7013.1 14.813.710.74.931.33.22.10
5.02
July
2.32.1
2.0
1.5
),.,
.5
4.01.0.5.3
Per square mile
0.0023.031.031
.089
.033
.615
.695
.643
.502
.231
.062
.010
.0047
.23
Aug.
V
> 0.3
'
.2
.2
.2
Sept.
> 0.1
-Runoff
Inches
0.003.04.03
1.22
.04
.64
.80
.72
.58
.26
.07
.01
.005
3.20
Acre-feet
3.24040
1,390
43728 91081766129382136.0
3,640
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby streams, weather records, and recorded range in stage.
Not e. - Backwater from beaver dams July 3 to Sept. 30.Time basis! Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN BIG WOOD RIVER AND OWYHEE RIVER 121
Mountain Home feeder canal near Mountain Hone, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 43°13', long. 115°42', in sec. 36, T. 2 3., R. 6 E., 40 feet downstream from point of diversion from Canyon Creek and 5 miles north of Mountain Home.
Records available.- April 1924 to September 1929, April 1931 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 145 second-feet Mar, 23 (gage height, 1.79 feet); minimum recorded, 0.1 second-foot Oct. 8.
1924-29, 1931-45: Maximum discharge, 226 second-feet Feb. 21, 1927 (gage height, 2.18 feet, datum then In use), from rating curve extended above 120 second-feet; no flow at times during most years.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. Canal diverts from Canyon Creek In SPC. 36, T. 2 S., R. 6 E., and delivers water to Mountain Home cooperative canal, which heads In Mountain Home feeder canal half a mile below station, for irrigation of about 5,000 acres In Mountain Hone Irrigation District. At times when there Is a surplus of water for Irrigation, canal feeds directly Into Mountain Home Reservoir. No diversion from canal above station; three small diversions between station and head gates of Mountain Home cooperative canal. Flow regulated by head gates in Canyon Creek and Long Tom and Little Camas Reservoirs,
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph furnished by Mountain Home Irrigation District.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1.7.7.6.4
.4
.3
.1
.3
.3
.6
.7
.711
_--_-
_----
_-_.--
Nov. Dec.
tO. 8
Jan. Feb.
a!3a!7a!51414
1312434034
363811011888
6755504438
3229272424
232221-_-
Month
"otcber 1-15 ..............................."ovember ..................................."Member ...................................
Calendar year ......................
"anuary ...................................."Vbruary ..................................."Teh. ..................................... nril. ....................................."">.V. .......................................June .......................................July........ ...............................>igust. ...................................."Vaptember. .................................
Water year ......................
Mar.
202020IS21
1616161617
1924293228
2727262638
5272
113f8271
959285798182
Apr.
766S625855
5454565249
4845414040
4242444751
5149484641
3836353231-
Second- foot-days
8.8_-
-
_1,0611,3601,4311,5641,5461,8221,467978
-
May
3029275160
5958698693
SO77767673
6260585756
3124243132
343332292923
Maximum
1
-
-
118113769371746569
-
June
2744505864
6361595857
4227222623
3233364650
5567717171
7169696752-
Minimum
0.1_-
-
121631242235323
-
July
5050586272
7473737372
7270706969
5957585740
3635365166
635750505050
Aug.
4438403536
4248444435
3332444754
5150505665
5958585058
595850444342
Mean
0.59_-
-
37.943.947.750.551.558.847.332.6
-
Sept.
4154586969
6867656260
5856534344
3912654
55554
43333-
Runoff in acre- feet
17.-
-
2,1002,7002,8403,1003,0703,6102,9101,940
-
t Field estimate.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Porter
Creek near Gardena.f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
122 TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN BIG WOOD RIVER AND OWYHEE RIVER
Mountain Home cooperative canal near Mountain Hone, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 4o°12', long. 115°42', in sec. #6, T. 2 S., R. 6 E., at Larnberton weir, 300 feet downstream from point of di version from Mountain Home feeder canal and 4i miles north of Mountain Home.
Records available.- April 1924 to Septenber 1929, April 1931 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 89 second-feet May 10 (gage height, 1.45 feet); no flow at tines.
1924-29, 1931-45: Maximum discharge, 109 second-feet July 16, 1925 (gage height, 1.69 feet, datum then in use); no flow during nonlrrigation seasons except occasional stock water runs and leakage through gates.
Remarks.- Records good. No diversions between station and head of canal. Flow regulated by gates at point of diversion from Mountain Home feeder canal. Water Is used for irrigation of about 5,000 acres in Mountain Home Irrigation District.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph furnished by Mountain Hone Irrigation District.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
6t 7
89
10
111213 1415
16171 QJ.O1920
21 22232425
2627*>Q £.0
293031
Oct. Nov. Dec
00000
00000
00000
00000
00001
336
106
-
Jan. Feb.
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December 1-30 .............................
Calendar year ......................
January. ................................. .February. ..................................March. .....................................April ......................................May. .......................................June .......................................July .......................................August ...................... ..............September. . . ..............................
Water year ....... ..............
Mar. Apr.
00000
00000
00000
00000
00000
00006-
Second foot-days
00
29
_
006
1,071
T ' V^A
ilsso567.2
-
May
912183343
4547597987
7369706866
5647362417
17171717
9
654669
Maximum
00
10
_
006
8768745965
-
June
1120335258
5857555554
3923202627
31f32f34
4447
5464685960
6565666552-
Minimum
CcC
_
ccc4
i:
V
c-
July
4847565970
7474727171
7169696867
5856565437
3333334860
585348474747
Aug.
4236363332
3843424033
3131414451
4847475259
5452504251
525447424040
Mean
) 0) 0) 1.0
_
00
) .24e's
56.6
is.'g-
Sept.
3951546565
6462605240
15.1.1
00
00000
00000
00000-
Runoff in acre feet
00
58
_
00
122,1202,7603,4802, 680 1,130
-
f Discharge computed on basis of fragmentary gage-height record.Note.- Record of stock water run in December incomplete; no record for run beginning Jan. 15.Time basis: Hountain war time up to 2 a.m., September 30, 1945; mountain standard time bheres
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN PIG WOOD RIVJ1R MID OV/YHEE RIVER 123
Bruneau River near Hot Spring, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder,- lat. 42°4G', long. 115°43'30M in SEi sec. 34, T. 7 S., R. 6 £., at Dunham Ranch, 1 mile downstream from Hot Creek, l£ miles south or Hot Spring post office, 9 miles southeast of Bruneau, and about 16 niles downstream from East Fork. Datum of gage Is 2,598.5 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (from stadia level circuit by Topographic Branch in 1945).
Records available.- July 1909 to March 1915, October 1943 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,910 second-feet May 7 (gage height, 8.75 reet); ninimum, 46 second-feet Jan. 25 (gage height, 3.83 feet).
1909-15, 1943-45: Maximum discharge observed, 5,660 second-feet Mar. 1, 1910 (gage height, 10.6 feet, site and datum then in use), fron rating curve extended above 1.800 second-feet; minimum observed, 2 second-feet Jan. 1Q, 1913 (gage height, 3.20 feet), probably resulted from storage by ice upstream.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. Small diversions from tributaries above station for irrigation; large diversions be low. TIo regulation.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
3.9 56 4.7 293 7.0 1 .6004.0 75 5.04.1 98 5.54.3 152 6.0
435 7.5 1,950585 8.0 2,320360 8.6 2.790
4.5 215 6.5 1,270
Discharge, in second-f eet , water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
8993
106103101
9896989898
101101989898
103111111111108
106106106106103
103103106106106106
Nov.
106108111114121
124130124121121
121138146144138
13013E130121124
1E1116103132135
119116130114106-
Dec.
141138130119106
103121116108VI.
5862677175
869193
106121
138152149149152
152127119119132132
Jan.
124119124127119
130144149152173
179164149149146
15E152146138141
1271161119671
911161068089130
Feb.
158158161198198
18916416115815S
176179189241470
328241248219185
161141176173155
130124135---
Month
October ....................................November. ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January ....................................February ...................................March. .............................:.......April.. ....................................May. .......................................June .......................................July............. ..........................August ................................. ...September ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
149149161149135
124116149155149
149155215395470
342315311256230
219328440540465
415435371324315306
Apr.
1,
1,2,2,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,
Second foot-days
3,1773,6963,504
138,050
4,0105,3748,432
25,10962,55048,210'16 ,9644,5623,300
188,888
366430361315285
302356480575515
465410375351342
361570650790060
520040140780640
450EDO170290520-
May
1,8802,2402,4802,6305,640
2,6902,7802,7002,5202,470
2,5702,5802,2802,1401,980
1,8101,7301,7301,6001,460
1,4301,4101,3901,5001,720
1,8101,6801,6601,6601,7001,680
Maximum
111146152
1,940
179470540
2,1402,7802,070
938208
2,780
June
1,7801,6601,6401,7301,820
1,8901,9802,0701,3501,870
1,8001,6801,6601,7201,610
1,4501,3301,2901,3601,480
1,5601,6401,6801,6801,640
1,5001,3901,2901,1301,030
-
Minimum
8910358
58
71124116285
'1 ,3901,030
219105
58
July
938905900900888
839800768740696
675640595570560
550505475445405
385356342315293
277260248241234219
Aug.
208195189182176
170170176176189
173164155149144
138132130127127
132132130124119
116114
allOa!05a!05a!05
Mean
102123113
377
129192272837
2,0181,507
547147110
518
Sept.
> alOO
> a!30
~
Runoff in acre-feet
6,3007,3306,950
273,800
7,95010,60016,72049,800124,10095,62033,6509,O506,550
374 ,700
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Bruneau River near Srandview and South Pork Boise River near Peatherville.
Time basla: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
756837 0-47-9
124 TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN BIG WOOD RIVER AND OWYHEE RIVER
Bruneau River near Grand View, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°56', long. 115 057',in SEi sec. 35, T. 5 S., R. 4 E., 0.8 mile downstream from diversion dam for Grandview Canal, 1 mile upstream from mouth, and &i miles southeast of Grand View. Datum of gage is 2,372.3 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (from stadia level circuit by Topographic Branch in 1945).
Records available.- January 1895 to December 1903 (gage heights only January 1900 to December 1903), fey 1909 to September 1916, December 1944 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,500 second-feet May 8 (gage height, 6.07 feet); minimum not determined.
1895-1903, 1909-16, 1944-45: Maximum discharge observed, 5,700 second-feet Mar. 2, 1910, from rating curve extended above 1,200 second-feet; minimum, 1 second-foot Aug. 27, Sept. 3-7, 1911 (gage height, 1.7 feet, site and datum then in use).
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. Many diversions for irrigation above station.
Rating table, Dec. 22, 1644, to Sept. 30, 1945 (gage height,In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used Sept. 28-30)
1.0 1.2 1.4
79126239375
3.0 7254.0 1,2205.0 1,8006.1 2,520
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112
1415
1617181920
2122232425
26272829'60
31
Oct. Nov. Dec.
__ _-
____-
___-
____-
.189186180183
189172149149160163
Jan.
158144155158149
155172180ISO186
218212194189189
189189189183183
174158152139126
116a!30a!40alSO114
a!50
Feb.
a2QOa2008200a250a250
239218212203212
215224224251399
4512932832732*6
218183803809197
180163166__-
Month
December 28-31.. ...........................
Calendar year ......................
March. ................................. ...April ......................................Bay........................................
July. ......................................
September ..................................
The period. ............ ..................
Mar.
183177186186169
152149155183174
177174197324482
415334338303270
245286431536532
460514435371349338
Apr.
353435411353324
317334439558576
500443356314296
280368527599840
1,1901,5801,9401,9601,620
1,5001,2001,0401,0601,180
-
Seoond- foot days
_1,720
-
5,1016,5469,225
22,89.356,64044,50510,502
205177
-
May
1,4301,7202,0002,2102,360
2,3702,3802,4602,4402,300
2,2702,3002,3402,1601,970
1,8201,6801,5701,5701,420
1,3001,2601,2501,2601,480
1,6201,6301,5201,5201,5501,540
Maximum
_189
-
218451536
1,9608,4601,9107753618
-
June
1,5501,5901,4901,5201,620
1,6801,7501,8801,9101,740
1,7201,6301,5701,6901,690
1,5401,3601,2801,1801,240
1,3301,390,450,480,480
,420,840,150,030905-
Minimum
_149
-
114163149280
1,25090541
_4
-
July
775730712680676
630576540486468
447423371342317
328277251233209
183152136114102
SI6256564841
Aug.
36261912
> a4
4
Mean
_172
-
165234298763
1,8271,484
3396.65.9
-
Sept.
44444
44444
44444
44444
44458
1212131718-
Runoff in ao re-feet
_3,410
-
10,12012,98018,30045,410112,30088,27080,830
407351
312,400
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station near Hot Spring.
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN BIG WOOD RIVER AW OWYHEE RIVER 125
Wickahoney Creek near Bruneau, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°47', long. 115°59', in sec. 27, T. VS., R. 4 E., 0.3 nlle upstream from mouth and 11 miles southwest of Bruneau.
Records available. - December 1938 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 61 second-feet Feb. 3 (gage height, 1.42 feet); no flow during most of year.
1938-45: tlaximum discharge, 2,100 second-feet Jan. 22, 1943 (gage height, 12.4 feet, from high-water mark), by slope-area method; no flow during long periods of each year.
Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
111213 1415
1617 181920
2122232425
2627
293031
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
00
18248.9
2.900
19 12
4.54.4 4.97.3
19
8.5 3.4.9
00
00000
000--*
Month
October. ...................................November ......................... .........December. ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January .................................. .February ...................................March. .....................................
JuneJnly Augu Sept
St. ....................................ember ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar. Apr.
3.35.5.3
00
0000 0
00 000
0 0000
00000
00000-
Second- foot-days
000
2.4
0137 7
09.6
17.0 9.1 0 0 0
173.4
May
00000
0000 0
00 000
00000
0a. 5
a2a5ag
alaOa. 5
alaga3 J
Maximum
000
1.9
02405.5 5 4.9 0 0 0
24
June
h4.9a3.0al.Oh.20
0000 0
00 000
0 0000
00000
00000-
Minimum
(
(
(
( C (
C
July Aug.
Mean
) 03 0) 0
) .007
) 03 4.9
3 0) .32 ) .55 3 .30 3 0 3 0 3 0
3 .48
Sept.
Runoff in acre-feet
000
0£73
019 34 18 0 0 0
344a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of I field estimate, weather records, re-
orded range in stage, and information furnished by observer, h Computed from staff-gage reading.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
126 TRIBUTARIES AND DIVERSIONS BETWEEN BIG WOOD RIVER AND OWYHEE RIVER
Jacks Creek near Bruneau, Idaho
Location..- Water-state recorder, lat. 42°47', long. 115°59', in sec. 27, T. 7 S., R. 4 E., 6£o feet upstream from confluence with Wickahoney Creek and 11 miles southwest of Bruneau.
Records_avaliable.- November 1938 to September 1945.
I&.treflgai- Maximum discharge during year, 153 second-feet July 28 (gage height, 3.46 feet); no flow for long periods.
1936-45: Maximum discharge, about 906 second-feet Jan. 21, 1943 (gage height, 7.2 feet, fron high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 50 second-feet on basis of slope-area determination; no flow for long periods in each year.
Remarks..- Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. No regulation; ranch diversions al ove station.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
61a9
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
004.0.9.6
0002.51.3
.7
.92.35.34.4
.71.41.6.5.2
.20000
000
_-
Month
October. ...................................November . ........................ .........December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ...................................February. ..................................March. .....................................April. .....................................May. .......................................June .......................................July.................... ..................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar. Apr. May
00000
00000
00000
00.1.1
0
00.1
42
1000.2.3
f^Tays Maxi-0 00 00 0
3.6 1.5
0 027 5 5*3o' o0 078 42.3 .92.5 2.50 00 0
40.1 5.3
Note.- Ho gage-height record May 10-31; discharge computed on ba weather records, and information supplied by observer.
June
0.7.1
000
0.1.1
00
00000
00000
0000.9
.40000
Minimum
000
0
000000000
0
July
00000
00000
00000
00000
00000
002.5000
Aug. Sept.
u«.or. Runoff in Mean acre-feet
0 00 00 0
.01 7.1
0 0.98 55
0 00 0.25 15.08 4.6.OS 5.0
0 00 0
.11 79.6sis of recorded range in stage,
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m.. Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
OVfflEE RIVER BASIN 127
Owyhee River near Gold Creek, Nev.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°41'10", long. 115°51'GO", In MWiWWt see- 25, T, 44 N., R. 54 E., 500 feet downstream from Wild Horse Dam and 8 miles weat of Gold Creek. Altitude, 6,130 feet (from topographic map).
Drainage area.- 209 square miles.Records available.- March 1916 to September 1925, October 1936 to September 1945.Average discharge"?- 16 years (1917-21, 1922-25, 1936-45) 43.0 second-feet.Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 572 second-feet (regulated) May 6 (gage height,
5.09 feet); minimum discharge observed, 0.8 second-foot Jan, 24," discharge measurement.1916-35, 1956-45: Maximum discharge, 1,810 second-feet May 5, 1922 (gage height,
10.11 feet, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 400 second- feet; practically no flow at times when reservoir gates were closed.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. Small diversions above station for Irrigation. Plow regulated by Wild Horse Reservoir (see p. 131).
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height,in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used Apr. 19 to May 1)
1.0 1.21.4
0.5 .1
2.0 2.3 2.6
335480
3.0 3.54.0 4.55.0
125200303423549
Discharge, in second- feet , water year October 1944 to September IP 45
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
2828282828
2828282828
2828282828
2818
.9
.9
.9
.9
.9
.9
.9
.9
.9
.9
.9
.9
.9
.9
Nov.
1.0
-
Dec.
(*)
1.0
Jan.
1.0
(*)
Feb.
. 1.2
(*)
---
Month
October ....................................November ...................................December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ...................................February. ...................................March. .....................................April ......................................May. .......................................June .......................................July. ......................................August. ................ ...................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
> 1.2
(»>
Apr.
, 1.2
1.21.2
1.21.11.11.11.1
1.01.01.01.01.0-
Second- foot-days
478.630,031.0
12,752.1
31.033.637.234.6
8,066.03,1361,4992,8492,504
18,730
Hay
1.098
350498541
539506450403374
360324303296276
25223120918B175
167156155178173
158148139142138138
Maximum
28
-
142
___
54117577
121121
541
June
134125120126135
145172175167167
155138123112106
9990827770
6660627472
6863575145
Minimum
0.9
_
-
_- __
1.045265732
-
July
4137313638
444E494855
7768595248
4747474747
4747474747
474646465877
Aug.
777785
101101
1011001007557
5757607777
77819999100
100100100ioo100
100107121121121121
Mean
15.41.01.0
34.8
1.01.21.21.15
26010548.491.983.5
51.3
Sept.
121121121121121
120120119119119
119119119119119
119119833333
3232323232
3232323232-
Runoff in acre-feet
9496061
25,290
61677469
16,0006.2SO2,9705,6504,970
37,150
« Discharge measurement made on this day.Note.- No gage-height record Oct. 28 to Apr. 18; discharge computed on basis of 4 discharge IM
ments and record of gate operation.Time basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Rent. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
128 OWYHEE RIVER BASIN
Owyhee River at Mountain City, Nev.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°50', long. 115°59', in SEi sec. 36, T. 46 N., R. 53 E., at Mountain City, 1 mile downstream from California Creek.
Drainage area.- 350 square miles.
Records available.- May to December 1913, November 1926 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 19 years (1926-45), 97.8 second-feet.
Extremes.- rfeximum discharge during year, 1,360 second-feet (regulated) Jfey 6 (gageheight, 6.89 feet); minimum recorded, 3.4 second-feet Oct. 29, but may have been less during periods of ice effect.
1913, 1927-45: Maximum discharge, 1,830 second-feet Apr. 20, 1936 (gage height, 7.6 feet), from rating curve extended above 600 second-feet; no flow July 29 to Sept. 15, 1931, July 21 to Sept. 12, 1934.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Diversions above station for irrigation. Flow partly regulated by Wild Horse Reservoir (see p. 131).
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
3433333332
3232323231
3131313131
323218119.0
7.87.87.87.87.4
9.0«9.79.07.09.0
10
Nov.
1010151819
1716161517
2118161415
13
b!2
-
Dec.
(»)
bll
Jan.
> b!7
(*)
Feb.
a35aSO
alOOb80MO
l>50b45b85bllOb60
b50WOO26220783
735644
a39a37
a45a40a36a 3436
*b37a35a 33__-
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ................................. .February ...................................Ilaroh. .....................................April. .....................................May. .......................................June .......................................July.. .....................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
a30a29a2726a25
a25a26a26a27a 30
6012020613173
6454514670
139158»1609285
9070737780
110
Apr.
12488807587
126154156120101
94878187120
162166S13304458
598598497587436
361370416509635
Seoond- foot-days
673.3418341
28,975.3
5271 9522*2807,890
24,42910,0952,7553,1242,909
57,393.3
May
738820
1,0401,2201,300
1,3201,290
f 1,190f 1,0901,060
1,050955905850789
741748674621587
536490499555520
504476474460460467
Maximum
3421_
295
262203635
1,320532133130131
1,320
June
436410412429456
463518511513532
476432403381355
322289263246230
215208217219223
234211180164147-
Minimum
7.0
_
_
332575
460147586445
-
July
1331221099794
10597
105105107
1281201079996
9290857870
7069676462
626160605883
Aug.
S58537109110
11411612611273
6967647880
807896103105
109109109109109
109114131128130130
Mean
21 V13»91179.2
1769.773.5
26378833688.910197.0
157
Sept.
130130130131131
130130130130130
130130131131131
1311311305548
4646464646
46464646.45-
Runoff in acre-feet
1,340829676
57,480
1,0503,8704,52015,65048,45020,0205,4606,2005,770
113,800
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Owyhee and
weather records. b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage height.Time basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m.. Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
OWYHEE RIVER BASIN 129
Owyhee River above China diversion dam, near Owyhee, Nev.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°55', long. 116°05', In NWi sec. 6. T. 46 N., R. 53 E., 1,000 feet downstream from Skull Creek, 1 mile upstream from China diversion dam, and 2i miles southeast of Owyhee.
Drainage area.- 458 square miles.
Records available.- March 1939 to September 1945.
Extremes (regulated').- Maximum discharge during year, 1,850 second-feet May 6 (gage height, 9.18 feet); minimum, 9.8 second-feet Oct. 30, but may have been less during period of Ice effect.
. 1939-45: Maximum discharge, that of May 6, 1945; minimum dally, 2 second-feet Sept. 15-18, 1940.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair. Dl-versions above station for Irrigation. Flow partly regulated by Wild Horse Reservoir (see p. 131).
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
3636343434
3434343433
3332323436
3635ZZ1816
1313131313
13«1415131315
Nov.
1516192424
2324242226
3128272624
bl8
~
Dec.
(*)
. b!6
Jan.
. b24
(»)
Feb.
to 40b75
1)160bl20
93
716687
168113
74114303444151
131113816554
7058474447
*575145
.-
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December. ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
JanuaryFebruary. .................."................March. ................. .\ ..................April........ ..............................Hay. .......................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
3839
b37b35b33
b33b33b34
3434
51107316272122
10685756789
162230
«838124106
11793939393
131
Apr.
1721139785
111
169225242182140
132116107106154
248250319540648
647878750799686
529521596715889-
Seccnd- fcct-days
797623496
38,979
7442.9423,120
11,36833,13813,9262,9833,3383,080
76,555
May
1,0301,1201,2601,5301,690
1,7801,7401,6101,4901,450
1,4201,2701,2101,1301,070
1,0201,040
934855826
752684682780719
70S662670672670664
Maximum
3631
550
_444316889
1,730740172147142
1,780
June
624580590606652
670710700710740
660600558525489
449405363328302
287272290283285
314288239216191-
Minimum
1315
.~_
403385
662191
616845
-
July
172154136118108
111109106112110
131129113104100
9393678375
7470686665
646363656178
Aug.
919089
106117
120126131147
93
7571687589
868597
114118
119116114113112
113116132135139139
Mean
25.720.616
106
24105101379
1,06946496.2
108103
210
Sept.
136135136138140
136136136136136
136136136136136
139141142
8350
5151504847
4747464645
Runoff in acre-feet
1,5801,240
984
77,300
1,4805,8406,190
22,55065,73027,. 6205,9206,6206,110
151,900
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.lime basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
130 OWYHEE RIVER BASIN
Owyhee River above Owyhee Reservoir, Oreg.
Location.- Water-sta^e recorder, lat. 43°15', long. 117°30', In SEi sec. 18, T. 27 S., R. 43 E., 3 miIPS upstream from flow line of Owyhee Reservoir and 8 niles southwest of Watson. Altitude of gage, about £,,600 fept above nean sea level (levels by Bureau of Reclamation).
Drainage area.- 10,400 square miles.Records available.- October 1930 to September 1945 in reports of Geological Survey.
April 1929 to September 19G6 in reports of Oregon state engineer.Average discharge.- 16 years, 846 second-feet.Extremes.- I lax i muni discharge during yvtir, 9,400 second-feet Feb. 14 (gage height, 10.73
feet); minimum, 172 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, G.G1 feet).1929-45: Maximum discharge, 16,000 second-feet Mar. 20, 1932, Apr. 19, 1936; maxi
mum gage height, 1C.95 feet Mar. 20, 1932; minimum discharge, 103 second-feet Aug. 19, 1932.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. Diversions above station for irrigation. Flow slightly regulated by 11 small reser voirs which have a total capacity of 52,000 acre-feet.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected and some discharge measurements made by Bureau of Reclamation.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
3.9 4.1 4.3 4.65.0
195251315427620
9301,3001,7302,2302,810
8.0 3,4808.5 4,2709.0 5,200
10.0 7,380
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
200195195195198
195192198200200
198198198200203
203206208219228
228228228234234
234234228228228231
Nov.
228225234242239
234236236236242
245251273273
260
-
Dec.
230
> 460
Jan.
350300250220210
220230250270298
423804
1,1001,160882
706676682876778
567479400300270
260260260270280300
Feb.
400700
1,6003,0002,000
1,3201,020882
1,8502,230
l.RQO2.6RO4.0007,7704,160
2,6201,8601,5601,2601,060
916804706648609
562527498-_-
Month
October. ..................... .............November. ........................ .........December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
Janu Febr MarcApri May
ary. ...................................nary. ..................................h.. ....................................1. .....................................
June ....................................July. ......................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
484475466450440
430420415411403
399436
1,5002,650
. 2,600
Apr.
' 3,500
-
May
, 4,000
June
3,3002,7002,4002,5002,700
3,0003,7004,5004,0403,640
3,3503,1702,8102,6202,400
2,2102,0501,8901,7001,530
1,4001,2SO1,1601,1201,110
1,1601,1401,1701,2001,140
-
forays Maximum Minimum
A, 564 234 1927,5549,660
209,987 3,480 180
14,331 1,160 210 49,132 7,770 400 53,579 - 399
105,000 124,00068,090 4,500 1,10014,949 1,030 2707,375 276 2116,678 263 203
466,912 - 192
July
1,030916836754688
648599557503475
461453431431436
436427423427419
415395368343326
318308298285273270
Aug.
Mean
212252312
574
462 1,755 1,7283,500 4,0002,270
482238223
1,279
266260257245245
242242242254257
242245257276266
257245236228225
222217211211211
211219225225219217
Sept'.
217217214208306
203208211208211
214214219217214
211217217214211
217220220240250
250250257260263-
Runoff in acre feet
13,02014,98019,160
416,500
28,430 97,450 106,300208,300 246,000135,10029,65014,63013,250
926,300
Note.- No gage-height record Nov. 15 to Jan. 9, Jan. 23 to Feb. 5, Mar. 4, 7, Mar. 15 to June 8, Sebt. 22-27; discharge computed on basis of records for Owyhee Reservoir at Owyhee Dam, near Nyssa,and Owyhee River below Owyhee Reservoir. Time basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
OWYHEE RIVER BASIN 131
Wild Horse Reservoir near Gold Creek, Nev.
Location.- Reference point on Wild Horse Datti on Owyhee River, lat. 41°41'10", long. 115 051'20", In NEiNWi sec. 25, T. 44 N., R. 54 E., 8 miles west of Gold Creek. Datum
of gage is 6,109.18 feet above mean sea level (levels by Office of Indian Affairs).
Drainage area.- 209 square miles.
Records available.- March 1938 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum contents observed during year, 33,770 acre-feet May 24 (gage height, 80.58 feet); minimum, observed, 9,340 acre-feet Oct. 17.
1938-45: Maximum contents observed, 34,460 acre-feet Apr. 18, 1942 (gage height, 80.95 feet); no contents at times during each year 1938-41.
Remarks.- Reservoir Is foraed by concrete-arch dam; storage began Mar. 18, 1938. Capacity, 32,690 acre-feet between gage height 20.0 feet (sill of outlet gate) and 80.0 feet (spillway crest). No dead storage. Water Is used for irrigation on Duck Valley project.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record and base data for capacity table furnished by Office of Indian Affairs.
Contents, in acre-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Oct. 1725
Nov. 24Dec. 23Jan. 24
Contents
9,3409,350
b9,480b9,770
blO,310
Date
Feb. S4Mar. 264pr. 24May. 24
Contents
bll,57013,91024,11033,770
Date
June 23July 24Aug. 24Sept. 25
Contents
33,O2031,57026,29019,540
Hote.- Reservoir gates were closed Oct. 17 to July 5. full and flow over spillway May 1 to July 15.
Owyhee Reservoir at Owyhee Dan, near Nyssa, Oreg.
at levels
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 43°38', long. 117°15', in sec. 20, T. 22 S., R. 45 E., uwynee Dam, 21 miles southwest of Nyssa. Datum of gage is at mean sea level (le
by Bureau of Reclamation). Drainage area.- 11,160 square miles. Hecords available.- October 10?2 to September 1945. Extremes.- naxlmum contents observed during year, 1,121,800 acre-feet Apr. 22 to June 20 (elevation, 2.670.00 feet); minimum observed, 741,200 acre-feet Oct. 15 (elevation,
2,635.08 feet).1932-45: Maximum contents observed, 1,125,000 acre-feet June 11, 1936 (elevation,
2,670.27 feet); minimum observed since full capacity was attained on May 7, 1936, thatof Oct. 15, 1944.
Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by concrete arch-gravity dam, completed in September 1932; storage began Oct. 16, 1932. Capacity, 1,121,800 acre-feet between elevations 2,367.5
feet (bottom of sluice gates) and 2,670 feet (top of spillway gate), 715,000 acre-feet between elevations 2,590.2 feet (diversion tunnel) and 2,670 feet. Dead storage below elevation 2,367.5 feet negligible. Figures given herein are of contents above elevation 2,367.5 feet. The reservoir will generally not be drawn below elevation 2,590.2 feet. Water is released through diversion tunnel to South canal for Irrigation of lands west of Snake River In the vicinity of Homedale, Idaho, and to North canal for Irrigation of lands north and west of Owyhee River, and through sluice gates to river for Owyhee Canal, which diverts about 18 miles downstream. Gage read once daily.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Dec. 31. ................
Calendar year 1944....
Sept. 30. ................
Water year 1944-45....
Elevation (feet)t
2,636.51 2,635.83 2,637.36 2,639.30
-
2,642.32 2,651.72 & 2,660.45 IP 2,670.00 2,67O.OO 2,669.12 2,662.86 2,655.08 2,649.07
-
Contents (aore-feet)
754,400 748,100 762,300 780, 600
-
809,900 906,800
1,OO5,OOO 1,121,800 1,121,800 1,110,700 1,033,600
943,600 878,500
-
Change In contents during month (acre-feet)
-6,300 +14,200 +18,300
-89,90O
+29,300 +96,9OO +98,20O
+116,800 0
-11,100 -77,100 -90,OOO -65,100
+124,100
t Hour of reading gage not known.
Time basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3O, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
132 OWYHEE RIVER BASIN
Owyhee River below Owyhee Dam, Oreg.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°39', long. 117°15', in sec. 17, T. 22 S., R. 45E., three-quarters of a mile downstream from Owyhee Dam. Datum of gage is 2.343.67feet above mean sea level (levels by Bureau of Reclamation).
Drainage area.- 11,160 square miles. Records available.- February 1929 to September 1945. Average discharge.- 16 years, 441- second-feet. Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,640 second-feet Apr. 26 (gage height, 9.30
feet;; minimum observed, 5 second-feet Oct. 11 (gates closed at Owyhee Dam;, but mayhave be*en less during period of no gage-height record.
1924-45: Maximum discharge, 14,600 second-feet Mar. 21,-1932 (gage height, 12.79feet); no flow for a few hours Aug. 8, 9, 1932, when temporary diversion tunnel atOwyhee Dam was closed.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. Diversions above station for Irrigation. Flow regulated by Wild Horse and Owyhee
Reservoirs (see p. 131). Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected by Bureau of Reclamation.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
-0.3-.2-.1 11
152437
1.0 1.2 1.5
106137195265
349488710990
1,2901,650
5.0 6.07.0 8.0
2,0603,0104,1405,470
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1
11
16
21
26
Oct.
5
5
5
Nov.
/ 5
Dec.
5
Jan.
V 5
Feb.
f 6
~~
Month
December. ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
April ......................................May........................................
July.. .....................................
September .......................... .......
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
I"Apr.
7
7
> 7
351511
355343428288109
7084,3204,9704,4704,670
6,0104,4903,0603,3303,440
-
Seoond- foot-days
150155
25,844.4
A-I n«
34,5124,453
2,756
176,436
May
3,1602,4902,3503,6503,680
3,6803,5803,7603,8003,410
2,8902,4602,7402,8502,580
2,8003,1402,8602,6902,740
2,7402,4202,2002,1301,750
2,0202,1502,8003,2001,9302,500
Maximum
_
210
_
3,230208
148
6,010
June
2,4601,6901,2801,6201,790
1,8302,6403,2302,6602,510
2,7602,1301,8001,060
810
960912646417184
leo1971299693
9395957867-
Minimum
_
_
__
67
60
-
July
6867686969
69728695
100
172172174174174
178 -20S202202195
180180174163163
163164163163163163
Aug.
163163163163163
161157153153139
131131131131131
131131139150150
150155157155151
151150150150148148
Mean
5.0
70.6
144
91.9
483
Sept.
148132123123123
112100100102102
102102102102102
10293848484
8472606060
6060606060-
Runoff in acre-feet
298307
51,260
5,470
349,900
Note.- No gage-height record Oct. 1 to Apr. 13; discharge computed on basis of flow over weir Oct. 11, staff-gage reading Mar. 8, discharge measurement Apr. 7, and elevation of water in Owyhee Reservoir.
Time basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BOISE RIVER BASIN 153
Boise River near Twin Springs, Idaho
Location,,- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°40', long. 115°44', in sec. 27, T. 4 N., R. 6 E. a~~q\5rter of a nile upstream from Birch Creek, 1| miles upstream from flow line of Arrowrock Reservoir, 4 miles downstream from Twin Springs, and 13 miles upstrean from Arrowrock.
Drainage area.- 830 square miles.
Records available.- March 1911 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 34 years, 1,109 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5.600 second-feet May 5 (gage heipht, 6.18 feet;; minimum, 109 second-feet Dec. 10 (gage height, 1.63 feet).
1911-45: Maximum discharge, 10,300 second-feet May 17, 1927 (gage height, 8.30 feet), from rating curve extended above 8,000 second-feet; minimum, that of Hec. 10, 1944; minimum gage height, 1.56 feet Dec. 15, 16, 1935.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those below 500 second-feet, which are good, and those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. No diversion or regulation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
290282286282282
282286286286290
290290290302306
31432831430E298
298294294298294
294294294294294377
Nov.
580422388588708
491446410388505
526440416394377
342337314319355
342346377372332
306360314266372-
Dec.
394382355314355
355342314230124
142b!70blSOb240
*>300
b320b320b300b300b375
b400a450a500a450a 400
a350a260a260a300a350a350
Jan.
a350a300a300a350a325
«337372491458422
410404452588564
526464446422382
302282278
b330t>350
324319294278
t>300b330
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................February ......................March .........................April .........................HayJune ..........................July ..........................August ........................September ......................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
399484458416410
399394540628548
512464564798636
564548512452446
388a400a400«377360
366415404
__-
Second-foot days
9,21112,133
9,882
272,497
11,70013,30318,09139,956
112,180108,470
40,85614,24910,547
400, 578
Mar.
388382394360350
342366382366377
434446580684604
572556519458526
580748987933843
816807816789780906
Maximum
377708
3, £80
588798987
3,2105,2204,3502,200
636464
5,220
Apr.
906825764732716
700732834825789
789748700684732
8701,0201,1801,4302,100
2,9603,2102,7202,2401,870
1,6301,5701,5201,8002,360
Hay
3,1103,6304,3104,9505,220
5,1604,8904,5804,3804,690
4,7804,0904,0403,7303,350
3,1303,4203,1302,9302,740
2,5802,4302,5102,7402,810
2,9302,9802,9403,0803,4203,500
Minimum
282266124
124
278360342684
2,4302,190
668355306
124
June
3,7303,9204,2704,1804,020
3,8703,8503,7003,8504,290
3,8903,7303,7503,4503,130
2,9302,8803,0703,4303,840
4,1804,3504,2903,7703,800
3,8003,2402,6702,4002,190
-
Mean
297404319
745
377475584
1,3323,6193,6161,318
460352
1,097
July
2,0702,1102,1902,2002,040
1,9201,8401,8001,7201,630
1,5701,4901,4001,3401,280
1,2001,1401,1001,0501,000
960924888843807
764740724748700668
Persquare mile
0.358.487.384
.898
.454
.572
.7041.604.364.361.59.554.424
1.32
Aug.
636£iI
129672
556
540j!J
408033
512
491444
705852
440
434444
{2210
HO422
410;;^
998877
366
377^;-
88776660
355
Sept.
346337332328328
332337337328328
328319314314306
310324328332342
410464434404394
388388377372366-
Runoff
Inches
0.41.54.44
12.22
.52
.60
.811.795.034.861.83
.64
.47
17.94
Acre feet
18,27024,07019,600
540,500
23,21026,39035,88079,250
222,500215,10081,04028,26020,920
794,500
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 'a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on 'basis of weather records and records for Arrowrock
Reservoir and other stations in Boise River Basin.ti Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
134: BOISE RIVER BASIN
Arrowrock Reservoir at Arrowrock, Idaho
Location.- Graduations on upstream face of dam on Boise River, lat. 43°36', long. 115°55 I > in EE sec. 13, T. 3 N., R. 4 E., at Arrowrock, 22 miles by road east of Boise. Datum of gage is at mean sea level (surveys of Bureau of Reclamation).
Drainage area.- 2,210 square miles.Records available.- October 1917 to September 1945.Extremes.- mximum contents observed during year, 300,600 acre-feet June 10, 22-24 (ele
vation, 3,218.9 feet); minimum observed, 4,112 acre-feet Oct. 9 (elevation, 3,007.8 feet).
1917-45: mximum contents observed, 300,900 acre-feet May 4, 5, 1939 (elevation, 3,219.0 feet); no usable contents during period in each of several years wnen sluice gates were open and natural flow was passing through reservoir.
Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by gravity-section concrete-arch dam completed in 1915 and raised 5 feet in 1937; storage began in 1915. Capacity, 291,600 acre-feet between ele vation 2,956 feet (11 feet below center line of sluice gates, 0.5 feet below sill) and 3,216 feet (crest of movable spillway at highest position). Dead storage negligible. Figures given herein represent total contents (including bank storage), which, project officials state, may have been reduced as much as 5,000 to 6,000 acre-feet by deposition of silt. Water is used for irrigation of lands in Boise Valley. Gage read once daily about 8 a.m.
Revisions.- Revised figure of contents for Mar. 31, 1943, is 97,540 acre-feet and revised figures of change in contents for months of mrch and April 1943 are -14,660 and +180,160 acre-feet, respectively, superseding figures published in Water-Gupply Paper 98o.
Cooperation.- Gage readings and yield table furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Contents, in acre-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
8,1705,3565,0484,7504,248
4,4054,3064,2284,1124,248
4,4054,5054.5454,5664,709
5,5467,1068,663
10,40011,990
13,43014,8,1016,07017,32018,610
19,82021,62022,38023,61024,77026,060
Nov.
27,76029,96031,62033,41035,930
38,35040,26041,86043,41045,200
47,20049,05050,70052,46054,000
55,56056,88056,88055,68054,360
52,90051,80050,70049,82049,160
49,60050,92051,69051,03049,930
-
Dec.
49 , 27048,50047,70046 ,70045,500
44,40043,32042,24041,07039,450
37,70036,01034,50033,03031,690
30,46031,69032,80033,95035,530
37,46038,92040,98042 , 60044,100
45 , 50046,60047,70049 ,16050,59051,910
Jan.
R.1..14054,60055,80057,00058,440
59,88061,17063,12065,20067,020
68,84070,40071,96074,12076,640
78,88080,90082,70084,50086,300
87,50088,94090,220PI, 340P2.780
94,22095,50096,86098,22099,410
100,900
Feb.
102, TOO103.800106,400108,800110,500
111,500112,200113,000115,400117,000
118,300119,300120,600124,200128,500
131,200133,200134,600135,800136,600
137,400137,800138,2001 US, 6001S9.000
139,000139,200139,600
^_-
liar.
ITW.BOO140,000140,200140,400140,200
139,800139,400139,200139,000139,000
139,000139,000140,000141,400142,800
143,800144,600145,600146,200146,800
148,400151,000154,80015P.200163..200
166,500170,300173,500177,300180,600184,200
Apr.
18R.100191.700195,200198,300201,200
203,100206,000207,800210,000212,000
213,500216,000218,500220,800223,700
224,700226,300228,600232,000236,400
242,100250,600257,900263,100265, 700
266,800266,500265,400264,200264,500
-
May
266,800270,900275,900280,100284,900
285,800285,800285,200284,900285,800
288,200288,200287,300287,300288,200
287,900289,100291,000292,200292,200
291,600290,700290,700292,200294,400
295,900296,600296,600297,500298,100298,400
June
298,700299,000299 , 700300,000300,000
299 , 700299,400300,300300,000300,600
300,300300,000299,700299,700299,400
299,000298,700298,700299,000299 , 700
300,300300,600300,600300,600300,300
300,300299,700299,000298,400297,800
-
July
297,500296,900296,200295,600295,000
293,800292,200290,400288,200286,100
283,400281,000278,600275,900272,900
269,700266,500262,800259,000255,100
251,200247,200243,200239,300235,100
231,200226,800222,600218,200214,200210,200
Aug.
206,300202,400198,800194,700190,800
166,700182,600179,000174,900170,700
167,000162,800158,600154,400149,800
145,400141,000136,400131,600127,000
122,600118,100113,600109,300105,000
100,90096,69092,78088,78084,80080,900
Sept.
77,90074,96071,96068,84065,590
62,60059,28055,80052,24048,610
45,20041,70038,19034,65033,410
33,26033,11033,11033,11033,110
33,26033,64034,58033,95032,650
30,03027,56025,13022,71020,480
-
Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Calendar year 1944....
Water year 1944-45....
Elevation (feet)t
-
. 2
-
Contents (acre-feet)
-
-
Change In contents during month, (acre-feet)
-81,290
+9,540
t Elevation at about 8 a.m. Time basis; Mountain war time
tandard time thereafter. To conp to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, ert war time to stands
1945; mountain rd time, subtract
BOISE RIVER BASIN 135
Boise River at Bowling Ranch, near Arrowrock, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°35', long. 115°58', in sec. 15, T. 3 N., R. 4 E., at Uowling Ranch, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Moore Creek and 4 miles tiovm- strean from Arrowrock.
Drainage area.- 2,220 square miles.
Records available.- March 1911 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 34 years, 2,2E4 second-feet.
Extremes (regulated).- Maximum discharge during year, 9,080 se.cond-feet May 6 (gage lieifht, 7.59 reetj; minimum, 1 second-foot .Jan. 3 (gage height, 0.71 foot); minimum daily, 3 second-feet Oct. 22-25, Dec. 31, Jan. 3.
1911-45': Maximum discharge, 18,800 second-feet Apr. 20, 1943 (gage height, 9.93 feet); minimum, that of Jan. 3, 1945; minimum gage height, O.G2 foot Nov. 21, 22, 1935.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those below 20 second-feet, which are fair. Flow regu- latea by Arrowrock Reservoir (see p. 134). No diversions above station.
Cooperation.- Two discharge measurements furnished by Water District No. 12A.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1234e67B910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1,5801,110
698684653
625618618583555
562562568569420
2232097964
43333
444446
Nov.
54666
54447
65544
4217
1,0701,2401,390
1,3401,2701,1301,1001,120
1232
7401,0901,130 -
Dec.
1,1701,1801,2001,2601,280
1,2701,2601,2501,2301,220
1,2001,1801,1601,1401,130
5497556
55544
444543
Jan.
44344
46655
55666
66666
66555
555556
Feb.
69576
194
508541548548555
56261850622
136
375508508597684
692700700700700
700700700-_-
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January .................................. .FebruaryMarch...... ................................April ......................................Hay........................................June .......................................July... ....................................August .....................................September ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
700756796796847
883883883883883
883" 820
700716724
732748764788700
390238191111
131313141414
Apr.
13131256
342
450527660756764
484315315328611
1,0801,220892
1,0501,450
1,8301,9402,4202,7003,030
3,2103,5003,7103,7303,750
Second- foot-days
10,95612,96018 ,749
595,312
16113,11616,63541,160183,020184,510110,99089,22048,899
730,376
May
3,9104,1505,2406,1408,320
9,0808,9308,4707,6107,200
7,9507,6107,3606,2906,020
5,4OO5,0604,9705,0405,010
4,9904,5103,9904,0504,190
4,8105,1504,7305,0805,6205,940
Maximum
1,5801,3901,280
6,840
67OO883
3,7509,0807,5903,9103,0802,380
9,080
June
6,2406,6107,0907,5907,330
7,0106,3706,4806,4006,980
6,7106,2706,1206,0205,590
5,1704,9204,9705,3105,920
6,5306,9807,0906,7406,400
6,4005,8605,0404,3604,010
Minimum
343
3
36
1112
3,9104,0102,9902,240
490
3
July
3,7503,7303,9103,B303,850
3,8503,8303,7903,8303,830
3,7303,6703,6503,6403,650
3,6503,6703,6503,6403,600
3,5203,4603,4403,3703,260
3,3003,3103,2803,2103,1002,990
Aug.
2,9602,9OO2,8902,9402,970
3,0102,9902,9902,9902,960
2,9902,9702,9702,9903,080
3,08O3,0603,0603,0403,010
2,9902,9602,8902,8202,620
2,6202,6202,5502,5502,5102,240
Mean
353'432605
1,627
5.2468537
1,372-5,9046,1503,5802,8781,630
2,001
Sept.
2,1102,0602,0602,1502,130
2,1602,2602,3702,3802,370
2,3602,3802,3601,720
732
660639611597583
534490623
1,6801,720
1,8301,9501,9201,8601,600
Runoff in acre-feet
21,73025 ,71037,190
1,181,000
31926 ,02033,OOO81,640
363 ,OOO366,000220,100177,00096 ,990
1,449,000
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
136 BOISE RIVER BASIN
Boise River at Boise, Idaho
Location.- V/ater-stage recorder, lat. 43°37', long. 116°13', in SWi sec. 10, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., at Capitol Boulevard Bridge at Boise. Datum of gage is 2,675.46 feet above mean sea level (datum of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army - Boise River Surveys).
Records available.- March 1938 to September 1939 (gage heights only), February 1940 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,350 second-feet May 6 (gage height, 7.02 feet); minimum, 14 second-feet Dec. 12 (gage height, 2.45 feet); minimum daily, 18 second-feet Dec. 14.
1D40-45: Maximum discharge, 21,000 second-feet Apr. 20, 1943 (gage height, 10.00 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum,' 7 second-feet Dec. 16, 1942 (gage height, 1.79 fnet, site and datum then in use); minimum daily, 8 second-feet Mar. 8-15, Dec. 6, 1941.
Remarks.- Records good except those for Mar. 10-23, which are fair. Flow regulated by Arrowrock Reservoir (see p. 134). New York, Ridenbaugh, and several smaller canals divert between Moore Creek and this station.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct.
245 341 348 320 320
302 308 314 290 296
278 278 272 272 302
390 296 230 126
73
62 58 56 54 48
49 52 52 52 52 60
Nov.
93 112loo123 165
158 126 112 103 123
178 161 143 120 109
103 98 38 25 25
2224 23 22 20
130 130
28 23 22
Dec.
20 22 20 20 19
2230 26 23 22
22 22 22 18 19
20 98 69 88
100
114 126 133 123 112
106 64
112 98
100 54
Jan.
106 88 61 71
112
106 126 154 170 165
154 147 147 201230
220 192 174 165 151
129 120 106 114 114
95 109 117 109
88 60
Feb.
38 123 285
69 41
217 54 60
125 62
60 54 86
109 91
75 68 66 55 49
43 4241 39 39
36 35 26
Month
Octo Nove Dece
Ca
Janu Febr Marc Apri May.June July Augu Sept
Wa
ber. ....... ...........................
aber... ..... ........... .......... ...
lendar year 1944
ary . .
h. . ..................... ... ........1. . ..................... ...
ember .... ....... ........ ..........
ter year 1944-45 . . .... ............e Stage-discharge
and flow passing Dlv Time basis: Mount
To convert war time
Mar.
30 30 35 34 29
32 35 33 34
e34
e34 e34 e40 e45 e45
e40 e30 e3o e4O 650
e6O eSO
e300 580 517
516 570 530 570 548 580
Apr.
1 1
1 1 1
1
Second- foot-days
6,196 2,659 1,344
187,657
4,101 2,088 5,615
16,870 122,840 108,310 33,663 21,548 14,408
340,142
604 543 506 366 136
120 112 106 100 106
170 183 225 210 235
376 398 383 441 538
7S1 794 822
,030 ,170
,150 ,200 ,360 340 360
May
1,480 1,690 2,540 3,350 5,750
7,080 6,980 6,400
^5,520
5^680 5,650 5,200 4,420 3,780
3,410 3,120 2,960 2,920 2,940
2,900 2,590 2,270 2,440 3,030
3,710 4,150 3,620 3,550 4,010 4,150
Maximum
390 178 133
3,870
230 285 581
1,360 7,080 5,150 1,370
822 664
7,080
June
4,200 4,220 4,560 5,150 5,050
4,7OO 4,200 4,100 4,010 4^610
4; 460 3,960 3,740 3,670 3,300
2,310 2,440 2,290 2,480 2,930
3,570 3,960 4,180 4,030 3,570
3,480 3,160 2,350 1,540 1,540
Minimum
43 20 18
14
60 26 29
100 1,480 1,540
808 517 240
18
July
1,240 1,220 1,270 1,340 1,340
1,340 1,370 1,300 1,270 1,270
1,130 1,100 1,070 1,020 1,020
1,030 1,050 1,070 1,050 1,070
1,030 970 970 895 895
910 910 910 880 865 808
Aug.
781 714 700 727 768
7S1 794 781 322 768
7S1 781 754 714 727
714 683 68S 676 652
640 628 628 604 592
616 652 640 616 604 517
Mean
200 88.6 59.5
513
132 74.6
131 562
3,963 3,610 1,086
695 480
932
Sept.
383 369 369 376 383
376 441 570 652 640
664 652 628 604 664
62 S 592 559 559 538
528 436 466 254 240
250 362 369 416 390
Runoff in acre- feet
12,290 5,270 3,660
372,000
8,130 4,140
11,140 33,460
243,600 214,800 66,770 42,740 28,580
675,000
relation indefinite; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Hotua ersion Dam as computed by Boise Project Board of Control, ain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept-. 3O, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter, to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BOISE RIVER BASIN 13
Boise River at Notus, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°43', long. 116°48', In SEi sec. 34, T. 5 N., R. 4 W., 360 yards upstream from steel highway bridge, a quarter of a mile southeast of Notus, and 7 miles northwest of Caldwell. Datum of gage is 2,288.55 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army datum - Boise River Surveys).
Records available.- April 1920 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 23 years (1920-22, 1924-45), 1,073 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,150 second-feet May 7 (gage height. 6.35 feet); minimum, 34 second-feet Aug. 23, 26, Sept. 9 (gage height, 0.28 foot); minimum daily, 35 second-feet Aug. 28, Sept. 5, 7, 9.
1920-45: Maximum discharge, 20,500 second-feet Apr. 20, 1943 (gage height, 10.43 feet); minimum observed, 10 second-feet Aug. 18, 21, 1920.
Remarks.- Records good. Station is below all large diversions for Irrigation in Boise valley; many diversions above. Flow regulated by Arrowrock Reservoir (see p. 134).
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
26272829-3031
Oot.
198216213171173
15214613S144142
148146137122224
234417402402376
355344369413413
39 S405405413417436
Nov.
45746553S620631
660666620599604
637666666643609
593588572528496
482475478478469
469528557478465-
Dec.
482500466482482
478482476478469
465461452448448
444440465482509
518615677604572
552538518552533528
Jan.
500509504482482
514578572
5S86O4
615594594604666
702677677637620
588557547533528
523514518514509509
Feb.
504514567727542
504666557620626
594599660903850
727671683631604
562542533514496
486491486---
Month
October. ...................................November. ............................. ....December. ................................ .
Calendar year 1944 ................. ....
January. ................................. .February. ..................................March. .....................................April. ............................ ........May................... ... ..............June ........................... ...........Jnly.. ............ ...................... .August ................ ................ ...September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
469465465465444
444452448432424
424424424440452
448444413409448
482473500946
1,150
1,1801,4001,3401,3601,2801,260
Apr.
1,3001,2801,1801,110
775
4S2444421405380
372402421402387
398473469390321
289394331419504
482355302302213-
Second- foot-day s
8,66916,73515,638
138, 447
17,55916,85920,20515,40393,87780,2023,0211,4553,434
293,057
May
9866
1631,7902,77O
4,6304,9704,63O4,4603,890
3,9704,6304.63O4,6303,420
3,3503,0502,7702,5602,700
2,5602,4202,1001,7402,560
2,8403,7303,5802,8403,0503,280
Maximum
436666677
1,880
702903
1,4001,3004,9704,050
46964
372
4,970
June
3,1203,O5O3,1203,6504,050
4,0503,8903,4203,4203,650
4,0503,5003,0502,8402,630
2,0401,5301,3201,1901,420
1,9802,6302,9103,0502,630
2,3602,3001,8001,000
552-
Minimum
122457440
24
482486409213
66552
453535
35
July
469311196154148
142109
9S8968
6459
464846
5049494848
4546484897
917761787366
Aug.
6460554950
4652616360
5353575750
4242414142
4543363838
363735363637
Mean
280558504
378
566602652513
3,0282,673
97.546.9
114
803
Sept.
3841413935
3635363538
3740454444
4648464569
122240242226211
245341295302372
~
Runoff in acre- feet
- 17,19033,19031,020
274,600
34,83033, 44040,08030,550
186,200159,100
5,9902,8906,811
581,300
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
1945; mountain standard time thereafte
138 BOISE RIVER BASIN
Diversions from Boise River, Idaho
Twenty-seven principal canals and several small farm laterals divert water from Boise River for irrigation below mouth of Moore Creek and between gaging stations at Dowling Ranch and Notus. Records for years 1919-45 are available; record of daily diversions after 1915 on Tile in office of Idaho State Reclamation Engineer.
Daily gage-height records obtained, frequent discharge measurements made, and records summarised under direction of W. E. Welsh, water-master for Boise River.
Diversions, in acre-feet, from Boise River below Moore Creek and between Dowling Ranch and Notus gaging-stations during irrigation season of 1945
Canal
Main canal of Bureau of Reclamation (Hew York)............... *676,100Penitentiary................................................. 1,640Ridenbaugh................................................... 128,900Bubb (South Boise Mutual Irrigation Co.)..................... 5,270Consumers Water Corp. (Cruzen).............................. 7,020Boise City Canal Co. (Ho. I)................................. 8,400Settlers Irrigation District................................. 41,660Thurman Mill................................................. 11,670Farmers Union Ditch Co. (includes Boise Valley Irrigation
Canal Co. diversion)....................................... 49,670Hew union Ditch Co. (Little union)........................... 3,980Hew Dry Creek Ditch Co....................................... 19,930Ballantine Ditch Co .......................................... 3,680Eagle Island canals (S)...................................... 11,960Middleton Irrigation Association and Middleton Mill ditch Co. 43,820Phyllis...................................................... 83,970Eureka Water Co. (Ho. I)..................................... 7,970Pioneer Ditch Co. (Little pioneer)........................... 9,130Canyon County Water Co....................................... 19,740Caldwell High Line........................................... 20,560Riverside Irrigation District, Ltd. (Ho. 2).................. 48,360Farmers Cooperative Ditch Co................................. 77,020Canyon Ditch Co. (Campbell).................................. 5,120Seibenberg Cooperative Ditch Co.......................... .: .. 2,330Pioneer Dixie Ditch Co....................................... 14,950Eureka Ditch Co. (No. 2)..................................... 14,700upper Center Point........................................... 4,060Lower Center Point........................................... 3,750Miscellaneous................................................ 7,860
Total. ..................................................... 1,333,200
Diversion
* Total as furnished by watermaster from a separate computation made for operational purposes and may differ slightly from the quantity computed by Geological Survey at end of year and published as Hew York Canal near Barber (see p. 145).
BOISE RIVER BASIN 139
South Fork Boise River near Featherville, Maho
Location.- Water-stage recorrler, lat. 43°29'40n , long. 115°1R'20", in lot 6, NEi sec. 19, T. an., K. 10 E., 2i? miles upstream from Deer Creek anrl 8 miles southwest of Featherville.
Drainage area.- 635 square miles.
Records available.- April to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period April to September, 2,930 second-feet toy 5 (gage height, 5.43 feet;; minimum, 158 second-feet Sept. 15, 16 (gage height, 1.56 feet).
Remarks.- Records excellent. Small ranch diversions above station. Ho regulation.
Rating table, Apr. 17 to Sept. 30, 1945 (gage height, in feat, and discharge, in second-feet
1.51.7 2.0
145192288
2.3 2.6 3.0
414562805
3.5 4.05.3
1,1701,5802,800
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.
Month
Octc Wove Dece
Ca
Jami Febi Hare Apri May June Julj Align Sept
Tl
lendar year
ary
1 17 30
st ........................ember .....................le perioc
Feb.
Second- foot-days
15 ,728 60,180 57 ,220 21 ,252 7,253 5,613
.
Mar.
Maximum
1,640 2,770 2,3-10 1,190
323 256
.
Apr.
448 734 926
1,240
1,550 1,640 1,490 1,250 1,060
933 933 954
1,130 1,440
May
1,800 2,030 2,350 2,610 2,750
2,770 2,650 2,530 2,480 2,600
2,540 2,250 2,230 2,030 1,840
1,770 1,820 1,620 1,500 1,430
1,350 1,300 1,420 1,510 1,470
1,450 1,440 1,480 1,600 1,760 1,800
Minimum
448 1,300 1,270
331 182 160
.
June
1,930 2,090 2,300 2,230 2,160
2,050 2,030 1,930 1,970 1,980
1,800 1,790 1,870 1,780 1,660
1,550 1,540 1,630 1,820 2,020
2,200 2,280 2,310 2,150 2,090
2,050 1,800 1,540 1,400 1,270
Mean
1,123 1,941 1,907
686 234 187'_
July
1,190 1,180 1,170 1,150 1,070
996 954 912 864 831
805 772 760 708 708
635 590 552527 512
487 462 443 424405
387 365 340 378 344 331
Per square mile
1.77 3.06 3.00 1.08 .369 .294
_
Aug.
323 308 288 277 274
270 274 277 266 263
259 246 230 226 217
217 214 214 220 236
2S3 214 203 200 192
192 195 187 182 182 184
Sept.
174 172 170 170 172
174 177 180 180 180
174 172 172 165 163
160 165 167 170 177
209 256 230 217 212
212 214 214 209 206
RunoffInches
0.92 3.52 3.35 1.24 .42 .33
_
Ac re- feet
31,200 119,400 113,500 42,150 14,390 11,130
331,800
Time Basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
756837 O - 47 - 10
140 BOISE RIVER BASIN
South Fork Boise River at Anderson Ranch Dam, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, iat. 43°20', long. 115°29', in SWi sec. 11, T. 1 S., R. 8 E., 600 feet upstream from Dixie Creek, li miles"downstream from Anderson Ranch Reser
voir, and 2i miles northwest of Bennett (Dixie store). Drainage area.- 992 square miles, including that of Dixie Creek. Records available.- April 1943 to September 1945 (include flow of Dixie Creek). Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,710 second-feet Hay 6 (gage height, 6.66 feet); minimum not determined, probably occurred during period of ice effect Dec. 10; minimum
daily, 120 second-feet Dec. 10.1943-45: mximum discharge, 9,100 second-feet Apr. 17, 1943 (gage height, 10.06
feet); minimum daily, that of Dec. 10, 1944. Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. Some water stored in Little Camas Reservoir and diverted for irrigation of about 5,000 acres
of land In vicinity of Mountain Home. Flow regulated by Anderson Ranch Reservoir, now under construction.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected by Bureau of Reclamation.
ating tables, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
Oct. 1 to Jan. 7
2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2
225288361447548
2.3 1952.5 25O2.7 3203.0 450
n. 7 to Sept. SO
3.3 610>3.6 SOO4.0 1,0904.5 1,510
5.0 1,9606.O 2,9606.6 3,640
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 tc September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
255252246243240
237234234237243
240240237246255
258258249246240
237237240240240
243243243246246292
Nov.
411342323406501
382338320309346
377338327312302
278272243255275
268268295292272
252288258243278
Dec.
306306292255281
295278255190120
140160
*190210240
260260240240270
290310350300260
240210230260280270
Jan.
280240240240250
270310360340310
30229230640537S
356302288gop278
247218200270290
282257238210230250
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................February ......................March .........................April ....... .................HayJune ..........................July ....... ..................August ........................September .....................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
299352369352324
302292340378348
332324364535446
*356336344320302
288285296288274
260282292._-'
Seccnd- fcot-days
7 5979 3717*7RR, (OO
231,015
8,7389.2SO
34|l6777,01068,15024,9088, Y967,169
276,160
Mar.
28S27829227S278
260257282288296
316356441510414
387387364328378
400550744652586
568568604550562724
Maximum
292501350
2,950
405535744
2 ^9Ps| 5602,7201,410
382316
3,560
Apr.
694592540515535
616688793700664
658616562556694
9541,0301,1901,5301,920
2,3502,3902,1501,8601,600
1,3901,3801,4101,6201,970
-
May
2,4002,6303,0203,4303,530
3,5603,4103,2603,1703,200
3,1902,8502,8202,6002,350
2,2502,4002,1301,9701,850
1,7501,6801,8201,9501,930
1,8701,8401,8601,9602,1002,180
Minimum
234243120
120
200.260257515
1,6801,530
392223205
120
June
2,3002,4402,7202,6702,620
2,4802,4402,3702,3902,500
2,2502,1902,2502,1702,040
1,9201,8601,9202,08O2,290
2,5002,6302,6502,4802,430
2,4002,1201,8401,6701,530
-
Mean
245312251
. 631
282331425
1 1392^4842 2V2*803
284239
757
July
1,4101,3801,3701,3401,250
1,1801,1101,0601,000954
a930a900a870a840828
765706658622598
568545520495470
455436405441410392
Per square mile
0.247.31525S. tjij
.636
.284
.334
.4281.152.50
809.266.241
.763
Aug.
382369352340332
328328332324316
313306288282271
264260257264278
271254244235229
229241235223223226
Sept.
220218215215215
215220229226223
223218218212205
205210212215226
254316302288282
282278282274271~
Runoff
Inches
0.28.3529"
8.67
.33
.35
.491.282.892.55.93.33.27
10.34
Acre-feet
15,07018,59015,450
458,200
17,33018,41026,15067,770
152,700135,20049,40017,45014,220
54-7,700
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Lenox. Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 9 to Jan. 7, Jan= 25, 26, 29-31. Time basis! Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945} mountain standard time there
o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BOISE RIVER BASIN 141
South Fork Boise River near Lenox, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°30', long. 115°41', in sec. 24, T. 2 N., R. 6 E., If miles upstream from Smith Creek, 4 miles upstream from flow line of Arrowrock Reser voir, 4 miles west of discontinued Lenox post office, 13 miles upstream from mouth, and 17 niles upstream from Arrowrock Dam.
Drainage area.- 1,090 square miles.
Records available.- March 1911 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 34 years, 960 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,880 second-feet May 6 (gage height, 6.52 feet); minimum not determined, probably occurred during period of no gage-height record In December; minimum daily, 130 second-feet Dec. 10.
1911-45: Maximum discharge, 9,550 second-feet Apr. 17, 1943 (gage height, 10.05 feet); minimum, 111 second-feet Aug. 10, 1934; minimum gage height, 1.68 feet Sept. 5-7, 1931.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Some water stored in Little Gamas Reservoir and diverted for irrigation of about 5,000 acres of land in vicinity of Mountain Home.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
266269262259255
252248848248255
255252262255266
273273266262259
252252252255255
I> 260
J350
Nov.
> 380
> 280
-
Dec.
320320300270290
325#313270210130
150b!70b200b220b250
b270b270b250b250b290
b300b340
363340287
262218
b245b275b290b280
Jan.
b280b250b250b250b270
b290336387399363
340328344448452
427379336328328
294262206262287
309287269215
b240b270
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................February ......................March .........................April .........................MflV
June ..........................JulyAugust ........................September .....................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
336436452427383
367348473524460
427411456720598
473#423
407399363
344344336332321
302325328---
Second-foe t-days
8,0919,9008,268
242.641
9,68611,51515,87436,76479,87070,93025,698
9,512 7,516
293,624
Mar.
332313332317306
287298313325340
387448538607516
460460444407448
538710942790715
700705730685675806
Maximum
__
363
3,060
452720942
2,5703,7102,9001,440
436344
3,710
Apr
818715656622636
705774872806757
757735690660735
9961,0701,1801,5001,950
2,3902,5702,4002,0701,740
1,5001,4401,4401,6101,970
-
May
2,3902,6903,0003,3403,650
3,7103,5603,3903,2603,260
3,3903,0302,9402,7802,550
2,3602,5402,2502,0701,950
- 1,8101,7801,9002,OOO2,000
1,9501,9001,9502,0502,1602,260
Minimum
248
130
_
206302287622
1,7801,590
427231202
-
June
2,3802,5102,7802,9002,780
2,6302,5402,5402,4402,610
2,4002,2802,3102,2802,170
2,0401,9401,9802,1302,350
2,5802,6702,7202,5802,480
2,4602,2201,9301,7101,590
-
Mean
261330267
663
312411512
1,2252,5762,364
829307250
804
July
1,4401,3801,3501,3201,260
1,1701,1101,0701,030
978
954918900872834
796746690660631
61258856553852ff
494481448460456427
Per
mile
0.239.303.245
-608
.286
.377
.4701.122.36S.17
.761
.282
.229
.738
Aug.
436403383367364
359359356352344
340332313302294
280280280280287
302280269259242
238245362338235231
Sept.
231225218218218
218218235238238
235231225225215
202206215218231
259317344321309
306302302298298-
RunoffInches
0.28.34.28
8.28
.33
.39
.541.252.732.42.88.32.26
10.02
Acre-feet
16,05019,64016,400
481,300
19,21022,84031,49072,920
158,400140,70050,97018,87014,910
582,400
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Hote.- No gage-height record Oct. 24 to Dec. 11, May 23-28; discharge computed on basis of 1 dis-
chajrge measurement and records for station at Anderson Ranch Dam.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
142 BOISE RIVER BASIN
Lime Creek near Bennett, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°25', long. 115°16', in SWiNEi sec. 16, T, 1 N., R. 10 C. t 0.4 mile upstream from flow line or Anderson Ranch Reservoir, 2 miles upstream from mouth, and 12 miles northeast of Bennett.
rralnage area.- 1"! square miles.Records available.- June 29 to September 1945.Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period June to September, 58 second-feet June 29 (gage
height, 2.73 feet); minimum, 9 second-feet Aug. 25 (gage height, 2.09 feet).Remarks.- Records good. No diversion or regulation.
Discharge, In second-feet, June to September 1945
Day
\234567B9
101112131415
June_-----_-----_--
Month
July.........August .......September. . . .
The period.
July
474442393836333230293128282626
Aug.
1414141414 14141514141313121211
Second- foot -days
807379420
-
Sept.
111011111111121312121212121111
Kaj Imtcn
471521
-
Day
16171819202122232425262728293031
Mini ".urn
151010
-
June_ "-_---__----_5V52-
Mean
26.012.214.0
-
July
25232221201918181716161516211615
Per squaremile0 198
.107
-
Aug.
11101111131211101010111212111111
Sept.
111213131417212018181819181818-
RunoffInches
0.23.11.12
-
Acre-feet
1,600752833
3,180
Fall Creek near Anderson Ranch Dam, Idaho
.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°26'00", long. 115°23 t 10n , in SEi sec. 9, T, 1 N., li miles dovmstream from Mill Creek and 6 miles northeast of Anderson Ranch
area.- 55.3 square miles. available.- April to September 1945.'.- Maximum discharge during period April to September, 429 second-feet May 4 (gage f, 4.97 feet); minimum, 13"second-feet Sept. 15 (gage height, 2.45 feet). - Records good. No diversion or regulation.
Discharge, In second-feet, April to September 1945
Day Apr .
123456789
101112131415
May
275295326355358326290262238264246214218205185
June
155153177168166153150146153152143140138131122
September. ...............
The perloc
July
817672676360575351484745444139
Aug.
202020191918191918181717171617
Second-foot -days
2 533
444
-
Sept.
141414141414141414141414141414
2018
-
Day
16171819202122232425262728293031
Apr.
8290
109153221287259209166142130132146179228-
82
22
14
-
flay
18519217V162150140132146162160155146142142155150
211
14.8
-
June
114110108109110110110110105113120104999588-
Per
mll-e
750
.268
-
July
37353533313029272625232322242222
Aug.
17161616171616161515151615151514
Sept-
1414141415181716161616161616Z6-
Runoff
Inches
2 59
.30
-
Acre-feet
1 040881
30,130.
up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; me bo standard time, subtract 1 hou
ntain standard time
BOISE RIVER BASIN 145
Little Camas Canal at heading, near Bennett, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 43°21'30", long. 115°23', in sec. 9, T. 1 S., R. 9 E., 400 feet downstream from Little Camas Reservoir, 4 miles northeast of Bennett, and 22, miles northeast of Mountain Home.
Records available.- June to November 1917, April 1924 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 53 second-feet June 26, 27 (gage height, 2.04 feet); no flow during long periods.
1917, 1924-45: Maximum discharge observed, 77 second-feet Apr. 27-30, May 1, 3, 9, 1924; no flow during nonirrigation seasons.
Remarks.- Records good. Gage read once daily. Canal diverts from Little Camas Reservoir (South Fork Boise River drainage) in sec. 9, T. 1 3., R. 9 E., and discharges into Long Tom Creek Basin, where water is stored in Long Tom Reservoir for irrigation of 5,000 acres of land near Mountain Home. Ho diversion above station. Flow regulated by head gates at Little Camas Reservoir.
Cooperation.- Gage readings furnished by Mountain Home Irrigation District.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ................'......
March. ............................. .......April. .....................................May........................................
July. ......................................
September. ................................
Water year 1944-45 ................ ....
Mar. Apr.
Second- foot-days
0
7,748
89
4,919
May
000g0
00059
914141419
1919£22427
2727272218
273131313537
Maximum
0
58
37
38
53
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mour
June
3759424241
4141434348
4848505S52
5252525252
5252515252
5353525251-
Minimum
0
0
370
0
July
5252525252
5151515161
5151515150
6050505050
5049494949
494949484847
Aug.
4747464544
4444484746
4644444443
4341404040
4040393842
41413937373S
Mean
0
21.2
3.0
13.5
Sept.
383S1300
00000
00000
00000
00000
00000-
Runoff in sere-feet
0
15,360
177
9,760
italn standard time thereafter.
144 BOISE RIVER BASIN
Moore Creek near Arrowrock, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 43°35', long. 115°59', In sec. 21, T. 3 N., R. 4 E., atbridge on Bolse-Arrowroek hlpiiway, a quarter of a mile upstream from mouth and o miles southwest of Arrowrock.
Drainage area.- 426 square miles.
Records available.- October 1914 to November 1915 (discharge measurements only), December 1915 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 29 years (1916-45), 290 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,520 second-feet Apr. 21, 22; maximum gage height observed, 4.02 feet Apr. 21; minimum discharge observed, 25 second-feet Dec. 11, 12 (gage height, 0.54 foot).
1915-45: Maximum discharge, 6,610 second-feet Apr. 8, 1943 (gage height, 7.1 feet, from high-water mark); minimum observed, 7.9 second-feet Aug. 13-15, 17, 18, 1924.
Remarks.- Records fair. Rage read once dally except Feb. 8 to July 1 when It was usually read tv/l ce dally. No large diversion above station.
Cooperation.- Gage readings and two discharge measurements furnished by Water Districtjperatlon No. 12A.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
3636363434
3434363638
3838383843
4548454340
4040404040
414545454556
Nov.
10889S2
112163
116968575
116
158116104
9385
8578757571
6868686871
6268593271-
Dec.
*7385786271
8075716230
2525
b28b32b35
b35b37b36b45
71
8596
1089685
785362717540
Jan.
6859455071
«8093
149158132
124116120231210
190163154132132
93100
858978
688275716896
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................Febr Maro
nary -h .'................
April .........................May ...........................June ..........................July ..........................August ........................September .....................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
104145183176154
158154339458332
285252355
1,OOO564
416368320271257
200231198183176
152185163
__-
Second- foot-days
1,2472,6171,905
53,887
3,3827,779 9,979
21,97630,12518,523
4,0071,3381,196
104,074
Mar.
160147160118112
114132137132143
165202231308254
249238225215288
428608674547505
520558608542569690
Maximum
56163108
762
2311,000
6901,4401,370
930268
5964
1,440
Apr.
635564515495466
480536640591520
520471466466520
635674714900
1,090
1,4401,3701,2001,050
900
816774762822944
May
1,1401,1401,3301,3701,290
1,1501,180
9861,0001,070
1,060924
1,0801,020
906
852951858798750
690662668870912
918944918870972846
Minimum
343225
22
45104 112466662293
593330
25
June
834810846900930
858810786852918
810768714690646
602569510500471
449432412393405
355332317311293-
Mean
40.287.261.5
147
109278 32273397261712943.239.9
285
July
268231220205190
185176167154141
137137132132124
120112112104102
9693898280
767368766659
Per square mile
0.094-.205.144
.345
.256
.653
.7561.722.281.45
.303
.101
.094
.669
Aug.
5953524946
4650595953
5050454543
4140393838
3836363434
333434353534
Sept.
3331313131
3131313133
3333313131
3032353535
4460646058
5458545252-
RunoffInches
0.11.23.17
4.73
.30
.68
.871.922.631.62
.35
.12
.10
9.10
Ac re- feet
2,4705,1903,780
106,900
6,71015, 430 19,79043,59059,75036,7407,9502,6502,370
206,400
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3o,
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
BOISE RIVER BASIN
Hew York Canal near Barber, Idaho
145
Location.- Water-stage recorder in trapezoidal concrete-lined canal section, lat. 43°33', long. 116"07', in SEiNEi sec. 32,- T. 3 N., R. 3 E., 1 mile south of Barber and If miles downstream from head gates at Boise River diversion dam and power plant.
Records available.- February iy39 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,980 second-feet May 10; maximum gage height, 9.34 feet June 10; no flow for long periods during year.
1939-45: Maximum discharge, that of May 10, 1945; maximum gage height, that of June 10, 1945; no flow for long periods each year.
Remarks.- Records good except those for May 9 to June 5, June 16-28, which are fair.Canal diverts from Boise River In sec. 3, T. 2 N., R. 3 E., 8 miles below Moore Creek, for Irrigation of 166,396" acres included in Boise project of Bureau of Reclamation and as a feeder canal for Deer Flat Reservoir near Caldwell (see p. 146). Flow regulated by head gates.
Cooperation.- Eleven discharge measurements furnished by Board of Control for Boise project and Water District No. 12A.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 tc September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
855510
000
00000
00000
00000
00000
000000
Nov.
00000
00000
00000
016
9601,2201,380
1,3901,2901,2501,0301,180
1934
5711,0801,160
-
Dec.
1,1801,2201,2401,2601,330
1,3201,3101,3001,2701,230
1,2001,1901,1801,1801,170
4960000
00000
000000
Jan. Feb.
00
2P0
85
421657
1,0501,020992
866843936925750
7S9894S52834939
908904894876858
852B8C872-_-
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
April ................ .....................May........................................
September ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
liar.
S66890964053956
1,0201,0201,0301,0401,050
1,0801,1101,0301,0601,050
1,0301,0501,020995
1,010
90S816319
00
000000
Apr.
000
214714
S97984
1,2201,3501,260
862688621621720
1,2001,3601,1301,1701,570
1,9802,1502,3502,3702,380
2,4302,5802,6402,6702,720
-
Second- fcct-days
19,076
380,973
25,094
419,039
May
2,7702,7902,8202,8202,800
2,8102,3302,8302,8702,890
2,8502,8502,8602,8502,350
2,7402,6602,6502,6402,630
2,5002,3402,2002,0001,630
1,4301,5201,7501,3601,9702,140
Maximum
1,330
2,740
1,360
2,890
June
2,3002,5202,5302,6202,670
2,6702,6602,6602,6602,680
2,6602,6602,6602,6602,640
2,6302,7202,7402,7602,790
2,7702,7902,7802,7502,780
2,7902,7802,7902,8102,340
-
Minimum
0
0
0
0
0
July
2,3102,2302,2202,2102,200
2,1802,1602,1602,1802,220
2,2002,1902,1902,2002,200
2,1702,1602,1402,1402,100
2,0702,0602,0602,0401,990
2,0202,0402,0402,0101,9301,840
Aug.
1,8301,8101,8001,8001,800
1,300-1,8001,7601,7401,740
1,7501,7701,8001,8201,360
1,8701,8701,3701,3701,870
1,8801,8701,8301,7901,640
1,6201,5901,5201,5501,5201,410
Mean
615
1,041
0
2,125
836
1,148
Sept.
1,3501,3101,3001,3601,360
1,3601,3401,2901,2601,220
1,2001,2401,2601,010
0
00000
00
531,0901,080
1,1201,1201,060934727
Runoff in acre-feet
37,840
755,700
130,600
49,770
831,100
Tlma basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, Tc convert war time to standard tine, subtract 1 hour.
1Q45; mountain standard time thereafter.
146 BOISE RIVER BASIN
Deer Flat Reservoir near Caldwell, Idaho
Location.- Staff gages attached to outlet structures at each end of reservoir. One gage is at lower embankment, lat. 43°35', long. 116°45', in SEi sec. 19, T. 3 N., R. 3 W., 5 miles south and 2 miles west of Caldwell; the other is at upper embankment, lat. 43°34', long. 116°39', in NWi sec. 36, T- 3 N., R. 3 W., 1 mile south and 4 miles west of Nampa. Datum of gage is 2,500.5 feet above mean sea level (surveys of Bureau of Reclamation).
Records available.- October 1917 to September 1945.Extremes.- Maximum contents observed during year, 177,500 acre-feet May 31, June 1 (gage
height, 30.04 feet); minimum observed, 16,440 acre-feet Oct. 14.1917-45: Maximum contents observed, 178,900 acre-feet Apr. 27, 28, 1922, Apr. 24,
1932 (gage height, 30.18 feet); minimum observed, 5,390 acre-feet Oct. 22, 1924.Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by two earth embankments; dams were completed and storage
began in 1908. Capacity, 177,150 acre-feet, between gage heights 0.0 foot (sill of outlet gates) and 30.0 feet (maximum operating level). Dead storage, about 13,000 acre-feet. Below gage height 12.0 feet reservoir divides Into two pools. In addition to water received from local drainage, reservoir receives water from Boise River through through New York Canal of Boise project. Water Is used for irrigation of lower project lands. Figures given herein represent usable contents. Gage read once daily.
Cooperation.- Gage readings and capacity table furnished by Board of Control for Boise ' project.
Contents, in acre-fe^t, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
67a9
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
20,79020,58020.S8020,04019,480
19,29018,99018,65018,31017,900
17,60017,27016,87016,44016,540
17,01017,20017,49017,78018,040
18,31018,64018,98019,28019 , 500
19 , 71019,96020,16020,41020,62020,890
Nov.
21,21021,48021,72022,00022,400
22,64022,88023,04023,32023,520
23,99024,17024,31024,50024,680
24,87025,10025,29026,16028,220
30,70033,34035,83038,87040,770
42,44042,89042,98043,18045,720
-
Dec.
47,89050,37052,80055,22057,690
60,26063,00065,36067,87070,230
72,88075,04077,43079,65081,750
83,88085,40086,09086,02086,090
86,16086,16086,23086,30086,230
86,23086,16086,16086,09086,09086,090
Jan,
86,09086,09086,09086,09086,090
86,02085,95085,95085,95085,950
86,02086,02086,02086,09086,090
86,16086,16086,37086,37086,440
86 , 44086,44086,44086,51086,510
86,51086,51086,51086,51086,58086,580
Feb.
86,58086,65086,65086,72086,720
87,21087,56088,34089,46090,820
92,96095,06096,74098,570100,400
102,000103,400105,200106,400108,100
109,600111,200112,100114,500115,800
117,400118,900120,400
__-
Mar.
122,000123,500124,900126,600128,100
129,700131,300133,200134,800136,600
138,300140,100141,800143,500145,200
147,000148,700150,600152,000153,700
IPS, 200156,700158,300158,800158,600
158,400158,400158,300158,000157,900157,500
Apr.
157,100156,800156,500156,300156,100
156,800158,000159,700161,300163,600
165,800167,500168,400169,000169,800
170,400171,800173,300174,100174,600
175,300175,800176,700177,200177,400
177,200176,700176,300176,300176,400
-
May
176,300176,000175,400174,900173,600
172,700171,300170,000168,400166,800
165,600164,100163,000163,200162,900
163,300164,000165,200166,500167,800
169,700171,500173,200174,400175,400
176,200176,200176,200176,600177,200177,500
June
177,500177,200177,00017q,500175, BOO
174,800174,100174,100174,100173,800
173,700174,400174,600174,600175,200
175,600175,800176,400176,400176,100
175,600174,700173,700172,700171,500
170,400168,800167,800166,800165,600
July
164,100162,400160,200157,900155,700
153,500151,300148,900146,600144,300
142,000139,700137,600134,900132,800
130,600128,600126,500124,400122,700
120,800119,200117,000115,100113,200
111,200109,100107,100105,100103,000101,100
Aug.
99,09097,18095,13093,18091,030
89,18087,42085,47083,74081,880
80,19078,37076,57074,65072,880
70,42068,83066,80064,80062,820
60,93058>94057,51055,75053,890
52,01050,43048,65047,23045,45043,920
Sept.
42,54041,10039,75038,30037,530
36,77035,72034,28032,87031,360
30,23029,21028,13026,97025,920
25,04023,89022,96022,16021,360
20,20019,81019,06018,68018,230
17,84017,57017,28017,00017,110
-
Monthly gage height and contents, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Dec. 31............
Calendar year 1944
Water year 1944-45
Sage height (feet)
(Lower) 7.20
(Lower) 7.08
10.02
-
29 92
(Upper) 6.15(Lower) 6.10
-
Contents (acre-feet)
21,360
86,090
-
-
Change in contents during month (acre-feet)
+40,370
-11,820
-4,250
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
MALHEUR RIVER BASIN 147
Malheur River near Drewsey, Oreg.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°47', long. 118°20', In SEi sec. 31, T. 20 S., R.36 E.,~ 300 feet downstream from crossing of Burns-Ontario highway, half a mile down stream from Cottonwood Creek, and 3 miles southeast of Drewsey. Datum of gage is3,479.29 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.
Drainage area.- 982 square miles. Records available.- June to December 1920, April to September 1921, June 1939 to September
1945.April to September 1923, June 1926 to June 1939 at site 7 miles downstream.Records practically equivalent.
Average discharge.- 19 years (1926-45), 156 second-feet. Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,260 second-feet F.eb. 8 (gage height, 10.27
feet), from rating curve extended above 2,100 second-feet; minimum, 7.0 second-feetAug. 23-28 (gage height, 2.41 feet).
1920-21, 1923, 1926-45: Maximum discharge, 4,290 second-feet Feb. 27, 1940 (gageheight, 11.35 feet), from rating curve extended above 2,500 second-feet; no flow attimes.
Remarks.- Records fair except those for period of ice effect or no gage-height record,which are poor. Several small diversions above station for irrigation.
Rating tables, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect
(Shifting-control method used Jan. 8 to Mar. 22)
Oct. 1 to Mar. 22 Mar. 23 to Sept. SO
2.6 11 3.5 128 6.0 P"0 2,4 6.5 3.1 72 5.0 4932.7 18 4.0 233 7.0 1,230 2.5 11 3.3 103 5.5 6302.8 26 4.5 353 8.0 1,730 2.6 17 3.6 157 6.0 8003.0 48 5.0 485 9.0 2,350 2.7 25 4.0 243 7.0 1,2303.2 77 5.5 630 2.9 45 4.5 363
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1414151718
1717181920
2120202224
2425373132
3328282829
302930292420
Nov.
3340488285
7162545462
6865585247
36b42b48b48b43
b45a 46a48a50a 52
a52a 45a 40a45a60-
Dec.
a65a55a50a52*62
665651
b45b38
b36b37b34b31b33
b35b40b43
4856
6510219711795
807268625872
Jan.
62b60
587466
62634593215186
242219441624413
287159112114103
91b82b82b65b90
b80b66b66
»b615661
Feb.
7083
134247349
435290
1,4602,280
709
636848725
1,830763
346278240175155
141149157141124
115123121
_._-
Month
October. ...................................November ........................... .......December . ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ...................................February. ..................................March... ...................................April ......................................May. .......................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
124124117112
79
8795
107102112
231346363318263
19.7171159155298
1,0101,0401,440
581427
445427411366388498
Apr.
474370319292278
3043403SO383333
307302273261288
366445509627782
9281,030
924868952
779630594582580-
May
588610610616636
602547496485453
461437477571560
498613605591555
469427419453674
552498469422627610
££&. » -733 37
1,581 851,921 197
29,991.0 657
5,524 63413,124 2,28010,593 1,44015,500 1,03016,631 6746,920 534
739.4 62253.7 10468.9 25
73,989.0 2,280
June
534450435430450
409353324312302
280248234222196
175153142129125
11710611097
112
124113908068-
Minimum
143331-
6.5
567079
261419
687.87.07.4
7.0
July
6255464240
3633292725
2328292723
2321191816
1614121110
1010108.37.88.3
Aug.
7.88.38.37.87.8
8.37.88.38.37.S
7.87.88.38.89.2
9.69.6
109.6
10
108.37.07.07.0
7.07.07.07.47.47.4
Sept.
7.47.47.47.47.S
8.39.2
111112
1213141415
1515151519
2224252323
2423232323
-
u«* n Runoff in ean acre-feet
23.6 1,45052.7 3,14062.0 3,810
81.9 59,490
178 10,960469 26,030342 21,010517 30,740536 32,990231 13 73023.9 1 4708.18 '503
15.6 930
203 146,800
» Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather rec
Malheur River above Agency Valley Reservoir, near- Beulah.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
>rds and records for North Fork
standard time thereafter.
148 MALHEUR RIVER BASIN
Malheur River below Warmsprings Reservoir, near Riverside, Oreg.
Location.- Hook gage, lat. 43°54', long. 118°12', in SWi sec. 17, T. 23 S., R. 37 E., 1 mile downstream from Warmsprings Dam, 3 miles upstream from South Fork, and 4 miles northwest of Riverside.
Drainage area.- 1,100 square miles.
Records available.- December 1914 to July 1917, March 1919 to September 1945. January 1906 to March 1907 and December 1908 to September 1910 at site at Riverside, 4 milea downstream, in reports of Geological Survey. October 1910 to November 1914 at site at Riverside, in reports of State engineer.
Average discharge.- 33 years (1909-16, 1919-45), 172 second-feet.
Extrernes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 755 second-feet July 10-17 (gage height, 5.42 feet); minimum observed, 1 second-foot Oct. 1 to Apr. 29.
1906-7, 1908-17, 1919-45: Maximum discharge observed, 5,490 second-feet Mar. 2, 1910; no flow at times.
Remarks.- Records good except those from 5 to 200 second-feet, which are fair, and those below 5 second-feet, which are poor. Gage read once daily. Flow completely regulated since November 1919 by Warmsprings Reservoir (see p. 150). Several small diversions above station for irrigation.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in aecond-feet)
2.82.9 3.1 3.3
1.0 3.0 8.5 IS
3.5 3.7 3.9 4.2
4.5 5.0
102192
310545795
Discharge, in second-feet. water year October 1944 to Septenber 1945
Day
1
345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
2R2728293031
Oct.
1.0
1.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.01.0
Nov.
1.0
1.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.03.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0-
Dec.
1.0
1.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.01.0
Jan.
1.0
1.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.01.0
Feb.
1.0
1.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.0__-
Month
December. ................................ .
Calendar year 1944 ......................
May. .......................................
July
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
liar.
1.0
1.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.01.0
Apr.
1.0
1.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.01.01.0
1.01.01.0
156306
-
Seoond- foot-days
30.031.0
67,309.0
28.0
2,903.5
53,861.9
May
386
435430420
400400415420415
45549540530217S
2071239.45.35.3
5.35.35.35.35.3
5.35.35.35.35.35.3
Maximum
l.Q1.01.0
765
1.01.0
211
755
June
5.3
5.35.35.3
5.35.3
36128128
1281S2294346386
425465500535570
565610645655655
655655655655655
-
Minimum
1.01.01.0
0
1.01.01.01.0
550196
8.5
1.0
July
575
646,665675
675690720720725
755755755755755
755750730730685
660660660660660
660660660660660645
Aug.
625
610610610
605590560515495
390350350326310
310310310310310
310510«*298250
250250250246219196
Mean
1.001.001.00
184
1.001.001.00
68738796.8
148
Sept.
178
192207211
211196185186178
161120102102102
766060604*
168.58.58.58.5
8.58.53*6S.58.5-
Runoff in acre-feet
616061
133,500
615661
97612,68021,00042,27023,790
, 5,760
106,800
Time baa la: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
HftLHEUR RIVER BASIN
Malheur River near Hope, Oreg.
149
Locatton.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°r,7', long. 117°29', in SWi sec 5 T 19 S R 43 E -» half a mile upstream from intake of Vines Canal and 64 miles west of Hope!'
Drainage area.- 3,030 square miles.
Records available.- May 1919 to September 1945 (incomplete prior to October 1922).
Average discharge.- 22 years (1922-25, 1926-45), 223 second-feet.
k^r6??63!" Maxlmum discharge during year, 1,580 second-feet Jan. 8; maximum gage height 4.21 feet Jan. 8 (ice jam); minimum discharge, 10 second-feet Dec. 11, 12.
1919-45: Maximum discharge, 8,100 second-feet Feb. 5, 1925 (gage height 8 1 feet); minimum, 3.5 second-feet Sept. Z, 1919 (gage height, 0.02 foot)
The two greatest floods known occurred in March 1894 and March 1910.
Remarks.- Records good February to September, except those above 400 second-feet v/hich are fair; poor October to January. Vale-Oregon Canal diverts at Namorf ; no other large diversions above station, but many small ones. Flow regulated by WarmsprlnEs and Agency Valley Reservoirs (see following page ).
Rating tables, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet,and discharge, in second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used Nov. 22, Nov. 24 to Dec. 28, June 7 to Sept. 30)
Oct. 1 to Jan. 7 Sept. 30
0.9 25 l.S 53 1.01.0 33 1.3 65 1.11.1 42 1.5 92 1.2
1.3
64 1.4 142 2.3 52079 1.6 202 2.6 71096 1.8 277 2.9 930
117 2.0 370
Discharge, in seccnd-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
11121314IS
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
7266535454
5149454645
4441404037
3737353433
3130313342
424242424244
Nov.
4545525355
5451SO5152
5255555149
4S46495050
5249333842
4346464639-
Dec.
4346484645
4446443S45
2523242827
3134313140
4454558873
797061604036
Jan.
4431313748
42328895360192
148124115117113
1151131069183
74b60b65WO73
7470
b62b55D60b65
Feb.
7289
1892O6295
237212672930544
390495610766598
370273241218189
16S142132124120
10910398--~
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January .................................. .February ............................. .....March. .....................................April ......................................May. .......................................June .......................................Jnly...... .................................August .....................................September. ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
9493913938
8281817878
7682889196
109109968989
1343SO634647346
304332495640766930
Apr.
Second- root days
1,3391,4571,401
44,882
3,8663,5797,3889,2307,2165,10O6,4674,6564,745
61,494
874654470370308
2823043463513OO
351290253245237
23023429O286265
261344351332290
2652061378272-
May
252245300277300
308290269245261
265237269237164
140133327226176
162140127122130
124183192265410390
Maximum
725883
1,39O
895930930874410365277199226
930
June
365351308137113
111100948882
797466
106130
127137150
' 148189
192180139212230
241223226226226-
Minimum
303323
23
3172767212266
1378986
23
July
223183137206206
220209186209209
216277237241234
230216212209220
212199202206199
186133189206206199
Aug.
192192170170183
192199192186150
124109938989
9398
145150159
142137156148153
148164164159162148
Mean
43.248.645.2
123
125306238309S33170209150156
168
Sept.
148137153150167
202216206186183
186176159159159
159159137145180
226183167156145
134104888689
-
Runoff in acre-feet
2,6602,8902,730
89,030
7,67017 ,02O14 ,65O18 ,41014,31010,12012,3309,2409,410
122 ,OOO
b Stage-diaeharge relation affected by ice.Time basis t Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3O, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war ttoe to standard time, subtract 1 hour. '
150 I1ALHEUR RIVER BASIN
Reservoirs in tlalheur River Basin, Oreg.
WarmsprlnRS Reservoir.- Tape gage, lat. 43°35', long. 118°12', in SEi sec. 8, T. 23 S., R. 37 E., at dam on Malheur River, 4- miles upstream from South Fork and 4 miles northwest of Riverside. Datum of gage is 3,327 feet above mean sea level (surveys of Bureau of Reclamation); gage readings have been reduced to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area, 1,100 square miles. Records available, January 1920 to September 1945. Maximum contents observed during year, 153,700 acre-feet June 12 (elevation, 3,397.50 feet); minimum observed, 15,820 arre-feet Oct. 1-12 (elevation, 3,349.S3 feet). Maxi mum contents observed during period 1920-45, 196,000 acre-feet Apr. 7, 1942 (elevation, 3,407.08 feet); no contents Sept, 18 to Nov. 1, 1929, Aug. 26 to sometime in IJovenber
' 1935.Reservoir is formed by concrete-arch dam: capacity, 191,000 acre-feet between ele
vations 3,327 feet (bottom of outlet tunnel) and 3,406 feet (top of 5-foot flashboards). Dead storage, 1,400 acre-feet below elevation 3,327 feet. Records given herein repre sent contents above elevation 3,327 fett. Storage began in 1919. In 1926 a half inter est in reservoir was purchased by the federal Government for Vale project of Bureau of Reclamation. Water used to irrigate lands on both sides of river between Namorf and Ontario. Once-daily gage readings and data for computing capacity table furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Agency Valley Reservoir.- Pressure gage with mercury'column, lat. 43°55', long. 118°09', in SWt sec. 15, T. 19 3., R. 37 E'., at dam on North Fork Malheur River, a quarter of a mile northwest of Beulah. Gage readings are elevations above mean sea level by original surveys of Bureau of Reclamation, or 7.72 feet less than, elevations above mean sea level, datura of 1929. Drainage area, 420 square miles. Records available, December 1935 to September 1945. Maximum contents observed during year, 60,430 acre- feet May 5, 6 (elevation, 3,340.27 feet); minimum observed, 30,480 acre-feet Oct. 15, Sept. 30 (elevation, 3,321.71 feet). Maximum contents during period 1935-45, 6-2,770 acre-feet May 3, 1941 (elevation, 3,341.50 feet); minimum observed since full capacity was attained on Apr. 9, 1938, 18,060 acre-feet Feb. 19, 20, 1943 (elevation, 3,311.11 feet).
Reservoir is formed by earth-fill rock-faced dam; storage began in December 1935. Capacity, 59,920 acre-feet between elevations 3,263.21 feet (bottom of outlet tunnel) and_5,340 feet (top of 17-foot spillway gates); with gates lowered the capacity is 32,220 acre-feet. Uo dead storage. Water is used for irrigation of lands below Juntura, on Vale project of Bureau of Reclamation. Capacity table and daily gage readings furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Other reservoirs.- There are several other reservoirs in the Malheur River Basin, all 'with less than 3,500 acre-feet capacity except Willow Creek No. 3 Reservoir near Halheur, which has a capacity of 49,000 acre-fpet.
Monthly gage height and contents, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Dec. 31.............
Calendar year 1944
May 31.. ...........
Water year 1944-45
Warmaprlngs Reservoir
Elevation (feet)t
3,349.23 3,349.53 3,352.05 3,354.20
-
3,360.32 3,372.33 3,379.87
3.J95.4O3,393.15 3,380.20 3,371.35 3,369.10
-
Contents (acre-feet)
15,820 16,240 20,080 23,660
-
35,900 56,860 90,080 121,600 145,100 136,200 91,140 64,020 57,680
-
Change in contents
during month (acre-feet)
+ 420 +3,S40 +3,580
-84,940
+12,240 ±30,960 *23,220 +31,520 +23,500 -8,900
-45,060 -27,120 -6,340
+41,860
Agency Valley Reservoir
Elevation (feet)J
3,324.20 3,322.78 3,325.10 3,327.20
-
3,329.92 3,335.06 3,340.05 3,340.20 3,340.15 3,340.02 3,339.65 3,334.20 3,321.71
-
Contents (acre-feet)
33,890 31,920 35,170 38,260
-
42,410 50,930 60,020 60,300 60,200 59,960 59,260 49,430 30,480
-
Change in contents
during month (acre-feet)
-1,970 +3,250 +3,090
+630
+4,150 +8,520 +9,090 +280 -100 -240 -700
-9,830 -18,950
-3,410
t Gage reading observed about 10 a.m. t Gage reading observed about 7 a.m. Time basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m.
o convert war time to standard time, subtra, Sept. 30, 1946; Pacific standard time thereafter. ;t 1 hour.
MALHEUR RIVER EASIN 151
North Fork Malheur River above Agency Valley Reservoir, near Beulah, Oreg.
location.- Water-stare recorder, lat. 43°58', long. 118°11', in sec. 33, T. 18 S., R. 37 £., at M. W. Scott's ranch, 3 miles upstream fron V/arm Springs Creek and 4 niles north west of Agency Valley Dam and Beulah.
Records available.- January to September 1914, June 1936 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 659 second-feet Feb. 8 (gage height, 3.28 feet); minimum not ''etermined, probably occurred during periods of ice effect.
1914, 19"6-45: Maximum discharge recorded, 975 second-feet Mar. 26, 1940 (gage height, 4.60 feet); minimum recorded, 15 second-feet Jan. 15, 1944, but nay have been less at times during periods of ice effect.
Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-helpht record, which are poor. A few diversions above station for irrigation.
Rating tables, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used Pet. 8 to Mar. 22, July 19 to Sept. 2S)
Oct. 1 to Nov. 15
0.3 35 O.6 69 O.2.4 45 .7 82 .3.5 57 .8 96 .4
.6
Nov. 16 to Sept. 3O
23 0.8 89 1.8 28230 1.0 122 2.1 35O39 1.2 157 2.5 45062 1.5 217 3.0 59O
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
4041414141
4141414141
4143444444
4343434242
4242424342
424243434452
Nov.
5750629064
5855535357
5752524337
b37MOb45MBMO
b42M3b45a47a49
a49a40a3Sa45a75-
Dec.
a65a50a4749
*58
5243a35a30a25
a24a25a26a27a30
b35MOM5b50b60
b70t>S5b70b55b5O
b525665b60t>5562
Jan.
6Sb60b55b60b70
b65b65b656158
5861
12210389
715861
b50MO
b35b33b35M2b42
M2b40MO
*b43b60b80
Feb.
b90b90b8O8876
7165
39S182124
15012223O198110
8392SI6072
6271676041
577O54---
Month
Tctober. ...................................1 member ...................................Fecember. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
.' anuary . ...................................r-bruary. ..................................r«rbh. ...................................../pril. .....................................r«v. .......................................,1'une .......................................,Tuly. ......................................,' ugust .....................................r^ptember. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
6758655243
6O57605671
10815314312994
S68879SI26S
34839226017017O
15714S176170200234
Apr.
Second- foot-days
1,3151,5201,496
26 ,771
1,8322,9544,2437,31311,2804,8711,9651,3801,294
41 ,463
192161155141152
161ISO21116S155
152144134136155
1862OO240291358
4 2O4103SS442358
3O93043O6329375-
May
43847851253353O
4924584304O2392
36836040538O334
365358341332297
27S271267338306
27S280258249264286
Maximum
5290S5
237
122398392442533262895249
533
June
262253256256253
232a220209202194
17S17O166157146
139132124117114
112117110108125
1221051009595-
Minimum
403724
24
335143
13424995493938
24
July
8983817575
7168686665
6667667666
63606O606O
5755555554
525151515O49
Aug.
4950505O50
49«2514947
4747464444
4342413940
4039393939
43444442414O
Sept.
3939393842
4643434242
4242414140
4141414146
484849494S
4746444343-
,..,_ Runoff in Mean acre-feet
42.4 2,61050.7 3,O104S.3 2,970
73.1 53,090
59.1 3,6301O6 5,86O137 8,420244 14 ,510364 22,370162 9,66O63.4 3,90044.5 2,74043.1 2,570
114 82,250
is of records for Malheur River near Drewsey* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis
"nd Agency Valley Reservoir inflow.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept, 3O, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
"V5 convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
MA.LHEUR RIVER BASIN
. llorth Fork Ilalheur River at Beulah, Oreg.
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 43°54', long. 118°09', in NEi sec. 22, T. 19 S., R. 37 L., at Beulah, a quarter of a mile dovmstream from Agency Valley Dam and 12 miles northwest of Juntura. Datum of gage is 3,262.47 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.
Drainage area.- 420 square miles.Records available.- January 1936 to September 1945. March 1909 to June 1912, November
1913 to July 1914 at site 6 miles downstream. June 1926 to December 1935 at site three- quarters of a mile dovmstream, below intakes of two canals with combined capacity of about 10 second-feet.
Average discharge.- 10 years (1935-45), 126 second-feet.Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 503 second-feet May 5-7 (gage height,
2.84 feet); practically no flow at times.1909-12, 1913-14, 1926-45: Maximum discharge, 7,000 second-feet (regulated by
sudden storage release) May 7, 1942 (gage height, 8.4 feet, from floodmark); maximum unregulated, 5,910 second-feet Mar. 20, 1910; no flow at times; minimum prior to con struction of dam, 5 second-feet Dec. 28, 1910, Jan. 26, 27, 1911.
Remarks.- Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. Gage read once daily. Flow regulated by Agency Valley Reservoir (see p. 150). Small diversions above station for Irrigation; practically entire summer flow is diverted below station and above Juntura.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
1.02.95.89.2
14
0.4 .5.7
192541
1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
164281411550
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
21 22
2425
26 27OQ JCO
3031
Oct.
220220220220206
196131170143116
116116116116
39
> 1
Nov.
1
-
Dec.
(«)
1
Jan.
' 2
(*)
Feb.
1
_-
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January .....................................February ...................................March. .....................................April.......... ............................May. .......................................June .......................................July .......................................Augu Sept
St.. ...................................ember. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
(*)
1
1735
209268
Apr.
215168154135154
183190196239215
164149151151154
174246261261327
400400376381371
358319301322 350-
Second- foot-days
2,4113C31~
Ebf 74 i
622fi
5567,465
11,4025,0411,810 5,964
10,221
45,021
M,y
37643 S470481495
503437473478452
384324314319324
381411392366340
314288276273288
291294294294 238284
Maximum
220
_
53S
~
400503284
92 345 387
503
June
284281281231274
261232220220213
199183177158145
133125123123123
123113109106
95
90909292 90
Minimum
_
~~
27*9COr6
32 13 £
.
July
9092923276
6763637383
7163636344
27425E5252
5252524133
33455454 4633
Aug.
333340' 4341
3533333333
100133153208208
237256256256256
245271281322345
345345345345 345345
Mean
77 Qr r a 1.01.0
73 1
2.01.0
17.9
36816853.4
192 341
123
Sept.
358366366366379
337387387337387
337354387337337
337387337337387
337337322291256
239232199162 139
Runoff in ao re-feet
4,7806061
53,060
12356
1,10014,81022, 62010,0003,590
11,830 20,270
89,300« Winter discharge measurement or field estimate made on this day.Note.- Ho gage-height record Oct. 16 to Mar. 27, discharge computed on basis of 2 field estimates,
discharge measurement, and probable release from reservoir for stock water.'Time basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
PAYETTE RIVER BASIN 153
South Fork Payette River at Lowman, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°05', long. II5°37'ZQ", In SWi sec. 27, T. 9 N., R. 7 L'., 1,200 feet upstream from Rock Creek, half a mile northwest of Lowman post office, and 4,100 feet downstream from Clear Creek.
Drainage area.- 456 square miles.
Records available.- May 1941 to September 1945.
Extremes._- Maximum discharge during year, 2,960 second-feet June 22 (gage height, 5.44 feet);" minimum, 148 second-feet Dec. 9 (gage height, 2.40 feet).
1941-45: Maximum discharge, 4,860 second-feet May 29, 1943 (gage height, 6.53 feet); minimum, that of Dec. 9, 1944.
Remarks.- Records good. No regulation. Several small diversions fpr Irrigation and placer mining, the return flow1 from which enters river above station.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in aecond-feet)
2.5 173 3.2 488 4.5 1,710 2.7 238 3.5 705 S.O 2,340 2.9 323 4.0 1,160 5.5 3,050
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September
Day
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct.
26£ 26£ 258 258 254
254 254 250 254 250
250 250 250 258 266
278 278 262 258 254
254 254 254 250 250
250 246 246 246 246 333
Nov.
400 310 305 434 422
348 323 305 296 353
333 310 305
292 282
266 258 250 270 266
258 287 27S 274 258
270 274 234 258 287
Dec.
270 278 258 254 262
262 258 254 185
b!73
b!97 203
b203 b224
224
b224 b242
254 b275 D620
314 305 292 274 217
234 246 282 292 282 282
Jan.
292 270 250 270 266
250 274 300
»266 262
262 262 300 314 300
287 274 274 266 220
197 217 231 228 278
262 238 224 238 278 300
Feb.
296 323 300 274 274
270 274 338 333 314
305 300 314 343 300
305 305 296 282 287
246 296 278 262 258
246 296 266
iinn+h Second- Month foot-days
Ooto Nove Deoe
Ca
Janui Febn Marc Apri May.June July Augu Sept
Wa
iber ......................
Lendar year 1944
&ry '
7,989 9,006 7,840
......... 205,437
amber ......................
8,150 8,181
10,111 16,049 57,470 69,170 33,275 14,064 10.106
ter year 1944-45 .......... 253,411
Mar.
274 266 274 262 246
250 287 274 266 274
282 296 343 363 323
318 314 305 282 314
323 384 434 406 390
390 390 378 373 384 446
Maximum
278 434 320
2/170
314 343 446
l;290 2,640 2,880 1,610
582 384
2,880
Apr.
422 390 368 358 358
348 363 406 384 368
373 358 343 338 363
417 464 527 641 925
1,240 1,290 1,120
950 817
739 730 714 835
1,100
May
1,360 1,560 1,870 2, ISO2,310
2,380 a2,300 a2,200
2,130 2,480
2,640 2,260 2,230 2,050 1,850
1,780 1,840 1,710 1,580 1,480
1,460 1,330 1,380 1,460 1,440
1,510 1,510 1,560 1,690 1,910 2,060
June
2 2
2! 2,
2, 2, 2, 2, 2,
2, 2, 2, 2, 1,
1, 1, 1, 2, 2,
2, 2, 2, 2, 2,
2, 2, 1, 1, 1,
Minimum Mean
246 258 234 300 173 253
173 561
197 263 246 292 246 326 338 602
1,330 1,854 1,570 2,306
603 1,073 358 454 310 337
173 694
180 350 550 530 500
420 390 360 460 530
310 260 260 110 950
850 840 980 220 480
740 88O 840 610 510
510 280 940760 570
1945
July
1 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1,1,
Per square mile
0.566 .658.555
1.23
.577
.640
.715 1.32 4.07 5.06 2.35
.996
.739
1.52
480 490 570 610 530
460 410 390 350 300
310 260 180 140 100
040 000 952 916 889
853 817 790 756 722
705 6S1 665 673 633 603
Aug.
582 567 553 540 534
520 534 546 514 501
488 476 464 458 452
440 428 422 412 422
412406 400 384 384
384 384 373 363 363 358
Sept.
353343 338 333 333
348 343 338 333 333
328 318 314 314 310
314 318 318 318 328
373 384 373 358 353
353 343 333 333 328
RunoffInches
0.65 .73 .64
16.75
.66
.67
.82 1.47 4.69 5.64 2.71 1.15
.82
20.65
Acre-feet
15,850 17,860 15,550
407,500
16,170 16,230 20,050 35,800
114,000 137,200
66,000 27.900 20 r 040
502, 60.0
» Winter discharge measurement made on this day. a Ho gage-height record; discharge interpolated, b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice. Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30,
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
154 PAYETTE RIVER BASIN
South Fork Payette River near Garden Valley, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°04', loop. 115°56', in sec. 1, T. 8 N., R. 4 E., at Garden Valley ranger station, 300 feet upstream from Station Creek, 2.7 miles south east nf Garden Valley, and 5.9 nlles upstream from Middle Fork.
Drainage area.- 779 square ^Hes.
Records available.- May 1921 to Septenber 1945.
Average discharge.- 21 years (1924-45), 1,188 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,130 second-feet May 10 (gage height, 4.43 feet); minimum, 169 second-feet Dec. 10 (gage height, 1.19 feet); minimum dally, 196 second-feet Dec. 10.
1921-45: Maximum discharge observed, 10,600 second-feet May 26, 1928 (gage height, 8.0 feet); minimum, 75 second-feet Dec. 15, 1935, Jan. 26, 1936 (gage height, 0.70 foot), fron rating curve extended below 280 second-feet; minimum daily, that of Dec. 10, 1£44.
Remarks.- Records good. Practically no diversions above station. Since Nov. 2, 1930, flow has been regulated by Deadwood Reservoir (see p. 160).
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
876909865770770
770780770770730
381351351375381
381399381369363
357351345345345
340340334334334412
Nov.
604457431556656
498464438418512
498450431418399
*375351334351381
363387399393351
357387312290399-
Dec.
393393363340375
369363351260196
£31255250
b275b270
b275b290b290
340399
381357351357318
275b285
340381369328
Jan.
363357345357357
357387464412387
«361381424498450
431405303381323
b236250275369375
334296275
b312345393
Feb.
387412424393381
381375484533470
444431444548477
450438424399393
340399387351328
323393369---
Month
October. ............................... ...November. ........................ .........December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January .................................. .February. .................. ...............March. ..................... ...............April.. .................... ...............Hay........................................June ....................... ...............July... ................ ... ...............August ................. ...................September. .................................
Water year 1944 15 ......................
Mar.
381363375340312
b310393369357369
381405477519477
457450438405457
491572647612580
572580572556556638
Apr.
638580548533526
519533596588556
548533519505526
604683780944
1,340
1,8702,0201,8301,5701,370
1,2201,2201,1601,3401,740
Second- foot days
15,57912,66010,020
342,559
11,31311 57E14)41127 93985I930
5l)70039,26037,659
410,319
May
2,1802,4402,7603,1203,420
3,3603,2203,0903,0603,490
3,7903,2403,2203,0302,740
2,6102,8502,6702,5102,360
2,2202,1102,2202,3202,320
2,3902,4602,4402,5702,8002,920
Maximum
909656399
2,850
498548647
£ 020^*7QD3J460£ 3 SO1)5501,730
3,790
June
3,0903,2203,4603,4403,460
3,3403,2803,2103,2403,410
3,1503,0903,0402,8802,670
2,5302,4802,5802,7803,020
3,2203,4103,3803,3203,280
3,3003,1402,7902,6002,460
-
Minimum
33429i19£
196
23 £32231C50E
2, 11C2.46C1.14C1,01C
54C
19S
July
2,2902,2602,3202,3202,220
2,1102,0602,0201,9501,870
1,8601,8601,7501,6801,610
1,5201,4401,4001,4201,420
1,4901,4201,2901,2001,140
1,1701,2601,2901,4201,3301,310
Aug.
1,2801,2901,2501,2001,200
1,1701,1501,1701,1001,070
1,0301,0101,0501,1601,270
1,2901,3201,2901,2901,280
1,2701,2501,2501,2301,280
1,4801,5501,5501,5301,5101,490
Mean
503422323
936
365414465931
2,7723,0761,6681,2661,255
1, 124
Sept.
1,5201,5601,6501,7301,680
1,6001,6401,6501,5201,460
1,4201,3701,3501,3501,470
1,6101,4701,4701,4301,370
1,2601,050
931674612
604572548548540
Runoff in acre- feet
30,90025,11019,870
679,500
22,44022,960£8 j 58055,420
170,400183,000102,500
77, 87074,700
£13, BOO
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage discharge relation affected by Ice.Time basis; Mountain war time np to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945;
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.ntain standard time thereafter.
PAYETTE RIVER BASIN 155
South Fork Payette River near Banks, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°05'30n , long. 116 006', In sec. 28, T. 9 N., R. 3 t;., 1 mile upstream from North Fork Payette River and li miles northeast of Banks.
Drainage area.- 1,200 square miles.
Records available.- August 1921 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 24 years, 1,587 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6.340 second-feet May 10 (gage height, 6.68 feet); minimum, 285 second-feet Dec. 10 (gage height, 0.03 foot).
1921-45: Maximum discharge, 13,800 second-feet May 17, 1927 (gage height, 10.6 feet, from floodmarks); minimum, about 225 second-feet Dec. 15, 1935, Jan. 26, 1936, Dec. 26, 1939.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of Ice effect, which are fair. Small diversions above station for Irrigation. Since Nov. 2, 1930, flow has been regulated
by Deadwood Reservoir (see p. 160).
Discharge, in second-feet, water year Octoberly44 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
924966942S58858
85285285S864858
545485480505510
510535520500495
4854SO485480480
475475475475475555
Nov.
882656602792990
712651612585706
744651618590565
540505495490525
520520555545505
495530465408550-
Dec.
565560530475525
520515500417305
340375370430420
420450450480560
550540535520485
430430460510505465
Jan.
490495480455475
500525662602550
*545550624804717
684624596570525
368422440490550
490455440422480555
Feb.
555602651612590
602580816978828
739706739
1,010882
792734706651624
570596607560520
515602565---
Month
October. ...................................November ...................................December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January .................................. .February. ..................................March. .....................................April. .....................................
June .......................................July... ....................................August .....................................September ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
560550555525490
455.570550530545
575624762864804
744734706673822
1,060,220,310,230,120
,060,060
1,0401,0301,0101,120
Apr.
11
111
11112
33222
11122
Second- foot-days
19,25718,00414,637
429,979
16,58518, 93224,89846,066
123*15058*39041,86039,984
551,733» Winter discharge measurement made on this day.Kote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec.Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
756837 O - 47 - 11
,180,060984942918
906924,010,060,000
984960906888924
,050,200,400,700,250
,080,260380,430,100
,890,850780,020530-
May
3,2303,6104,1904,780 5,160
5,1304,9304,6204,4405,160
5,8005,0005,0504,7504,290
4,1304,6304,2103,8903,610
3,3703,1803,3103,5403,540
3,5203,5803,5503,6903,9604,120
Maximum
966990565
3,670
8041,0101,3103,2605,8004,970
1,6001,750
5,800
June
4,3104,4304,8004,8904,970
4,7504,6404,5504,5804,910
4,4704,2704,1503,9103,620
3,4203,3203,3803,5903,860
4,1204,3104,2604,2004,080
4,0303,8003,4003,1702,960
-
Minimum
47E40£30E
30E
36£51£451886
3, 18C2,96C1,28C1.11C
678
30E
July
2,7302,6602,6702,6702,550
2,4202,3402,2702,2002,110
2,0802,0801,9801,8801,810
1,7201,6401,5901,5901,570
1,6601,5701,4501,3701,280
1,3101,3901,4001,5501,4501,400
Aug.
11111
111,11
1,1111
1,1,111
1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,
Mean
621600472
1,175
535676803
1,536
1*,8841,350 1,333
1,512
LI-22.1945; mountain standard time the
360390360310310
290260320220200
150110150230340
560400360360360
340320320310330
520600600580550550
Sept.
,550,600,660,750,720
,610,C70,680,570,520
,470,410,400,400,450
,680,520,520,500,480
,420,200,090834756
750717695684678-
Runoff in acre feet
38 , 20035,71029,030
852,800
32 , 90037 , 55049,380
257 ,800244,300115 ,80083,030 79,310
1.094.000
re after.
15b PAYETTE RIVER BASIN
Payette River near Horseshoe Bend, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°56 I , long. 116"11'30", in SWiSWi sec. 14, T. 7 N., R. 2 E., 100 feet east of tracks of Idaho Northern branch of Oregon Short Line Railroad and 14 miles north of Horseshoe Bend. Datum of gage is 2,623.5 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army).
Drainage area.- 2,230 square miles.
Records available.- November 1912 to September 1916, July 1919 to September 1945. Febru- ary 1906 to November 1912 at site 2 miles upstream.
Average discharge.- 34 years (1907-15, 1919-45), 2,979 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 11,400 second-feet June 10 (gage height, 6.42 feet); minimum, 400 second-feet Dec. 11 (gage height, 0.35 foot).
1906-16, 1919-45: Maximum discharge, 22,100 second-feet June 9, 1921 (gage height, 9.57 feet); minimum, 350 second-feet Dec. 17, 1935 (gage height, 0.26 foot), from rating curve extended below 600 second-feet.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of Ice effect, which are good. Flow regulated by Deadwood Reservoir (see p. 160), Payette Lake (see p. 163), and Lake-Fork
'Reservoir (see p. 169). Several diversions from tributaries above station forirrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
6789
10
1112131415
1617161920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
,090,140,150,050,030
,030,020,020,030,030
768643650685699
706713699685678
671657657650650
650650657657650720
Nov.
1,140988943
1,1601,610
1,3601,1701,130
8891,040
1,1801,0901,020
963880
832784752760776
768752816800752
71.3744706706864-
Dec.
°521,060
9SS872898
*889916880760538
455502
b550b540b530
574b580b600b650
840
856848776752728
671657685744728671
Jan.
706728706671706
736792952970916
«907889
1,0201,5001,500
1,3301,1801,090
997925
736752760792872
816776752699776856
Feb.
R48°34
1,1601,3701,210
1,1001,0201,3402,0302,130
1,7101,4401,4701,9501,890
1,5501,3901,3101,1901,130
1,0701,0701,0801,010
961
9341,010
997__-
Month
October. ..................................November . ........................ .........December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
Jannary. ..................................February. ..................................March .............................. .......April ......................................UnvHay. .......................................June .......................................Jnly. .......................................August .....................................September. ......................... .......
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
Q79970970925872
81692592589S934
1,0101,2001,7102,0401,670
1,4501,3401,2401,2201,350
1,7702,6602,7402,3502,140
2,0601,9902,1302,0401,9702,170
Apr.
2,3102,1001,8901,7501,700
1,7301,9002,1302,2902,140
2,0601,9301,7701,7601,940
2,2702,5602,9003,4804,530
5,7706,1005,5704,9204,300
3,8803,7003,5603,7004,150
-
Second- footVdays
24,76528,08822,740
694,065
27,80836,30447,46490,790
253,480260,21084,99060,82049,750
087,209
Hay
5,0005,5306,2307,0307,710
8,1308,4208,2908,1809,070
10,3009,800
10,40010,60010,300
9,89010,60010,1009,4208,610
7,080' 6,2606,4407,1607,160
7,0807,3307,3007,5608,0508,450
Maximum
1,1401,6101,060
7,200
1,5002,1302,7406,100
10,60011,2004,6802,1002,070
11,200
June
9,1309,560
10,10010,40010,900
11,20011,20011,10011,00011,200
10,50010,0009,5808,6907,760
7,0106,3906,0506,3006,770
7,4007,9708,2103,3408,370
8,2907,9207,1006,2605,510
-
Minimum
643706455
455
671848816
1,7005,0005,5101,9901,7501,020
455
July
4,6304,2604,0703,9703,730
3,4803,2503,1102,9602,820
2,7302,7802,7902 , 740'2,720
2,6102,4302,2802,2002,130
2,2002,2402,1402,1001,990
1,9902,0702,0702,2102,1402,100
"Aug.
2,0202,0602,OSO2,0402,030
2,0202,0002,1002,0201,980
1,S301,9501,7501,8101,940
1,9802,0001,9701,9401,940
1,9401,9001,9001,8601,800
1,9402,0302,0201,9901,9401,940
Mean
799936734
1,896
8971,2971,5313,0268,1778,6742,7421,9621,658
2,705
Sept.
1,9101,9401,9702,0702,040
1,9001,9302,0001,910'1,840
1,790,710,690,680,670
,910,790
1,7701,7601,760
1,7501,5501,5301,3001,210
1,1601,1101,0601,0201,020
-
Runoff in acre-feet
49,12055,71045,100
1,377,000
55,16072,01094,140
180,100502,800516 , 100168,600120,60098,680
1,958,000
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept, 30,
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
PAYETTE RIVER BASIN 157
Payette River near Emmett, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°56', long. 116°27', In sec. 22, T. 7 N., R. 1 W., three-eighths of a mile downstream from Black Canyon Dam and 5 miles northeast of Emmett.
Records available.- June 1925 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 20 years, 2,795 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 14,800 second-feet (regulated) June 6 (gage height, 10.00 feet); minimum, 1 second-foot (regulated) Dec. 9-11 (gage height, 0.63 foot); minimum daily, 385 second-feet (regulated) Dec. 12.
1925-45: Maximum discharge, 22,800 second-feet May 1, 1938 (gage height, 12.90 feet); minimum daily, 3 second-feet Jan. 10-14, Feb. 2, 22-25, 1938, when gates In dam were closed.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. Diversions above station for irrigation. Flow regulated by diversion at and operation of gates in Black Canyon Dam and by Deadwood Reservoir (see p. 160 ), Payette Lake (see p. 163), and Lake Fork Reservoir (see p. 167).
Cooperation.- Oage-helght record collected in cooperation with Bureau of Reclamation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
690680660660670
660660650660670
612574518527594
700690690680700
565498480536690
830860915871882937
Nov.
1,1201,4201,2301,3601,740
1,7201,4401,3"401,2601,080
1,3101,3201,3201,1601,160
893860860720860
820850850850893
760810790780750-
Dec.
1,0601,0201,0801,180
605
981385
1,070862575
466385397486695
516470626628848
8971,050
824807727
762736642810846720
Jan.
716792747738786
781883
1,2201,1601,160
1,0601,0401,1601,8301,980
1,7701,4901,3201,2001,010
983740
1,010819975
906878762780756
1,010
Feb.
936998
1,0801,6501,670
1,6401,4002,2803,2202,960
2,5502,1602,3603,3202,760
2,3402,0301,9401,7901,560
1,4401,3201,3801,4201,360
1,0001,0901,210
__-
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December. ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
JanuaryFebruary ...................................Maroh. .....................................April ......................................May. .......................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
War.
1,1901,1BO1,1701,1601,080
1,0101,0401,1101,0901,280
1,1801,2801,6202,3602,320
1,9501,6701,5001,4101,410
1,4101,4601,7703,6002,830
2,7702,9302,4802,8402,4602,590
Apr.
2.B702,6BO2,3002,1202,000
1,9802,2602,3602,6102,420
2,3902,1702,080
a2,020a2,500
a2,770a3,400a4,7005,8307,020
6,470a7,150a6,2505,4304,730
3,9503,5803,6003,4403,840
-
Seoond- foot-days
21,00932,32623,878
622,062
32,46250,86455,150
106,920257,030259,04054,58032,50730,345
956,111
May
4,9205,4306,0607,1007,640
8,0008,2006,0808,140B.480
11,1009,710
10,30010,70010,200
9,88010,90010,1009,5308,920
7,4006,2406,4307,7808,200
7,4007,7207,6007,8408,2408,770
Maximum
9371,7401.1BO
6,810
1,9803,3203,6007,150
11,10011,9003,8001,1801,270
11,900
June
9,2709,790
10,10011,00011,600
11,90011,70011,60011,30011,800
10,90010,4009,6609,0808,020
7,0606,3205,9005,9906,240
6,8507,5407,5807,7407,820
7,6007,2806,4905,5604,950
-
Minimum
480720365
385
716936
1,0101,9804,9204,9501,080
948690
385
July
3,3003,4803,1503,2502,870
2,4802,3002,1702,0301,890
1,5901,7701,7301,6401,540
1,5901,3401,2401,1901,120
1,1101,200
1,1501,0901,080
1,0801,0801,0801,0801,1801,180
Aug.
1,0601,1001,1401,1101,120
1,1201,1001,1001,1801,160
981948
1,050948959
970981
1,0201,0601,010
1,0101,0401,0401,0101,040
1,0401.0401,0201,0401,0201,070
Mean
6781,078
770
1,700
1,0471,8171,7793,5648,2918,6351,7611,0491,012
2, '619
Sept.
1,1101,1501,1401,1001,110
1,1101,1001,070
1 1,1201,070
992948926959992
970992
1,0401,0401,060
1,270970
1,0901,090
893
% B20"" 893
810B20690-
Runoff in acre-feet
41,67064,12047,360
1,234,000
64,390100,900109,400212,100509,800513,800108,30064,48060,190
1,897,000
a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Horseshoe Bend, and diversions at Black Canyon Dam.
Time basffi? Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
158 PAYETTE RIVER BASIN
Payette River near Payette, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44 002 I 30", long. 116°55 1 30n , in SWi sec. 10, T. 8 N., K. 5 \l., at highway bridge, It miles south of Payette.
Records available.- August 1935 to September 1945. January 1895 to July 1897 (incomplete) at site 2 miles downstream.
Average discharge.- 10 years (1935-45), 2,920 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 12,900 second-feet June 6 (gage height, 9.35 feet); minimum, 341 second-feet Dec. 17 (gage height, 3.38 feet); minimum daily, 482 second-feet Oct. 14.
1935-45: Maximum discharge observed, 23,400 second-feet May 2, 1938 (gage height, 11.90 feet); minimum, 180 second-feet Oct. 13, 20, 1935 (gage height, 2.04 feet); mini mum daily, 220 second-feet Oct. 5, 1935.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. Many diversions above station for irrigation. Flow regulated by Black Canyon Dam and reservoirs on tributary streams.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, In feet,and discharge, in second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used Nov. 7 to Apr. 22)
3.4 405 5.0 2,2703.6 580 5.5 3,0204.0 990 6.0 3,8304.5 1,590 6.5 4,780
7.0 5,8908.0 8,5009.3 12,700
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1915
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
571571562562
' 56£
562580590590590
580571526482490
535608685715755
796715735736828
9571,0301,0701,1701,1201,220
Nov.
1,2401,7301,7201,7601,910
2,4702,1001,7701,7601,590
1,5501,7101,8101,5401,520
1,2901,2201,1601,1201,040
1,0201,0601,0701,0801,120
1,040979
1,000979979-
Dec.
1,0001,2301,2301,4001,060
1,2001,0701,2401,0601,060
745675628618675
891637705
838891
1,0301,1701,510
833968
935946806902990924
Jan.
859880880902830
9241,1201,4201,3401,340
1,2801,2901,5402,1202,300
2,3301,8701,7101,5501,250
1,2901,0601,1101,0901,100
1,1001,1001,0201,030
9461,090
Feb.
1,1801,5201,5501,9202,030
2,1201,9102,5603,9403,470
3,2502,8802,8203,9003,640
2,9802,5802,4602,3402,020
1,8701,6901,6701,6401,710
1,5101,1901,380
__-
Month
October ....................................November . ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January ....................................February ...................................Maroh. .....................................April ......................................MayJune .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
1,4201,3701,3801,3701,300
1,2401,1901,2501,290
al.500
al,400al,500al,900a2,500a2,600
a2,400a2,000al.800al,700al,700
al,7001,8301,9403,3503,190
3,1203,5102,8303,1502,9502,840
Apr.
3.110£
£
,970,720,440
2,310
2.260£££
,360,640.780
2i300
2.590
££
,430,260.050
2,090
2.310£3j
,740,000.200
3] 970
5,2106 5
,470,200.480
4,620
3.810333j
Second- foot-days
22,11442,33729,872
607,554
63 ) 73063 27097)810
256,120253,16040,40519,255 24,725
952,519
,330,250,140,220-
May
3,8304,6805,2106,0406,860
7, ISO7,6007,5707,4907,600
10 , 1009,7609,980
10 , 30010,600
10,20010,30010,80010,1009,510
8,3306,7406,3507,4909,580
3,2408,4103,3008,3808,5909,030
Maximum
1,2202,4701,510
6,370
3303)9403,5106,470
10,30012,4003,350
6851,400
12,400
June
9,2109,6109,820
10,90011,100
12,40011,90011,80011,40011,900
11,40010,6009,8609,1308,130
6,9406,2005,5005,2305,430
5,9406,3106,3607,1207,330
7,1506,8906,3005,4504,700-
Minimum
48£97£61S
38£
85£1.18C1 1912)0513 , 83C4.70C
54*56E64 e
48£
July
3,8503,0802,8202,6502,530
2,1201,8601,5901,4701,360
1,220990
1,1101,0701,100
1,1301,060
870328755
725705745637599
571571544571599675
Aug.
Mean
', 7131,411
! 964
1,660
1, 2312, 2762,0413,260
8)4391,303
621324
2,610
685618637618637
656666675675745
735590580613571
562571562608608
580590608603580
590628628628599599
Sept.
656685755725725
755735715685775
745675646646656
635705715745838
1,2601,4001,1101,2901,100
913838891828828-
Runoff in acre- feet
43,36083,97059,250
1,205,000
78 t 790126,400 125,500
SOR'OOO50 2 100
80 ) 14038,190 49,040
1,389,000
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept, 30, 1945; mo
o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
for station near Emmett. mtaln standard time there
PAYETTE RIVER BASIN 15£
Clear Creek at Lovman, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°0.r)', long. llBTi? 1 , in SW-i-SEr sac. 27, T. 9 H., R. 7 E., 200 feet upstream from nouth and 350 feet downstream from highway bridge at Lownan.
Drainage area.- 59.6 square miles.
Records available.- May 1941 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 395 second-feet May 10 (gage height, 4.^h reet); ninimum daily, 16 second-feet Dec. 10.
1941-45: Maximum discharge observed, 754 second-feet May 31, 1943; maximum gage height observed, 6.10 feet Jan. 9, 10, 1942 (ice jam); ninimum daily discharge, that of Dec. 10, 1944. *
Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height roi-ord, which are poor. Gage read once daily. Feeder canal for small power plant diverts 1 mile above gage; water is returned to creek above station except that used for irri gation of small pasture adjacent to Lowman.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262738293031
Oct.
a27a27a27a 27a 27
a27a27a27a27a27
a27a27a27a 28a29
a30a30a29a2827
a27a27a27a27a 27
a 27a 26a26a26a26a32
Nov.
a36a31a30a40a39
a35a32a31a30a35
a32a31*3022
#22
bS2a21b20b2628
293632
b31.b30
b31b32b30b31b32-
Dec.
b3030263228
28272718
bl6
b!9b21b22b23b23
b23b24b26b28a32
a32b31b30b28bS6
283031'29
2829
Jan.
2828272827
2645
a35*3028
2829353433
2928282819
bl8b21b23b23b27
b25b24b22b23b28b30
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................February ......................March .........................April .........................May ...........................June ..........................July ..........................August ........................September .....................
Water year 1944-45. .........
Feb.
bSObSO293028
2727
a33a3230
3129333330
302928
a2727
3031272827
b27#32a28__-
Second- foot days
850907825
21 ,300
857823
1,0652,5168,8498,1162,3801,337
980
29,4Q5__
Mar.
a 28282727
b26
b26b29b2826'27
2930383630
2831323333
3842484441
424241414549
Maximum
324032
239
453349
2083863391365239
386
Apr.
45a45a454840
4142455248
4240394148
54a6375
120a!75
199166140117104
9694
1O4140208-
May
208316339350350
30531&294268386
356339362328339
333316263254230
208195199203199
254221235278294311
Minimum
262016
16
18272639
195144513230
16
June
394a320339316322
336333328322339
a330322
a310300268
258244254268268
273268254235199
195181150
al46144-
Mean
27.430.226.6
58.2
27.629.434.483.928527176.839.932.7
80.6
July
136120
a!20alEO102
9490909090
8884787171
7171686461
5856555555
545554
a545451
Persquare mile
0.460.507.446
.977
.463
.493
.5771.414.784.551.29.669.549
1.35
Aug.
5246464646
a 4748464544
4140404039
3839393939
3836353434
343434333332
Sept.
3232325232
3231313132
3131303030
3130
a303234
3539383535
34a34343535-
RunoffInches Acre-feet
0.53 1,690.57 1,800.51 1,640
13.29 42,270
.53 1,700
.51 1,630
.66 2,1101.57 4,9905.52 17,5505.06 16,1001.49 4,720.77 2,450.61 1,940
18.33 58,320
# Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of observer's notes, weather records, and
records for South F.ork Payette River at Lowman.b Stage-dlaeharge relation affected by Ice.Time basis: Fountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3O, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
160 PAYETTE RIVER BASIN
Deadwood Reservoir near Lawman, Idaho
Locatloa.- Staff gage, lat. 44°18', long. 115°39', in SEj sec. 8, T. 11 N., R. 7 E., at dam on Deadwood River, 15 miles north of Lowman. Datum of gage is at mean sea level (levels by Bureau of Reclamation).
Drainage area.- 108 square miles.
Records available .- October 1925 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum elevation observed during year, 5,335.1 feet June 27 to July 1; mini mum observed, 5,287.0 feet Oct. 10.
1935-45: Maximum elevation observed, 5,337.1 feet June 1, 2, 1943; minimum observed, 5,260.1 feet Oct. 1, 1935.
Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by concrete arch dam, completed in 1930; storage began Nov. 2, 1930. Reported capacity, 160,400 acre-feet between elevations 5,230.0 feet (minimum operating level because of fish protection, 27 feet above sill of emergency gate in front of needle valve) and 5,334.0 feet (crest of spillway). Storage below elevation 5,230.0 feet, about 1,500 acre-feet. Water is used to augment flow of Payette River at Black Canyon power plant near Emmett. During late fall of 1936, Bureau of Reclamation cut a transmountain canal to divert a small flow of water from a tributary of Johnson Creek in Salmon River Basin to Deadwood River Basin for supple mental storage in Deadwood Reservoir. Discharge measurement and field estimate made on June 21 and Aug. 11, 1945, indicated flow in this canal of 44.8 and 4 second-feet, respectively. Gage read once daily.
Cooperation.- Gage readings furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
ations, in feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
291.0290.45289.9289.5289.1
2S8.72S8.5
- 287.8287.4287.0
287.05287.1287.15287.2287.25
287.3287.4287.45287.5287.55
287.6287.65287.7287.75287.8
287.85287.9'287.95288.0288.05288.15
Nov.
2S8.3528S.6288.72S8.9289.0
289.2289.3289.4289 . 45289.6
289.7289.8289.9290.0290.1
290.15290.2290.2290.25290.25
290.3290.55290.4290.45290.5
290.55290.6290.65290.7290.8
-
Dec.
290.9291.1291.2291.5291.4
291.45291.5291.55291.6291.65
291.7291.7291.75291.75291.8
291.8291.85291.85291.9292.0
292.2292.3292.4292.5292.6
292.65292.7292.75292.8292.9293.0
Jan.
293.2293.25293.3293.3293.35
293.4293.45293.5293.6293.7
293.8293.9394.02Q4. 1294.15
294.2294.3294.35294.4294.45
294.5294.55294.6294.65294.7
294.8294.9294.95295.0295.0295.05
Feb.
295.1295.2295.4295.45295.5
295.55295.6295.8295.95296.0
296.05296.1206.15296.25296.3
296.35296.4296.45296 . 55296.6
296.65296.7296.75296. S296.85
296.9296.95297.0
__-
Mar.
297.1297.15297.2297.25297.3
297.35297.4297.45297.5297.55
297.6297.7207.8297.85297.9
298.0298.129S.2298.25298.3
298.4298.5298.6298.7298.8
298.9299.0299.1299.15299.2299.25
Apr.
299.3299.3299 . 35299.35299.4
299.45299.5299.6299.7299.75
299.8299.9300.0300.1500.2
300.3300.35300.4300.6300.7
300.9301.1301.4301.7301.9
302.1302.3302.5302.7302.9
-
May
303.2303.5304.0304.6305.3
306.1307.0308.0309.1310.1
311.1311.9312.9313.7314.4
315.0315. S316.4316.9317.4
317.8318.2318.6319.0319.5
320.0320.4320.8321.3321.8322,4
June
323.0323.6324.2324.9325.6
326.3326.9327.5328.0328.7
329.3329. S330 . 3330.8331.2
331.55331.9332.3332.65333.1
333.5333.9334.3334.65334.9
335.0335.1335.1335.1335.1
-
July
335.1335.05335.0335.0334.95
334.9334.9334.85334.8334.8
334.75334.75334.75334.7334.7
334.65334.65334.6334.55334.5
334.35334.2334.1334.0333.95
333.85333.7333 . 55333.3333.0332.8
Aug.
332.5332.3332.0331.75331.5
331.3331.1330.8330.6330.4
330.1330.0329.75329.45329.1
32S.7328.3327.8327.4327.0
326 . 55326.1325.7325.25324.8
324.2323.6322.9322.2521.6321.0
Sept.
320.3319.631S.S318.0317-1
316.3315.5314.6313.8313.1
312.6311.7311.0310.3309.6
308.6307.8306.95306.25305.4
304.8304.4304.1304.0303.9
303. S5303.8303.8303.75303.7
-
Mote.- Add 5,000 feet to obtain elevations above mean sea level.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945j mountain standard time thereafter,
o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
PAYETTE RIVER BASIN 161
Deadwood River below Deadwood Reservoir, near Lowman, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°18', long. 115°39', in WEi sec. 17, T. 11 N., R. 7 E., 300 feet upstream from Wilson Creek, a quarter of a mile downstream from Dead- wood Dam at lower end of Deadwood Basin, 15 miles north of Lowman, and 18 miles up stream from mouth.
Drainage area.- 108 square miles.
Records available.- October 1926 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 18 years (1927-45), 189 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,170 second-feet (regulated) Sept. 15 (gage height, 4.42 feet); minimum not determined, occurred when gates In dam were closed.
1926-45: Maximum discharge, 2,150 second-feet 1-fe.y 26, 1928 (gage height, 5.67 feet, site and datum then in use); small amount of leakage from reservoir for long periods during 1930-45 when gates in dam we're closed.
Remarks.- Records good except those below 5 second-feet, which are poor. Flow regulated since Nov. 2, 1930, by Deadwood Reservoir (see preceding page). During late fall of 1936 the Bureau of Reclamation cut a transmountain canal to divert a small flow from a tributary of Johnson Creek in Salmon River Basin to Deadwood River Basin for supple mental storage in Deadwood Reservoir. Discharge measurenent of June 21 and field estimate of Aug. 11 indicate flow in this canal of 44.8 and 4.0 second-feet, respectively.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
511504435407410
410410407407154
3
Nov.
3
-
Dec.
3
Jan.
» 3
Feb.
3
_ -
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ...................................February. .................................. aroh. .....................................April.. ....................................May.........................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................Septsmber ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
,
> 3,
Apr.
> . 3
-
Second- foot-days
4,1189093
65,740
9384939093
2,7439,37419,48082,103
58,454
May
' 3
Maximum
511
-
1,280
____410480980
1,150
1,150
June-
3
31597223331
386407410410401-
Minimum
_-
_
____
19136092
-
July
383365351331317
301288275260247
237240240228213
204191218242337
383304262200223
309377457480467444
Aug.
480501480473477
454435413401380
360389454555635
686691686673664
656656660656790
945980980965955950
Mean
1333.03.0
180
3.03.03.03.05.0
91.4302628737
160
Sept.
1,0101,0601,1401,1501,090
1,0801,1001,060
990955
900880880890
1,050
1,050985975960847
590441254146128
109106929293-
Runoff in acre-feet
8,170179184
130,400
184167184179184
5,44018,59038,64043,840
115,900
Note.- No gage-height record 9 a.m. Oct. 10 to 1 p.m. June 21 when gates in Deadwood Dam were closed and reservoir was not spilling; discharge computed on basis of discharge measurements, in formation furnished by observer, and comparable records of previous years.
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945;^mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time bo standard time, subtract 1 hour.
J-0^ PAYETTE RIVER BASIN
Deadwood River near Lowman, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°05', long. 115°40', in sec. 29, T. 9 N., R. 7 E., 700 feet upstream from mouth and 2-J- mllea west of Lownan.
Records available.- August 1921 to September 1945.
Averae-e discharge.- 24 years, 363 second-feet.
Extremes (regulated since T ' r ". 2. 1950).- Maximum discharge during year, 1,240 second-feet Sept. 4, 15 Igage height, 3.22 feet); minimum, not determined, probably occurred during period of Ice effect: minimum dally, 35 second-feet Dec. 10.
1921-45: Maximum discharge, 4,230 second-feet May 9, 1928 (gage height, 5.17 feet), from rating curve extended above .",200 second-feet; minimum recorded, 28 second-feet f'ov. 4, 1935 (gage height, 0.83 foot); minimum dally, 34 second-feet Nov. 4, 1935.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair. Flow regu-- lated by Deadwood Reservoir (see p. 160). Small amount of water diverted from tribu tary of Johnson Creek In Salmon River Basin to Deadwood River Basin during'year.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728?q3031
Oct.
543537477451431
437437431437307
5950525252
5050494848
4646464645
454444444475
Novl
9765629799
7064605671
716260
#5664
5350465859
5660656048
5460486070~
Dec.
7162505062
5856534035
4040404345
4550505560
6060555042
455055606060
Jan.
6060606060
6070SO70
*7O
6564769576
7066646248
4550557065
605552556570
Feb.
7075706565
6060808373
7168738775
7068666062
56.71625456
62*7162__-
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March. .....................................April ......................................May........................................
July. .......................... .-..^ ........
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
6460595652
6675605960
6463828576
7373716475
83107112103101
101999797
101120
Apr.
11610399
10195
95103116109105
107999593
105
125147172211316
431426383311266
242246239294410-
Second- foot-days
1,9011,6O2
106 ,728
14,10521 ,60423 ,766
118,284
May
5255S7673765810
7S8758708680825
91679581S765687
687780701640581
531494543549537
5815S7587594620620
Maximum
5439971
1,380
431
687613
1,0201,230
1,230
June
633620667640667
6205S7568594633
58756S543512482
448431426426426
431431460562653
687680673667653-
Minimum
444635
35
320448158
35
July
613594562531506
488471448442420
415415410389368
3633443443S9431
518460394334320
399477543594568555
Aug.
562600581562.562
549531518494477
448454512607694
736765750750743
736729736736810
9601,0201,0101,000
986986
Mean
63.451.7
292
455697792
324
Sept.
1,0201,0801,1701,2301,170
1,1101,1601,1301,030977
933S99899907
1,060
1,1301,010
995977907
722549420242199
189177158158158~
Runoff in acre-feet
3,180
211 ,700
27 ,98042,85047 ,140
234,600
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Nov. 29, SO, Dec. 10 to Jan. 10, Jan. 21 to Feb. Time basis i Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
PAYETTE RIVER BASIN 163
Payette Lake at McCall, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°55', long. 116°07', in sec. 8, T. 18 N., R. 3 E., at outlet of lake on North Fork Payette River, at McCall. Datum of gage is 4,982.24
feet above mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.
Drainage area.- 144 square miles.
Records available.- August 1921 to September 1945 (fragmentary prior to Nov. 23, 1943).
Extremes.- Maximum gage height during year, 8.18 feet July 11; minimum, 1.44 feet Oct. 30. 1321-45: Maximum gage height observed, 8.75 feet July 13, 1935; minimum observed,
0.95 foot Oct. 3, 1931.
Remarks.- Flow fron Payette Lake is regulated within natural range by taintor gates and removable stop logs of a buttress- and slab-type dam completed in November 1943. During period 1923 to 1943 lake was regulated by a structure consisting of a series of concrete-filled cribs supporting removable flashboards. Some regulation is reported to have been effected by timber flashboards for several years prior to 1923. Lake area is approximately 5,000 acres. No capacity table has been developed. Water is used for irrigation of lands in vicinity of Emmett. No diversion above station.
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected by U. S. Forest Service.
Gage neight, in feet.wate October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
16IT181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1.611.581.571.571.55
1.541.541.531.531.52
1.511.511.501.511.50
1.501.491.491.491.58
1.481.481.471.481.48
1.471.471.471.461.461.49
Nov.
1.561.571.611.751.85
1.881.931.941.962.00
2.00.2.012.022.032.04
2.042.052.062.062.07
2.082.092.102.112.12
2.142.152.162.172.19-
Dec.
2.222.262.272.282.31
2.322.332.352.352.36
2.362.372.362.352.36
2.372.372.382.402.44
.2.452.492.502.502.51
2.522.522.542.562.582.59
Jan.
2.632.642.642.652.66
2.682.742.762.772.78
2.792.812.852.872,90
2.912.922.942.942.93
2.932.932.922.922.91
2.912.9O2.892.892.892.90
Feb.
2.922.962.982.982.99
3.003.033.113.123.12
3.123.123.143.153.13
3.123.123.133.123.11
3.103.083.073.063.04
3.033.023.01-_-
Mar.
3.013.003.002.992.99
2.982.972.972.982.97
2.972.973.013.O53.O5
3.063.073.093.073.09
3.133:133.133.123.12
3.11 .3.093.093.O93. OS3.07
Apr.
3.073.063.063.053.05
3.043.053.123.133.12
3.133.133.123.113.10
3.103.093.032.942.90
2.902.932.983.002.99
2.972.943.003.123.30-
May
3.583.904.304.785.07
5.345.515.615.645.81
6.176.116.166.125.94
5.775.635.445.395.51
5.645.735.866.056.10
6.116.176.S36.346.386.41
June
6.406.366.356.376.42
6.606.536.386.346.37
6.226.186.196.176.09
6.176.396.706.977.11
7.207.247.237.167.13
7.086.986.916.957.08-
July7-2 r,
7!31-.-
7.857.958.O68.138.17
8.168.178.158.128.07
8.058.048.048. 01'7.92
7.817.677.537.402.71
7.167.026.896.746.626.48
Aug.
6^366.216.075.905.71
5.525.345.164.974.78
4.634.494.354.204.06
3.913.773.633.473.30
3.153.002.892.802.71
2.642.572.502.432.372.32
Sept.
2.272.222.172.122.11
2.122.062.042.011.98
1.951.931.911.891.87
1.861.841.841.811.80
1.841.871.881.891.89
1.891.871.851.841.83-
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
164 PAYETTE RIVER BASIN
north Fork Payette River at McCall, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°54'30", long. 116°07'30", in sec. 8, T. 18 N. f R. 3 K. , at McCall, a quarter of a mile downstream from outlet of Payette Lake.
Drainage area.- 144 square miles.
Records available.- September 1908 to June 1917, May 1919 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 34 years, (1908-16, 1919-45), 343 second-feet.
Sxtrsnes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,420 second-feet June 6 (gage height. 5.98 feet); ninimun, 2.5 second-feet (regulated) Sept. 25 (gage height, 1.05 feet).
1908-17, 1919-45: Max! mm discharge, 4,260 second-feet June 10, 1933: raximun gage height, 7.5 feet June" 5, 1909, June 10, 1833; practically no flow Nov. 5-8, 1931, Fov. 17-24, 1933, Nov. 14-27, 1935, Oct. 22 to Nov. 11, 1938.
Remarks.- Records good except those below 10 second-feet, which are fair. Flow partly regulated by Payette Lake. Since water year 1939 some water bypassed station throtlgh fish hatchery (see p. 167).
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected by U. S. Forest Service.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
1.0 1.8 2.1 651.2 6.1 2.4 1131.4 10 2.7 1841.6 19 3.0 2761.8 34 3.5 486
4.0 7704.5 1,1005.0 1,4906.0 2,440
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1311111111
1211119.39.0
8.88.88.28.27.6
7.37.37.37.17.1
7.36.96.96.96.6
6.66.46.46.26.07.3
Nov.
9.310122638
4248495055
378.27.36.66.2
5.85.55.14.74.5
4.34.24.04.03.6
3.43.43.23.13.1~
Dec.
2.92.92.93.13.1
3.12.92.92.92.8
3.64.75.36.47.1
7.37.37.36.97.3
7.98.58.89.09.0
9.09.09.09.09.09.0
Jan.
9.09.09.09.09.0
1022282929
2831384248
5051575554
5351515049
484746464647
Feb.
5058616163
6569858987
8787929390
8787908784
8279787572
496968_--
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December . ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ...................................February. .............................. ...March. .....................................April. .....................................May. .......................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
6665656564
6161616159
5853667273
7578797882'
9090909087
878585858482
Apr.
8179787675
7373899290
9292908785
85L84332312301
301308520528324
316
Second- foot-days
260.5466.5189.9
75,456.5
1,151.02,1642,3024,70842,30345,7479,66511 ,5751,713.4
122,245.3
266152044-
May
97174283689
1,360
1,5401,6701,7201,8001,950
2,2602,2102,2402,2002,130
1,6801,7701,470
710467
517564620822
1,170
1,1901,2301,3901,8102,1402,230
Maximum
13559.0
2,420
5793*90
3322,2602,390
472542119
2,390
June
2,2202,1802,1702,1802,230
2,3902,3402,1702,0402,040
1,7701,3801,2101,130
794
434472660
1,0701,430
1,7201,3501,8801,6401,710
1,6101,200
906416305-
Minimum
6.03.12.8
2.6
9.050581597
3051001329,4
2.8
July
29SS83264195135
104100100102253
364411376355290
181179176266.380
424443438438
' 438
43843S443438438472
Aug.
542542537537'537
537537537537496
398393393393393
376376393393398
376335243209198
187174171161144132
Mean
8.4015.66.13
206
37.177.374.3157
1,3651,525
31237357.1
335
Sept.
119108999087
8778726863
6057525047
4542423736
414547339.4
4241393938
Runoff in ao re-feet
51V92S377
149 ,700
2,2804,2904,5709,340
83,91090,74019,17022 ,9603,400
242,500
Time basis : Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, To convert War time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
1945; Mountain standard time thereafter.
PAYETTE RIVER BASIN 165
North Fork Payette River at Cascade, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°31', long. 116°02', in NEi sec. 36, T. 14 N., R. 3 E., at Cascade, 285 feet downstream from Halleck and Howard mill dam, half a mile upstream from Beaver Creek, and 2$ miles downstream from Willow Creek. Prior to Hov. 20, staff gage 90 feet downstream at same datum.
Drainage area.- 626 square miles.
Records available.- May 1941 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 5,300 second-feet June 6 (gage height, 5.06 feet); minimum, not determined, probably occurred during period of ice effect; minimum daily, 90 second-feet Dec. 11-13.
1941-45: rfeximum discharge observed, 7,000 second-feet June 3, 1943 (gage height, 6.33 feet); minimum observed, 53 second-feet (gates in mill dam closed) Sept. 18, 1944 (gage height, 0.40 foot); minimum daily, 68 second-feet Sept. 18, 1944.
Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice daily except Sundays. Flow regulated by Payette Lake (see p. 163), Lake Fork Reservoir (see p. 169), and occasionally by Halleck and Howard mill dam. Several diversions from tributaries above station for irrigation.
Cooperation.- Gage readings furnished by Bureau of Reclamation.
Discharge, in seccnd-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1234S
67a
10
11121314IS
1617181920
2122232425
28*'28293031
Oct.
a!23127127140119
119119
a!21123115
160127155160
al58
155145155155155
140a!40
140146145
145150136
a!40145165
Nov.
2S4310290380
a414
4486350310278297
338a330
278233191
165155209
a210*188
155191180170155
a!50191239239290-
Dec.
448395
a300258310
345310
t>260b200a!20
b90b90WOU95b95
b95a95
blOOU100
107
115131123
allOallO
bllObllObllObllObllOallO
Jan.
bllOhllObllOtllObl!5
131a!50
185221227
221215284
6500432
402395
*304b275b260
a250bE40b230b220b220
b220b220a215b210t>210
«b200
Feb.
b220258503
a540373
317297402914654
a50044040269S463
418S8S
a360t>340
317
b305297
b290b2S4a27S
b272264
1)261---
Month
December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March. .....................................April ......................................*>y..... ...................................
September ..................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
liar.
258271252
a240b230
b225221233239258
8300448625544440
352297
a300380
*338
689740682
a650625
52756£654672654654
Apr.
a660571SOS455455
503562
a 780SOO730
663571503519
a640
770946
1,1301,3701,640
1,810al.800
1,5401,5201,370
1,2601,2101,130a950904-
Second- foot-days
5,152
194,369
6,513
313,937
May
1,0101,1101,2101,3201,590
al,8002,4902,6402,7102,890
3,4904,130
a4,5004,7204,480
4,3904,4104,2303,960
a3,000
2,0001,9602,0102,0702,260
2,440a2,5502,6602,7203,0503,610
Maximum
448
3,450
352
' 5,280
June
4,0604,180
a4,2604,3504,940
5,2805,2305,2204,880
a4,800
4,7204,3403,780
*3,2402,710
2,470B2.1002,0202,1902,540
2,9703,2803,530
83,6503,710
3,6303,3702,9402,2801,6SO
-
Minimum
119
90
68
<z«p
135
90
July
al,3001,1201,050
926760
672544
a500448410
402589644701
a700
5SO471410380838
4878540
553662544
544544535
8535535535
Aug.
535607616616
a616
616625654682672
672a620
519519511
527511487
a500511
511511487448373
a350331317304290278
Mean
166
531
942
510217
860
Sept.
271a255
245227165
197221245
a250203
185175165145135
a!40150155155165
203284
a320352290
271245239233
a227
Runoff in acre-feet
15,11010,220
386,600
21,730
56,060
214,90037,40031,37012,920
622,700
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record} discharge interpolated or computed on basis of records for station near
Smiths Ferry and other stations in Payette River Basin..b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.e Gage reading not representative of mean for day; discharge computed as for no gage-height record.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
166 PAYETTE RIVER BASIN
North Fork Payette River near Smiths Ferry, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°16', long. 116°04', in SWi sec. 23, T. 11 N., K. 3 u., 450 feet downstream from Beaver Creek, 2i miles downstream from Tripod Creek, and 2 5/8 miles southeast of Smiths Ferry. Datum of gage is 4,505.9 feet above mean sea level (levels by Bureau of Reclamation).
Drainage area.- 893 square miles.
Records available.- May 1941 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,310 second-feet June 7 (gage height, 9.28 feet); minimum, 104 second-feet (regulated) Dec. 11 (cage height, 2.13 feet), from rating curve extended below 150 second-feet; minimum daily, 115 second-feet Dec. 11.
1941-45: Maximum discharge, 9,110 second-feet June 3, 1943 (gage height, 10.70 feet); mininun, 99 second-feet (regulated) Sept. 19, 1944 (gage height, 2.05 feet); minimum daily, that of Dec. 11, 1944.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Flow regu- lated by Payette Lake (see p. 163), Lake Fork Reservoir (see p. 169), and occasionally by mill dan at Cascade. Several diversions from tributaries above station for irri gation.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
2.2 115 3.5 4622.5 174 4.0 6822.8 246 5.0 1,2803.1 330 6.0 2,070
7.0 3,1508.0 4,4509.3 6,340
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
161159157155164
151151153159149
145155157174183
183172174174174
166164159164166
164164178166164206
Nov.
265301310419572
585489444249357
382386360313284
251 238
228260228
233215243236208
201201243295336-
Dec.
376462382330318
360339318251166
115120120130140
140140140160260
249220218233225
220210218201196194
Jan.
201203201201215
218225260330330
330 310360630680
600500450400370
340300290290300
290280270260270280
Feb.
280350450650550
450400500900
1,000
800650650800800
650550500480450
440430420410400
380380400
_-
Month
October ....................................November. ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ...................................February ...................................March. .....................................April ......................................Mnu way. .......................................June .......................................July. .............. ................... ...August ............. .......................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ...... ...............
Mar.
390380380370350
340330340340350
400500800
1,000750
600500460470
470
6001,2001,200"
976933
814774940780814915
Apr.
11
11112
22221
11111
Seoond- foot-days
5,1119,3327,151
249,522
10,18415,120
* 38,283112, 870128,140
16J0147,297
391,646
940797703637647
741843
,010,060988
927820741774915
,080,200,370,690,080
,370,410,170,030,840
,680,580,530,390,320
May
1,4301,5801,7301,9502,220
2,6403,0903,2703,3703,780
4,1704,6005,1505,5405,640
5,4805,6205,4105,0904,450
3,2502,7702,8903,1003,130
3,2503,3503,4403,5203,8304,130
Maximum
206585462
3,700
6801,0001,2002,410 .5,6406,2601,640
360
6,260
June
4,5804,8405,0205,1605,760
6,1406,2606,2006,1005,900
5,6005,3004,9404,3203,780
3,2902,7702,4802,5402,770
3,1403,5103,7303,9204,030
3,9603,7803,4002,7602,160
-
Minimum
142011
11
202833C63
1,432,16t
2916
11
July
1,6401,3601,2501,1601,030
891791703632576
533632714774780
724632537492455
470567594613604
599590581581581572
Aug.
572tet>9032
>37642
632ee6
>477282
682
677' ,
J355025
516
512,.44
048181
496
492444
928551
395
35422;2
36271804
295
Mean
5 165L 3115 231
5 682
L 329) 540) 629' 1,276
) 3,6411 4 271. * 731
3 5175 243
5 1,073
Sept.
284268257246236
208215238246243
213201192185168
166181178176189
228268336360351
327301284279273-
Runoff in ao re-feet
10,14018,51014,180
494,900
20,20029,99038,65075,930
223,900254,20044,94031,76014,470
776,900
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 11-19, Jan. 8 to Mar. £3 (no gage-height
record Feb. 26 to Mar. 4; discharge computed on basis of records for North Pork Payette River at Cascade, Payette Rlvar near Horseshoe Bend, and South Pork Payette River at Banks).
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
PAYET7E RIVER BASIN 167
Fish hatchery diversion at McCall, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage and Parshall flune, lat. 44°54'50", long. 116°07', in sec. 8, T. 18 N., R. 3 E., iranediately below outlet from fish hatchery tanks, just above point of return to North Fork Payette River, and 1 mile west of McCall.
Records available.- October 1942 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 3.5 second-feet May 8 (gage height, 0.87 foot); minimum, 0.5 second-foot (estimated by observer) Sept. 24, 25.
1942-45: Maximum discharge observed, 4.8 second-feet Apr. 18-24, 26-28, May 1, 2, 4, 5, 7-11, July 2, 4, 1945; maximum gage height observed, 1.13 feet June 2, 1943, affected by backwater from North Fork Payette River; no flow Sept. 22 to Nov. 7, 1943.
Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read once daily October through May, infrequently there- after. Flow regulated by operation of fish hatchery, water for which is diverted from Payette Lake or North Fork Payette River and bypasses gaging station on that stream.
Cooperation.- Gage readings furnished by Idaho State Fish and Game Commission.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
2.32.42.32.32.3
2.32.42.32.32.1
2.42.32.42.42.3
2.32.32.32.32.3
2.32.42.62.62.4
2.42.42.42.42.62.3
Nov.
2.42.32.42.42.4
2.42.42.32.42.4
2.42.32.42.42.4
2.42.32.42.32.3
2.32.32.32.32.4
2.32.32.32.32.3-
Dec.
2.32.32.32.32.3
2.32.32.32.32.3
2.32.32.32.32.3
2.32.32.32.32.3
2.32.32.32.32.3
2.32.32.32.32.32.3
Jan.
2.32.32.32.42.4
2.42.32.32.32.3
2.32.42.32.42.3
2.32.32.32.32.3
2.42.32.32.32.3
2.42.4S.32.42.32.4
Feb.
2.32.42.42.32.3
2.32.32.32.32.3
2.32.32.32.32.3
2.32.32.32.32.3
2.32.32.32.32.3
2.32.42.4
__-
Month
October ....................................November. ..................................December . ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January .................................. .February ........................ ..........March.... ..................................April ......................................May. ................................ ......June ................................ ......July. ......................................August .............................. ......September. .............................. . .
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
2.42.32. 32.4C.4
2.32.32.42.32.3
2.32.42.42.32.4
2.32.32.32.32.3
2.32.32.32.42.4
2.52.52.42.42.42.4
Apr.
2.42.42.42.42.5
2.62.42.42.42.4
2.42.42.62.62.6
2.42.4.2.62.52.5
2.62.62.52.62.6
2.52.62.52.52.6-
May
2.62.2.2.
5
5
2.52.3.2.
535
2.6
2.52.3.3.3.
3.2.2.2.3.
5111
1BB81
3.23.3.3.
112
2.8
2.8 \
]> a3.fJ
Second- Maximum foot-days imum
73.1 2.670.5 2.471.3 2.3
986.3 3.7
72.3 2.464.8 2.473 . 0 2.574.9 2.688. 1 89.177.571.355.2
881.1
a No gage-height record; discharge interDolatefl or comDuted on baobserver's estimates of Tent. 24, 25.
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mouTo convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
0
June
3.3
a3.0
2.7,> a2.7
-
Minimum
2.12.32.3
_
2.32.32.32.42.5
___
-
July
> a2.5
Aug.
. a2.3
2". 3
. a2.3
Mean
2.362.352.30
2.69
2.332.312.352.502.842.972.502.301.84
2.41
Sept.
a2.0
1.8
I .,.f
al.4a. 7
1.61.61.61.61.7-
Runoff in acre-feet
145140141
1,960
143129145149175177154141109
1,750
sis of discharge measurements and
mtain standard time thereafter.
168 PAYETTE RIVER BASIN
Lake Fork Payette River above reservoir, near McCall, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°55', long. 116°00', in IJWi sec. 8, T. 18 U., R. 4 li., three-quarters of a mile dovmstream from power plant, 2f miles upstream from Lake Fork Reservoir dam, and 5 miles east of McCall.
Drainage area.- 54.6 square miles.
Records available.- May 1926 to September 1945 (irrigation seasons only prior to 1943). Discontinued sept. 30 and replaced by station above Jumbo Creek.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,620 second-feet May 10 (gage height, 6.28 feet;; minimum recorded, 4.4 second-feet (regulated) Oct. 8 (gage height, 0.07 foot); minimum daily recorded, 11 second-feet Oct. 20, 28, 29. ,
1926-45: Maximum discharge observed, 2,520 second-feet June 9, 1933 (gage height, about 7.9 feet, present datum, from high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 1,100 second-feet; practically no flow at times in 1937 and 1939 caused by regulation by power plant.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, backwater, or no gage-height record, which are fair. No diversion above station.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
2627OQ&o293031
Oct.
1514141413
1313121314
1312131414
1413121211
1213121212
121211111217
Nov.
3728248555
3835312935
3227282321
1819182020
1619222119
21a 20al7a 22a22-
Dec.
a20a 20a 20a20a22
a22a22a 20
a!5
a 20
\
V a!9
'191919
Jan.
1919191919
1924362724
2323337635
*b27b25b24b23b23
.1> b25I1
^\ bE21 '
b23b25
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................February ......................March ............ ............April .........................May ...........................June ...........................July ..........................August ........................September .....................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
b3Q34342827
2727354034
32292928' 29
2727262£26
2526232323
23E522---
Second- foot-days
399822563
32,446
798787
, f ' Jjgjl
"O O7SA ' 0 C.
«no898 636
50,738
Mar.
*23232321
b20
b2123232222
22252927
b26
b282625
b2527
3335"34
3231
313131303234
Maximum
1785
770
76403£
26f1,1401,000
46 31
1,140
Apr.
3433
b32b33
33
323341
b33
3433323234
3840465896
163166158126"109
104108107158268
May
393474610744'814
786728686680
1,140
866696776602551
518492412356319
296278315372363
3884445246557667_53
Minimum
1116
222032
278358
4518 16
June
744731817834
1,000
820718683793699
605596543466429
487551625708763
807888760931750
631524405412358-
Mean
12.927.418.2
88.7
25.728.1
"
574669157
21 " 2
139
July
274361383356
e310
e2906260e24062206210
e210e200e!60
156136
116104
938480
7369656259
585451504745
Per square mile
0.236 502.333
1.62
.471
.515493
1 3710.5
0 002. 88 531
\ZBB
2.55
Aug.
4241383735
5434343432
3231292927
4246322523
2321212020
20202019
619e!8
Sept.
e!8e!7e!7e!7
18' 27
22191818
1717171616
19621621620620
625e31629628626
e28e25623623e23-
Runoff
Inches
0.27.56.38
22.10
.54
.54"
12.1213 .68
.'ei
.43
34.55
Acre feet
7911,6301,120
64,360
1,5801,5601,6604,460
35,3009*670'
1,780 1,260
100,600
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basi
records, and records for stations on nearby streams.b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.e Stage-discharge relation affected by backwater fr
discharge computed as for no gage-height record.Time baala; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945;
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
uxiliary record at power plant, weather
ervoir (July 5-13) or from beaver dams;
ountain standard time thereafter.
PAYETTE RIVER BASIN 169
Lake Fork Reservoir near McCall, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage and graduations on concrete gate-control structure, of dam on Lake Fork Payette 'River, lat. 44°54', long. 116°03', In NWiNWi sec. 13, T. 18 N., R. 3 E., 3 miles east of McCall. Datum of gage Is at mean sea level (levels by Lake Irrigation District).
Records available.- April 1926 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum contents observed during year, 17,760 acre-feet June 24 (elevation, 5,117.52 feet); no storage during fall and winter.
1926 45: Maximum contents observed, 19,740 acre-feet June 19, 1941 (elevation, 5,118.75 feet); probably no storage above elevation 5,101.0 feet during fall and winter each year,
Remarks.- Reservoir Is formed by earth- and rock-fill dam completed in 1926. Capacity, 16,940 acre-feet between elevations 5,101.0 feet (lower limit of capacity table, 4.0 feet above gate sill of outlet) and 5,117.0 feet (top of flashboards, 5.0 feet above spillway crest). Dead storage unknown. V/ater is used for irrigation of about 6,800 acres of land In vicinity of Norwood. Figures given herein represent contents above 5,101.0 feet. There is some usable storage below elevation 5,101.0 feet, but natural flow passing through reservoir when outlet gates are operating prevents withdrawal of storage to elevation of sill of gates. Gage read once dally. Time of reading variable. Storage figures from gage heights as observed.
Cooperation.- Elevation record and capacity table furnished by Lake Irrigation District.
Contents, in acre-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617'181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
_- --
--
1,1901,158
- --~
----
-----
- ---
Nov.
_- --
_-~--
2,105---
----~
-2,483
-2,525
-
- ---
Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
_-__-
____-
- -_-
_----
____-
1,557__-
1,629-
Hay
____-
_10,850
_13,O8013 , 850
15,S3015,05015,08014,92014,770
14,46014,46014,15014,00013,850
13,77013,690
.14, 620
-
15,080_
15,42015,700
_16,320
June
_16,35O
_16,63016,91O
_16,630
_16,600
16,350_
15, 98016,320
-
16,3SO-
16,600-.-
17,S50'17,51017,51017,76017, 570
17,27016,99016,74016,88016,920
-
July
16,94016,94017,10017,S5017,360
17,41017,43017,43017,36017,S70
17,18017,16017,00016,88016,700
15,47016,24015,99015,73015,450
15,20014,91014,60014,39013,970
13,63013,S8012,94012,6SO12,29011,940
Aug.
11, 58011,24010,86010,53010,170
9,8109,42S9,1768,8388,433
8,1637,8407,5257,2736,971
6,7106,4766,1S65,8965,606
5,4175,1294,8324,6204,397
4,1733,9873,8013,6153,4533,291
Sept.
3,129S.9672,8072,6792,553
S,4552,3712,301S,231S,154
2,0812,0261,9711,9041,843
_---
1,539
_1,509
._-
__--_-
Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Aue. 31.. .................
Elevation "(feet J
5.OOS.6O
Contents (acre-feet)
3.S91
Change in contents during month
(acre-feet)
4 980-8.649
sis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain me thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract
170 PAYETTE RIVER BASIN
LaVe Fort- Payette River below Lake Irrigation District Canal, near McCall, Idaho
Location.- Water-stare recorder, lat. 44°54', long. 116°03', In TWi sec. 13, T. 1R II., R. 3 E., 300 feet downstream from diversion dan for Lake Irrigation District Canal, half a mile downstream from Lake Fork Reservoir, and 3 miles southeast of McCall.
Records available.- October 1940 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 984 second-feet June 6 (gage height, 5.53 feet); Tnlnlnum, 0.5 second-foot (regulated) Nov. 14 (gage height, 1.82 feet): minimum daily, 0.9 second-foot (regulated) Nov. 14.
1940-45: Maximum discharge, 1,380 second-feet June 1, 1943 (gage height, 6.13 feet feet); minimum, 0.4 second-foot (regulated) Mar. 27, 28, 1944; minimum gage height, 1.76 feet Mar. 28, 1944. " .
Remarks.- Records good except those below 5 second-feet, which are fair. Flow regulated by Lake Fork Reservoir (see preceding page). Lake Irrigation District Canal diverts above station.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
2fi2728293031
Oct.
1110101010
1212151524
169.69.69.69.3
9.39.39.39.39.6
9.69.69.69.69.6
9.39.39.39.39.3
10
Nov.
1010101211
1111111112
12116.2.9
4.9
9.39.07.03.73.5
3.53.53.5
60184
181178165155143-
Dec.
1431451159581
6760534741
3835323028
2624232222
2222222121
21202020191C
Jan.
2019191919
1920212122
2223242629
#30313131
b30
b29b28b272727
b27b26b26b252424
Feb.
2425262727
2728?13132
32323333
b52
323132
b3130
b302928
b27b27
b2727
b26---
Month
December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ....................
September. . ................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
27b2626
b26b26
b2625252524
2424
-x-2728
b28
283030
b2830
3132343534
353535353536
Apr.
3637363636
3635394040
4141403939
4041444855
75102131143145
12618192122-
Seoond- f oo t days
334.41,253.01,354
22,788.0
766817910
1,60111,90119,3612,4721,823
875
43,467.4
May
2424262728
303132
151536
906846P52800715
650622550488424
38029192
160244
302376 420514630750
Maximum
24184145
599
313336
1459069561367153
956
June
755765795874940
95688481582O830
735680550396404
416456492576650
710760730785770
655509277192184-
Minimum
9.3.9
19
.4
1924241824
184694815
.9
July
13692988781
8181848484
8075767574
7478787675
7575747576
75.7470706970
Aug.
7171717069
6969666462
6164615755
5758575554
5354494852
515252515050
Mean
10.841.843.7
623
24.729.229.453.4
38464579.758.829.2
119
Sept.
5352504848
3827211515
1616171616
1616172222
2334363635
3434343434-
Runoff in acre-feet
6632,4902,690
45 ,210
1,5201,6201,8003,180
23,61038,4004,9003,62O1,740
86,230
s Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30,
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
PAYETTE RIVER BASIN 171
Lake Irrigation District Canal near McCall, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°54', long. 116°03', in SWi sec. 13, T. 18 N., R. 3 E., 600 feet downstream from head of canal, half a mile south of Lake Fork Reservoir, and 3 miles east of McCall.
Records available.- May 1926 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 152 second-feet July 1-16 (gage height, 4.89 feet); practically no flow during nonirrigation season.
192G-45: Maximum discharge observed, 159 second-feet July 8, 9, 1942 (gage height, 4.96 feet); no flow or small amount of leakage through head gate during nonirrigation seasons.
Remarks.- Records good. Staff gage read once or twice a day. No diversion between head and station. Canal diverts water from right bank of Lake Fork Payette River in SW? sec. 13, T. 18 N., R. 3 E., for irrigation of 6,800 acres of land near McCall and Norwood, in the Lake Irrigation District project.
Cooperation.- Gage readings furnished by Lake Irrigation District.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct.
a23 a23 a23 a23 a 23
a21 a!8 a!6
16 8
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
Octo Nove Dece
Ca
Janu Febri Hare Apri May.June July Augu Sept
ffa
her. .............. .....................
Bber. ............. ....................
lendar year 1944
ary . . .uaryh. .....................................1. .....................................
ember. .................................
ter year 1944-45 ......................a No gage-height r
Reservoir and Lake P Time basis: Mount
To convert war time
Mar. Apr. May June
0 1.0
a2.7 2.8 3.1
a2.9 2.8
a2.8 2.8
a2.8
6.9 a 10
11 11
a!2
13 a 15
26 a34 a35
49 71 87 93
109
133 140 108 133 148
footways MaxinUB Mini-
.194 23 C 0 0 C 0 0 C
.11,553.2 150 0
0 00 0 00 0 00 0 -0 0 0 00
1,268.6 148 0 4,519 152 129 3,102 129 4£
9,856.6 152 0
July
150 152 152 152 152
152 152 152 152 152
152 152 152 152 152
147 143 142 142 142
142142 142 142 140
139 139 139 139 132 129
Aug.
129 129 129 129 12S
127 126 125 127 126
121 116 109 107
99
96 96 96 96 96
96 89 82 79 79
79 73 64 56 50 48
Sept.
44 42 42 43 44
44 44 40 37 36
3634 32 32 32
a32 aS 2
30 a 28
28
a28 13
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
Moan Runoff in Mean acre-feet
6.3 385 0 0 0 0
31.6 22,920
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42.3 2,520 146 8,960 100 6,150
27.0 19,540ecord; discharge interpolated or computed on basis of records for Lake Fork ork Payette River below Lake Irrigation District Canal, ain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter, to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
756837 O - 47 - 12
172 PAYETTE RIVER BASIN
Cruzen Canal at Lake Fork, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°50', long. 116°04', in NEi sec. 3, T. 17 N., R. 3 E., 500 feet below head gates and 1 mile northeast of town of Lake Fork.Records available.- August 1938 to September 1945 (fragmentary).Remarks.- Recor(!s~good. Staff gage read once or twice daily. Flow regulated at head gate of canal. No diversion between head and station. Canal diverts water.from right
bank of Lake Fork Payette River in NEi sec. 3, T. 17 N., R. 3 E., for irrigation. Cooperation.- Gage readings furnished by Lake Irrigation District.
Monthly discharge, 1944-45
Month
September 1-2O. .....
Second- footrdays
941.3 1.789 1,371
362
Maximum
62 62 5037
Minimum
5.2 50 37 10
Heart
31.4 57.7 44.2 18.1
Runoff in acre-feet
1,870 3,550 2,720
718
Porter Creek near Gardena, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 43°57', long. 116°11', in NEi sec. 14, T. 7 N., R. 2 E., atRood.ranch house, 0.6 mile upstream from mouth and 2 miles south of Gardena.
Drainage'area.- 21.2 square miles.Records available.- November 1938 to September 1945 (discontinued). Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed dur,ing year, 108 second-feet May 24 (gage height,
2.60 feet), from rating curve extended above 60 second-feet; minimum observed, 0.1second-foot Aug. 21, 22 (gage height, 0.30 foot).
1938-45: Maximum discharge observed, 181 second-feet Aug. 11, 1941 (gage height,3.58 feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 60 second-feet; no flowat f.lnes.
Remarks.- Records good except those below 1 second-foot and those for periods of iceerrect, which are poor. Gage read twice daily. Several diversions above station forIrrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1.11.21.21.41.4
1.51.92.02.22.2
2.22.02.02.22.2
2.02.02.02.22.2
2.22.52.12.12.0
2.22.22.22.52.53.2
Nov.
3.22.74.06.03.7
3.53.53.53.73.9
3.93.94.63.63.6
3.63.63.63.33.3
3.33.33.63.73.2
3.73.73.63.73.7~
Dec.
3.94.34.03.73.9
«3.73.73.73.7
bl.8
bl.5bl.51)1.7bl.9b2.0
b2.12.22.22.2
b5.0
2.73.33.93.63.5
3.33.53.33.33.7
b3.5
Jan.
b3.53.33.5
b3.53.5
4-0137.15.75.7
*5.76.99.07.88.7
7.57.37.16.96.7
6.05.S
b5.4b5.0b4.7
b4.5b5.01)5.01)4.5b4.S5.0
Feb.
5.79.0
*7.56.46.4
6.97.S
501613
1110272925
2219191414
121311109.3
9.68.5«8.5
_-
Month
December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March. .....................................April. .....................................May. .......................................
July
September. .................................
Hater year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
8.58.59.07.8
1)6.0
1)6.5b7.07.37.57.8
S.2«9.09.8
128.2
9.39.39.69.0
14
1416232018
242522232022
Apr.
212019IS18
1718171615
1614131313
1414172533
3S35312S23
2019202434-
Seoond- foot-days
96.3
2,402.7
162.1400.6401.3623
1,224728121.720.725.2
3,995.9
May
4143505352
4541373134
3430354036
4441413632
3027338829
463540353332
Maximum
5.0
87
1350253888418.21.42.1
88
June
2927323141
3537344035
3231262624
2220191817
1717162016
1514131311
Minimum
1.5.2
3.35.76.0
1327111.4.1.2
.1
July
8.28.27.87.16.2
5.75.04.84.54.2
4.54.34.54.84.3
4.03.33.03.03.0
2.52.11.81.71.7
1.91.81.41.71.92.8
Aug.
1.41.21.11.21.3
1.01.11.31.11.0
1.01.0.8.S.8
.6
.4
.4
.4
.3
.2
.1
.2
.3
.2
.2
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
Mean
3.11
6.56
5.8714.312.920.839.524.33.93.67.34
10.9
Sept.
0.2.2.2.2.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
.3
.4
.4
.5
.41.0
1.81.92.02.02.1
2.12.01.81.81.8-
Runoff In acre-feet
1914,760
361795796
1,2402,4301,440
2414150
7,930
Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
WEISER RIVER BASIN 173
Welser River at Tamarack, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°57', long. 116°23', In sec. 30, T. 19 N., R. 1 E., 0.4 nlle southeast of Tamarack.
Drainage area.- 36.5 square miles.
Records available.- September 1936 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 3G5 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 4.13 feet); minimum observed, 1.8 second-feet Aug. 27 (gage height, 0.59 foot), while water was being stored In mill pond; minimum dally, 2.2 second-feet Aug. 30, Sept. 5, 6.
1936-45: Maximum discharge observed, 775 second-feet Mar. 27, 1940 (gage height. 6.00 feet); minimum observed, 1.7 second-feet July 30, 1938 (gage height, 0.52 foot), while water was being stored in mill pond.
Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect, backwater, regulation, or no gage-height record, which are poor. Gage read once or twice daily. No diversion above station; diurnal fluctuations caused by mill pond at Tamarack. Small flow from Boulder Creek In Salmon River Basin eaters Weiser River above station through trans- mountaln diversion during late Irrigation season.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Daj
1
6
11
16
20
21
25
26 27tSO£&
Oct.
5.55.55.55.85.2
5.25.5
4.8
4.85.25.8
5.25.5
4.85.2
5.2 5.0
NOV.
5.07.17.4
2215
6.56.27.1
a8.010
118.98.37.1
7.1
6.26.87.17.1
6.86.86.86.8
6.8 6.8
~
Dec.
6.86.8
aV.O7.16.8
7.17.1
a6.0t>3,0b3.0
t>3.0b3.5b3.5b3.5a3.5
b3.5a3.5a3. 8
»b3.8
\ b6.0
a6.0
Jan.
a9.0
»b7.5
> a7.0
Feb.
7.78.3
101313
1314151717
1717
*171817
201818
b!817
b!61615
b!415
b!4 14
b!3---
Month
December. ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March. .....................................April ......................................Hay
September. .................................
Rater year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
1312131212
1212121213
1518293441
3229282629
6089
1088677
71 6569637092
Apr.
9689837572
8094
187165134
124102
98112152
174196SIS238292
361327292250207
191 186174180210
Second- foot-days
238 7165.9
5,302.1
2°0 5422
1 254
5 029
113.5
14,964.9
May
243257279289287
25421518015 2149
141130162164164
169176170150134
120.99106129119
11011998958386
Maximum
9 8
7.1
146
108
£89
8.3
361
June
83e80
82e80
95
e95e90
389788
7966635753
4639413932
29282639
635
3324242420
Minimum
3.C
_
2.£
2.2
July
SO191719
e 15
1114121413
11131311
elO
129.2
11109.8
9.28.98.68.68.3
8.0 8.07.77.78.07.7
Aug.
7.47.16.86.25.0
6.0
7.107.107.1
C7.1o7.17.16.86.2
5.04.55.0
5.0
4.0
4.2
5.5 63.03.02.42.22.4
Mean
) 549
) 5.35
17.2
3.78
41.0
Sept.
2.42.6
e3.02.62.2
2.24.52.44.24.0
2.83.02.8S.82.6
2.42.83.43.0
8.36.86.25.24.8
5.5 5.04.04.23.8
Runoff in acre-feet
473329
12,500
225
29,680
» Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a Ho gage-height recprd; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station at
Starkey.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.c Backwater from beaver dams; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for
station at 3tarkey.e Gage height affected by operation of mill pond; discharge computed on basis of selected gage
readings, weather records, observer's notes, and records for station at Starkey.Tine baeiei Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war tine to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
1 '* WEISER RIVER BASIN
Welser River at Starkey, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°51', long. 116°27', In sec. 34, T. 18 N., R. 1 W. at Starkey Hot Springs (Starkey post office), 10 miles north of Council.
Drainage area.- 106 square miles.
Records available.- August to September 1920, March 1939 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 814 second-feet Apr.-22 (gage height, 4.27 feet;; minimum, 9.6 second-feet Dec. 9 (gage height, 1.22 feet).
1920, 1939-45: Maximum discharge, 2,450 second-feet Mar. 27, 1940 (gage height, 6.00 feet), from rating curve extended above 700 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 8.0 second-feet Aug. 31, 1939, Aug. 23, 1940; minimum gage height, 1.04 feet Aug. 31, 1939.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those below 30 second-feet, which are good, and those for Cecember to February, which are fair. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mill pond at Tamarack. Several small diversions from river and tributaries above station.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except period of ice effect(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used June 25 to Aug. 29)
C.O 2.2 2.5 2 Ssii
75126195280
3.5 3.9 4.3
430615830
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1717171717
1717171717
1717181818
1817181717
1717171717
171717171826
Nov.
3223247563
4136353865
5745403532
2933323030
3029303028
3030212931-
Dec.
3031272730
2928271715
1415172020
£12122
*2325
2828262928
282828292827
Jan.
2727272726
2630333029
2930354344
4644444039
3338383434
303234313536
Feb.
3547636360
5960
113132111
9787
*848678
7473706263
5260555147
485248---
Month
October. ...................................Novembe r ...................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ...................
January. ................................. .February. .......... ................. .....March. .....................................April. ............. ........... ...........May............ ...........................June ........... ...... . . ...............July.... ...................................August ......................... ...........September. . ....... ... ........... .......
Water year 1944-45 ......... ............
Mar.
4947494335
4547444245
5264
111128118
115107
9888
130
274329340287247
220205205190192232
Apr.
250238223208192
195215350343294
274238223238277
336386426488630
780753655556457
398382374422534-
Second- foot-days
54£1,083
766
22,881
1,0511,9304,178
11,335
7,0891,424
661604
45,906
May
635660714764764
692590498430524
511452570610542
542590534475414
374329326354378
362362326312315294
Maximum
266531
374
46132340780764434
932737
780
June
265244262256366
410414386434406
362322284250223
205188175163161
152149136134161
139120111111100-
Minimum
1214
12
2«3£3£
19 £29410C
2r
1CIE
14
July
9390807064
6061585652
4745464746
3940383634
3331313030
282828282827
Aug.
2625242425
2326272524
2423232223
2220202020
1917IS1818
171918171816
Mean
7 17.536.124.7
62.5
33.968.9
135' 378
23645.9
soli126
Sept.
1815161619
2320181918
1817171718
19a!9a!9
1919
3730262525
1820192020
Runoff in acre feet
1,0802,1501,520
45,370
2,0803,8308,290
22,48030,23014,060
2, 8201,3101,200
91,050
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated. Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 10-24. Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945;
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.mountain standard time thereafter.
WEISER RIVER BASIN
Welser River near Council, Idaho
175
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°41', long. 116°29', In sec. 29, T. 16 N., R. 1 W. 0.7 mile downstream from Cottonwood Creek, 2 miles upstream from Middle Fork, and 3i miles southwest of Council.
Drainage area.- 390 square miles.
Records available.- April 1937 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,690 second-feet Feb. 8 (gage height, 6.70 feet;; minimum, 38 second-feet (regulated) July 26 (gage height, 0.77 foot); minimum daily, 42 second-feet July 25.
1937-45: Maximum discharge, 6,700 second-feet Mar. 16 or 17, 1938 (gage height, 7.6 feet from floodmark, site and datum then In use), from rating curve extended above 3,500 second-feet; minimum, 22 second-feet (regulated) June 29, 1940 (gage height, 0.89 foot); minimum dally, 24 second-feet June 28, 1940.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Flow partly regulated by Lost Valley Reservoir (see p. 178) and other reservoirs. Many diversions above station for Irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
5353545453
5154555554
5556576260
6059565354
- 5556565656
575656575777
Nov.
967781
270196
126110
99100406
£54166145121106
9699968983
84848586SO
8286787185~
Dec.
88114100
9298
95898169
b52
b47b50b57b60b63
b65b65
*b657280
8080
b657370
69b68
686969
a60
Jan.
a 70a66b70a67a72
a 70a75a 90a88a 86
a90allOaS40a280a260
a250a220a!90alSOa!70
a!60*158
144121116
98b8511110O100105
Feb.
108281607492473
441533
1,9501,330
868
690*575
652599466
402379366315304
251261244218196
196211194---
Month
October ....................................November ...................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ...................................FebruaryMarch...... ................................April ......................................Ifav ay. .......................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
203190196180140
155170
,164155164
192259473564492
459451420392
1,020
2,1201,7101,6001,170
990
915755742681635702
Apr.
729668619568533
503521746746668
631560503495548
743724804905
1,140
1,4701,4801,3101,130
950
845814791868
1,070
Seoond- foot-days
1.74 1!3,644 2,273
71,171
4,04£13, 60S18,459
42^13021,5413,0641 8462 149
138,479
May
1,3401,4701,6201,7801,870
1,8201,6501,4601,3201,480
1,4701,2901,5201,5701,470
1,4801,6401,4901,3301,180
1,080970960
1,0601,170
1,1001,1901,1101,0401,0401,140
Maximum
77406114
1,140
2801,9502,1201,480
l)350232
70128
2,120
June
876786868876
1,220
1,3501,3401,2301,3001,210
1,08097086377S698
595537503477451
426409379347409
395329293285261-
Minimum
574
4
61014(
96i26
455
4
July
232216196174160
142131117104
95
899282
11796
8481827568
6254484342
486565706965
Aug.
6362616060
6264706562
6360606163
6056575657
5857565654
575958575656
Mean
L 56.4L 1217 73.3
l 1 Q4
5 1303 486) 595
i 799) 1,359
2 98. 8l 59.52 71.6
3 379
Sept.
5556555458
7063636164
6464656362
6669696672
1121281009896
8885755652
Runoff in ao re-feet
4707*2304)510
141,200
8,020
36)610
83)56042,730
3)6604,260
274 , 700
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a Bo gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station
near Cambridge.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
176 WEISER RIVER BASIN
Weiser River near Cambridge, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°35', long. 116°38', In NE* sec. 1, T. 14 N , R 3 W., 2t miles northeast of Cambridge and 2i miles upstream from Rush Creek.
Drainage area.- 605 square miles.
Records available.- March 1939 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,960 second-feet F^b. 8 (gage height, 7 54 feet;; minimum, 43 second-feet Dec. 11 (gage height, 0.97 foot).
1939-45: Maximum discharge, 6,670 second-feet Mar. 31, 1940 (gage height, 8 30 feet); minimum, 23 second-feet (regulated) Oct. 1, 1943 (gage height, 0.78 foot): mlnl- Tmm daily, 27 second-feet Sept. 2, 3, 1940.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those below 50 second-feet, which are good Flow Partly regulated by Lost Valley Reservoir (see p. 178 ) and other reservoirs. Di versions above station for irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1
45
678910
1112131415
1617161920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
4951525353
5054596161
6168637272
7374727273
7473767677
767472737692
Nov.
168122115499385
220178158151542
433281240204180
162164164153143
140136138140131
127138120109133-
Dec.
138176170147155
15314714011285
7276858993
9310296
107119
131134106127120
11511011011511292
Jem.
11999
10799
114
107115142136134
143158532756718
680512425359302
253235248215193
170140184172168176
Feb.
180412
1,050944830
830992
3,4802,7101,560
1,2901,1101,2801,280
950
818772761664623
499499468413367
359385359__-
Month
December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
April. .....................................Bay. .......................................
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
370345359345267
270302302293309
356476860950860
789' 766 >
734706
1,830
3,6002,6402,2701,7301,470
1,3401,1901,1401,1201,0201,050
Apr.
1,060992938854818
772778980
1,040950
920848772744784
890974
1,0601,1901,470
1,8301,8801,7301,5401,330
1,2101,1801,1601,2801,560
Second- foot-days
3,627
120,429
1,8992,426
225,787
May
1,8902,1102,3802,7002,880
2,8602,6102,360 2,1602,410
2,5102,1402,6002,5902,340
2,3902,7502,3302,1001,860
1,7301,5801,5901,7501,890
1,7901,8901,7901,7601,7701,960
Maximun
176
1,560
3,480
50472166
3,600
June
1,6801,5301,6201,6802,110
2,2602,1902,0002,0401,940
1,7401,6201,4801,3401,230
1,1201,0401 ,000"974944
91490S842789848
824706618608559
Minimum
72
37
645551
49
July
504459409359325
306267242215193
18017416S180182
160142136131122
10992867769
648385909079
Aug.
6563595757
.5761726968
6967646364
6961616159
5757585756
576161585655
Mean
117
329
924
61.380.9
619
Sept.
5452525152
6368656264
6363646764
7072777676
104166129124119
1151071099385
Runoff in ao re-feet
7,190
238 ,900
51,340
4,810
447,800
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
WEISER RIVER BASIN 177
Weiser River above Crane Creek, near Weiser, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°18', long. 116°48', in sec. 10, T. 11 N., R. 4 W., 1 mile upstream from Crane Creek and 9 miles northeast of Weiser.
Eralnage area.- 1,160 square miles.
F-.cords available.^ July 1920 to September 1345.
Average discharge.- 24 years (1921-45), 838 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,620 second-feet Feb. 9 (gage height, 7.93 feet); minimum recorded, 46 second-feet Sept. 5 (gage height, 0.86 foot).
1920-45: Ifeximum discharge, 16,900 second-feet I1ar. 19, 1932 (gage height, 10.8 feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 9,000 second-feet by loga rithmic plotting; minimum, 5 second-feet (estimated) Aug. 11 to Sept. 10, 1931.
P"marks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Flow partly regulated by Lost Valley Reservoir (see p. 178) and other reservoirs. Diversions above station for irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feat, water year October 1944 to September 1945
T -J Oct .
1 79? 77
8684
f> 86
6 868£
f 8Ep 93
3" 93
] 1
] c
]
'
£1»..,,*- *'
r*«.'-<.. '
3886883693
100105102105100
102100100102102
100100100100100110
Nov.
143185155374695
38227S237222544
752464376330279
250229233222210
203196192199192
182189192
a!50a 185
-
Dec.
a!90a24Ca230a200a 210
a 210a20Ga 190a!50a!20
alOOallO*120
125130
130140130150160
180185140170160
155150150155150130
Jem.
160140150140160
150160200190130
190230600
1,4001,320
1,380994782654559
448393453387302
270240320290280300
Feb.
3201,000
*2,,5402,1901,620
1,9001.49C5,5306.94C3,550
2,6502.38C2,5403,1901,900
1,4301,3401,3301,2901,100
904820790730660
634647660---
Month
Member ...................................
"""'"irusry
~ -il ......................................
-~ly............................... ........
''->tember. .................................
""Tier year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
709634640654487
426470481511565
688828
1,2401,4001,340
1,1301,0501,0501,0103,200
6,5404,7803,8803,0102,400
2,1601,8601,6001,6801,4501,440
Apr.
1,4401,3301,2301,1201,050
986960
1,0601,2801,150
1,0701,040
928365880
9771,0801,2001,3801,750
2,3502,6202,4202,1501,790
1,5701,4801,4401,5401,940
Second- fee t-days
2
4,960
3,665
344,369
Hay
2,4802,8003,1003,4703,740
3,8003,5903,3103,0403,080
3,7203,0803,5003,5603,320
3,4003,8703,4003,0602,700
2,4602,2202,2102,6003,130
2,7102,8602,7102,7102,7603,080
Maximum
240
250
6,940
June
2,3602,6002,6202,9403,190
4,0003,6303,3403,2603,190
2,8802,6602,4002,1201,900
1,7401,5801,5001,4501,400
1,3301,2801,1901,1101,100
1,140960850790768-
Minimum
100
73 5C
5C
July
674614571517470
420355315270241
225214210210241
207188168168155
149123118110107
9790
108107110110
Aug.
107102
953684
8893
100107105
107107105102
95
9090848179
7779817973
737573818681
Mean
94 50 *
160
89. 2
943
Sept.
7370
a66a60
50
6266959593
9593908886
8697
102112112
137225250218210
207192185185165-
Runcff in acre-feet
9,840
OOY f 7UU
683,000
" Winter discharge measurement made on this day. \ Ho gage-height records discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for other
>-'\tlons on Weiser River. ' I?te *r staS8-dlscharge relation affected by ice Dec. 13 to Jan. 14, Jan. 26 to Feb. 2.''ime baela; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
178 WEISER RIVER BASIN
West Fork Weiser River near Frultvale, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°50', long. 116°28', In NWi sec. 9, T. 17 N., R. 1 W., atbridge, li miles northwest of Frultvale and li miles upstream from mouth, prior +o Iky19-iO, staff gage 320 feet upstream at datum 1.00 foot higher.
Drainage area.- 78 square miles. Kecords available.- October 1910 to January 1913, October 1919 to September 1925, April
1937 to September 1945. Extremes.- Maximum daily discharge during year, 550 second-feet May 5, 6; minimum dally,
6.7 second-feet Nov. 25, 28.1910-13, 1919-25, 1937-45: Maximum discharge observed, 1,170 second-feet Mar. 31,
1940; ninimum observed, 0.5 second-foot July 23-27, 1911. Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record,
which' are poor. Gage usually read once dally. Several diversions above and belowstation for Irrigation. Flow regulated by Lost Valley Reservoir (see p. 178).
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
a2929292927
2729292929
2929293029
a2929292929
2829
a292827
2727272727
a29
Nov.
3030
a32a5035
3430303034
a2821191710
d9.317161513
13a!38.48-4d6.7
9.38.46.8
1016-
Dec.
1615121716
a!5b!311
blOb9
b8b9b9bioblO
*bllbllbllb!2
*t>13
b!3b!3allbllall
bllbioblOblObioblO
Jan.
blOblOblOblOblO
blOblO121112
1315233051
e45421033
b30
b29b27b24a20b!9
b!6a!3a!7b!5b!4b!5
Feb.
b!74381
a7581
5760
195138
a!20
a 100*77766865
55a54524543
5038363641
433229-_-
Month
October. ................... ..... ...November. ........................ . . ......December. ............. ....................
Calendar year 1944 .....................
January. ............... ................. .February. .......... ................. ....March.......... ............................April. .....................................May........................................June ............ ..........................July. ......................................August .....................................September. ..... ......... k .............. .
Water year 1944-45 ... ............. ....
Mar.
32293032
b25
b3o34252529
3445748477
71a 686549
233
*254243228145103
136115123103103127
Apr.
103115103105
alOO
85a90
a 100a 105111
9685797679
111127145178233
286E33192149136
127136145202314
Second- foot-days
882600. 2358
16,308.2
6361,8072,7714,146
12,0863,078
8691,5781,408
30,219.2
May
404479
a510a530a 550
a550a520484453430
401394430488460
476480
a430380327
297258243248274
274274280269
a260233
Maximu*
305017
205
51195254314550203535358
550
June
10985
100122166
184192184203184
172168153
a!50a!30
585553
a 5353
5150484763
55a 504847
a45
Minimum
276.78
6.7
10172576
23345134814
6.7
July
a43a40a37a34a31
2927262420
191716
a!5a!4
1624222020
1316161616
465053514850
Aug.
a5050505150
4853515053
5353535351
5151515150
5051505151
51a 5151504950
Mean
28.520.011.5
44.6
20.564.589.4
13839010328.050.946.9
82.8
Sept.
a 50a 50505058
4747
a48a4950
a4948
a4Sa 50a50
5151515153
a5353
a 525151
a 515116
a!514
Runoff in acre- feet
1,7501,190
710
32,340
1,2605,5805,5008,220
23,9706,1101,7203,1302,790
59,930
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Lost Creek near Tamarack, and
Inflow between stations on Weiser River at Starkey and near Council.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of gage reading 1.00 foot lower,.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter*
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.Lost Valley Reservoir near Tamarack, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°57'30", long. 116°28', In sec. 28, T. 19 N., R. 1 W., a short distance upstream from outlet gates near left end of dam on Lost Creek, 4 miles
west of Tamarack, and 16 miles north of Council. Drainage area.- 29.4 square miles.Records available.- May to September 1924, May 1926 to September 1945. Extremes.- Maximum gage height observed during year, 26.26 feet June 9; minimum observed,
13.20 feet Nov. 9.1924, 1926-45: Maximum gage height observed, 26.90 feet May 14, 1940; no storage at
times during several years prior to 1938. Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by earth dam completed in 1910 and raised 6 feet in 1929. Permanent splllvray crest is at gage height 22.26 feet; during 1938 temporary flashboard
structure was raised to permit storage to gage height about 26 feet. Water is used for irrigation of lands In VIeiser River Basin.
Cooperation.- Several gage readings furnished by Lost Valley Reservoir Co.
WEISER RIVER BASIN 179
Gage height, in feet, of Lost Valley Reservoir near Tamarack, Idaho, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Oct. 15 Nov. 9 Mar. 30 May 5
Gage height
14.60 13.20 17.18 25.80
Date
May 18 19 20 29
Gage height
25.30 25.12 24.99 24.76
Date
May 31 June 5
9 12
Gage height
24.74 26.00 26.26 26.18
Date
June 15 July 18 Aug. 30 Sept. 19
Qage height
26.04 26.06 20.89 18.28
Lost Creek near Tamarack, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°57', long. 116°28', in sec. 28, T. 19 N., R. 1 W. a quarter of a nile downstream from dam of Lost Valley Reservoir, 4 miles west of Tamarack, and 16 miles north of Council.
Drainage area.- 29.4 square miles.
Records available.- January 1910 to August 1914, May 1920 to September 1921, May 1924 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 15 years (1930-45), 34.3 second-feet.
ExtrsTnes (regulated).- Maximm discharge during year, 393 second-feet Hay 6 (gape height, 3.18 feet}; minimum recorded, 5 second-feet Nov. 10-25, but may have been less during period of no gage-height record.
1910-14, 1920-21, 1924-45: Maximum discharge, about 688 second-feet May 17, 18, 1921 (gage height, 4.29 feet); practically no flow at tines when gates in dan were closed.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. No diversion between reservoir and station; practically entire flow diverted below station during irrigation season. Flow regulated by Lost Valley Reservoir (see p.178).
Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected by employees of Lost Valley Reservoir Co.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
3231313132
3231323232
3231313029
2928282828
2828272727
272727262626
Nov.
2626262626
262626155
55555
55555
55555
t '-
Dec.
5
Jan.
5
Feb.
6
__-
Month
October. ...................................November. ........................ .........December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January .................................. .February. ....................... ..........March. .....................................April. .....................................May. .......................................June .......................................July.. .....................................August ........................ ........ ...September. . ...............................
Water year 1944-45 ......... ............
Mar.
> 6
77
Apr.
77667
77777
77777
77788
88S88
911274393-
Second- foot-days
906328155.
9,030
155168188363
7,373I, 361
7401,585
*14,560
May
143196244290350
3S2368343315298
287273280294298
294290277254228
204184168141138
14615515515014880
Maximum
3226
83
9338293545347
382
June
913284458
7383879293
8886787346
1316202225
2627273038
3834323230
Minimum
265
5
680g
11476
-
July
2726242220
1917161414
1313121211
1420181615
1413131322
545454545353
Aug.
5353535352
5252525151
5151525252
5252525252
5151515151
494949484847
Mean
29.210.95.0
24.7
5.06.06.1
12 .1
45. 4
51.141.3
39.9
Sept.
4747464646
4746464646
4645464646
4646464545
4544444444
4433776
Runoff in acre-feet
1,800651307
1 rt qpOJ. ( , ,7fcV*
307333373720
14,6202,7001,4703,1402, 460
28,880
Hote.- Ho gage-height record Nov. 26 to Mar. 29; discharge computed on basis of record of jjate changes.
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3O, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
180 WEISER RIVER BASIN
Middle Fork Weiser River near Mesa, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°39', long. 116°27', in NWi .sec. 10, T. 15 N., R. 1 W., at old highway bridge, If miles north of Mesa and 2& miles upstream from mouth.
Drainage area.- 86.5 square miles.
Records available.- August 1919 to November 1921, April 1937 to September 1945. October 1910 to August 1913 at site three-quarters of a mile upstream.
Extremes.- Maximum-discharge observed during year. 773 second-feet May 10 (gage height, 3.44 reet); minimum observed, 0.2 second-foot Aug. 28 to Sept. 3; minimum gage height observed, 0.09 foot Aug. 29.
1919-21, 1937-45: Maximum discharge observed, 1,380 second-feet May 1, 1938, from rating curve extended above 1,000 second-feet; no flow at times in 1937, 1939-41.
Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect or doubtful or no gage- height record, which are poor-. Gage read twice daily. Mesa Orchards Canal diverts about Gi miles above station.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 tc September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1.51.82.02.62.8
3.03.43.43.83.8
3.63.66.68.47.4
7.06.67.06.67.0
7.07.48.47.07.4
7.38.9
11111522
Nov.
46d35d20dlOOd70
d4019182861
S362322417
19IS192021
21d20d20d20d20
d20d20d202222-
Dec.
2422222118
18171614
b!3
b!2bl3b!4b!4b!6
«b!8b20*222222
2628242424
28262422
b22b22
Jan.
b22b22b22b22b22
b22d22d35d35d35
d35d70135159140
11385585345
42453632d30
b25b25b25b25b25b25
Feb.
b4012710587115
294481309150113
113*961217087
56
5873555068
495359---
Month
December . ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
Febr Hare
May. .......................................
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 .'.....................
Mar.
5956
d55d55d50
535355d50d50
d50d65d85d85d85
d80 d70d70d70180
197148135115107
117115103101113127
Apr.
11390928567
56528510575
7667757675
71S3105137222
261207210212190
159200217183217-
Seccnd- foct-days
204.8
628
21,284.7
1,4373,215 2,7593,86315,91210,3261,335.0
5S.9153.8
41,399.5
Hay
366449445510545
527597519592754
602580646646575
545530540461394
363347378525500
480461530510490505
llaximum
2210026
332
159481 197261754690134
5.916
754
June
510480475535690
662530505500435
424412399351326
315298275281268
262246240231234
208191175165153-
Minimum
1.51712
-.4
2240 5052
3471537.0.2.2
.2
July
13411910797i92
7562575250
4745433337
3329272521
2119171614
1311108.J8.]7.C
Aug.
5.94.94.44.13.6
3.43.64.94.13.4
2.92.42.01.71.5
1.0.7.6.4
a. 4
.3a. 3a. 3a. 3a. 3
a. 3.3
a. 2.2
a. 2.2
Mean
6.6131.920.3
58.2
4S.O115 89.012951336143.11.905.13
113
Sept.
aO.2.2.2.3.4
.5
.4
.4
.4
.4
.4
.4
.4
.5
.6
1.02.22.22.53.2
1216141413
1413141413-
Runoff in acre-feet
4061,9001,250
42,220
2,9506,360 5,4707,66031.56021 ,4702,650
117305
82,180
Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice,d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records, inflow to Weiser
River between stations near Council and near Cambridge, and records for stations on nearby streams.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
WEISER RIVER BASIN 181
Mesa Orchards Canal near Mesa, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°38', long. 116°25', in sec. 14, T. 15 N., R. 1 W., 1,500 feet upstream from end of flume, li miles northeast of Mesa, and 3 miles downstream from head gates.
records available.- 1924, 1928, 1930-45 (Irrigation seasons only).
1""tremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 39 seconrt-feet July 17 (gage height, 2.44 feet); no flow at times.
1924, 1928, 1930-45: Maximum discharge observed, that of July 17, 1945; maximum gage height observed, 2.46 feet Aug. 3-7, 1943; no flow during nonirrigatlon seasons.
"emarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. Gage usually read twice dally and gate changes noted. Canal diverts from Middle Fork Weiser River in SEitWi sec. 9, T. 15 N., R. IE., for Irrigation of Mesa orchards and for domestic supply of Mesa. Flow regulated by gates In diversion dam and waste gates In flume above gage.
'" ooperation.- Gage readings furnished by The Mesa Co.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945r«*
i2345
6789 o
M\Z"3'4'5
'.7 181920
2122232425
262728 293031
Oct.
12a!212
all10
a9S
asa99
a8S
a876
a6a6 a6a6a6
a66
a200
000 000
Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
r itober. ...................................v member . ........................ .........1 member. ..................................
Calendar year ......................
} Miuary. ..................................."" x>>ruary ...................................'"^rch. .....................................Mril... ...................................'"''V. ....................................... !" me .......................................}-\\y.............. .........................t igjist .....................................r tember . .................................
Water year ......................
Mar. Apr.
a3a4a4
a4
a4a4444
44555
66 677
67767
77778
Second- foot-days
181
-
___
163337376
1,026907506-
May
S9
1088
109
101111
1011111111
1011121211
1112121212
48
17161415
Maximum
12
-
___8
17163935
-
June
1514141516
1414141414
1416141414
1414 14108
e888S
1012131312
Minimum
0
-
___348
18
_
-
July
1216212223
2728313234
353637363S
3839 3S3838
3838383838
3S3737 3S3736
Aug.
3534353535
3435353534
3432313029
2827 272627
2626252424
.I
V a24I'
Mean
5.8
-
___
5.410.912.533.129.316.9
-
Sept.
1L a23fI.
> a22
1
.I> a20
1.
\ B.ZZ
1a23
a!6
a6
-
Runoff in acre- feet
359
-
__
323668746
2,0401,8001,000
-
a Mo gage-height record; discharge Interpolated or computed on basta of reported gate changes and "ecords for Hlddle Fork Welaer River near Keaa and Little Welaer River near Indian Valley.Time basisi Hoimtain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter,
'"o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
182 WEISER RIVER BASIN
Johnson Creek below Johnson Park, near Coimcil,' Idaho
Location- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°46', long. 116°38', in SEi sec. 36, T. 17 N., R. 3 W., 50 feet downstream from Johnson Park Creek, three-quarters of a mile south east of Johnson Park, and 10 miles northwest of Council.
Drainage area.- 5 square miles.
Records available.- March 1941 to September 1945 (no winter records).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 241 second-feet May 30 (gage height, 3.00 feet), from rating curve extended above 75 second-feet; minimun recorded, 1.2 second-feet Dec. 18, Sept. 1-5, 10-17.
1941-45: Maximum discharge, that of May 30, 1945; minimum recorded, 0.5 second-foot Sept. 18, 1941.
Remarks.- Records fair. No diversion or regulation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1Z345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
.7
.7
.7
.7
.7
.7
.6
.7
.7
.7
.7
.7
.9
.1
.8
.8
.8
.7
.7
.7
.7
.7
.7
.6
.6
.6
.6
.6
.61.75.7
Nov.
3.12.19.4
467.7
4.34.44.13.5-
_----
____-
_-__-
_--_--
Dec.
tl.2
Jan. Feb.
Month
October ....................................November 1-9 ............... ... .........December. ................................ .
Calendar year ...................
January. ................................. .February. ............................ .....March. .....................................April. .......... ............... ..........May............. .... .....................June. ........ . . ..........................July. ......................... ............August .....................................September. . . ..............................
Bater year ......................t Result of discharge measurement.
Mar.
_-_--
_----
_-_--
____-
._.._-
____
tb2.3b2.5
Apr.
V
1> b2.51J
3.43.43.53.53.5
3.53.53.53.53.5
3.63.84.76.19.6
1318262121
2526294155-
May
6271829294
92898681102
791021078578
11079675856
5450607661
7067707010289
June
7972a74a72a95
a75a60a50a45a40
a37a33a3 2a 2826
2524232323
2323222526
2321202018-
Says Maximum Minimum
57.1 5.7 1.685.1 46 2.1
_
_- - -
350.1 55.02,441 110 501,157 95 18
222.4 15 2.£64.2 4.0 1.247.9 4.8 l.E
_
July
1514131212
11109.49.18.8
8.57.97.37.36.8
6.46.46.05.65.2
4.64.54.34.13.9
3.63.43.23.23.02,9
Aug.
2.92.S
a3.0a3.0a3.0
a2.5aS.Oa4.0aS.5a3.0
a2.51.81.81.81.7
1.71.61.61.61.6
1.51.51.41.41.4
1.51.61.41.41.41.3
Sept.
1.31.31.21.21.7
1.71.51.41.31.3
1.21.21.81.21.2
1.21.3al.3al.31.5
T4.82.42.0
al.8al.8
al.8al.7al.7al.7al.7
-
u Runoff in Mean acre-feet
1.S4 " 1139.46 169
_
__ _
11.7 69478.7 4,84038.6 2,2907.17 4412.07 1271.60 95
_
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Little Weiser River nearIndian Valley and other stations on nearby streams.
b Stage-discharge relation affected ly ice.f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record. Time basis: Mountain war time UD to 2 a.m.. Sect. 30, 1945: mountain standard time thereafter.
WEISER RIVER BASIN 183
Bacon Creek near Mesa, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. M^SV'SO", long. 116°28'40", in NEi sec. 20, T. 15N., R. 1 W., If miles west of Mesa and 5i miles upstream from mouth. Prior to May 19,1945, staff gage at same site and datum.
Records available.- June 1944 to September 1945 (Irrigation seasons only). Extremes.- 19441Maximum discharge observed during period June to September, 16 second-
feet June 17 (gage height, 1.71 feet); minimum, 5.9 second-feet Aug. 28 (gage height,0.98 foot).
1945: Maximum discharge recorded during period May to September, 38 second-feetprobably Sept. 21 (gage height, 2.52 feet, from recorded range in stage); minimum, 3.6second-feet July 7 (gage height, 0.70 foot).
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.Bacon Creek is the natural wasteway for irrigation water on Mesa orchards tract, andnatural flow is augmented by surface and sub-surface runoff from this source.
Cooperation.- U. S. Bureau of Reclamation furnished gage readings for period June toSeptember 1944 and one discharge measurement.
Discharge, In second-feet, 1944-45 1944
Day
12545678910
June
_--------_
July
9.89.58.78.79.S109.27.7
119.S
Aug.
14121513121314121312
Sept.
119.7
1012
a!2allallalOa9.69.1
Day
111213141516171819HO
June_-_--_16
a!5a 1312
July
107.97.47.08.27.48.49.08.20.5
Aug.
1313
a!212131112S.49.S9.5
Sept.
7.68.S8.8S.27.9
aS.59.29.8
10a9.4
Day
212223242526272S293031
June
1212119.8
10111111109.0-
July
1312111114141212141113
Aug.
9.09.S9.810S.47.96.85.97.46.89.S
Sept.
8.8101212107.79.0S.O8.87.6-
a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated.Bate.- Discharge measurement of 8.1 second-feet was made on Oct. 13, 1943.
1944-45Da$| Oct.12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
1
t5.5
Nov. Dec.
tO. 6
Jan. Feb.____-
t2.4___-
._
t20_-
____-
__---
_____-
Mar. Apr. May____-
____-
___-
___
9.39.5
8.78.49.71410
7.66.8
10111112
June1010141219
1312101110
7.69.S
111010
10119.5S.O6.7
6.36.36.87.87.6
7.46.36.47.56.4
July
5.95.35.15.55.2
5.65.16.05.96.3
6.67.47.58.48.4
1012121212
1416171515
16151716IS17
(IUR.
1414141514
1622202020
1716151515
1313121212
1212109.29.0
101210109.58.2
Sept.
6.75.95.95.S8.2
9.39.2109.S9.5
8.07.58.27.5
aS.O
S8.0aS.OaS.OalOall
a2518161412
9.06.96.4«6.36.2-
t Result of discharge measurement.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for stations
on nearby streams.
Monthly discharge, In second-feet, 1944-45
Month
July
September . ..................................
January ...............................
March. ......................................April.......................................May 19-31, 1945. ............................
July... ........'.............................
September . ..................................
The period.. ..............................
Second- foot-days
2S7.5
_
-
2S4.3
-
Maximum
12
-
-
_
18
25
-
Minimum
5 97.6
-
-
5.8
-
Mean
12 2
9.58
-
-
9.4S
-
Runoff in acre-feet
339
570
2,200-
564
2,870
Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
184 WEISER RIVER BASIN
Pine Creek near Cambridge, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°35', long. 116°44', In SWi sec. 32, T. 15 N R. 3 W., 300 feet upstream from West Fork and 3.2 miles northwest of Cambridge. Prior to Aug. 29, 1945, staff gage 15 feet upstream at same datum.
Records available.- April 1938 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 363 second-feet Mar. 21; maximum gage height observed, 3.05 feet June 5, 9, 10 (log jam); minimum discharge observed, 3.0 second-feet Aug. 18, 19, 22-25, 28; minimum gage height observed, 0.47 foot Oct. 3.
1938-45: Maximum discharge observed, 392 second-feet Apr. 1, 1940 (gage height, 3.26 feet), from rating curve extended above 250 second-feet; minimum observed, 2 second-feet on several days July to October 1939, July and August 1940.
Remarks.- Records good except those below 10 second-feet, which are fair, and those for periods of ice effect or backwater from logs, which are poor. Gage read twice dally. Several diversions above station for irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6
11
16
21
2*
26
Oct.
4.64.84.64.64.6
5.15.15.15.15.1
5.15.75.46.26.2
6.26.66.66.96.9
6.96.96.66.96.9
6.96.96.96.97.3
10
Nov.
9.19.1
114928
2116151531
1919161515
1515151414
1313131312
1313101213-
Dec.
1313131313
13 1210
98
e8876
*778
1011
109999
98S88S
Jan.
S7777
78989
1113161724
2220171512
1415131313
1079
121415
Feb.
1742393232
*3240
160118
65
575367
*5345
4340373331
2826252725
222222---
Month
December . ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March. .....................................
May........................................
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
2222232215
le19212019
2130313634
3538333S
292
276222192144122
10598
*87908176
Apr.
6962575344
4144444141
4139363231
3233425257
8076807560
5246465770-
Second- foot-days
292
8,114.4
2 282
224.7
14,543.4
May
S7100135150163
165142142138174
15214S133107
98
122114
908175
7063628776
SISO
102122
c!20c!30
Maximum
4913
131
80
230
14
292
June
o!400140015001700230
02100190olSO01900150
146137116105100
9392
107105110
11095868488
9569524639
Minimum
g6
3.
4.
3.
July
3534332723
202019IS21
22IS201818
1717151514
1313131312
131315131110
Aug.
1113111010
10111614d9.S
dlld9.8dS.4d8.4
8.4
5.86.24.23.4
a3.6
3.83.43.43.83.8
3.83.83.84.04.04.3
Mean
9.4
L 22.2
113
I 7 32) 7.49
1 39.8
Sept.
4.0.4.04.34.64.9
4.64.64.64.65.2
5.25.55.25.25.2
6.25.86.25.89.0
12141412IE
1212111110
Runoff in acre- feet
579
16,090
752
7 190
446
28,860
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a Ho gage reading; discharge interpolated.c Stage-discharge relation affected by backwater from logs; di-^-harge computed on basis of ob
server's notes and records for stations on nearby streams.d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis .." jage heights 0.10 foot lower.Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. S to Jan. 12, Jan. 17-30, Mar. 4-6.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
WEISER RIVER
Little Weiser River near Indian Valley, Idaho
185
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°30', long. 116°24', in NE-i- sec. 1, T. 13 N., R. 1 W., 60 feet downstream from barn at Richardson Ranch, 1 mile upstream from- diversion feeding C. Ben Ross Reservoir, and 4f miles southeast of Indian Valley.
Drainage area.- 81.9 square miles.
Records available.- April 1938 to September 1945. June 1920 to February 1921, March to September 19H3, and February 1924 to October 1927 at nearby sites.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year; 844 second-feet June 5 (gage height, 4.35 feet); ninimum observed, 0.5 second-feet Oct. 18, Nov. 25 (gage height, 0.20 foot),
1920-21, 1923-27, 1938-45: Maximum discharge observed, about 1,840 second-feet Feb. 4, 1925; minimum observed, 3.6 second-feet Aug. 28-30, Sept. 4, 5, 1984.
Remarks.- Records f?ood except those for periods of ice effect or doubtful or no gage- height record, which are fair. Gage read once or twice daily. One small rarch di version above station. Many diversions below station for irrigation including feeder canal to C.Ben Ross Reservoir.
Hating table, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect (gage height,in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used June 5 to Sept. 30)
0.2 8.5 0.6 22 1.2 58 2.5 251 .3 11 .7 26 1,4 75 3.0 385 4 14 .8 31 1.7 108 3.5 540 5 18 1.0 42 2.0 152 4.1 760
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1 2 34, 5
67 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct.
all 10 10 10 10
11 10 10 10 10
10 10 10 13 13
13 13 8.5 10 12
9.5 9.2
10 10 10
10 10 10' 10 10 18
Nov.
14 11 13 89
d75
d35 d25 d23 d20 d50
d65 a40 d30 d25 d20
d!5 . 13 a!3 13 14
15 13 15 17 8.5
15 15 12 14
a!5
Dec.
16 19 14 19 15
16 15 15
a!3 all
9.0 11 11 12 12
*15 a!3 13 13 14
14 14 13
a!4 a!4
14 13 14 14 14 17
Jan.
15 19 15 a!4 14
14 17 38 38 30
29 44
152 a!80113
85 58 50 47 34
a34 35 36
b33b30
b25 b20 e.22 20 24 25
Feb.
25 149 127 73 94
#61 162 367 a300 188
136 106 188 136 106
98 87 81 71 70
68 59 58 58 59
54 48 48
Mnnth Second- Month foot-days
Octc Hove Dece~Ca
Janu Febr Hare Apr! May June July Augu Sept
Wa
ber .......................
nber ............
lendar year 194'
ary
eyr
... 1
st ........................ember .....................
331.2 742.5 431.0
136.6
310 077 662 057 540 395 722 565 403.5
ter year 1944-45 .......... 37 ,236.2
Mar.
45 45 44 a44d35
d40 43 40 38 40
a50 68
- 87 88 85
81 70 69 69
142
208 162 184 a!40 alio
113 101 101 107 101 112
Maximum
16 89 19
445
180 367 208 280 575 752 112 28 26
752
Apr.
alOO 96 92 94 89
79 a75 98
alOO 83
75 77 73 a74 a75
94 104 121 152 236
270 229 221 200 164
155 166 160 225 280
Hay
343 325 349 451 460
a450 385 400 361 575
463 439 a455 475 427
445487 433 385 337
320 280 325 550 373
355 343 367 409388 385
June
394397 487 427 752
586 a530 457 457 412
403 367 343 300 280
261 242 236 225 221
212 204 177 194 169
147 133 127 139 . 116
Minimum Mean
8.5 10.7 8.5 24.8 9.0 13.9
8.5 63.2
14 423 25 110 35 85.9 73 135 280 405 116 313 28 55.5 12 18.2 9.0 13.4
8.5 102
July
112 106 95 92 84
78 76 66 65 63
59 56 55 57 54
53 46 48 4647
41 34 37 33 32
35 33 31 a30 30 2S
Per square mile
0,131 .303 .170
.772
.516 1.34 1.05 1.65 4.95 3.82 .678 .222 .164
1.25
Aug.
35 23 25 25 25
22 26 26 28 25
24 a22 d20 a!8 d!6
d!5 14 13
a!4 14
14 14 13 12 14
a!4 13 12 13 13 13
Sept.
12 12 12 12 14
14 13 12 12 12
12 11 9.5
1010
9.0 11 13 12 14
26 20 17 16 15
16 15 14 1414
Runoff
Inches
0.15 .34 .20
10.51
.59 1.40 1.21 1.84 5.69 4.27 .78 .26 .18
16.91
Acre-feet
657 1,470
855
45 t890
2,600 6,100 5,280 8,050
24 ,870 18,630 3,420 1,120
800
73 ,850
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated or computed on basis of weather records and
records for other stations in Weiser River Basin.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for other stations In
Weiser River Basin.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
186 WEISER RIVER BASIN
Crane Creel: Reservoir near Mldvale, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°22', long. 116°37', In SEi sec. 19, T. 12 N., R. 2 W., at gate-control structure near left end of dam on Crane Creek, 10 nllos southeast of Mid- vale.
Drainage area.- 242 square miles.
Records available.- November 1923 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum gage height observed during year, 49.8 feet Mar. 29; minimum observed, 33.6 feet during October and November.
l!)2r>-45: Maximum gage height observed, 56.3 feet Feb. 22, 1927; no usable contents Sept. 23, 1928, to Feb. 28, 1929, and Sept. 25 to Dec. 1, 1929.
Remarks.- Reservoir Is formed by earth dan completed In 1910 and raised In 1920-21.Capacity Is reported to be about 60,000 acre-feet at gage height 55.0 feet (elevation of spillway crest). Water Is used for Irrigation of lands In lower V/elser Valley. Gage read once dally.
Cooperation.,- Rage readings furnished by Crane Creek Administration Board.
ge height, in feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617IS1920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
___--
__-_-
__
33.633,6
-
_-__-
33.6__--
_-
33.6-_-
Nov.
___
33.6-
__---
33.3___-
_-
33.9_-
___-
34.0
_-----
Dec.
_34.0
__-
__-
34.0-
_34.1
__-
34.0___-
_..
34,0_-
____
34.0-
Jan.
____-
34.0___-
____
35.8
____
37,5
____-
_37. S
_-_-
Feb.
__
40.040,6
-
41,6_
45.946.246.9
47.247.748,248.648,5
_48,2
_47.7
-
_47.4
_47.0
-
_____-
Mar.
__
47.5_-
____
47.8
____-
____
48.6
49,0_
49,7_-
___
49,8_-
Apr.
48.948.548.2
_-
__-_-
___
48.3-
__._-
48.348,1
_-
_____-
May
____
48.0
__
48,0_-
____-
____-
____
49,4
49,4_
49.148.948.6
-
June
48,148.0
_48.0
-
_48.7
_4S.848.7
___
48.1
48,1___-
48,0__
48.0-
_____-
July
____-
__
47.6_-
___-
____-
_46.6
_-
_____-
Aug. Sept.
37.0
Time basis: Mountain war time up To convert war time to standard1 time
to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; , subtract 1 hour.
untain standard time thereafter.
WEISER RIVER BASIN 187
Crane Creek near mdvale, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 44°22', long. 116°37'30", In SEi sec. 19, T. 12 N., R. 2 W., 400 feet downstream from Crane Creek Dan and 10 niles southeast of Hldvale.
Drainage area.- 242 square miles.
Records available.- October 1910 to April 1916, May 1924 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 24 years (1912-15, 1924-45), 69.8 second-feet.
Extremes (regulated since 1911).- Maximum dischargee observed during year, 555 second-feet Feb. 14 (gage height, £.76 fe'et); practically no flow at times when gates In dam were closed.
1910-16, 1924-45: Maximum discharge observed, 4,240 second-feet Dec. 3, 1910 (gage height, 8.9 feet), from ratinp curve extended above ",500 second-feet; practically no flow at times in each year when gates in dam were closed.
Remarks.- Records e;ood. Flow regulated by Crane Creek Reservoir (see p. 186). diversion above station.
I Jo large
Cooperation.- Water-stare recorder Inspected by Crane Creek Reservoir Administration boara.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
67S910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
151515100
00000
00000
0o000
00000
000000
Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
00o00
000oo
o58
264495525
5055OO5OO500445
383383379179
0
000---
Month
October. ...................................November. ............'......................December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January .................................. .February ...................................March. ....:................................April ......................................May. .......................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
On000
00000
00000
0000
37
94113203330330
330330326388454454
Apr.
45458£2389312
1212101011
1111111831
3233
a32a32a31
3131313132
3232323232-
Second- foot-days
550O
17 ,817
O5,1163,3891,7983,4551,8881,9654,7043,085
25 ,455
May
3255
a3283227
1919191919
1919181818
1717181818
18181818
183
405450468482482482
Maximum
15o0
334
O525454454482245138161150
585
June
24557333333
336191
108148
17317317317393
2122212120
so20811613
1313131314-
Minimum
00o
0
000
10171313
13743
0
July
1413131313
1313131339
7777767676
7672444448
8282818179
96109118138138138
Aug.
1381S8138137153
161159157157157
156156156156154
154154153153153
153153153153151
151a!50a!50a!50a!50a!5O
Mean
1.80O
48.7
018310959.9
11162.963.4
152103
69.7
Sept.
al50a!40a!25a!25a!25
a!25a!25a!25a!25a!25
a!258.1^5
a!25a!25allO
alOOalOOalOOalOOalOO
alOOalOO1009971
4343434343-
Runoff in acre-feet
109oo
35,330
010,1506,7203,5706,8503,7403,9009,3306,120
50,490
a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated betwee records for station near Welser.
Tima baaist Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3d, To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
756837 O - 47 - 13
i gate changes or computed on basis of
1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
188 WEISER RIVER BASIN
Crane Creek at mouth, near Weiser, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 44°18', long. 116°47', in sec. 14, T. 11 N., R. 4 W., just downstream from steel highway bridge at Harris Ranch, a quarter of a mile upstream from mouth, and 10 miles northeast of Weiser.
Drainage area.- 288 square miles.
Records available.- July 1920 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 24 years (1921-45), 76.9 second-feet.
Extremes (regulated).- Maximum discharge during year, 1,400 second-feet Feb. 8 (gageheight, 5.95 feet); minimum, 3.3 second-feet Jan. 26 (gage height, 1.76 feet); minimum daily, 3.5 second-feet Oct. 27-29.
1920-45: Maximum discharge, 2,350 second-feet about Feb. 7, 1925 (gage height, 6.80 feet, from well-defined marks on gage), from rating curve extended above 1,000 second-feet; minimum, 0.2 second-foot May 26, 1931; minimum daily, 1 second-foot or less at times during many years; minimum gage height, 1.30 feet Jan. 21, 1922.
Remarks.- Records good. Flow regulated by Crane Creek Reservoir (see p. 186). small ditches divert above station for irrigation.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
Several
1.71.81.92.02.1
2.3 4.0 6.5
2.3 2.5
*2.7 3.0 3.3
3.7 4.1 4.4 4.7 5.0
209 301 393 515 6SO
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
2020201912
5.85.04.84.24.2
4.24.24.24.54.8
4.84.54.84.54.5
4.54.54.24.23.7
3.73.53.53.53.74.8
Nov.
6.05.06.0
149.6
6.26.05.86.09.3
117.97.27.67.6
6.56.26.06.05.8
5.85.85.85.S5.5
5.55.65.S5.55.5
Dec.
5.S6.26.05.65.8
5.55.55.55.25.2
5.05.05.05.05.0
5.05.05.05.25.8
5.56.56.05.35.5
5.55.55:55.65.65.5
Jan.
5.65.55.25.25.5
5.36.26.87.27.6
7.98.6
875S40
4021231412
3.09.08.27.66.8
6.56.56.56.56.56.8
Feb.
7.9140266117201
10310264117684
105141410582565
520525545525474
38537837S29225
IS1618__-
Monte
October. ................................November ...................................December ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. .................................February. ..................................March........ ..............................April. .....................................May. .......................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September ..................................
Wster year 1944-45 ......... ............
Mar.
2421212614
12109.3
1023
3936404027
18141615
f!37
f277risef226337331
352337334389470462
Apr.
45839626514626
2221201918
18IS181632
3737363737
3636333334
3635333233-
Second- foot-days
203. S202.5170.4
20,484.3
372.27,739.94,199.32,0183,5782 , 042.91,7374,5362,930
29,730.0
May
3231272626
2118151213
1213171616
2441252322
222128
167150
38545447048S484479
Maximum
20146.5
350
4064147045S486325132157141
641
June
32579454142
404892100138
168170168168130
3027272625
262623IS10
9.39.39.3
1013-
Minimum
3.55.05.0
2.7
5.87.99.3
16129.311
13244
3.5
July
1412121212
1212131111
6264676767
6767423737
6374747475
83100104130130132
Aug.
132132133133144
156157156154154
154154152150149
149147147147147
147147147146144
144144144142142
, 142
Mean
6.576.755.50
56.0
12.027613567.3
1156S.156.0
14697.7
81.5
Sept.
141133118118120
117117115115115
115114114113108
9494939495
9795959534
4544444444-
Runoff in acre-feet
404402338
40,630
73815,3506,3304,0007,1004,0503,4509,0005,810
58,970
f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
WEISER RIVER BASIN 189
Weiser Irrigation District Canal near Weiser, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°15', long. 116°51', in sec. 32, T. 11 N., R. 4 w.^ st miles downstream from headworks of canal and 7 miles east of Weiser.
Records available.- April 1920 to September 1945 (winter records fragmentary).
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 215 second-feet July 11 (gage height, 3.06 reet;; minimum not determined (consists of leakage during nonirrigation season when gates were closed).
1920-45: Maximum discharge, 221 second-feet July 15, 1932; maximum gage height, 3.43 feet May 5, 1926; no flow at times when gates were closed.
Remarks.- Records good except fragmentary records Dec. 14 to Apr. 1, which are fair, and those for Apr. 2-13, which are poor. Canal diverts vra.ter fron Weiser River in sec. 35, T. 11 N., R. 4 W., 3i miles above station for irrigation of about 9,000 acres included in projects of Weiser and Weiser Bench Irrigation Districts. One farm lateral diverts a quarter of a mile above station.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by Weiser Irrigation District.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
82SOS5S784
76f75757579
7471727376
8488909196
96----
_----~
Nov. Dec.
___-_
__-..-
___
h!2-
_-_--
_-
h!5_-
_-----
Jan. Feb.
__
3.73.32.5
2.52.3_
hi. 9-
____-
_-_--
_-__-
_ ----
Month
October 1-21 ............................ .November. ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year ......................
January ....................................February ................................... arch 83-31 ............................. .April ......................................May. .......................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year ......................
Mar.
.____
____-
.___-
_-__-
_-
1.41.41.2
1.41.21.21.01.0.8
Apr.
O.S
» al
. B.Z
f50115
116-117118121121
f!23116122124121
120146159160169-
Seoond- foot-days
1,709
I
_
10.62,135.85,8565,5925,8175 *7 9S4,591
-
May
177177177187192
19319018918618-i
190190192192192
191193192191190
189187187189191
190190190191192192
Maximum
Q6'_
_
_
1.41691931922101971S2
-
June
191190190190190
192190190189189
1881871871S5183
1S21801791821S2
1S118118318S189
18918618418718S-
Minimum
71
I
_
.s
.8177179137173126
-
July
19019S203210207
209209807207205
810208207206208
2052031S2173159
16S174165155141
137146162184187192
Aug.
1901S6180173173
1S8192192195197
197197195195191
1871871S51S41S3
1821S21861S6184
1831S51S41S61871S6
Mean
SI .4
_
_
1.1871.21891861S8187153
-
Sept.
18217S159149146
146152154154153
155155156158157
154154155156147
149153154152151
14S147147144126
Runoff in acre-feet
3,390
_
_
214,24011,62011,09011 ,54011,5009,110
-
a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated, f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record, h Computed from staff-gage reading.Time basis: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
190 WEISER RIVER BASIN
Mann Creek near Weiser, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°24', long. 116°54', in sec. 11, T. 12 N., R. 5W., at ^Richards Ranch, 12 miles upstream from mouth and 11 miles northeast of Weiser. Prior to Mar. 23, staff gage at same site at datum 0.40 foot lower. Temporary gage 100 feet downstream at datum 0.40 foot lower used Mar. 23 to July 14.
Drainage area.- 56 square miles.
RecortlB available.- March 1911 to September 1913, July to November 1920, April 1937 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 10 years (1911-13, 1937-45), 44.9 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 810 second-feet Mar. 20 or 21 (gage height, 4.15 feet, from floodmark, datum then in use), by slope-area and contracted-opening methods; minimum observed, 2 second-feet several days during November, August, and September.
1911-13, 1920, 1937-45: Maximum discharge, 1,540 second-feet Mar. 27, 1940 (gage height, 5.45 feet, from floodmark, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above slope-area determination at gage height 4.21 feet; no flow Aug. 18 to Sept. 22, 1937, July 31 to Sept. 13, 1939.
Remarks.- Records good except those below 15 second-feet and those for Mar. 20-22, which are fair, and those for July 15 to Sept. 30, which are poor. Gage read twice daily. One diversion above station for irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1
6
11
16
21 22
24 25
26
28 29 30 31
Oct.
C.£2.32.2E.E
2,32,32,52,52,5
2,4
2.7E.BE.8
2.82.8E.82.82.8
2.8 2.83.03.0 2.8
3.02.8 E.8 3,7 3.7 4.8
Nov.
7.44.88.6
3812
8.27,46.66.27.0
19128,27.87.0
7.07.07.45.85.8
5.8 5.85.44.8 3.E
5.84.8 2.3 E.O 6.2
Dec.
5.87.44.15.S5.8
5.04.13.03.52.8
b3.5*b4.0b3.5b3.0b2.5
b3.0b4,0b4.5bS.Ob6.0
7.4 b7.0
6.2 6.2
b6.0
Jan.
bS.SbS.Ob4.5b4.0b4.5
b4.5bS.Ob7.0b6.0b6.5
b7,0b8.0343152
3325
b22blB
13
16 161414 17
6.64.1
b6.0 7.0
12 13
Feb.
1471725569
*4045
2669776
6547585245
4050403532
30 282622 20
252323
Month
December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
May. .......................................
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
2E2221209.0
1914EO2226
3647796653
66594039
g520
g750 g336
171126 106
117128 102
98 119 128
Apr.
1389883SI86
83848886
8686838390
109144191235290
332 290
186 167
167 175 206 247
Second- foot-days
155,1
7,680.£
421 £
97
17,288.2
' May
25428E31529S27 S
247218189
196
156134140120113
169148136124113
111 102
146 132
124113 106 102 109
98
Maximum
7.4
152
L%*~
9
750
June
9083887684
7972676862
5753514746
4442373532
31 £92926 28
2824 24 24 22
Minimum
2.2,
1,
2
E.C
July
2E19161615
1514141414
1414141813
1311
999
7 775 5
55 5 5 5 5
Aug.
53333
33543
33333
33222
2E22 2
23 2 2 2 2
Mean
3 7.985 5.00
2 21,0
3.2
) 47.4
Sept.
2
2
2
33
2
2
2
33333
9 755 5
54 3 3 3
Runoff in acre-feet
170475308
15,230
2 910
192
34,290
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.b Stage-discharge relation affected-by Ice.g Discharge computed on basis of estimated gage-height graph based on floodmark and gage readings
of Mar. 20, 23.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
BURNT RIVEa BASIN 191
Unity Reservoir near Unity, Oreg.
Location.- Staff gage and low-water reference mark, lat. 44 Q3Q', long. 118°11', in SV/i sec.21, T. 12 S., R. 37 E., at Unity Dan on Burnt River. Just downstream from Job Creek, half a mile downstream from confluence of North, Middle, and South Forks of Burnt River, and 4-1 miles north Of Unity. Gage readings are elevations above mean sea level, datum of Bureau of Reclamation.
Drainage area.- 309 square miles,
Records available.- March 1938 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum contents observed during year, 24,760 aere-feet May 19-23 (elevation, 3,819.5 feet); minimum observed, 1,050 acre-feet Oct. 10 (elevation. 3,782.0 feet).
1938-45: Maximum contents observed, 25,770 acre-feet Apr. 13, 1942 (elevation, 3,820.6 feet); minimum observed, that of Oct. 10, 1944.
Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by earth-fill dam with concrete spillway and outlet works, completed by Bureau of Reclamation in 1937; storage began Fab, 19, 1938. Capacity, 25,220 acre-feet between elevations 3,776.5 feet (bottom of outlet rates) and 3,820.0 feet (top of radial gates on spillway when closed). Dead storage, 600 acre-feet below elevation 3,776.5 feet. Records given herein represent usable contents. Water used for irrigation of lands in Burnt River Irrigation District near Hereford and Bridgeport. Gage read or water surface elevation measured from reference mark once daily by enployee of Burnt River Irrigation District. Contents computed from capacity table based on sur veys by Bureau of Reclamation.
Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Dec. 31.. ..................
Calendar year 1944 .......
Sept. 30. ...................
Elevation (feet)
3,798.3
-
3 805 5
3,791,2
Contents (acre-feet)
8,536
-
4,600
Change in contents during month (sere-feet)
+ g,692
+4,838
4 4506*392-4,308
d Doubtful gage height, probably interpolatedTime basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a7mT"sept. 30, 1945; Pacific
standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard- time, subtra 1 hour.
192 BURNT RIVER BASIN
Burnt River near Hereford, Oreg.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°30', long. 118°11', in SEi sec. 21, T. 12 £!., R. 37 E., at entrance to canyon, 1,250 feet downstream from Unity Dam, 0.7 mile down stream from South Fork, and 7 miles west of Hereford.
Drainage area.- 309 square miles.Records available.- March 1915 to September 1916, October 1928 to September 1945.Average discharge.- 16 years (1929-45), 66.4 second-feet.Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 297 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 3.48
feet); minimum recorded, 1.1 second-feet Feb. 10-13; probably less than 1.1 second-feet at times during period of no gage-height record, Oct. 9-20.
1915-16, 1928-45: Maximum discharge, 2,220 second-feet Apr. 17, 1943 (gage height, 4.06 feet, caused by opening of automatic spillway gates), from rating curve extended above 1,300 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; no flow at times; minimum discharge before construction of Unity Reservoir Dam, 1.6 second-feet Aug. 31, 1935.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of shifting-control and those below 5 second-feet, which are fair, and those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. Many small diversions above station for irrigatioif. Some regulation by reservoir (capacity, about 700 acre-feet) on South Fork Burnt River, 3 miles above mouth, and by Unity Reservoir (see preceding page).
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height,in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used July 11 to Sept. 30)
1.01.11.21.31.4
1.0 1.7 2.S 4.5 6.9
1.51.61.71.8 2.0
2746
2.22.4 2.7 3.0 3.4
6792
134187277
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to Septsmber 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
3824242424
24242419
> al
a2
Nov.
> a3
-
Dec.
4.54.54.54.54.5
4.54.54.54.54.5
4.54.54.54.5
51
311.61.61.61.6
1.61.61.61.61.6
1.61.71.71.71.71.7
Jan.
1.71.71.71.71.7
1.71.71.71.71.7
1.71.71.71.71.7
1.71.81.81.81.8
1.71.31.71.71.7
1.81.8i.e1.81.81.8
Feb.
1.71.31.71.51.4
1.51.51.71.31.3
1.11.11.21.31.4
1.41.41.81.?1.3
1.31.31.41.41.4
1.41.41.4
.._-
Month
October ....................................November. ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January .................................February. ..................................llaroh ......................................April ......................................May. .......................................June .......................................July. ...................'...................August ..................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
1.41.51.61.61.6
1.61.61.62.6
12
2643505962
6262605859
6469636386
878S8989r
llj.
Apr.
120126130132134
139147159166168
170172172172174
183230275282263
170140147155161
163166166166145-
Second- foot-days
25890169.5
13,389.7
53. S39.7
1,473.15,0934,1484,0202,3613,4512,271
23,428.1
May
136139137130132
132132132134134
132130130130131
137132132134136
136136136136134
134136136136132-134
Maximum
38
51
139
1.81.8
11128213915712014095
282
June
134134132131131
131132132
13112S
126a!24a!22a!21hi 19
a!24a!30a!55a!41a!46
a!52157155152150
147132125124122-
Minimum
_1.6
0
1.71.11.4
120130119409244
-
July
120119118116112
10963404950
6269686765
6564636059
5959565967
677891918987
Aug.
92111112126140
140139134132130
128124122120120
112108106105104
10297969696
959393939392
Mean
8.33.05.47
36.6
1.741.42
47.517013413476.2
11175.7
64.2
Sept.
9395939392
9189888889
89S7668684
S383823374
5959,595857
5444444445-
Runoff in acre-feet
512179336
26,550
10779
2,92010,1008,2307,9704,6806,8404,500
46,450
Ho gage-height record; discharge interpolated or computed on basis of notes by reservoir caretaker.
h Computed from staff-gage reading.Time basis; Pacific war time up to a a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
POWDER RIVER BASIN 193
Powder River at Salisbury, Oreg.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°39', long. 117°52', In NEi sec. 36, T. 10 S., R.39 E., 700 feet downstream from Salisbury siding of Sumpter Valley Railroad andStices Gulch and 8£ miles south of Baker. Datum of gage is 3,633.84 feet above meansea level (Oregon State Highway Department bench mark).
Drainage area.- 230 square miles. Records available.- December 1903 to August 1914 and October 1928 to September 1945 in
reports or Geological Survey. January 1904 to July 1914 and June 1926 to September1936 in reports of State engineer.
Average discharge.- 27 years (1904-13, 1926-28, 1929-45), 108 second-feet. Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 667 second-feet May 5 (gage height, 4.51 feet);
minimum, 5.4 second-feet Oct. 9-11, Dec. 9, 10 (gage height, 1.14 feet).1903-14, 1936-45: Maximum discharge, 1,820 second-feet Mar. 20, 1910 (gage height,
7.05 feet, site and datum then In use); no flow Aug. 31, 1909, Sept. 7, 1931. Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record,
which are poor. Diversions above station1 for irrigation.
Rating tables, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
Oct. 1 to HOT. 17
1.11.21.31.4 1.6
4.07.6
121927
1.21.31.41.5
Nov. IS to Sept. 30
7.513
1.7 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.7
61 3.179 3.6
112 4.0167 4.6226
311403528664
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1946
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
6.46.46.46.46.4
6.46.46.45.85.4
5.86.15.86.46.8
6.87.27.26.86.8
7.27.2S.O8.08.0
7.27.28.5109.010
Nov.
1212172618
1616161617
1817161412
1413
a!3a!4a!5
a 16a!8a!8a20a20
a22aieh6.8a'12a!7
-
Dec.
1919IS1619
1819
b!7t)1212
1211111111
1112121214
1516181616
151616161616
Jan.
1717161617
1719222526
2729396658
474336"b33
b31
b24b20b!9t)18b!7
b!6b!7b!7'b!8b!920
Feb.
2231363333
3433707369
5654767255
544944"b40
44
44413943MO
413839- -
Month
October . .../...............................November . ..................................December. ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ................. ....
January. ...................................FebruaryMarch. .....................................April ......................................May. .......................................June .......................................July.............:. ........................August .....................................September ..................................
Water year 1944-46 ......................
Mar.
37363629
b20
3333323437
3867676760
5554515161
98130160117109
10095112109123169
Apr.
161139130116117
126130163166139
135126114109119
148176205261340
430410381366316
261227219229300
Second- foe t-days
218.447S.8462
17,468.1
7951,2922,2006,244
12,2647,0201,285
394.9308.7
32,962.8
May
401454546600660
581523487457450
462415425403338
363372351329304
296262280289300
296322296302318372
Maxi.u.0
102619
226
5876
169430650410972119
650
June
396393410334365
349 326304278271
254244223207188
173169173178182
190192178166180
163139123116107-
Minimum
5.46.8
11
6.4
162220
109280107217.26.4
5.4
July
9787785954
4947454443
4443414140
3937373634
3231302827
262424242421
Aug.
2120191716
1514131414
1916161614
1213121211
9.29.28.08.68.6
8.69.28.67.67.27.2
Mean
7.0616.014.9
47.7
26.646.171.0
20839523441.612.710.3
90.3
Sept.
7.26.86.46.47.6
10109.78.68.0
7.27.26.86.46.4
8.08.08.07.68.6
1112111416
1719191817
-
Runoff la acre-feet
433950916
34,650
1,5802,6604,36012,38024,31013,9202,560
783612
65,360
a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Grande Ronde River at La Grande. b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice. h Computed from staff-gage reading.Time basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1946; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
194 POWDER RIVER BASIN
Powder River near Robinette, Oreg.
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°46', long. 117°04', in SEi sec. 22, T. 9 3., R. 46 E., downstream from all tributaries, 2 miles northwest of Robinette and 2k miles upstream from mouth.
Drainage area.- 1,710 square miles.
Records available.- September 1928 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 17 years, 459 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 2,300 second-feet May 5 (gage height, 4.40 feet); minimum observed, 70 second-feet Aug. 21 (gage height, 0.68 foot).
1928-45: Maximum discharge observed, 4,180 second-feet June 15, 16, 1933 (gage height, 6.9 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum observed, 18 second-feet Sept. 2-10, 1930.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are poor. Gage read twice daily. Many diversions above station for irrigation, none below. One canal with capacity of about 5 second-feet diverts around station on left bank.
Ratine table, water year 1944-45, except period of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
1.0 1.2
133185
1.4 1.7 2.0 2.3
251365500650
2.7 3.1 3.6 4.3
8801,1601,5602,200
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
7577788077
7777808077
7377808487
91959599107
87898484
848787848287
Nov.
120124143437251
191179171191214
191179177165152
152150152152147
147143147145138
143138131143
*150-
Dec.
145155143143143
138140129111b90
teob92b95
blOOb!05
b!06blOSbllObllOb!20
b!30b!40b!60126129
124126120120115124
Jan.
129143150168174
168163157160168
188195214241273
295345345341287
248204174157147
15214014Y150157165
Feb.
1°1306650455365
545700938862808
683625575580482
388353333314287
273258258353.133
329333321
_-
Month
December ............................... ...
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March. .....................................April. ......................... ...........
September. ................. ...............
Water year 1944-45 ...... ...............
Mar.
31732533S329258
262280291276295
325392437442428
437414401392510
672732856760710
738705694700705694
Apr.
705683650620600
590600610625640
610580570590635
722945
1,1801,2701,240
1,2301,2001,1901,1401,080
980938880874
1,130-
Second- foot-days
2,603
3,787
104,269
3,475
383,738
May
,300,420,680,930,140
,080,040,000,910,940
,890,730,800,620,540
,570,630,500,420,330
,260,200,140,400,450
1,4801,5601,5601,6801,8401,890
Maximum
107
160
1,120
738
171
2,140
June
2,010,970,080,990,000
,950,880,860,850,680
,650,610,340,150,000
9941,0001,1101,1901,330
1,5001,5101,3701,2401,330
1,100980868832784-
Minimum
7312090
67
570
87
71
July
727738722694635
620585555550515
560595515446406
341317283251237
214198191179168
152150145152133124
Aug.
107103959187
87122131120115
120120126120115
10999958477
7180869399
9797101103103111
Mean
84.0169122
285
487844
116
503
Sept.
Ill1031039999
9197
1039587
8791919399
103111120124135
171160157152138
129129129133135~
Runoff in acre-feet
5,16010,0407,510
206,800
6,890
364,400
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific
o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.standard time thereafter.
IMNA.HA RIVER BASIN 195
Imnaha River above Gumboot Creel:, Oreg.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 45°11', long. 116°53', in sec. 30 or 31, T. 4 S., R. 48 E., 0.1 mile upstream from Gumboot Creek and 5 miles northeast of Coverdale forest guard station.
Records available.- October 1944 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,460 second-feet June 22 (gage height, 3.83 feet); minimum recorded, 14 second-feet Dec. 10 (gage height, 0.28 foot), but may have been less during period of ice effect.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. No regu- lation or diversion above station.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except period of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
0.4 .6
1.3 1.6 2.0 2.4
138204320472
2.S 6653.2 9203.6 1,250
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
5857565654
5453535252
5252565754
5353504949
4949484848
4747464748
104
Nov.
957070
203120
9482757685
7971726652
5865665759
6366656257
6258
*-476559-
Dec.
6161545658
56544922
b23
b24b28b35b45b56
b6367789295
9488493461
677076747065
Jan.
6859636162
6768897063
5756637472
686666
*6253
4040466156
464841467474
Feb.
/588907976
7172787979
7571716763
6565625759
5259575448
545750---
Month
October. ...................................November . ..................................December ................................. .
Calendar year ......................
January ........... ...................... .February. ......... ........................March............. .........................April ......................................May........................................June .......................................July..... ..................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
5352534835
5354565253
5365787975
7575727098
154162154133182
116107102101104184
Apr.
127117112107106
104118180158142
131120114110112
129144169217320
427408385330307
298310330388520-
Second- foot-days
1,6512,2191,825
_
1,8691,8732,6276,548
22,32124,72512,2393,9122,335
84,144
May
626713844
1,0701,120
1,020945906871913
871785830773701
719677590547515
489464456494524
524524558638755871
Maximum
10420395
_
8990162520
1,1201,230
63818096
1,230
June
906871942871913
844785792818761
767785683610566
595654755850965
,140,83Q,110,060,020
850737654610581-
Minimum
464722
_
404835
1044565661S78668
22
July
586621638600566
547529524506502
520515460427404
374355334314304
291279270261250
233222214207199187
Aug.
180173169162156
152150160160144
150138138131125
118115112110107
1041021019896
10010094928986
Mean
53.374.058.9
_
60.366.984.7
21872082439512677.8
231
Sept.
8582818286
9083817876
7574727170
7975797475
9688797676
7271717068-
Runoff in acre-feet
3,2704,4003,620
_
3,7103,7205,810
12,99044,87049 ,04024,2807,7604,630
166,900
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-dis charge relation affected by ice.Time basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.time thereafter.
196 IMNAHA RIVER BASIN
Imnaha River at Imnaha, Oreg.
Location.- Water-stage recorder,- lat>. 45°34', long. 116°51', In SWi sec. 16, T. 1 N., R. 48 E,, at Imnaha, .three-eighths of a mile downstream from Sheep Creek.
Drainage area.- 705 square miles.
Records available.- June 1928 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 17 years, 436 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,680 second-feet June 7 (gage height, 5.45 feet); minimum, 34 second-feet Dec. 10 (gage height, 1.43 feet).
1928-45: Maximum discharge, 5.400 second-feet May 23, 1942 (gage height, 6.70 feet), from rating curve extended above 1,800 second-feet; minimum observed, 16 second-feet Nov. 22, 1931.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor. Diversions above station for irrigation.
Rating tables, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effectand discharge, in second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used Dec. 21 to Jan. 29)
;e height, In feet,
Oct. 1 to May 5 May 6 to Sept. 30
1.5 45 2.3 270 3.7 1,090 11.7 85 2.6 400 4.1 1,430 21.9 135 2.9 555 4.5 1,850 2
9 123 2.9 SOO 4.51 179 3.3 730 5.03 242 3.7 1,020 5.4
1,7402,2202,630
2.1 195 3.3 SOO 5.0 2,470 2.6 356 4.1 1,360
Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
110108108105105
102105102100
98
989898
110108
105105102102102
102102102100100
10098
100100100122
Nov.
206153132256250
186165153153180
186168162150128
105130141132118
135150159153135
141138
»125128141-
Dec.
138150138128135
132132130
83b42
b44b44b55b67b77
85115125186
b!95
186180159110
92
122144159
*162153144
Jan.
147141141141144
147159171171159
156159171189202
202192192192183
168115
95128174
147144118105
#bl28168
Feh.
174195212206206
195186206223220
216209206198189
183183183168165
147159165156132
132 168
153__-
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December. ................................ .
Calendar year 1944 .................... .
January .................................. .February. ............................ ... .March. .....................................April. ....................... ... .........May. .......................................June .......................................July. .................... .................August ....................... .............September . .................................
Water year 1944-45 .... .... ............
Mar.
150150153150125
120150162147150
150165206226230
230226220209242
435538550475435
440425410410410470
Apr.
1
1111
11
Second- foot-days
3,1974,6593,812
119,676
4,8495,135
21 81251^50047,36516,3765,6814,232
177,177
533506470435410
391396582628566
516480435415420
465511599696
,010
,420,380,250,070
954
884919961
,090,420
May
1,7201,8301,9002,1102,430
2,1102,0001,8801,7701,760
1,7401,5301,5901,5901,520
1,5401,6101,4201,3201,320
1,2901,2101,2001,3301,750
1,7301,6901,5701,5601,6401,840
Maximum
122256195
1,650
202223550
1,4202,4302,600
884239191
2,600
June
1,7801,6801,7601,6602,070
2,4302,6002,4402,2502,020
1,8501,7401,5401,3901,230
1,1801,1701,2201,2901,350
1,5001,5701,5301,4401,460
1,2901,140
996933856-
Minimum
9£10?
4!
42
9£T» XO12C39]
1,20C35 1£5:13 1lie
42
July
S28849884849800
7587187126 8S658
670688622566533
490458429396387
369352344332324
308293285274260252
Aug.
239232223220220
204201207.229210
216204201194188
182173170164162
159156147145145
156L64153142139136
Mean
J 103155
2 123
3 327
1563 183) 276L 727
1,6611,579
> 528183
3 141
3 .485
Sept.
136131128128136
159147142134131
128126120118126
136139150142136
191188162153147
14714B139136134-
Runoff in acre-feet
6,3409,2407,560
237,400
9,62010,19016,98043,260
102,10093, 95032,48011,2708,390
351,400
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3O, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SALMON RIVER BASIN 197
Salmon River near Obsidian, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°58', long. 114°48', in sec. 3, T. 7 N. R. 14 E three-eighths of a mile below irrigation diversion dam, I mile upstream from Lost Creek, and, 2i miles southeast of Obsidian.
Drainage area.- 94.7 square miles.
Records _avallable.- November 1940 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 348 second-feet June 25 (gage height, 3.45 feet;; minimum recorded, 2 second-feet Apr. 1 (gage height, 1.07 feet), probably caused by ice Jan upstream.
1940-45: Maximum discharge, 664 second-feet May 30, 1943; maximum gage height recorded, 4.74 feet sometime between Dec. 5, 1940, and Jan. 23, 1941 (ice Jam); mini mum discharge, 2 second-feet Sept. 7-11, 1942, Apr. 1, 1945.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record. which are poor. Several diversions above station for irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
11121314 15
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
3838373737
3636363636
35353638 38
4340383736
3636363636
363635353642
Nov.
4339394S45
4039383738
36343635 35
25
31313131
3131303030"
Dec.
30*303030 30
3030
20
22
20
Jan.
V
> 22
'
24
> 22
18
Feb.
> 20
---
Month
October. ...................................November. ..................................December. . .................................
Cslendar year 1944 ......................
January. ...................................February. ............................ .....Haroh. .....................................April.............. ........................Hay........................................June. ......................................July........ ...............................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
20
«20202220
Apr.
201717IS20
2122222321
20202023 20
2122222429
3942403533
3434344157-
Second foot-days
1,1431,008
706
22,498
658560622811
4,6726,0802,724
475542
20,001
May
84104139175203
231220217220234
220192192168157
151149145126120
112109115112105
10410410510912212S
Maximum
4348
300
~__ -
572343271712434
327
June
135155190192-190
1851821781901S2
164164178166 155
14714916217820S
257296308327-323
308264203ISO164-
Minimum
35
-
8
~
1784
13524129
9
July
157164171171160
14313312S124110
107105102101 96
8985SI7760
4339383735
313030282524
Aug.
2423221919
IS13181616
15141414 14
1414131414
1313131312
131313141312
Mean
36.933.622.8
61.5
21.220-020» 12*7 «O
151£03
15» 318.1
54.8
Sept.
1111111111
1112131415
15151514 11
14151599
1429343332
3130292929
Runoff in acre- feet
2,2702,0001,400
44,630
1,3101,1101,2301,6109,270
12,060 5,400
9421,080
39,680
* Winter discharge measurement made on thia day.Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Nov. 16-23, 25, 26, 28-30, Dec. 4, Dec. 7 to
I*11"' 28 (no gage-height record Dec. 14 to Mar. 27; discharge computed on baaia of weather recorda and records for nearby streama).
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard tine thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
198 SALMON RIVER BASIN
Salmon River below Valley Creek, at Stanley, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°14', long. 114°55', in SEiSEi sec. 34, T. 11 N., R. 13 E., three-quarters of a mile downstream from Valley Creek and li miles northeast
of Stanley. Datum of gage is 6,190.32 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.
Drainage area.- 535 square miles.
Records available.- July 1925 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 20 years, 589 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, "2,200 second-feet June 23 (gage height, 2.91 feet); minimum recorded, 220 second-feet Apr. Z, 3 (gage height, 0.80 foot).
1925-45: Maximum discharge, 5,020 second-feet June 27, 1927 (gage height, 4.41 feet), from rating curve extended above 4,000 second-feet; minimum, 100 second-feet (estimated) Nov. 20-30, 1929.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height, record, which are fair, inversions above station for irrigation.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, In feet, discharge, in second-feet;
0.9 2621.0 3121.2 436
1.4 1.7 2.0
SS9845
1,140
2.3 2.5
1,4401,670
2.9 2,190
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
26272829
.3031
Oct.
312307302302297
29729729730E302
302318324335347
383370353358353
347347335335329
329329329329329396
Kov.
4 SO416410517525
451416390396423
403396403390370
335335329335335
335341347353341
364353329341358-
Dec.
358353341341347
341324318282282
287292E97302
> a320
aS90
Jan.
» a300
> a310
I
I a280'
f279
a280
Month
October .......................November ...... ...............December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................February ......................March ................ ........April .........................HayJune ..........................July ..........................August ........................September .....................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
a280
1
1> a310
1h341
a300
. a280
'_-
Second foot-days
10,19211,5179,695
2O1 75O'
9,1498,201Qf 985
11,63136,66446,29030,53411,8038,838
203,499
Mar.
a280
iH307
. a290
h297a310a320
307307
2972972922922922S7
Maximum
396525358
1,670
__
7731,6302,1601,330
K.-t rj OJL /
335
2,160
Apr.
277262262267277
2772822S72S2277
287287287282292
302302329390480
5S1597557502472
472502549638773-
May
902990
1,1001,1901,310
1,4001,4201,4101,4101,550
1,6301,5001,4SO1,3901,310
1,2601,3101,2401,0701,030
970930990
1,000960
921930921960
1,0501,130
Minimum
297329
270
__
262902
1,120533297272
-
June
1,2001,2701,4001,4801,570
1,5501,5201,5201,5701,610
1,4201,3501,3601,3101,230
1,1601,1201,1501,2401,380
1,6201,8902,0902,1602,130
2,1102,0201,8001,6101,450
-
Mean
329384313
551
295E93290388
1,1831,543
985381295
558
July
1,3301,2801,2901,3101,310
1,2801,2401,2301,2101,180
1,1801,1901,1601,1201,130
1,0601,000
960912883
81S782746704670
630613613605565533
Per square mile
6.615.718,_585
1.03
.551
.548
.542 725
2.212.881.84
.712
.551
1.04
Aug.
517^'i
187180158451
ttti
S3 6S51165143429
123S03596583370
364558535335353
341329529518312
312512507307502297
Sept.
297292292287282
2872S72S22S22S2
277277277277277
277277277272272
302324335335329
329318312312312-
Runoff
Inches
0.71.SO.67
14.03
.64
.57
.62
.812.553'. 222.12.82.61
14.14
Acre-feet
20,22022,84019,230
400,200
18,15016,27017,82023,07072,72091,81060,56023,41017,530
403,600
t Result of discharge measurement.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for other
stations on SaJmon River.h Computed from staff-gage reading.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard tiire thereafter,
war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SALHON RIVER BASIN 199
Salmon River below Yankee Fork, near Clayton, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44° 16', long. 114°44', in sec. 20, T. 11 II., R. 15 E., a quarter ef a mile downstream from Sunbeam Dam and Yankee Fork and 18 miles up stream from Clayton.
Drainage area.- 041 square miles.
Records available.- October 1921 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 22 years (1922-24, 1925-45), 864 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,250 second-feet June 23 (gage height, 6.16 "Teetlj minimum, 284 second-feet Mar. 6 (gage height,-2.02 feet).
1921-45: Ifeximum discharge, 8,000 second-feet (estimated) June 27, 1927; minimum, 160 second-feet (estimated) Nov. 25-30, 1929.
Remarks.- Records good. No diversions above station for irrigation except those above Stanley.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
2.1 2.3 2.6 3.0 3.5
3204155657SO
1,090
4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.1
1,4401.6002,2002,3203,190
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1045
Day
1 234 5
6 7 8 9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29, 30 31
Oct.
410 405 405 400 395
390 395 400 400 400
400 410 420 430 460
490 480 455 450 450
445 440 430 430 420
420 415 415 415 415 465
Nov.
605 525 500 610 654
560 530 490 485 525
505 480 510 480 470
395 380 375 390 400
395 425 430 430 400
405 425 380 375 425
Dec.
420 425410 395 430
425 405 3S5 324 324
338 342 356 360 370
375 .385 405 435 405
370 385 375 375 342
352 352 380 370 360 365
Jan.
380 365 360 356
375 390 395 390 390
390 395 405 410 415
400 360 400 385 347
338 338 342 360 356
334 324
342370 342
Feb.
334 347 342 338347
347 352 380 380 370
3SO 380 390 400 356
390 390 385 360 370
347 365 36O 356 338
342 360 342
u»m +H Second Month foot-days
Octo Hove Dece
Ca
Janu Febr Marc Apr! May June Jills Augu Sept
Wa
mber ......................
lendar year 1944
ary .
13,155 13,959 11,740
......... 292,900
"usuryh .........................1 .........................
st ........................ember .....................
11,468 10,148 11,180 16,552 58,940 72,690 40,049 16,149 11,965
ter year 1944-45 .......... 287,995
Mar.
347 342 352 338 338
320 342 347 338 342
347 352 370 370 338
342 370 356
375
370 385 410 380 375
390 390 370 375 375 405
Maximum
490 654 435
2,740
415 400 410
1,130 2,610 3,140 1,850
686 455
3,140
Apr.
380 347 356 365390
370 375 395 375 360
385370 360 352 3SO
415 430 475 560 725
936 9S4 906 769 692
654 703 725 888
1,130
May
1,410 1,610 1,S60 2,090 2,260
2,410 2,400 2,350 2,340 2,570
2,610 2,350 2,320 2,140 1,980
1,890 1,980 1,730 1,620 1,540
1,470 1,400 1,480 1,540 1,510
1,480 1,500 1,520 1,660 1,880 2,040
Minimum
390 375 324
324
324 334 320 347
1,400 1,790
708 415 370
320
June
2,130 2,240 2,410 2,480 2,620
2,590 2,510 2,510 2,600 2,610
2,330 2,220 2,240 2,120 1,970
1,850 1,790 1,860 2,020 2,280
2,600 2,870 3,080 3,140 3,050
2,960 2,810 2,500 2,260 2,040
Mean
424 465 379
800
370 362 361 552
1,901 2,423 1,292
521 399
789
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sent. 30, 1945; mountain s To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
July
1,850 1,770 1,780 1,7901,760
1,700 1,650 1,620
,590 ,540
,570 ,540 ,500 ,460
1,440
1,350 1,270 1,210 1,160 1,120
1,030 996 948 900 858
816 786 786 804 747 70S
Per square mile
0.504 .553 .451
.951
.440
.430
.429
.656 2.26 2.88 1.54
.620
.474
.938
tandard
Aug.
686 654 632 610 600
590 605 642 600 590
580 555 545 530 520
510 485 470 465 505
475 455 455 440 425
425 430 420 420 415 415
Sept.
405 395 390 375 375
385 385 385 380 375
370 370 370 370 370
370 375 380 375 370
415 450 455 455 450
445 440 430 430 425
Runoff
Inches
0.58 .62.52
12.95
.51
.45
.49
.73 2.61 3.21 1.77
.71
.53
12.73
Acre-feet
26,090 27,690 23,290
580,900
22,750 20,130 22,180 32,830
116,900 144,200 79,440 32,030 23,730
571,300
time thereafter.
200 SALMON RIVER BASIN
Salmon River near Challis, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°23', long. 114°15', in sec. 7, T. 12 II., R. 19 E., 250 feet downstream from Bayhorse Creek and 9 miles south of Cnallis. Datum of gage is 5,163.99 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.
Drainage area.- 1,800 square miles (revised).
Records available.- October 1928 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 17 years, 1,271 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,420 second-feet June 24 (gage height, 6.08 feet); minimum, 281 second-feet Dec. 10, ice jam upstream, (gage height, I.p4 feet).
1928-45: Maximum discharge, 10,500 second-feet May 30, 1943 (gage height, 8.07 feet); minimum, 160 second-feet Dec. 14, 1940.
Remarks.- Records good. Some diversion above station for irrigation.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, in feet, and discharge. In second-feet)
1.6 3781.9 5072.2 6572.5 S20
3.0 1,1403.5 1,5404.0 2,0304.5 2,640
5.0 3,3805.5 4,2406.0 5,240
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct.
699 694 694 694 689
689684;
699 699 699
694 694 609 715 742
781 798 764 742 737
732 726 721 721 710
705 699 699 699 694 705
Nov.
878 843 786 820 988
878 826 786 764 803
803 775 798 775 753
668 595 575 575 600
610 710 726 732 673
652 694 647 685 668
Dec.
694 6RQ 668 626 668
662 631 610 498 449
476 489 502 512 502
489 502 512 555 668
621 641 621 531 436
432 449 550 647 631 610
Jan.
678 R57 621 605 673
689 694 710 684 668
668 678 705 710 678
668 595 647 668 585
440 415 489 560 647
595 480 489 498 590 678
Feb.
668 668 678 636 652
652 647 684 705 673
673 673 699 726 626
647 678 668 647 610
595 621 631 626 585
541 605 610
Month Second- Montn foot-days
Octo Nove Dece
Ca
Janu Febr Marc Apri Hay June July Augu Sept
Ha
lendar year 1944 ......
ary
22,117 21,986 17,571
469,453
h .........................1 .........................
st ........................embe r .....................
19,162 18,124 18,131 22,170 73,410 04,550 63,720 06,493 19,148
ter year 1944-45 .......... 426,582
Mar.
595 600 615 595 570
521 575 595 585 580
585 610 636 615 570
541 575 570 531 570
605 621 636 605 585
585 590 570 550 560 590
Maximum
798 988 694
4,820
710 726 636
1,280 3,300 5,090 2,880 1,120
705
- 5,090
Apr.
580 517 512 531 575
555 555 570 560 536
550 550 536 521 531
580 600 626 705 855
1,090 1,260 1,210 1,080 °57
902 908 908
1,030 1,280
May
1,600 1,860 2,180 2,560 2,840
3,070 3,100 3,020 3,000 3,060
3,300 2,950 2,850 2,700 2,470
2,320 2,410 2,190 2,040 1,960
1,870 1,790 1,830 1,890 1,920
1,860 1,900 1,900 2,060 2,330 2,580
Minimum
684 575 432
432
415 541 521 512
1,600 2,500 1,160
684 595
415
June
2,700 2,880 3,140 3,280 3,440
3,510 3,440 3,380 3,410 3,620
3,240 3,070 3,080 2,980 2,780
2,600 2,500 2,580 2,880 3,300
4,080 4,540 4,780 5,090 4,900
4,680 4,390 3,800 3,360 3.060
Mean
713 733 567
1,283
618 647 585
2,368 3,485 2,055 855 638
1,169
July
2,780 2,740 2,820 2,830 2,780
2,680 2,600 2,590 2,540 2,460
2,470 2,440 2,390 2,380 2,310
2,140 2,020 1,940 1,810 1,770
1,680 1,630 1,520 1,440 1,380
1,320 1,280 1,250 1,300 1,220 1,160
Per square mile
0.396 4:07
.315
.713
.343
.359
.325
.411 1.32 1.04 1.14 .475 .354
.649
Aug.
1,1201,070 1,050 1,010 988
969 963
1,020 975 950
938 908 884 861 855
832 798 770 764 814
809 775 753 742 715
699 710 699 684 684 684
Sept.
668 652 636 626 610
610 626 626 615615
610 605 605 605 605
595 600 605 610 605
636 689 705 705 699
694 689 678 662 662
Runoff
Inches
0.46 .45 .36
9.98
.40
.37
.37
.46 1.52 2.16 1.32 .55 .40
8.82
Time baala : Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time the To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
Acre-feet
43,870 43,610 34,850
931,100
38,010 35,950 35,960 43,970
145,600 207,400 126,400 52,550 37,980
846,200
reafter.
SALMON RIVER BASIN 201
Salmon River at Salmon, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 45°11', long. 113°54', In sec. 6, T. 21 N., R. 22 &., just upstream from Lemhl River, near Rose ranch buildings, 1,000 feet downstream from Island, and three-eighths of a mile downstream from highway bridge at Salmon.
Drainage area.- 3,760 square miles (revised).
Records available.- April 1912 to September 1916, July 1919 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 28 years (1913-16, 1920-45), 1,776 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,930 second-feet June 24 (gage height, 5.65 reet;; minimum, 760 second-feet Jan. 23 (gage height, 2.60 feet).
1912-16, 1919-45: Maximum discharge observed, 16,400 second-feet June 12, 1921 (gage height, 9.35 feet, staff gage at site 700 feet upstream); minimum, 242 second- feet Jan. 8, 1937 (gage height, 1.50 feet).
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair. Diversions above station for Irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617IS1920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1,1001,1101,1101,1201,130
1,1201,1401,1301,1401,130
1,1401,1401,1501,1601,190
1,2301,2801,3101,3001,280
1,3001,2801,2701,2601,270
1,2701,2701,2601,2601,2501,260
Nov.
1,2801,4601,4001,3601,430
1,5701,4601,4001,3701,390
1,4401,4401,4401,4401,410
1,3901,3001,2101,2001,190
1,2201,2301,3401,3601,350
1,2801,300
*1 ,3201,2501,200
-
Dec.
1,2801,3201,3101,2601,230
1,2701,2601,2201,2001,030
b840b840b880b900b920
b900b880868913
1,070
1,2801,2501,1701,040
913
850850895
1,0201,1501,140
Jan.
1,1701,3501,3901,2701,230
1,3901^3701,3701,3701,300
1,3101,2201,2201,2301,230
1,2101,170
*1 ,0701,1301,130
980859823895960
1,0801,000
886895904
1,020
Feb.
1,1201,1501,1701,1501,100
1,1101,1201,1901,2201,210
1,1701,1701,1901,2501,220
1,1201,1401,1601,1501,130
1,0601,0501,1001,1001,080
1,0401,0101,060
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Month
October. ...................................November ...................................December . ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January, ............................. ... .February. ..................................March. .....................................April........ .....:........................May. .......................................June .......... ............................July.. .....................................August .....................................September . .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
1,0701,0701,0701,1201,030
b940b920
1,0601,0801,110
1,1001,1301,1601,1401,100
1,0401,0101,040
*1 ,0201,000
1,0401,0801,1301,1201 ,080
1,0501,0501,0501,0301,0101,020
Apr.
1,0401,000
940931960
990970970980950
928931931913904
913940950970
1,030
1,1901,4701,6001,5301,370
1,2501,1901,1601,1301,260
-
Seccnd foot-days
37 ,36040,43032,949
662,967
35,43231 ,74032,87032,28582,980
126,86080,32035,24028 ,468
596 ,954
May
1,5001,8602,1302,5002,850
3,1403,3603 ,3403,2803,280
3,5803,4803,2203,1402,950
2,7802,7402,7602,5202,390
2,3002,2002,1702,2902,360
2,3402,3402,3602,3402,5702,910
Maximum
1,3101,5701,320
5,570
1,3901,2501,1601,6003,5805,7503,6401,4701,110
5,750
June
3,1403,2803,5803,8904,120
4,5504,4204,3604,3604,620
4,4704,1404,0404,0203,790
3,5403,3003,1403,2003,520
4,1204,8005,2505,5705,750
5,4905,2504 ,8204,3304,000
-
Minimum
1,1001,190
840
840
S231,010
920904
1,5003,1401,540
950859
823
July
3,6403,4003,3603,4003,360
3,2603,1403,0403,0202,930
2,8902,9502,9102,9302,930
2,8302,6302,5002,3902,410
2,3202,2002,1001,9801,860
1,7601,7001,6201,6601,6601,540
Aug.
1,4701,4301,3501,3001,260
1,2301,2201,2801,2801,250
1,2201,2101,1701,1401,120
1,1201,0801,0501,0301,040
1,0801,0701,0501,020
980
960960980960950980
Mean
1,2051,3481,063
1,811
1,1431,1341,0601,0762,6774,2292,5911,137
950
1,635
Sept.
960940913895877
877868868859868
877859859859877
886886895913922
9601,0201,0501,0801,110
1,1101,1001,1101,1101,080
-
Runoff in acre-feet
74 ,10080,19065,350
1,315,000
70,28062,96065,20064 ,040
164,600251 ,600159,30069,90056,510
1 ,184 ,000
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice. Time baale; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30,
a convert nar time to standard time, subtract I'hour.1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
202 SALMON RIVER BASIN
Salmon River near Shoup, Idaho
Location;- Wire-weight gage, lat. 45°19'30", long. 114°25', in sec. 13, T. 23 N., R. 17 t!. t at highway bridge 1 mile downstream from Panther Creek and 8 miles southwest of
Shoup.
Drainage area.- 6,270 square miles.
Records available.- October 1944 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 7,440 second-feet June 25; maxlnun gage height observed, 6.72 feet Feb..5 (backwater from ice): rilnimun discharge observed,
1,040 second-feet Sept. 12, 13 (gage height, 1.93 feet).
Remarks.- Records fair. Diversions above station for irrigation.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
'Shifting-control method used July 31 to Aug. 7)
1.9 1,010 4.0 3,720 2.2 1,290 5.0 5,440 2.5 1,610 6.1 7,500 3.0 2,240
Discharge, in second-fset, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct.
1,700 1,700 1,700 1,700 1,700
1,700 1,700 1,700 1,700 1,700
1,750 1,750 1,750 1,750
" 1,800
1,800 1,800 1,800
,850 ,800
,850 ,850 ,790 ,800 ,830
,830 ,830 ,830 ,850
,750
Nov.
1,380 2,010 2,060 1,980 2,110
2,240 2,190 2,080 2,080 2,060
1,980- -s ,0102,120 2,120 2,140
1,950 1,900 1,920 1,750 1,790
1,790 1,800 1,950 1,980 2,030
1,970 1,970 1,900 1,790
-
Dec.
1,S50 1,830 2,060 1,890 1,770
1,830 1,920 1,930 1,710 1,380
1,290 1,200 1,250 1,300 1,300
1,300 1,300 1,350 1,400 1,700
2,000 1,900 1,800 1,700 1,400
1,300 1,300 1,400 1,600
1 ,"00
Jan.
1,800 2,000 2,000 1,900 1,000
2,000 2,000 2,000 2,0001,900
1,900 1,800 1,800 1,800 1,300
1,800 1,^00 1,500
«-l,600 1,600
1,500 1,300 1,2501,350 1,450
1,600 1,5001,300 1,300
1,500
Feb.
1,700 1,700 1,750 1,750 1,700
1,700 1,700 1,800 1,SOO 1,800
1,750 1,750 1,800 1,900 1,800
1,700 1,620 1,700 1,700 1,630
1,630 1,610 1,630 1,650 1,630
1,480 1,430 1,510
-
Month
Octo Nove Dece
Ca
Janu Febr Hare Apri May.June July Augu Sept
Wa
mber. ............. ....................
lendar year
ary
h. .....................................
ember. .................................
ter year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
1,580 1,620 1,520 1,500 1,320
el, 300 1,490 1,530 1,530 1,540
1,630 1,650 1,860 1,810 1,630
1,440 1,410 1,500 1,570
#1,520
1,500 1,670 1,720 1,630 1,780
1,660 1,620 1,6301,540
1,600
Apr.
1, 1,1 1, 1,
1, 1, 1,1,1,
1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 1, 2, 2, 2,
1,1, 1, 1, 1,
Second foot-days
54,990 59 ,40049,460
_
52 ,250 47,320 48,840 49,150
129,290 183,280 109,080 46,220 38,620
86.7,900
660 590 440 430 340
440 560 560 500 490
500 500 420 400 400
370 500 510 520 560
790 990 280 270 120
980 860 670 670 830
May
2,230 2,790 2,960 3,800 4,380
4,650 5,100 5,130 4,740 4,900
5,570 5,370 4,S10 4,580 4,480
3,960 3,990 4,040 4,070 3,910
3,850 3,850 3,910 3,900 3,900
3,8203,880 3,880 3,930 4,2604,650
Maximum
1,930 2,240 2,060
_
2,000 1,900 1,860 2,280 5,570 7,440 5,300 2,030 1,620
7,440
June
4,790 4,740 4,880 5,510 5,840
6,990 7,100 6,950 6,910 7,290
7,120 6,630 5,980 5,710 5,480
5,600 5,400 5,130 5,010
e5,200
e5,500 66,000 e6,500 e7 ,000 7,440
7,310 7,120 6,550 5,980 5,620
Minimum
1,700 1,750 1,200
-
1,250 1,430 1,300 1,340 2,230 4,740 2,040 1,160 1 ,491
1,040
July
5,300 4,940 4,900 4,860 4,620
4,410 4,230 4,020 3,990 3,960
3,560 3,770 3,850 3,910 3,380
3,910 3,640 3,430 3,250 3,220
3,010 2,980 2,820 2,650 2,580
2,480 2,320 3,160 2,110 2,180 2,040
Aug.
2,030 1,900 1,850 1,790 1,750
1,6901,630 1,770 1,660 1,310
1,560 1,510 1,630 1,530 1,460
1,440 1,410 1,390 1,380 1,370
1,340 1,320 1,290 1,340 1,350
,240 ,260 ,160 ,160 ,160 ,C40
Mean
1,774 1,980 1,595
_
1,685 1,690 1,575 1,638 4,171 6,109 3,519 1,491 1,287
2,378
Sept.
1,180 1,230 1,210 1,220 1,180
1,160 1,150 1,130 1,100 1,080
1,080 1,040 1,040 1,050 1,220
1,240 1,240 1,250 1,250 1,290
1,330 1,430 1,470 1,600 1,570
1,610 1,610 1,560 1,580 1,620
Runoff in acre- feet
109,100 117,800
98 ,100
-
103 ,600 93,860 96 ,870 97,490
256 ,400 363 ,500 216,400 91,680 76 ,600
1,721,000
*. Winter discharge measurement made on this day.e Sage reading inaccurate or not representative of mean for day; discharge computed on basis of
records for other stations on Salmon River.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 12 to Feb. 16, Feb. 18, 19. No gage-height
record Oct. 1-22; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for other stations on Salmon River.
Time basis; Iiountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 50, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SALI10N" RIVER BASIN 203
Salmon River near French Creek, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 45°26', long. 115°59', in sec. 8, T. 24 N., R. 4 E., 100 feet downstream from Fall Creek, 2i miles northeast of French Creek post office, and 16
miles east-.of Riggins.
Drainage area.- 12,270 square miles.
Records available.- October 1944 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 37,200 second-feet June 6, 7 (gage height, 19.72 feet); minimum discharge observed, 1,890 second-feet Dec. 12 (gage
height, 1.44 feet).
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are good. Amount of water diverted above station for irrigation is a negligible percentage of total flow.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except periods or Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
1.4 1,8502.0 2,5103.0 3,7104.0 4,940
5.0 6,2506.0 7,9008.0 11,500
10.0 15,900
12.0 20,10016.0 28,90019.7 37,200
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
a3,600a3,600a3,500a3,500a3,500
a3%500a3,500a3,500a3,500a3,500
a3,500a3,5003,4903,5703,600
3,6103,6303,6703,7103,650
3,6003,6003,6103,5903,570
3,5303,5103,5303,5303,5303,570
Nov.
4,1104,4504.J204, £504,900
4,6304,6304,3304,1404,C90
4,1504,2004,C704,C804,C30
3,850'3,6103,3703,1003,000
2,9803,3003,8504,0203,990
3,8403,6403,7503,5SO3,330
-
Dec.
3,5803,7803,8403,7503,570
3,6503,720
*3,6403,3402,700
2,0201,930
b2,000b2,100b2,100
b2_,200b2,300b2,300b2,500b3,000
3,4503,6703,5203,310
b2,700
b2,400b2,400b2,500b2,700b2,800b3,000
Jan.
b3,2003,3103,2803,2703,360
3,2503,4303,6103,4303,610
3,5503,5403,6303,8103,810
3,7903,6103,4603,3703,210
3,0402,570
b2,400b2,300b2 , 400
b2,600b2 , 700b2,700b2,600b2,600b2,600
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year .........
January .......................February ......................March ..........................April .........................May ................. .........June ..........................July ..........................August ........................September .....................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
*b2,900b.%1003,7003,5403,550
3,6103,39C3,5804,0704.14C
3,82C3.67C3,61C3.61C3.60C
3,5403.39C3,35C3.48C3,35C
3,18C3,05C3,13C3,22C3.16C
2,93C2.91C2.98C
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Second foot-days
110,300117,790
*
98,04095,560
100,880132,840615,250862 ,500326 ,380134,930106,550
2,7P1,490
Mar.
3,0603,1003,1203,1202,950
2,7002,4003,0503,0703,040
3,1003,2703,550
«3,7103,580
3,3303,1503,0903,0703,030
3,1803,3703,6903,8703,660
3,4803,4503,4603,4603,3503,420
Maximum
3,7104,9003,840
3,8104,1403,8YC7,67C
28,50037,200
sleeo4,250
37,200
Apr.
3,5803 , 5RO3,2903,1203,160
3,2103,2403,4203,4803,360
3,2503,1903,1503,1203,070
3,1905,3003,5203,8304,600
6,0607,3907,6707,1807,180
6,0705,6805,5605,7606,630
-
May
8,55011,00013,70017,70021,000
23,30024,50023,90023,30024,500
28,50025,70023,80022,50020,700
19,40019,50018,60017,60016,700
16,20015,60015,50016,30017,700
17,70018,80019 , 60021,70024,20027,500
Minimum
3,4902,9801,930
22 9002)4003,0708,550
20,2005,9503,4603,000
1,^30
June
28,70028,90028,80029 ,80033,000
37,20036,50034,10033,60034,400
32,80030,60029,00027,40025,200
23,40022,50022,60024,10025,600
28 , 70031,00030,60030,60031,300
29,80026,60023,90021,60020,200
-
Mean
3,5583,9262 918'
3,1633,4133,2544,428
19,85028 ,75010,530
4,353 3,552
7,648
July
18,00015,90016,00015,80015,300
14,50013,70013,10012,50012,000
11,70011,80011,30011,00010,600
10,2009,7809,5008,8508,450
8,2607,8007,6207,3206,910
6,6806,4006,1706,1706,1205,950
Persquare mile
0.290.320.238
. 258
. 278
.265
.3611.622 . 34
.858
.355
.289
.623
Aug.
5,5,5,5,4,
4,4,4,5,4,
4,4,4,4,4,
4,4,4,3,3,
3,3,3,3,3,
3,3,3,3,3,3,
660500320120970
840750850150930
880790630500430
350240070940840
890890840770650
580550550530460460
Sept.
3,4603,3903,2903,1703,190
3,5303,5303,4003,2803,190
3,1703,0903,0503,0003,030
3,2403,5103,6003,5403,490
3,6403,8904,1204,1804,250
4,2304,1904,0303,9603,910
-
Runoff
Inches
0.33.36.27
.3029
31.40
1 .862.61
.99
.41
.32
8.45
Acre-feet
218,800233,600179,400
194,500189,500200,100263,500
1,220,0001,711,000
647,400267,600211,300
5,537,000
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. Time basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30,
r time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.To convert756837 O - 47 - 14
of records for station at Whitebird.
1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
204 SALMON RIVER BASIN
Salmon River at Whitebird, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 45°45', long. 116°20', In sec. 22, T. 28 I)., R. 1 E., just upstream from Whitebird Creek, half a mile downstream from Canf1eld-Joseph highway bridge, and 1 mile southwest of Whitebird.
Drainage area.- 13,550 square miles (revised), including that of Whitebird Creek.Records available.- August 1910 to September 1917, October 1919 to September 1945.Average discharge.- 33 years, 10,300 second-feet.Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 48,500 second-feet June 7 (gage height, 24.70
feet); minimum, 2,060 second-feet Dec. 13 (gage height, 10.90 feet).1910-17, 1919-45: mximum discharge observed, 88,800 second-feet June 9, 1921
(gage height, 31.2 feet), from rating curve extended above 75,000 second-feet; nlniraum 1,580 second-feet Dec. 11, 1932 (gage height, 10.23 feet), from rating curve extended below 2,200 second-feet.
Maximum stage known, about 37.5 feet, present datum, June 1894 (discharge, 120,000 second-feet).
Remarks.- Records excellent except those Cor periods of no gage-height record, which are good. Amount of water diverted above station for irrigation is a negligible percent age of total flow.
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height,in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used May 3 to July 9)
11.0 2,150 13.0 5,060 18.0 18,100 11.2 S,340 13.5 6,020 20.0 26,000 11.5 2,680 14.0 7,040 22.0 35,400 12.0 3,360 15.0 °,S90 24.3 47,600 12.5 4,170 16.0 11,900
Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1944 to September
Day
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26. 27'
28 29 30 31
'Oct.
3,930 3,860 3,770 3,770 3,730
3,800 3,750 3,720 3,720 3,720
3,750 3,700 3,700 3,800 3,360
3,860 3,860 3,880 3,920 3,920
3,860 3,850 3,850 3,830 3,810
3,780 3,770 3,750 3,750 3,750 3,860
Nov.
4,220 4,740 4,740 4,860 5,340
5,420 5,160 4,920 4,660 4,680
4,830 4,840 4,630 4,500 4,450
4,310 4,100 3,830 3,610 3,390
3,330 3,420 3,780 4,310 4,340
4,260 4,050 4,000 4,000 3,720
Dec.
3,690 3,980 4,120 4,080 3,930
3,830 3,950 3,970 3,780 3,360
2,760 2,270 2,180 2,230 2,280
2,3602,540 2,520 2,800 3,360
3,620 3,860 3,830 3,620 2,970
2,700 2,630 2,730 2,960 3,070 3,330
Jan.
3,460 3,690 3,610 3,570 3,650
3,6103,730 3,860 3,930 3,900
3,920 3,900 3,950 4,100 4,270
4,2604,140 3,970 3,810 3,750
3,590 3,200 2,690 2,540 2,690
2,890 2,970 2,970 2,860 2,760 2,810
Feb.
3,150 3,480 3,970 4,070 4,050
3,980 3,860 3,950 4,500 4,770
4,630 4,320 4,220 4,200 4,200
4,150 4,000 3.88C 3,88C 3.86C
3,73C 3,67C 3,61C 3,65C 3.65C
3,54C 3,40C 3.39C
£££.Octo Nove Dece
Ca
Janu Pebr Hare Apri May June July Augu Sept
Ha
mber ...................... 9
7,880 0,440 9,360
lendar year 1944 ......... 2,995,330
sry . . . in
ember ..................... 12
9,050 0,760 4,770 4,500 3,100 8,400 2,230 0,630 0,230
ter year 1944-45.. ..... . 3,315,550
Mar.
3,480 3,510 3,560 3,540 3,400
3,260 3,060 3,170 3,530 3,480
3,510 3,650 3,970 4,340 4,390
4,150 3,860 3,720 3,690 3,650
3,930 4,610 4,990 5,190 5,060
4,740 4,650 4,750 4,700 4,570 4,660
Maximum
3,930 5,420 4,120
36,500
4,270 4,770 5,190 9,860
34,200 47,200 21,300 6,380 4,750
47,200
Apr.
4,860 4,840 4,610 4,260 4,12*0
4,240 4,340 4,680 5,190 4,900
4,590 4,450 4,290 4,170 4,140
4,200 4,380 4,590 5,020 5,900
7,440 9,170 9,860 9,480 8,670
7,S80 7,360 7,140 7,310 8,420
Hay
10,700 13,400 16,700 21,300 25,900
29,000 30,300 29,500 28,700 29,400
34,200 31,600 29,500 28,400 26,100
24,50023,500 23,300 21,800 20,600
19,900 19,100 18,800 19,900 22,700
22,800 23,600 24,400 26,300 29,200 32,600
June
34,900 35,100 35,400 36,200 39,800
47,100 47,200 43,800 41,800 42,900
40,900 38,200 35,400 33,100 30,500
28,300 27,200 27,200 28,500 30,500
33,400 36,200 36,900 36,200 37,000
35,700 31,700 28,200 25,400 23,700
Minimum Mean
3,700 3,803 3,330 4,348 2,180 3,205
2,180 8,134
2,540 3,518 3,150 3,920 3,060 4,025 4,120 5,817
10,700 24,450 23,700 34,950 6,660 12,010 3,900 4,865 3,400 4,008
2,180 9,084
1945
July
21,300 19,700 19,000 18,40Q 17,600
16,800 15,900 15,200 14,500 13,900
13,400 13,400 13,000 12,400 12,100
11,500 10,900 10,400 9,880 9,390
9,050 8,700 8,420 8,100 7,750
7,400 7,120 6,910 6,750 6,700 6,660
Per square mile
0.281 .321 .237
.604
.260
.289
.397
.429 1.80 2-58
.886
.359
.296
.670
Aug.
6,380 6,180 5,940 5,740 5,500
5,420 5,310 5,290 5,500 5,540
5,360 5,270 5,140 4,990 4,9fe«.
a4,900 a4,800 a4,600 a4,400 a4,300
84,300 4,360 4,320 4,270 4,120
84,080 a4,040 a4,000 83,970 a3,940 83,900
Sept.
h3,860 h3,800 b3,VOO h3,640 a3,700
a4,000 a4,000 83,900 83,800 3,620
3,560 3,540 3,500 3,420 3,400
3.500 3,800 3,980 4,080 3,980
4,050 4,360 4,610 4,720 4,750
4,740 4,750 4,610 4,450 4,410
RunoffInches
0.32.36 .27
8.29
,30 ,30 .34 .48
2.08 2.88 1.02
.41
.33
9.09
Acre-feet
233,800 258,700 197,100
5,941,000
216,300 217,700 247,500 346,100
1,504,000 2,079,000
738,300 299,200 238,500
6,576,000
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for h Computed from staff-gage reading.Time basis;. Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific
o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
station near French Creek.
standard time thereafter.
SALMON RIVER BASIN £05
Alturas Lake Creek near Obsidian, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 43°56', long. 114°50', in SWi sec. 9, T. 7 N., R. 14 t;., 1 mile dovmstream from outlet of Pej-kins Lake, H miles downstream from outlet of Alturas Lake, and 4 miles south of Obsidian.
Drainage area.- 35.7 square miles.
Records avallabls.- November 1940 to September 1945.
Extrenes.- Maximum discharge during year, 387 second-feet June 24 (gage height, 4.47 feet) minimum recorSed, 10 second-feet Apr. 3 (gage height, 1.83 feet).
1940-45: Maximum discharge, 612 second-feet May 31, 1943 (gage height, 5.30 feet); minimum recorded, that of Apr. 3, 1945.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. No rti- version or reflation above station.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1 2 3 4 5
67 8 9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct.
13 13 12 12 12
12 12 12 12 12
12 12 12 13 14
19 17 17 16 16
16 16 15 15 14
14 14 14 14 14 16
Nov.
19 19 19 23 25
24 23 22 22 25
25 25 25 23 23
21 21 20 20 19
19 17 17 17 17
17 16 16 16 16
Dec.
16 *16
17 16 16
16
14
Jan.
15
14
Month
Ooto Hove Dece
Ca
Janu Febr Marc Apr! May June July Augu Sept
Wa
her .......................
mber ......................
lendar year 1944
aryuary
st ........................ember .. ^. .................
ter year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
15
Second- foot-days
432 611 447
17,125
420 473 612
4,513 7,407 3,952
935 457
20,710
Mar.
15
16 16 15
" 15 14
Maximum
19 25
244
42 236 382 222
50 17
382
Apr.
14 14 13 13 13
12 12 14 14 14
15 15 15 14 14
14 16 15 16
«17
19 23 26 32 35
36 38 38 39 42
May
48 57 75
102 138
168 192 206 215 224
236 226 218 204 182
170 164 148 134 129
119 112 112 113 112
111 110 110 116 125 137
June
152 173 209
228 238
232 226 222 230 236
218 202 199 194 182
174 166 171 187 218
264 318 356 382 374
369 377 351 299 260
July222' 201 194 197 199
192184 179 171 165
158 153 150 141 136
125 116 107 101
96
9186 80 76 72
69 64 60 59 56 52
Per Minimum Mean square
mild
12 13.9 0.389 16 20.4 .571
14.4 .403
46.8 1.31
14.5 .406 15.0 .420 15.3 .429
12 20.1 .571 48 146 4.09
152 247 6.92 52 127 3.56 17 30.2 .846 13 15.2 .426
56.7 1.59
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. Kote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Nov. 16-21, 23, 25,28-30, Dec.
Mar. 28 to Apr. 5, Apr. 9-14 (no gage-height record Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 12, 13, .Feb. discharge computed on basis of weather records and records f j? stations on nearby
Aug.
50 47 45 42 41
39 38 38 36 35
34 33 3131 30
28 26 26 26 26
26 26 25 24 22
20 19 19 18 17 17
Sept.
17 17 16 16 16
15 15 16 15 14
14 14 15 14 14
14 13 14 13 14
16 17 16 16 16
16 16 16 16 16
RunoffInches
0.45 .64 .47
17.84
.47
.44
.49
.64 4.70 7.72 4.12 .97 .48
21.59
Acre-feet
857 1,210
887
33,970
.833 938
1,210 8,950
14,690 7,840 1,850
906
41,070
4, Dec. 7 to Mar. 24 15 to Mar. 25; streams).
is: Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3 war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
206 SALMON RIVER BASIN
Valley Creek at Stanley, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°13', long. 114°56', In sec. 3, T. 10 N., R. 13 E., a quarter of a mile upstream from mouth, three-eighths of a mile downstream from upper
Stanley, and three-quarters of a nlle upstream from lower Stanley.
Drainage area.- 176 square miles.
Records available.- December 1910 to October 1913, May 1921 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 25 years (1911-13, 1922-45), 181 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 664 second-feet May 10 (gage height, g.59 feet); minimum observed, 54 second-feet Feb. 23 (gage height, 0.97 root).
1910-13, 1921-45: Maximum discharge observed, 1,850 second-feet May 29. 1921 (gage height, 4.ii feet), from rating curve extended above 1,300 second-feet; mlnimun, 40 second-feet (estimated) Nov. 17-30, 1929, Dec. 8-13, 1932.
Remarks.- Records fair except those for Apr. 15 to May 31, which are poor. Gage readthree times weekly except for period Apr. 29 to July 14, when dally readings were made. Diversions above station for Irrigation.
Discharge, in seoond-feet. water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
8181807979
7979787777
7777778090
,9692888581
8078777777
777778787990
Nov.
102101100140138
122120117120136
120110122111100
8580808080
8586868680
8083808686-
Dec.
83#86858484
8180756060
6162636466
6872747570
6465
6058
606570686870
Jan.
7371707072
7272727272
7272747883
8072787670
«6668697070
676261606060
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................February ......................March ......................April .........................Ma tfMay ...........................Jnne ..........................July ........ .................August ........................September ... .................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
6163656870
7273757775
7473737366
7275656060
5655545556
566056__-
Second- foot-days
2,5013,0022,163
56,534
2,1841,8382,2903,92012,65614,2687,3722,8062,232
57,232
Mar.
5660626563
6570717681
8488847365
7075747076
738085*8380
777573737390
Maximum
9614086
598
837790
27158059231912296
592
Apr.
8888808890
8490
10510090
929090909O
9210712 2150175
203195178165156
15617320022S271-
May
354400410425430
440452474527580
568508484452452
462452452440362
327302327327311
311302287294354390
Minimum
778058'58
60545680
2873541265556
54
June
420420452508568
592580568544556
508452430400376
372372372380420
484568580580568
520474430420354-
Mean
80.710069.8
154
70.565.673.9
13140847623890.574.4
157
July
311302311319311
311302294287271
287294271256253
250246242235228
220210203180167
148136135135131126
Per square mile
0.459.568.397
.875
.401
.373
.420
.7442.322.701.35
514.423
.892
Aug.
122118113111109
109109109109109
10510E1009692
90S88484'
84
S2SI787572
706868585655
Sept.
5657586063
6363656870
7273737373
7373737373
7390959694
928884S484
RnnoffInches
0.53.63.46
11.95
.46
.39
.48.'83
2.673.011.56
» 59.47
12.08
Acre-feet
4,9605,9504,290
112,100
4,3303,6504,5407,780
25,10028,30014,6205,5704,430
113, 500
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.Note.- Gage read 3 times weekly except for period Apr. 29 to July 14, when daily readings were made-
Discharge for days of no gage-height record interpolated or computed on basis of weather records and records for stations on nearby streams. Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Nov. 17-20, Dec. 8-20, Dec. 25 to Jan. 3, Jan. 17-26, Feb. 19.
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3O, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SALI10N RIVER BASIN 207
Yankee Fork Salmon River near Clayton, Idaho
Location.^ Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°17', long. 114°44', in sec. 17, T. 11 II., R. 15 E., half a mile upstream from nouth and 17 miles west of Clayton.
Drainage area.- 195 square miles.
Records available.- May 1921 to Septenber 1945.
Average.discharge.- 22 years (1922-24, 1925-45), 137 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum aischarge during year, 800 second-feet June 5 (gage height, 4.10 feet); minimum discharge not determined, probably occurred during period of ice effect.
1921-45: Maximum discharge, 3,360 second-feet June 12, 1921 (gage height, 6.79 feet, site and da tun then in use), from rating curve extended above 2,300 second-feet; r.iini-- mum, 10 second-feet (estimated) Dec. 5, 6, 1927.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are poor. Ho diversion or regulation above station.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9
10
11 12 13 14
15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct.
68 67 68 67 67
67 67 66 67 65
65 65 66 66 71
73 72 68 67 66
65 65 64 64 63
62 61 62 62 62 64
Nov.
84 72 R8 74 85
75 74 f,6 66 72
71e,275 66 f,8
53
E5
Dec.
(*)
55
> 45
Jan.
45
(*)
Month
Ooto Nove Dece
Ca
Jann Febr Marc Apri May June July Augu Sept
Wa
lender year 1944
ary
h .........................1 .........................
st ........................ember . . ..................
ter year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
40
Second- foot-days
2,042 1,901 1,485
62,335
1,395 1,120 1,178 1,771
14,935 19,116 6,725 2,607 1,930
56,205
Mar.
38
(*)
Maximum
73 85
850
13C 692 775 364 108 69
775
Apr.
4340 42 45 43
40 36 34 33 35
36
33 33 34
37 40 45 51 67
96 116 112 93 85
78 78 80 96 130
May
170 399 407 579614
660 647 622 610 656
631549 5E4 481 445
423 426 402 378 361
344 330341 375 384
396 411 442 528 618 692
Minimum
61
33 L70 396 113 67 60
June
'700 741 770 746 775
746 718718 728 705
643 622 622579 532
497 487 518
674
736 741
"10 652
595 542 477 436 396
Mean
65.9 65.4 47.9
170
45.0 40.0 38.0 59.0
482 637 217 84.1 64.3
154
July
364 355 355 346 324
303288 273 259 244
273 E51 235 238 216
203 189 181 176 174
162 157 146 141134
128 125 125 128 119 113
Per square mile
0.338 .325 .246
.872
.231
.205
. 195
.303 2.47 3.27 1.11 .431 .330
.790
Aug.
108 105 101 99 96
9496
108 96 95
94 89 37 85 84
77 76 75 85
78 75 73 72 67
69 70 68 68 67 68
Sept.
66 65 64 64 64
65 65 64 6461
60 62 6261 61
61 63 64 63 62
63
69 68 69
69 68 66 65 65
Runoff
Inches Acre feet
0.39 4,050.36 3,770 .28 2,950
11.89 123,600
.27 2,770
.21 2,220
.22 2,340
.34 3,510 2.85 29,620 3.65 37,920 1.28 13,340 .50 5,170 .37 3,830
10.72 111,500
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Nov. 17 to Apr. 6 (no gage-height record
Nov. 26-30, Dec. 15 to Mar. 22; discharge computed on basis of 1 discharge measurement, weather records, and records for Salmon River below Yankee Pork, near Clayton).
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
208 SALMON RIVER BASIN
Chains Creek near Challis, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44D34', long. 114°19', In sec. 2, T. 14 II., R. 18 E., an eighth of a mile downstream from Eddy Creek, 6 miles northwest of Challis, and 6f miles upstream from mouth.
Drainage area.- 85 square miles.
Records available.- October 1943 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 138 second-feet June 5. 9 (gage height, 1.29 feet); minimum observed, 9 second-feet (discharge measurement) Jan. 20.
1945-45: Maximum discharge observed, 201 second-feet June 14, 15, 1944 (gage height, 1.78 feet); minimum observed, that of Jan. 20, 1945.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are poor.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except oeriods of Ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feeb)
36456794
140
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1ZS45
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
2323222222
2222212121
2121212123
2322222222
2121212121
222121212121
Nov.
2320202121
2021199024
2120212119
1918181819
1919202020
20191920
*20-
Dec.
20202019
h!9
1-
15
. 13
Jan.
} »
16
} -#hlO
12
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................February ......................March ................... .....April .........................May ...........................June .................... .....July ..........................August ........................September ......................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
15
hi 6
} "
h} -h!414
141414__-
Second- foot days
669599478
15,024
438416415468
1 7513^ 4101 725
852579
11,800
Mar.
1313
hi 31313
1313
hisis-is1313
his1313
1414141414
»1514141313
131413131414
Maximum
2324
201
152193
130833822
130
Apr.
1414151514
1414141313
1313131314
1414141617
2121201817
1717171920-
May
2327354554
6462626265
6361605757
5453515251
5151535757
565962708493
Minimum
2118
-
"
13132391322016
-
June
97100109110130
130126124130130
124120122118114
106989498
109
120124122122120
1141091029791-
Mean
21.620.015.4
41.0
14.114.913.415.656.511455.627.519.3
32.3
July
8377767271
7170686562
6867626562
5652504950
4845424239
383836363233
Per square mile
0.254.236.181
.482
.166
.175
.158
.184
.6651.34.654
1227
.380
Aug.
3232323030
2933383333
3231323231
2927262526
2422212121
222422202121
Sept.
1919181716
1819191919
17'17171617
1719192021
2222222222
2122212121~
Runoff
Inches
0.29.26.21
6.57
.19
.18
.18
.20
.771.49.75. 3V.25
5.14
Acre-feet
1,3301,190
948
29,800
869825823928
3,4706,7603,4201,6901,150
23,400
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.h Cotnmited from staff-gage reading.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Nov. 18-23, 25, 26, Nov. 28 to Dec. 1, and aboub
Dec. 6 to Feb. 11. No gage-height record Dec. 3, 4, 6, 7, 10-17, 19-23, Dec. 25 to Jan. 19, Jan. 21-28, Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, Feb. 8-11, 13-23, Feb. 25 to Mar. 2, Mar. 4-7, 9-12, 14-20, May 7-11; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for stations on nearby streams.
Time basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SALMON RIVER BASIN 209
Pahslmerol River near May, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 44°42', long. 114°03', in Wi sec. 25, T. 16 N., R. 20 E., a quarter of a mile downstream from old highway bridge on Challis-Salpion River highway, a quarter of a mile upstream from mouth, and 10 miles northwest of May. Datum of gage is 4,636.95 feet above mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.
Records available.- October 1929 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 15 years (1930-45), 194 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 333 second-feet Nov. 17, 27, Dec. 2 ( gage height, 2.47 feet); minimum observed, 117 second-feet May 11.
1929-45: Maximum discharge observed, 454 second-feet May 30, 1943 (gage height', 2.81 feet); minimum observed, 75 second-feet Apr. 28, 1934.
Remarks.- Records good, gation.
Gage read once daily. Many diversions above station for irri-
Disoharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12Z45
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
a230237251ESSE54
E62265258262265
265272276272272
276265269262265
272272276280287
287287291295295299
Nov.
299306306303299
299295295295318
31031S314322325
329333329325318
310306314318325
322333329325310-
Dec.
322333322318310
314306299295280
272272269265258
258262265262262
262262254254254
254254251254254251
Jan.
251258265265262
265265269265265
269272276284280
280284276280276
269269265262258
254254247244251244
Feb.
247262262269272
272276287291284
2S4284284291287
284280276276284
280237287284284
280376276---
Month
"otober. ............"ovember. ........... v»cember. ...........
Calendar year 1944
"noauary. ............'^bruary"aroh ...............nril. ..............
"<\y. ................'line ................"uly ................' ugust .............."«ptember. ..........
Water year 1944-45 ......................
liar.
£76276269272269
265262269272276
284280284276269
272272272269265
265262258262265
262269269262262262
Apr.
254247247244247
251247244247244
244244240240240
237233233227227
227220220217217
217207201188176
Second- foot days
9^4308,548
87,782
8 2247^806
6^9274,2775,0315,3365,6616,342
84,306
May
173168158148146
143139132124120
117US124124130
130126132137132
128137141146143
139148146139146143
Maximum
299333333
333
284291284254173210204210262
333
June
141139143146153
15S166163168179
173176173171171
173171166148146
150158173192188
179171188198210
Minimum
23'29'25]
HE
24424 r25 £176llr13'16C16217llr
July
204195188173168
163166
a!66a!66a!67
a!68a!68
168a!70a!72
a!74a!75a!77
179192
185a!75a!70a!65a!65
163a!62
160a!62a!64
166
Aug.
166166168166166
163210201
a!98195
192188185185179
192192192185182
173182188188185
179176179179179162
Mean
270314276
3 240
265279
3 269231138
) 168) 172
183» 211
r 231
Sept.
182182185192192
1S5182179179
a 182
185a 187a!90
192a 195
a!98201207204210
247262262254254
254251251251247
Runoff in acre-feet
16,62018,70016,950
174,100
16,31015,48016,56013,7408,4809,980
10,53011,23012,580
167,200a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated or computed on basis of weather records. Time baala; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafte
" o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
310 SALMON RIVER BASIN
Panther Creek near Shoup, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 45°19', long. 114 °23', In sec. 19, T. 23 N., R. 18 E., L-R feet downstream from bridge on private road, 1 nile upstream from mouth, and 7 miles south west of Shoup.
Drainage area.- 529 square miles.
Records available.- October 1944 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,780 second-feet June 8; maximum gage height observed, 4.10 feet Dec. 18 (backwater from ice); minimum discharge observed, 46 second-feet Nov. 18 (gage height, 0.00 foot).
Remarks.- Records Rood except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which a i"3 fair. Gage read once daily. Small diversions above station for irrigation.
Rating table (gage
0.0.1
water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect eiTjit, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
113
0.7 1.0 1.4
190283430600
2.4 3.0 3.7
1,2901,780
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
' 100
94
949292908890
Nov.
10010096
105109
1071009692
105
9692
10010096
8456464861
677792
105105
105105
*8690-
Dec.
{ 90
6394
92928872
. 70
> 80
Jan.
\
> 80I'
> 88
*8B
> 70
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year .........
January .......................February ......................March .......... ............April ............... . .......May ..................... .....June ..........................July ..........................August ........................September .....................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
' 75
77
7777737273
7372737373
737373
-
Second- foot-days
3,0402,7132,446
2 4722 0822*4583,045
14,95028,3519,8434, 2253,022
78,647
Mar.
7272737066
7073707073
7384928873
64847377
*86
8888848481
8492848184105
Maximum
109
105176750
1,780530196118
1,780
Apr.
7364616777
8181818892
81737570
84849296
109
176163153153137
127123123132158
May
251257304376414
454470470494518
550502486454446
462470490490470
470454470510518
550550570600700750
Minimum
8846
_6461
23156018510092
46
June
73C730848980
1,060
1,2201,6401,7801,7401,250
1,100980956P84824
750720750750770
80095095O932860
812750675600560-
Mean
98.190.473. 9
79.774.479.3102482945318136101
S15
July
::>3o470450470430
410372372361354
347347332325318
3182"£270270263
263270263250231
231231219213202185
Per square mile
0.185.171.149
.151
.141
.150
.193
.9111.79.601.257.191
.406
Aug.
176163163158137
142153196163163
15815014714V142
132132123118127
137127118118113
113.. 105100102102100
Sept.
10096969296
9696969292
929292Q£92
92929696102
105113113113113
118113113118113-
Runoff
Inches
C , El.19.17
.17
.15
.17
.211.051.99.69.30.21
5.51
Acre feet
6,0305,3804,850
i,9004,1304,8806,040
29,65056 ,23019,5208,3805,990
156,000
-:- Winter discharge measurement made on this day.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Nov. 29 to Dec. 3, Dec. ir> to .Tan. 18, :<
Feb. 14, Mar. 4-6. No gage-height record Oct. 1-24, Jan. 23, 24; discharge computed on ba weather records and records for other stations in Salmon River Easin.
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time ther To convert war time.to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
an. CO to 3 is of
SALMON RIVER BASIN 2Il
Middle Fork Salmon River near Cape Horn, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°25', long. 115°11' (revised), in sec. 34, T. 13 N., K. 11 C., 1,100 feet downstream from Little Beaver Creek, half a Tnil'e downstream from confluence of Marsh and Beaver Creeks, and 2 miles (revised) northwest of Cape Horn.
Drainage area.- 138 square miles.
Records available.- September 1928 to September 1945 (no winter records 1941-45).
Average discharge.- 13 years (1928-41), 197 second-feet.
JExtreTnes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,110 second-feet May 10 (gage height, 4.92 feet;; minlnum recorded, 31 second-feet Apr. 14 (gage height, 2.12 feet).
1928-45: Maximum discharge, 2,340 second-feet June 9, 1933, and about May 31, 1943; maximum gage height, 6.26 feet June 9, 1933; minimum discharge recorded, that of Apr. 14, 1945.
Remarks.- Records good except those for Apr. 1, 2, which are fair, and those for period of Ice effect, which are poor. No diversion above station.
Rating table, mater year 1S44-45, except period of ice efl (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
103145195
.5.6 4.0 4.4 4.8
Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1S44 to September 1S45
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
8382828283
8282828282
8082838390
9287838280
787S767573
7171717171
117
Nov.
123928S143123
1C194828089
8785838075
' b70
"
Dec. Jan.
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year .........
January .......................February ......................March .........................April .........................May ...........................June ..........................July ..........................August ........................September .....................
Water year ..........
Feb.
Second- foot days
2,5162,476
-
__
2,73518,83821,4817,4793,5612,827
-
Mar.
Maximum
117143
-
___
203S5499538S141111
-
Apr.
a8Oe70646464
6262656059
6260605864
68687182
103
127138141132119
123127127152203-
May
272359454547686
769810793752954
804747758664605
626590501471450
429429506524497
547542565648736798
Minimum
71
_
-
__58
2724251479687
-
June
834876954918995
906858858930852
736692681626580
551542570632708
764769736720654
6OO547488479425-
Mean
81.282.5
-
__91.2
60871624111594.2
-
July
389370363348330
316302288275263
275272272272244
229220212203198
190185177172167
159157162167155147
Per square mile
0.588.598
-
__.661
4.415.191.75.333.683
-
Aug.
141138134132130
127134133127127
123117115115115
111107107105111
10510310110199
1011019896
10399
Sept.
9692929090
9694929290
8087878787
9092949094
107111105103101
10198949492
Runoff
Inches
0.68.67
-
___.74
5.085.792.02.96.76
-
Acre feet
4,9904,910
-
___
5,42037,36042,61014,8307,0605,610
-
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on "basis of records for stations on nearby streams.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.e Oage height not representative of mean for day; discharge computed on basis of records for
stations on nearby streams.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3O, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
212 SALMON RIVER BASIN
Bear Valley Creek near Cape Horn, Idaho
Location.- Hater-stage recorder, lat. 44°2G', long. 115°17', In sec. 29 (revised), T. 13 N., R. 10 E)., 250 feet downstream from Fir Creek, 3 miles (revised) upstream fron mouth, and 7 miles northwest of Cape Horn.
Drainage area.- 180 square miles.
Records available.- September 1921 to September 1928 (fragmentary), October 1928 to September 1945 (no winter records 1941-45).
Average discharge.- 13 years (1928-41), 239 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,800 second-feet May 11 (gage height, 4.23 feet); minimum recorded, 63 second-feet Nov. 14 (gage height, 1.25 feet).
1921-45: Maximum discharge, 3,450 second-feet June 9, 1933 (gage height, 5.49 feet), from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-feet; minimum recorded, 28 second- feet Nov. 11, 1931.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Wo regulation or diversion above statloji.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
8787858585
85S3858787
8785858890
9292908887
8787678785
8583838587
121
Nov.
191133119173198
145130117108106
102blOOb9794
b90
~
Dec. Jan.
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year .........
January .......................February ......................March .........................April ................. .......UAVway ... .......................June . . .......................July ..........................August ........................September .....................
Water year ..........
Feb.
Second- foot-days
2,717^ '
_4,30527,24925,3387,7243,7923,232
-
Mar.
Maximum
121
__
2921,5101,330
430153138
-
Apr.
allO102100102100
9696908788
94889290
100
102102'117
128167
22924824S240211
198191182215292-
May
42555070S861
1,000
1,1301,2001,1901,1401,410
1,5101,1601,2501,060
917
868945766669627
585561675720682
740766701753819861
Minimum
__87
42549415110496
-
June
924931
1,0101,1401,210
1,1301,0601,0401,1401,330
1,040910889786734
69466967570S740
760772740786740
645591528522494-
Mean
108 '
_144879845249122108
-
July
430400376357335
322313300284271
275296279255244
233225222211208
198188182179173
170164161164158151
Per square mile
0.487 .600
-
.8004.884.691.38.678.600
-
Aug.
151145143138138
135140153143138
135128124119119
117112110108110
110110108106104
106110108106106112
Sept.
1061021009896
loo10210298
102
100100100100100
100104106104104
126138133126119
119117112110108-
Runoff
Inches
0.56 .67
_.89
5.635.241.60.78.67
-
Acre-feet
eUso
_8,54054,05050,26015,3207,5206,410
-
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations on nearby str__. b'Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SALMON RIVER BASIN 213
Big Creek near Big Creek, Idaho
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 45°07', long. 114°55', in sec. 31, T. 21 N., R. 13 E., limiles downstream from Cabin Creek, 2 miles southeast of Wallace Ranch, and I9i mileseast of Big Creek post office.
Drainage area.- 470 square miles.Records available.- September 1944 to September 1945. Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during period September 1944 to September 1945,
1,940 second-feet June 9 (gage height, 4.02 feet); minimum not determined, probablyoccurred during winter period.
Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record,which are poor. No regulation; small diversions for irrigation.
Discharge, in second-feet, 1944-45
1944
Day
Sept. 56789
Discharge
161152142145148
Day
Sept. 101112'13
14
Discharge
145145142142142
Day
Sept. 1516171819
Discharge
152152148148152
Day
Sept. 2021222324
Discharge
145148152148148
Day
Sept. 252627282930
Discharge
148145145142
a!40139
a. No gage-height record; discharge interpolated.
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
212223242526"
2728293031
Oct.
139139136136136
133133130130127
127al36a!45a!52a 148
a!45a!45a!39a 139ai39
al33a!30
a 128
127127130127
HOT.
a!90152152
a210a200
158
» 130
90
120
-
Dec.
120
> «90
100
Jan.
> 100
110
90
Feb.
90
100100*96__-
Mar.
100
110
Apr.
110
130158171
*332359343328305
2682H2305469506-
Hay
563665714920962
1,1501,0901,0601,0401,080
1,1701,1501,1201,0901,060
980891764719665
644583563676775
741676833915
1,0101,450
June
1,7501,7201,7501,5701,780
1,8901,8301,8901,9401,760
1,6501,5201,3301,1901,050
S91810
1,0201,5001,720
1,6401,8501,6801,8701,690
1,730al,5001,1301,030
920-
July
926879938903868
845821764741708
687676655644583
544525520497425
434408400367363
351339313298283279
Aug.
268261254250261
254298283290283
367328232261246
225218204200190
197190184177177
171167164164161158
Sept.
a!55152145158-142
139139133127130
133133139145158
145142139145
a!50
a!60al80a200a200a 190
alSOa!70alSOalSOa!70
-
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a. No gage-height record or gage readings in error or not representative of average for day; dis
charge computed on basis of weather records and records for other tributaries of Salmon River. Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Nov. 7 to Apr. 18.
Monthly discharge, in seconrl-feet, 1944-45
x"^weober .
Water year 1944-45 .........
Seoond-foot-days
27 719
7 08^' ' * " Q
' 6 -
128 868'
161
1 940*958
367200
-
j
147
"
193
Per
mile.0.313
"
272
221
F
Inches
0.30
-
2 19
unoff
Acre-feet
7,570
"
8 270
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. "o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
214 SALMON RIVER BASIN
South Fork Salmon River near Knox, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°39', long. 115°42', in NWi sec. 11, T. 15 N., R. 6 t)., 800 feet downstream from Curtis Creek, 1 mile upstream from Warm Lake Creek, li miles southwest of Knox, and 21 miles northeast of Cascade.
Drainage area.- 92 square miles.
Records available.- September 1928 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 17 years, 125 second-feet.
Extremes.- 1942-43: Maximum discharge during water year, 1,320 second-feet (revised) May 31 (gage height, 6.19 feet); minimum recorded, 25 second-feet Nov. 10.
1944-45: Maximum discharge during water year, 806 second-feet May 10 (gage height, 5.04 feet); minimum recorded, 16 second-feet Nov. 16.
1928-45: Maximum discharge observed, 1,560 second-feet June 9, 1933 (gage height, 4.69 feet, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 1,000 second- feet; minimum observed or recorded, 16 second-feet Feb. 17, Aug. 19, 20, 1931, Nov. 16, 1944.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are poor. No diversion above station.
Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge for the water year 1943, superseding those published in Water-Supply Paper 983, are given herein.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, and revisions for period Apr. 8 to July 15, 1943,except periods of ice effect, (gage height, in feet,
and discharge, in second-feet)
3.03,4
4.0 4.8 6.0
395705
1,240
Discharge, in second-feet, 194£-43, 1944-45
1942-43
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
37a3Va36
36a36
a3535
a35a34a34
a3Sa45
434141
3938
a38a3838
3739393837
404139384042
Nov.
6955655246
4645494635
42485658
152
7762614940
356267
16692
8070674848~
Dec.
50
*50N
> 50
47#48
494948
4551454545
48474747
> 45
Jan.
45
Feb.
,> 50
/*48
4848474542
5049484848
4849505254
55585856
1---~
Mar.
55
50
*48
4852
597787
117123117
-Apr.
121150198204198
214263308318255
258336406489571
631644664734730
755635583559535
489430477485448
May
466496520595595
531485434420416
375352327311299
284278290327375
481535611726802
875934
1,0201,0401,0501,220
June
1,2101,050
858734656
599579583631672
709743751743660
635718845916858
806802751709680
668684701726862
July
747689705664595
583656591543477
4303S2340321302
281261249236225
241241211196183
171162155148141134
Aug.
132139130121115
111104102100
96
9488878583
8177767472
7269676767
656261596465
Sept.
6264625958
5655555452
5151524949
4847474747
4746464645
4545454544-
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated or computed on basis of weabher records and
records for Johnson Creek at Yellow Pine.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Nov. CO, El, 26, Dec. 1-12, 16, 18-20, Dec. 25 t
Feb. 4, Feb. 9-11, 14-18, Feb. 25 to Mar. 23 (no gage-height record Jan. 12 to Feb. 4, Mar. 8, 9, 1C-14, 17, 19; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Johnson Creek at Yellow Pine).
SALMON RIVER BASIN 215
Discharge, In second-feet, of South Fork Salnori River near
1944-45
Knox, Idaho, 1942-43, 1944-45~Continued
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
3333333232
3233333332
323231323g
3335343332
3232323231
313131313170
Nov.
825g46
11484
5652464552
494g454039
29
I ""V 30
1I
40
-
Dec
,1
> 40
I/
' 30
35
Jan.
1> 35I
j
40
*495745
41403936
' 33
Feb.
33
30
> 35
- .--
Mar.
35*36
323334
3435333334
3536424035
3736353539
4549464441
414040394046
Apr.
4542424g40
4041474241
4139393942
60546276
121
183*168
144118103
999999
128178
Yay
2302663243854E6
437430420420639
595543611524477
4774934 £6398365
3463C7
388362
375375385430477bl2
June
563563619599722
631599575623579
551535500448420
402409426459481
504493474535434
382343302308272"_"*
July
247233222209196
186178168158151
149144137132123
118118112106101
9591878682
807676767168
Aug.
6865636260
5963686057
5754545352
5049474749
4645444242
444544124141
Sept.
3836355536
4140383636
3635353435
3940413942
5757535049
lie46444444-
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice
Bar. 4-11, 15, 16, 19, Apr. 4 (no gage-height reco computed on basis of weather records and records f near Burgdorf.
:, Jan. 17, Jan. 20 to Mar. 1, . 12, Feb. 10 to Mar. 1; dischar it Yellow Pine and Secesh River
Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1942-43, 1944-45
Month
Hay. ..........................
October 1944 .................
Hay
Second foot-days
1,184 1,888 1,476
77,729
1,395 1,421 1,863
13,088 17,470 22,539 11,260 2,685 1,519
77,788
1,036 1,383 1,060
.31,749
1,153 900
1,180 * 2,304
13,235 14.7C1 4,076 1,613 1,243
43,934
Maximum
45 166
1,220
58 123 755
1,220 1,210
747 139
64
1,220
70 114
562
49 183 639 722 247 68 57
722
Minimum
34 35
-
42
121278 579 134
59 44
34
31
-
32 39
230 272
68 41 34
-
Mean
38.2 62.9 47.6
213
45.0 50.8 60.1
43& 564 751 363 86.6 50.6
213
33.4 46.1 34.2
86.7
37.2 32.1 38.1 76.8
427 492 131 52.0 41.4
120
Per square mile
0.415 .684.517
2.32
.489
.552
.653 4.74 6.13 8.16 3.95
.941
.550
2.32
.363
.501
.372
.942
.404
.349
.414
.835 4.64 5.35 1.42
.565
.450
1.30
Runofflaches
0.48.76 .60
31.40
.56
.57
.75 5.29 7.06 9.11 4.55 1.09
.61
31.43
.42
.56
.43
12.85
.47
.36
.48
.93 5.35 5.96 1.65
.65
.50
17.76
Acre- feet
2,350 3,740 2,930
154,180
2,770 2,820 3,700
25,960 34,650 44,710 22,330 5,330 3,010
154,300
2,050 2,740 2,100
62,950
2,290 1,790 2,340 4,570
26 , 250 29,260 8,080 3,200 2,470
87,140
lime oasis; Mountain mar time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1&45; convert war time to standard tine, subtract 1 hour.
standard time thereafter.
216 SALMON RIVER BASIN
Johnson Creek near Landmark ranger station, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°41', long. 115°3o', In sec. 31, T. 16 N., R. 8 E., 0.5 mile downstream from Bob Cat Creek, 0.8 mile upstream from Lunch Creek, 1& miles north of Landmark ranger station, and 20 miles' south of Yellow Pine.
Drainage area.- 54.7 square miles.
Records available.- October 1942 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 777 second-feet May 10 (gage height, 4.80 feet); minimum not determined, probably occurred during period of ice effect; minimum gage height recorded, 1.79 feet Nov. 16.
1942-45: Maximum discharge, 810 second-feet May 28, 1943 (gage height, 5.09 feet), from rating curve extended above 450 second-feet; minimum observed, 7.8 second-feet Feb. 6, 1943, discharge measurement; minimum gage height recorded, 1.79 feet Nov. 25, 1943, Nov. 16, 1944.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are poor. During late fall of 1936, the Bureau of Reclamation cut a transmountaln canal to divert a small flow from a tributary of Johnson Creek to Deadwood River Basin to supplement storage in Deadwood Reservoir. Discharge measurement of June 21 and field estimate of Aug. 11 indicated flow in this canal of 44.8 and 4.0 second-feet, respectively.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except period of ice effect (gage heiglnt, in feet, and discharge, in aecond-feet)
U9 2.0 2.2
130194
451591
Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617 181920
21222324 25
2627 28
«ftou 31
Oct.
1312121211
1111111111
1111111112
1213 121112
12121111 11
1111 111111
Nov.
3521194540
28242220
(*)
20
Dec.
20
15
11
Jan.
11
(*)
10
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................February ......................March .........................April .........................May ...........................June ..........................July ..........................August ........................September .....................
Water year 1944.45 ..........
Feb.
10
\
J 14--~
Second- foot days
366674472
20,607
329
458642
10,6748,997
563469
26,023
Mar.
(*)
. 14
> 16
Maximum
23
411
587456146
26
587
Apr.
16
(*)
> 25
72-
May
107156230325405
44845844S444587
587465488418370
349361 302280251
238226266296 266
296291 293316340367
Minimum
i:
107165
271412
-
June
364361386374458
396361355396405
337313308269243
230
238253269
285282274331 293
243211 182187165-
Mean
Ai aop* cIn c
56.3
10.610.414.821.4
300
18.215.6
71.3
July
146136126117109
10295888176
7886787062
5857 544846
42413735 34
3331 31333027
Per square mile
0.216.411.278
1.03
.194!l90.271.391
6 .295.481 23
.333
.285
1.30
Aug.
2624232121
CO22252220
2020181818
1817 171717
16161514 14
1414 14141414
Sept.
1413131213
1414141313
1313121213
1416 181515
2022202020
2120 181717-
Runoff
Inches
0.25.46.32
14.02
.22
.20
.31
.447.266.121.42
.38
.32
17.70
Acre-feet
7261,340
936
4U, o f\j
65357990S
1,27021,170
4,1401,120
930
51,620* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Nov. 10 to Apr. 29 (no £age-hei,;ht record Dec. 14
to Jan. 10; discharge computed on basis of weather records' and records for station at Yellow Pine and other nearby stations).
Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
SALMON RIVER BASIN 217
Jphnson Creek at Yellow Pine, Idaho
'.a cation.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 44°58 I , long. 115°30', in NEi sec. 29., T. 19 N., R. 8 K. , 700 feet upstream from mouth and a quarter of a mile southwest of Yellow Pine post office.
Drainage area.- 213 square miles.
Records available.- August 1928 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 17 years, 295 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,430 second-feet May 10 (gage height, 5.06 feet); minimum, 23 second-feet Dec. 9 (gage height, 0.74 foot).
1928-45' Maximum discharge, 5,150 second-feet June 9, 1933 (gage height, 7.62 feet), from rating curve extended above 2,800 second-feet; minimum, 22 second-feet Nov. 30, 1933; minimum gage height, 0.70 foot Nov. 30, 1937.
Remarks.- Records good. Small diversion from Johnson Creek Basin to Deadwood River Basin (see Remarks for station near Landmark ranger station).
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, In feet,and discharge, In second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used July 5 to Sept. 30)
0.8 281.0 501.2 801.4 118
1.7 196B.O 296B.3 4182.6 560
3,0 7803.5 1,1004.0 1,4704.5 1,890
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945 >y
12345
6789 o
'.I
234"5
'6'7'8'9"0
"X"2^3"5
"7
"9;;o
Oct.
6766636361
5858585860
6058606060
6061616058
58575757 57
575657575872
Nov.
1189480
106136
10091847884
8069777772
5150485053
5874807569
6770606174-
Dec.
7072706669
6970643746
5050515151
5051515661
6164615846
605864666363
Jan.
6463635864
6466676666
6767747772
7067676754
5053576163
575353464850
Month
0-t.ober .......................
D- oember ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................P-bruary ......................
* ril ......... ...............
i ne,T- ly/'Igust .............."..........S-ptember .....................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feh.
5357565453
5353696157
5654545751
5151514953
5051514951
616458---
Seoond- foot-days
1,8532,2861, 819
75 , tuft
1,914
2, 008 3 418' IC
33 ) 830
z', 1312,439
95,811
Mar.
6463636057
5860585860
6164726757
6363615766
7474746966
676969677077
Maximum
7£136
72
1,320
776977
29 E1,8001,700
13 S 100
1,800
Apr.
7067636772
7072777067
7267676672
75778591
118
170187196193167
164173176215292-
May
" 440580798
1,0501,230
1,3101,2901,2401,2301,800
1,7201,3801,4501,2101,070
1,0201,030
892822750
709670756860804
853872931
1,0701,2201,500
Minimum
5648
37
4649
440638141
7867
37
'June
1,3501,3401,4001,3801,700
1,5501,3901,3401,4401,420
1,2301,1601,100
970879
846872938
1,0201,100
1,1601,1701,0901,1501,060
931810704692638-
Mean
5976.258.7
207
61.754.664 . £
1141,044
PQH
10181.3
262
July
570545525496463
436409388363338
330342319326289
264264260240215
199193184179170
162157151159151141
Per square mile
0 . 281
.276
972 / &
290*256" .!535
4.90
1.40.474 .382
1.23
Aug.
139134125118118
114114123118114
110106102100100
9894939394
9189858582
828585828078
Sept.
7775747072
8280777574
7472706967
7278828280
9198
1009691
10096918787-
RunoffInches
0 32.40.32
13 . 22
.33
.27
.35
.605.655 911 .61
.55
.43
16.74
Acre-feet
3, 6804,5303,610
150,300
3,8003,0303,9806,780
64,18067,10018,300
6,210 4,840
190,000Time baala; Mountain war time up t
"H" convert war time to standard time,., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain ct 1 hour.
standard time thereafter.
736837
218 SALMON RIVER BASIN
Secesh River near Burgriorf, Idaho.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 45°14', long. 115°49', in N-i sec. 23, T. 22 N., R. 5 E., at highway bridge, li miles upstream from Long Gulch Creek and 5ij miles southeast of Burgdorf.
Drainage area.- 102 square miles.
Records available.- April 1943 to Septenber 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,230 second-feet June 5 (gage height, 6.57 feet ); minimum not determined, probably occurred during winter period.
1943-45: Maximum discharge observed, 1,460 second-feet May 31, 1943 (gage height, 6.92 feet), from rating curve extended above 1,000 second-feet; minimum not determined, probably occurred during a winter period.
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are poor.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year'October 1944 to September 1945
Day
1 2 3 4 5
67 8 9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
2627 28 29 30 31
Oct.
50 46 45 44 48
47 45 45 45 43
43 43 44 50 47
44 43 42 42 42
41 41
41 40
39 40 40 39 39 78
Nov.
101 63 55
119 98
68 6257 54 63
58 5355 51 50
45
> 40
> 45
Dec.
. 45
> 30
(*)
35
Jan.
35
> 4O
^ 35
30
(«)
Sec
Feb.
' 35
. 30
> *35
ond-on foot-days
Octo Nove Dece
Ca
Janu Febr Marc Apri May June July Augu Sept
Wa
mber ......................
lendar year 1944
Tiaryh .........................1 .........................
ember .....................
1,378 1,657 1,090
42,833
1,080 925
1,145 2,056
16,471 21,486
5,872 1,987 1,708
ter year 1944-45 ..... .... 56,855* Winter c Note.- StaTime basis
ischarge ge-diach : Mount
To convert war time
Mar.
35
> 40
Maximum
78119
702
185 819
1,080 365
90 84
1,080
Apr.
40
50
54 56 60
*65 80
110 130 125 117 98
87 80 86
113 185
May
276 346 444 548 636
680 669 642 636 795
686 594 599 558 523
514 476 444 406 381
361350 414 454 431
444 467 533 620 725 819
June
843 825 861 813
1,060
1,080 953 831 891 855
742 691 647 578 538
528 553 594 652 686
742 795 737 731 742
631 538 467 476 406
Minimum Mean
39 44.5 55.2 35.2
117
34.8 33.0 36.9 68.5
276 531 406 716
92 189 45 64.1 40 56.9
156
measurement made on this day. arge relation affected by ice Nov. 16 to Apr. 23. ain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
July
365 353 342 317 293
273 260 242 225 215
CIS 217 197 204 182
166 160 153 145 136
130 124 121 115 113
110 104 103 104
96 92
Persquare mile
0.436 .541 .345
1.15
.341
.324
.362
.672 5.21 7.02 1.85
.628
.558
1.53
standard
Aug.
90 87 84 82 80
77 80 82 7877
75 71 7068 64
63 59 58 57 55
52 51 50 46 46
51 51 47 45 45 46
-Sept.
43 42 41 40 57
84 59 52 47 46
45 44 43 42 43
64 59 70 60 57
78 78 71 67 68
70 6459 58 57
RunoffInches
0.50 .60 .40
15.61
.39
.34
.42
.75 6.01 7.83 2.14 .72 .62
20.72
time thE
Ac re- feet
2,730 3,290 2,160
84,960
2,140 1,830 2,270 4,080
32,670 42,620 11,650 3,940 3,390
112,800
reafter.
SALMON RIVER BASIN
Warren Creek near Warren, Idaho
219
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 45°17', long. 115°42', in sec. 3, T. 22 N., R. 6 E., 30 feet downstream from bridge on Warren-McCall road, a tenth of a mile downstream from Steamboat Creek, and 1.3 miles northwest of Warren.
Drainage area.- 37 square miles.
Records available.- February 1943 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 297 second-feet June 9 (gage height, 4.93 feet); minimum, 5.0 second-feet Apr. 3 (gage height, 2.39 feet).
1943-45: Maximum discharge observed, 790 second-feet May 27, 1943 (gage height, 5.37 feet, site then in use), from rating curve extended above 350 second-feet; minimum, 4.2 second-feet Dec. 27, 1943 (gage height, 2.31 feet).
Remarks.- Records good. No diversion or regulation above station, bypasses station through debris from dredging operations.
Small amount of flow
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
2.42.52.62.72.8
5.1 6.5 8.2
3.0 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8
2234476281
4.0 4.3 4.6 4.9
111165225290
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
10109.99.510
109.99.99.79.7
9.59.59.91311
109.99.79.59.5
9.29.29.29.29.2
9.58.89.08.89.2
12
Nov.
1813122121
1613121213
129.712108.0
7.78.68.28.27.9
8.41011119.9
9.9J9.78.49.09.7
Dec.
9.59.59.09.29.2
9.59.08.07.48.0
7.98.08.07.9
*7.7
7.47.26.56.77.7
8.08.27.97.46.7
6.46.46.56.77.07.0
Jan.
.4
.4
.4
.2
.5
7.57.98.08.08.0
8.08.28.48.48.8
8.88.2
b8.2bS.Ob7.8
b7.8b7.8bS.ObS.Ob7.8
b7.8b7.8b7.8b7.8#b7.6b7.8
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................February ...... ...............March .........................April .........................May ...........................June ..........................July .......... ....... . .....August ........................September .....................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
8.08.48.48.28.4
8.48.48.88.88.6
8.68.68.68.8b8.4
bS.2bS.OhR.O8.08.4
b8.2b8.2b8.2b7.87.5
b7.8*b7.8
7.9__
,
Second- foot-days
303.4340.3241.5
10,788.7
24-5.1231.4246.4493.4
4,5336,0631,503
390 . 6393.7
14,984.8
Mar.
7.97.97.77.57.2
7.57.57.57.57.5
7.58.08.47.97.4
7.98.27.B7.48.2
8.69.08.88.27.7
8.4S.28.07.98.09.5
Maximum
13219.5
160
8.88.89.5
48£42
952123
281
Apr.
8.28.07.48.28.2
8.08.08.67.97.9
8.28.07.97.78.2
8.89.2
121627
4339322522
2020213048-
May
6578
101130146
159165165167200
190176169156146
139137126123118
113111121133133
139148157178202242
Minimum
8.87.76.4
6.4
7.27.57.27.4
65105 228.68.4
6.4
June
242240244231279
279272264281270
250231217198184
174165163169171
176190169167188
161139121123105-
Mean
9.7911.37.79
29.6
7.918 [267^95
16.4146202 48. 512 613.1
41.1
July
9588S27873
6966625956
6059545348
4443413935
3432302928
272624242322
Per square mile
. 0.265.305.211
.800
.214
.223
.215
.443
5.46 1.31.341.354
1.11
Aug.
21211
0BB
17
17111
7B6
15
14111
32E
11
119.99.79.79.7
9.59.08.88.68.6
9.53.99.79.09.59.5
Sept.
9.29.08.68.414
2315131111
10109.99.79.9
1314141313
1719171515
1614141414-
Runoff
Inches
0.30.34.24
10.84
.25
.23
.25
.504.566. 091.51
. 39
.40
15.06
Acre-feet
602675479
21,400
486459489979
12 030'775781
29,720
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. Time basis; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30,
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
756837 0-47-15
1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
220 SALMON RIVER BASIN
Boulder Creek near Tamarack, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 45°05', long. 116°27', in SWi sec. 10, T. 20 I!., R. 1 W., 350 feet upstream from transmountain diversion to Vfeiser River Basin and 8 miles northwest of Tamarack.
Drainage area.- 6.5 square miles.
Records available.- April 1938 to September 1945 (no winter records); discontinued.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 110 second-feet May 10 (gage height, 2.15 feet); minimum not determined, probably occurred during winter.
1938-45: Maximum discharge, 244 second-feet May 23, 1942 (gage height, 2.96 feet), from rating curve extended above 50 second-feet; minimum not determined.
Remarks.- Records good. No regulation. Small diversion to Weiser River Basin about 350 feet below station.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1.21.21.21.21.2
1.21.21.21.21.2
1.21.21.21.41.3
1.21.21.21.21.2
1.21.21.21.21.2
1.21.21.21.21.22.7
Nov.
2.01.41.86.52.7
2.01.71.5_-
__-_-
____-
____-
_____-
Dec. Jan.
Month
October .......................November 1-8, . ................December ......................
Calendar year .........
January .......................February ......................March .........................April .........................Uflv ay ...........................June ..........................July ..........................August ........................September 1-18. ............. .
Water year ..........
Feb.
Second- foot-days
39.019.6
2,2201,463
194.866.131.4
-
liar.
Maximum
2.76.5
_
_9692142.72.2-
Apr. May
a5558638189
8988868696
8986898682
7466585250
4845485153
576272828792
Minimum
1.21.4
_
_45152.91.81.5-
June
9289S98590
8478736761
5752474238
b534333232
3231293129
2622201815
Mean
1.262.45
_
_71.648.86.282.131.74-
July
1413121110
9.89.18.38.07.6
7.26.86.15.85.5
5.24.94.64.64.4
4.13.83.83.53.5
3.23.23.03.02.92.9
Per square mile
0.194.377
_
_11.07.51.966.328.268-
Aug.
2.72.72.52.52.5
2.52.42.52.42.4
2.42.22.22.22.0
2.02.01.82.02.0
2.02.01.81.81.8
1.81.81.81.81.81.8
Sept.
.8
.7
.7
.7
.0
.2
.8
.8
.7
.7
.7
.7
.7
.5
.5
1.71.71.8_-
_. __-
____. -
RunoffInches Acre feet
0.22 77.11 39-
_
_12.7 4,4008.37 2,9001.11 386.38 131.18 62-
a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for itatrlnns on rvarby streams. Time basis ; Mountain war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; mountain standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
GRANDE RONDE RIVER BASIN 221
Grande Ronde River at La Grande, Oreg.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 45°21', long. 118°09', In sec. 35, T. 2 S., R. 37 E.,2t miles northwest of La Grande and 4 miles downstream from Fivepolnt Creek. Datum ofgage is 2,831.25 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.
Drainage area.- 678 square miles. Recprgs available.- February 1918 to June 1923, October 1925 to September 1945. November
1903 to September 1915 at Hilgard, 4 miles upstream. Average discharge.- 31 years (1905-9, 1910-11, 1912-15, 1918-20, 1921-22, 1925-45), 345
second-feet. Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1.920 seconrt-feet Apr. 21; maximum gage height,
5.05 reet Jan. 7 (ice Jam); minimum discharge recorded, 14 second-feet Mov. 15, 19(gage height, 1.46 feet).
1903-15, 1918-23, 1925-45:. Maximum discharge, 8,880 second-feet Mar. 18, 1932 (gageheight, 8.90 feet); minimum, 3.9 second-feet Aug. 26, 1940 (gage height, 1.23 feet).
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-JieIght record,which are poor. Some discharge measurements made at cable 3 miles above station. Smalldiversions above station for Irrigation.
ating tables, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
Oct. 1 to Jan 8 to Sept. 30
1.5 17 2.2 137 15 141.6 £5 £.4 £05 16 2£1.7 36 £.7 330 17 3£1.8 50 2.0 480 IS 45£.0 87 3.3 640 19 61
2.0 80 3.1 4952.2 129 3.5 7252.4 190 4.0 1,0702.6 265 4.5 1,5002.8 350
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
11121314 15
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
£929as26£6
2625242323
23232636 37
3529272625
3424242323
232323232325
Nov.
£732353949
4£37343333
464437
b30 b22
b!8b21b20b£2b27
b27b36b32b45b38
50362934
*37-
Dec.
4339353440
3939
b2£
Jan.
£9£9£93131
3561823711610 S
101119237269 211
177152135129121
92b75b70b65b65
656565707075
Feb.
> 205
---
Month
October. ...................................November . ..................................December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ................ .....
JanuaryFebruary. ..................................March. .....................................April ......................................May. .......................................June .......................................July.... ...................................August .....................................September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
165160
160130*76
149135132116138
184354539517 435
3953593052933 28
594925
1,280848713
611528534539623946
Apr.
1
11
S69695611528512
583725
,020911758
713689647647 701
848939
,060.350
1,640
1111
,770,560,380.450
1,250
1
1
Second- foot-days
80?1,012
797
64,308
3,6915,740
13,21129,01337,24115,2941, 882
789
110,177
,060981925981
,210
May
1,3501,3601,4801,4901,470
1,3701,2601,1601,0801,050
981925
1,040967 932
1,0201,1501,0901,0401,010
967939
1,0201,2601,560
1,5101,6601,4SO1,2801,1901,170
Maximum
3750
1,130
618" _
1^7701,660
995141
2951
1,770
June
995862862803810
967932862S10790
683611556417 465
415372346318297
289285253225208
200177168161155
Minimum
K1
2<
7f51!92!15E
2EIEIf
-
July
141126113108
98
92S7787267
6363595858
5350484542
4037373633
323130292828
Aug.
Mean
25.9i 33 .7
176
i 119
4263 967
1,201510
3 60.722.726.3
302
2725242323
2222232422
25262729 28
2927242120
2018171616
202224222019
Sept.
1817161619
2530252321
20202020 20
2025262527
3551444036
333130
28-
Runoff in acre-feet
1,5902,0101,580
127,500
7,320
26 ! 20057,550
30^3403 , 7301,4001,560
218,500
» Winter discharge measurement made on this day.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Hote.- Ho gage-height record Jan. 26 to Mar. 4; discharge computed on basis of records for Powder
Hirer at Salisbury and Catherine Creek near Union.Time basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
222 GRAIIDE RONDE RIVER BASIN
Grande Ronde River at Rondowa, Oreg.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 45°44', long. 117°47', in NWi sec. 23, T. 3 N., R. 40 E., at Rondowa, 500 feet downstream from Wallowa River. Datum of gage is 2,281.4 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Union Pacific System track profile).
Drainage area.- 2,555 square miles.
Records available.- October 1926 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 19 years, 1,867 second-feel.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,400 second-feet my 5 (gage height, 5.84 feet); minimum, 295 second-feet Dec. 12 (gage height, 0.90 foot).
1936-45: Ifeximum discharge, 22,400 second-feet Mar. 18, 1932 (gage height, 9.30 feet), from rating curve extended above 10,000 second-feet: minimum, 225 second-feet Dec. 19, 1935.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Many diversions above station for irrigation. Flow slightly regulated by Wallowa Lake Reservoir.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
1.0 345 2.2 1,330 4.0 4,0801.3 525 2.6 1,8101.6 750 3.0 2,370
4.5 5,0605.1 6,390
1.9 1,020 3.5 3,180 5.7 7,980
Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12Z45
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
460454454448460
460460454448442
442454460518499
486480473466466
460460460448448
454448
a450a450a470a500
Nov.
a550*546
553655686
602588581553574
686632581574512
480473486499480
448512532546518
532546512486532-
Dec.
539546539539539
553546532480418
389362367389400
D37244244E473546
553512
b454b418b412
b372*b400b448b454b460
460
Jan.
460460466454460
4801,1101,200
972810
8181,0501,7101,7701,500
1,3501,1901,0901,000
934
862702670678686
640610595553648655
Feb.
670694
*835871871
8711,3002,8002,6502,260
2,1501,9802,7302,6002,320
1,9301,6901,5401,3601,240
1,1501,1301,0901,040
963
907934898__-
Month
October. ...... ............................November . ..................................December . ..... ............................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ................................. .February. ............. ....................March. .....................................April. .....................................Vavway ........................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September . .................................
Water year 1944-45 ..... ................
Mar
898889880871767
758758792784853
9071,0501,3401,5401,560
1,5401,5201,4601,4002,040
2,6802,9403,5503,2102,810
2,4902,2402,0901,9801,9302,180
Apr.
2.420£;;1
,370,260.140
2J020
2.050r.
i
,190,860.810
2^650
2.600
r
,490,340.220
2', 180
£E£3
44444
33334
Second- foot-days
14,33216,455 14,356
453,011
26,58341,47450,707
181*120151,110
49 68316*84214,810
666,802
,240,370,550,910,570
,230,270,230,360,140
,890,690,480,570,230
Hay
5,0205,3806,0407,1107,860
7,7207,3607,0606,8306,830
6,7806,0606,5306,0405,680
5,5705,5505,2104,9404,700
4,4804,3104,2104,2304,940
5,1005,5005,4405,7406,1006,800
Maximum
518686553
4,620
1,7702,8003,5504,3607,860 7,170
'662
602
7,860
Jnne
6,9606,3906,4605,8806,340
7,1706,7806,4606,2505,720
5,4205,2704,7804,2903,850
3,6403,6203,8704,2504,720
5,3505,9205,2704,9804,840
4,2103,6703,1802,9102,660
Minimum
44£44 I36J
356
45467C751
2,02C4.21C 2,66C
67C44£41£
36£
July
2,6002,7002,8902,7302,520
2,3802,3102,2602,1802,110
2,0701,9801,8001,7301,610
1,4501,3601,2501,1701,120
1,0901,040
992925898
844801767742694670
Aug.
662646625618588
567567581560533
595588610595588
574546518499486
492199180160448
499525192173166460
Mean
J 462i 548
463
1,238
8581,4811,636
5*8435,0371,603
543494
1,826
Sept.
448442436430446
480473454442448
442442436418424
499492492473506
574602588588581
574560546539533
Runoff in acre-feet
28,43032,640 28,470
898,600
52,73082, 260
100,600177,200
299*700
33*41029,380
1,323,000
basis of recorded range in stage and records for» Winter discharge measurement made on this daya No gage-height record; discharge computed
station at Troy.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard tli
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.le thereafter.
GRANDE RONDE RIVER BASIN r.23
Grande Ronde River at Troy, Oreg.
Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 45°57', long. 117°27', in NWi sec. 4, T. 5 N., R. 45 E.,at Dridge at Troy, 100 feet downstream from Wenaha River.
Records available.- August 1944 to September 1945. Extremes.- 19441Maximum discharge observed during period August to September, 661 second-
feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 14.58 feet); minimum observed, 470 second-feet Sept. 11(gage height, 14.36 feet).
1944-45: Maximum discharge observed during water year, 10,600 second-feet May 5(gage height, 18.90 feet); minimum observed, 490 second-feet Dec. 11.
Remarks.- Records good except those £or periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.ijlow slightly regulated by Wallowa Lake and Minam Lake Reservoirs. Many diversions forIrrigation near La Grande, Enterprise, and Wallowa; no diversion around station.
Rating tables, Aug. 17, 1944, to Sept. 30, 1945 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
AU!an*7i3*91945t0 Jan - 14 to SePt- 30 ' 19 *5
14.3 49014.6 67515.0 1,020
15.4 1,46015,9 3,15016.5 3,140
14.1 57014.4 78014.8 1,160
15.3 1,77015.8 2,51016.4 3,620
17.0 4,98017.8 7,10018.8 10,300
Discharge, in second-feet, 1944-4E 1Q 44
Day
12345678
Aug.
_--_--_-
Sept.
52S52352355152S534512501
Day
910111213141516
Aug.
_--._-__-
Sept.
504.496470485501512534563
Day
1718192021222324
Aug.
60553 1569569569563557557
Sept.
61261958157556353 1640587
Day
25262728293031
Aug.
557557557557551534523
Sept.
593575563557593661_
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
633605605581599
593593593593581
593599599612633
633626612605605
605605593593593
593593593593593661
Nov.
715771739795880,
771739739723707
S53319755739661
619619619691633
626633723723675
723640715675675
Dec.
731731691647731
731731747691605
518557557581633
691787747747844
827819747661647
619619626668668626
Jan.
6336S3633633633
6331,1202,180
a2,5501,140
1,1601,4103,0904,0903,090
2,660H,2SO
a2,000al,740al,560
al,420al,300al,000
970"50
836828878804869869
ppb.
aPOOa<UO,
al.1001,1901,120
1,1801,3204,2704,4103,660
3,1303,0103,5003,7003,360
2,8002,3502,1201,9401,780
1,6401,5901,5401,4101,27"
1,2701,2501,170
__-
Bar.
1.1RO1,1801,1601,1501,050
1,0301,0301,0401,0201,070
al,2001,3901,3802,0502,140
2,1402,1402,0802,2002,780
4,5704,5705,0304,8104,360
3,7003,3803,1402,8202,7603,180
Apr.
3,560%5203,1603,0902,960
2,9803,2205,0004,6904,160
3,8503,7203,6403,5403,460
3,4603,6603,8704,5005,330
6,8206,5706,2706,4905,840
5,3605,2005,030
a5,2006,300
-
May
7,13"7,6808,6109,360
10,100
9,5309,1909,0008,6108,740
8,8007,8608,8008,1407,450
7,3607,3306,1406,3806,300
5,9005,8705,9505,5606,650
6,8207,6806,8207,5108,1008,580
June
8,6707,8607,6807,3007,480
. 8,3508,6103,1407,4806,680
6,3806,1905,8405,2304,690
4,5704,2704,5005,3805,430
5,8406,8606,3206,0305,640
5,0604,2703,8303,7005,320'
-
July
3,3803,2803,4203,2802,920
2,3502,6502,6102,6502,540
2,4302,3002,1001,9701,330
1,7201,5101,4901,4301,340
1,2501,1401,1601,1201,030
970932896878828796
«U|b.
796750720720735
720735735742742
750750780730765
750735705677649
635635649649635
649635642642642635
Sfjrt.
622616609622635
622622616609616
616622609616628
663677684677735
758780772780765
765750735735728-
a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station
Montnly disenarge, in second-feet, 1944-45
Month
September, ..................................
Ootober 1944
December. ...................................
Calendar year .......................
May ... ........... .........
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Second- foot-days
8,406 16,562
18,708 21,395 21,225
44,622 58,970 73,210
134,550 237,950 181,620 58,750 21,784 20,284
893,068
Maximum
605 661
661 880 844
_
4,090 4,410 5,030 6,820 10,100 8,670 3,420
796 780
10,100
Minimum
523470
581 619 518
_
633 900
1,020 2,960 5,560 3,320
796 635 609
518
Mean
560 552
603 713 685
_
1,4392,106 2,362 4,485 7,676 6,054 1,395
703 676
2,447
Runoff in acre-feet
16,670 32,85037,110 42,440 42,100
_
88,510 117,000 145,200 266,900 472,000 360,200 116,500 43,210 40,230
1,771,000
Time basis;. Pacific war time up to To convert war time to standard time,
a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific ubtract 1 hour.
tandard time thereafte
224 GRANDE RONDE RIVER BASIN
Catherine Creek near Union, Qreg.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 45°09', long. 117°47', in SEi sec. 2, T. 5 S., R. 40 E., 3 miles downstream from Little Catherine Creek and 6 miles southeast of Union. Datum of gage is 3,082.11 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.
Drainage area.- 105 square miles.
Records available.- May 1906 to May 1907 (gage heights only), August 1911 to December 1912, March to September 1915, February 1918 to August 1919, October 1925 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 21 years (1911-12, 1918-19, 1925-44), 116 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 964 second-feet May 4 (gage height, 3.64 feet); minimum recorded, 10 second-feet Hov. 28, but may have been, less during periods of ice effect or no gage-height record.
1906-7, 1911-12, 1915, 1918-19, 1925-45: Maximum discharge observed, 1,240 second- feet May 21, 1912, June 3 or 4, 1933; minimum, 4 second-feet Nov. 26, 27, 1930.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair, and those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. A few small diversions above station for irrigation and some water diverted into Big Creek, in Powder River Basin.
Ratine table, water year 1944-46, except period of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
0.6 .7
.91.0
1.2 1.4 1.6 1.9 2.2
70100135200284
2.5 2.9 3.S
386550760
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
11
131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
2322212121
2021202020
2020222723
2222222121
2121212120
202020202030
Nov.
3326316538
3030282629
31262920
b!4
b!2b!3b!3blSb!7
b!7b!9b!9b22b22
25241832
*26-
Dec. Jan. Feb.
Month
December ...................................
Calendar year ......................
March. .....................................April. ......................................May. .......................................
September. .................................
Water year ......................
Mar.
a55a55a50a45«a39
4939345233
3545586161
5856534957
7092117110103
9789847880107
Apr.
108ld2958784
8437929087
8781eo8092
105124149200297
372357347297257
a230a210a210a220a280-
Second- foe t-days
663750
-
_1,9914,991
14,54510,1623,0151,156910
-
May
a 410a520661744772
72768S645610610
570506510
a450a400
a410a430a400a370a340
316290287300
aS20
a320a360a340a350a400489
Maximum
3065
-~~
_1173727724892004739
-
June
489460481424440
440420409-409375
357343310275254
243251275303326
357382343303303
a280a250a230a220a210-
Minimum
2012
-
__3280287210493025
-
July
a200a!800170a!60143
133128121115112
1151029510094
8984817773
69-67666460
575553525149
Aug.
4745434241
4242434140
4743454038
37353432
aSl
a31a 30aSOa32a32
a33aS6a34313030
Mean
21.425.0
-
-
__
64.216646933997.337.330.3
-
Sept.
2928282830
3130292827
2625252527
3730302931
3937373635
3331303029-
Runoff in acre-feet
1,3201,490
-
-
_.
3,9509,90028,85020,1605,9802,2901,800
-
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 2 discharge measurements, recorded range
in stage, and records for Powder River at Salisbury.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
GRANDE RONDE RIVER BASIN 225
East Fork Wallowa River near Joseph, Oreg.
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 45°16', long. 117°13', in SWi sec. 39, T. 3 S., R. 45 E., a quarter of a mile upstream from mouth, 1 mile upstream from Wallowa Lake, and 6 miles south of Joseph. Datum of gage is 4,517.69 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.
Drainage area.- 9.6 square miles.
Records available.- July 1924 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 21 years, 11.9 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 80 second-feet June 24 (gage height, 1.90 feet); minimum observed, 0.6 second-foot Oct. 30, Nov. 7, Dec. 1, 6-8. Jan. 11, Mar. 13, 19.
1924-45: Maximum discharge, 300 second-feet July 25, 1937 (gage height, 3.63 feet, from floodmark), computed on basis of rating curve extended above 80 second-feet and unpublished records of storage in Wallowa Lake Reservoir; minimum observed, 0.1 second- foot (regulated) Dec. 7, 1929, Nov. 1, 6, 1935.
Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, which are poor. Gage read twice daily. Wallowa Falls power plant of Pacific Power & Light Co. diverts water 1 mile above station.
Discharge, in seocnd-feet, water year October 1944 tc September 1945
Day
1
6 7 8 9
10
11
16
21
26
2930
Oct.
6.82.92.7
2.6
3*2 3.6 7.7 1.6 2.7
4.31.82.22.96.3
2.12.43.03.62.9
3.64.52.62.12.1
2.12.22.05.22.46.6
Nov.
2.91.31.6
«.6
2.9 1.4 1.4 1.8 3.0
6.67.15.03.0
> a2.5
2.64.7
4.51.4
b3.0*b2.9
2.7-
Dec.
1.82.25.52.22.6
1.4 1.4 1.6
.81.6
Jan.
5.23.6V 7
1.4
2.1 8.6 2.2
1.7 2.0
1.25.27.47.12.7
2.21.41.71.72.7
. a2.0
Feb.
2.02.22.03.62.2
2.2 2.0 3.2 2.7 2.9
3.01.41.31.3
> a.2.0
2.0
--
Month
December. ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
Man
September. .................................
Hater year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
1.21.21.12.2
al.5
1.3
P..4.9
1.11.21.1
1.31.11.41.11.4
1.41.41.71.72.7
1.11.11.21.4
*2.41.6
Apr.
1.61.2
bl.2
1.2
1.1 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.2
1.71.21.35.72.0
2.02.72.94.07.4
7.76.34.03.23.6
4.03.24.77.1
13-
Seccnd- f Cot-days
57.1
3,139.6
45 £
1 398
185.1
4,341.0
May
121316
25
26 24 22 23 24
2726242220
20IS151717
1413151817
171819212427
Maximum
5.5
66
188.9
80
June
32294S
43 44 39 38 38
3736333030
3037383847
5869758075
7263636155-
Minimum
.
.!
1 ^
29
4.E
.t
July
545858
55 52 56 51 50
5152515047
443S342929
3032262524
232321222218
Aug.
151415
13 12 13 12 12
151312
a!717
12119.9
118.0
9.213
8.37.77.7
11S.67.77.47.76.8
Mean
3 1.84
3 8.71
> 6.17
J 11.9
Sept.
6.05.57.1
5.8 6.0 6.0 8.3 6.0
4.55.05.25.25.8
8.95.57.15.55.5
7.17.18.96.05.5
5.05.55.05.87.1
Runoff in acre-feet
113
6,330
367
3,610* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Wallov
Palls power-plant tallrace near Joseph.b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.Time basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1' hour.
226 GRANDE RONDE RIVER BASIN
Wailowa Falls power-plant tailrace near Joseph, Oreg.
Location.- Staff gage and sharp-crested weir, lat. 45°16', long. 117°13', in SEi sec. 29, T. 33., R. 45 E., a quarter of a mile upstream from riouth and 6 miles south of Joseph. Datum of gage is 4,684.79 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.
Records available.- August 1924 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 31 years, 7.56 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 17 second-feet Nov. 27 to Dec. 1, Dec. 4-6 (gage height, 0.86 foot); no flow Mar. 25, Apr. 14, May 24, June 6, Aug. 14, 21, 22.
1924-45: Maximum discharge, 17 second-feet Dec. 1, 8, 1930, Jan. 9, 10, 1931, Nov. 27 to Dec. 1, Dec. 4-6, 1944; no flow at times.
Remarks.- Records good. Gage read hourly. Flow regulated for impulse wheel In power house. Water diverted at dam on East Fork Wailowa River into a conduit 1 mile above powerhouse and discharged into West Fork a Quarter of a mile below station.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
8.110101010
9.79.77.8
1010
101010107.6
10109.29.59.7
9.78.3101010
1010108.11010
Nov.
1010109.58.5
1010101010
8.57.8
109.79.2
9^29.59.78.39.7
10108.81010
8.310101010-
Dec.
10108.3
1010
109.79.79.78.1
9.79.79.79.79.5
9.58.39.79.79.7
9.59.29.57.87.8
9.29.09.59.09.07.4
Jan.
7.48.88.88.88.8
8.57.18.88.89.0
8.89.08.87.18.8
8.88.88.88.58.3
7.48.38.58.88.5
8.58.57.18.58.58.5
Feb.
8.18.18.17.18.3
8.18.38.*8.58.5
7.68.89.29.09.2
9.08.57.88.88.8
8.88.58.88.37.8
8.38.38.3
..--
Month
December . .................................
Calendar year 1944 ........... ..........
March. .....................................April. ....................:................May............................. ... ......
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ... .................
Time basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m.
Mar.
8.38.58.37.88.3
8.58.18.18.38.1
7.88.38.18.18.1
8.18.17.48.58.3
8.38.88.38.35.9
8.58.59.08.37.88.3
Apr.
8.18.58.18.58.1
8.57.87.47.88.1
7.88.18.14.67.8
8.18.17.87.88.1
8.88.59.59.28.8
8.88.89.08.37.8-
Second- foot-days
287.6
3,129.6
287.3
3,242.7
May
9.59.79.28.58.8
6,99.58.58.18.1
8.1e.i6.99.09.2
9.09.09.09.07.8
9.08,87.67.49.0
8.86.98.5
. 8.88.59.5
Maximum
101010
10
1111
June
8.38. '57.48.89.0
8.18.58.58.87.1
9.09.28.89.09.0
8.56.99.29.29.5
9.79.53.07.49.2
9.7109.59.59.2-
Minimum
7.67.87.4
4.4
6.9
7.4
3.6
July
7.49.59.07.48.8
9.29.07.4
1010
9.79.29.59.77.4
9.79.59.79.7
10
9.77.6
101010
9.29.5
107.4
109.5
Aug.
1010109.57.8
1010101010
9.07.8
103.65.2
8.59.59.57-6
10
5.15.4
109.711
7.4109.79.79.710
Mean
9.599.569.28
8.55
8.16
8.80
9.58
8.88
Sept.
107.69.0
109.7
109.79.77.8
10
11109.79.710
7.610101011
109.77. "4
1010
119.7109.27.8-
Runoff in acre feet
590569570
6,210
519
502485
524565
570
6,430
, Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
GRAMDE RONDE RIVER BASIN 227
Hurricane Creek near Joseph, Oreg.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 45°20', long. 117°18', In NEi sec. 3, T. 3 S., R. 44 K., upstream from intake of Moonshine ditch and 3i miles southwest of Joseph.
Drainage area.- 31 square miles.
Records available.- April to September 1915, April 1924 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 18 years (1927-45), 64.8 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 680 second-feet June 21 (gage height, 3.00 feet); mininun recorded, 5.5 second-feet Apr. 4, but may have been less during periods of ice effect.
1915, 1924-45: Maximum discharge, 774 second-feet July 7, 1943 (gage height, 3.13 feet); minimum, 3.4 second-feet Feb. 10, 1938 (gage height, 0.91 foot).
Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect or doubtful gage-height record, which are poor. No diversion above station. .
Rating tables, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet,and discharge, in second-feet)
Shifting-control method used May 16 to June 21)
1.11.21.3
Oct. 1 to Ju
1.5 41.7 71.9 11
June 21 to Sept. 30
172240335
1.31.41.5
1.7 1.92.1
83124177
250345530
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
2728262626
2623222323
2322232422
2223222020
1919181717
181817171831
Nov.
2924295942
3633313131
2926262217
1615151616
1727282624
242318
»2222-
Dec.
2322202224
24242215
b!2
blOb9.0bS.ObS.ObS.O
b7.5bS.Ob8.5
blO14
a!3alO
8.08.58.0
8.08.58.58.08.58.0
Jan.
7.57.57.06.56.5
6.022128.07.5
7.514231614
1110101012
11blOb9.0
blOb9.5
b9.0bS.ObS.ObS.Ob9.5
b!3
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................Februarv ..............Hare Apri
h ......................i .................
May ........................June ..................July Augu Sept
st ................. ......ember .....................
Water year 1944-45 .-. . ...
Feb.
b!3bl4
141313
101417
d!4
---
Second- foot-days
680774396.0
19,793.0
323.0388373.0596.5
4,5077,819 5,490
*944
24,002.5
Mar.
> d!2
141616
15*16
141413
1312131214
1413119.09.0
9.08.08.58.08.59.0
Maximum
31
24
305
171663
276
272 8337
509
Apr.
8.08.08.07.07.0
6.57.58.07.06.5
7.06.56.06.56.5
7.59.0
1116
5045434036
3333333963
May
82104138201218
215208208208236
208166152135130
117113106102
97
9187879191
9595
106143201276
Minimum
17157.5
7.5
6.0
6.082
14387 37 28
6.0
June
262236249E18254
222211211215201
E04208182158143
158191240285330
462509442389367
315268239227223
Mean
21.9
. *
54.1
10.4
12.019.9
261 177
55.2 31.5
65.8
July
231264272250235
E31235235227235
235223212202184
168160148143143
143136131129126
112106
98969287
Per square mile
0.706
4 1 -z
1.75
.448
.387
.6424.688.42 5.71 1.78 1.02
2.12
Aug.
8381787370
6966666666
6963595653
5249494746
4543434242
434139383837
Sept.
3636353537
3634333231
3029282832
3330322930
3331313030
3029282828-
Runoff
Inches
0.82
^48
23.75
.47
.45
.725.419.38 6.59 2.05 1.13
28.82
Acre-feet
1,3501,540
39,260
641770 740
1,1808,940
15,510 10,890 3,400 1,870
47.6GO
Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Lostlne River near Lostine
and Bear Creek near Wallowa.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Lostine River near
Lostine and Bear Creek near Wallowa.Time basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
228 GRAIIDE RONDE RIVER BASIN
Lostine River near Lostine, Oreg.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 45°26', long. 117°26', in NWi sec. 34, T. 1 S., R. 43 E.I corrected), 3i miles south of Lostine and 10 miles upstream from mouth.
Records available.- August 1912 to March 1914, April to September 1915, July 1925 to Sep- tember 1945.
Average discharge.- 18 years (1912-13, 1928-45), 175 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,780 second-feet June 22 (gage height, 6.77 feet); minimum recorded, 16 second-feet Dec. 9 (gage height,. 0.54 foot).
1912-14, 1915, 1925-45: Maximum discharge, 2,540 second-feet May 27, 1913; ninimum, 10 second-feet Nov. 28-30, 1936.
Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are poor. No large diversion above station. Flow slightly regulated by Minam Lake Reservoir. '
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1946
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
5633323030
3029282b28
2727283230
2928282726
2626242424
242423232231
Nov.
4232306450
3936333234
3934383124
2624242222
2431313229
323229
*3934-
Dec.
3432313133
343229
bl819
b20b20b20b20b!3
b!8b20b212426
2626
a23a20a22
a21a20a40a32a27a24
Jan.
a24a 23a 25a22a22
a25a95644641
4070
13010380
6860575452
39b38b36b4441
b393132
b343942
Month
Feb.
4244444243
4165825952
5250555046
41a40a39a3837
b3437363532
343534__-
October. ...................................November. ..................................December . ..................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
January. ...................................February. ..................................March. .....................................April........... ...........................May. .......................................June .......................................July. ......................................August .....................................September . .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
3433333429
35b34343435
3537393938
3938
a37a35a36
a37*38423636
353434343340
Apr.
40373S3637
3939424140
4140393939
42455670117
187187187176152
147144140159265-
Second- foot-days
857989781
50 ,489
1,5141,2391,1072,661
13 ,95428,84013 ,8472,5531,458
69,800
May
a375a425a550a660a680
a640a580a640a600a650
a570aSOOa460a420a390
a370349314291270
257242238272284
295301342470641878
Maximum
366440
1,090
1308242265878
1,52084614086
1,520
June
950856S46716923
1,1401,2601,3701,2901,280
1,090a950aSOOa650a550
a550569706867
al ,050
al,2001,5201,3401,2701,190
1,020853734685635-
Minimum
222218
18
223229362385501524133
18
July
674769846760702
678678671644626
617578524500446
3S4349318293501
297280266257£49
228201192178169152
Aug.
140135132123116
109104103'103
99
1281041029084
7772686360
5853514949
545347444241
Mean
27.633.025.2
138
48.844.235.786.7
45096144782.448.6
191
Sept.
3939373639
4239373636
3434333336
4942464271
8680757069
65"59
545249-
Runoff in acre-feet
1,7001,9601,550
100,100
3,0002,4602,2005,28027,68057 ,20027 ,4705,0602,890
138 ,400
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge computed on baala of records for Bear Creek near Wallowa and
Hurricane Creek near Joseph.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time has is; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
GRANDE RONDE RIVER BASIN 289
Bear Creek near Wallorta, Oreg.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 45°32', long. 117°33', In NEi sec. 34, T. IN., R. 42 &., at bridge 44 miles southwest of Wallowa.
Records available.- April to September 1915, April 1931 to September 1945. April 1924 to November 1931 at site 1 mile upstream above Intakes of two Irrigation ditches with a combined capacity of about 3 second-feet.
Average discharge.- 16 years (1929-45), 100 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 764 second-feet May 5, June 21 (gage height, K67 reet); minimum dally, 8.0 second-feet Dec. 9, 16.
1915, 1924-45: Maximum discharge, 1,620 second-feet Apr. 22, 1936 (gage height, 3.82 feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 950 second-feet; minimum, 3 second-feet Jan. 20, Feb. 1, 1937.
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, wnicn are poor. Small diversions above station for irrigation.
Rating tables, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effect(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used May 33 to June 3, Aug. 16 to Sept. 3O)
Oct. 1 to May 3
1.01.11.21.31.4
1.5 1.7 1.9 S.I 2.4
107 159 22S 317 495
Note.- Same as follow- ing table below l.O foot.
S.S 13 19 36 35
May 4 to Sept. 30
1.1 461.2 6O1.4 961.6 1441.8 209
2.0 2.2 2.5
300415625
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12
45
6
8
10
11
131415
1617181920
21£2232425
262728293031
Oct.
1110101010
109.69.69.69.2
9.29.29.2
1410
109.69.69.69.6
9.29 %9.29.28.8
8. 88.5
aS. 5a8.6a9.0
BIS
Nov.
1211131514
13-14131314
17141411blO
b9.5b9.0b9.0
blO13
2623201414
1313big
»b!4bl4-
Dec.
1312121213
1314
b!3bS.ObS.5
b9.0b9.0b9.0b8.5b8.5
bS.ObS.5b9.0bllb25
b!6141211
b!3
b!2b!3t>26b!81513
Jan.
1312121111
11b50b90b70b50
345011913495
SO69605448
40b35b30b35b32
b3ob27b25b25b27b28
Feb.
b28b31b29b28b28
S532595655
5652605450
4543413735
3433312928
2927S5
_-
Month
December. ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
March. .......................... . ....April ......................................May........................................
September. .................................
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
2524242324
S7«25222122
232427282S
2930303141
5767777064
625554525067
Apr.
6062605756-
5655595655
5551494646
49516291
169
S45253S45217181
159163145178382
Second- foot-days
386.0
30,952.4
3 V59
345.6
37,771.0
May
41245055S618633
572536572589580
508441403367333
322296271247226
209202195222238
2512562S536O428522
Maximum
14
25
680
290
15
657
June
580487460428508
572536522501467
441415361290266
266316403467522
667572494467428
403344300276256-
Minimum
g
gs.
7.
s.s.
July
266290285256230
21720919S184171
159144128126103
9081786367
6462404642
3834323038,26
Aug.
2523222180
20191918IS
2019201918
1716IS1413
13IS121213
151412111111
Mean
D 12.5
9 84.6
B 11.5
0 103
Sspt.
1010101012
1110109.69.2
9.28.88.88.39.6
12e.e
111013
IS14161414
1514141414
Runoff in acre-feet
SX4766
61,410
1,030685
74,920
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Lostine
River neap Lostine and Hurricane Creek near Joseph.b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
230 ASOTIH CREEK BASIN
Asotin Greek near Asotin, Wash.
Location.- Staff gage, lat. 46°20', long. 117°12', in sec. 20 T 10 N R 4s E half^St^r*^^!^^?^^^^; wsis we^ris^ dDrainage area.- 171 square miles.
19°6 '
Average discharge^- 17 years (1928-45), 57.1 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 152 second-feet May 26 (sace heicrht lQ04e6 ); iSl0 1ir «rl^' Z% s? cond-feet Aug. 6, 7 (gage height, 0.70 ?oot) K '
1«04 (care height 'A ^ ?Z ^ , Maximum discharge observed, 1,180 second-feet Apr. 15, JanT 5^1937 USe '' nlnlnum observed, 16 second- feet
readtw rt f°f rerl°dS °f lce effect or ^ifting control, which read twice dally. Large part of low flow diverted for irrigation.
Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by VJashington Water Power Co.
Rating tables, water year 1944-45, except period of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used Oct. 17 toDec. S3, Feb. 4 to Fay 1)
1.0 1.2 1.4
5282
117
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
2729292929
292929£92S
292°292929
2929292929
2929292929
292929282834
Nov.
3731323334
3331312930
3252302929
2929303029
2929293131
2929292929~
Dec.
2929282929
29*3029£725
2425252625
2626262728
282725
b3131
293232313131
Jan.
3131313031
3142403835
3537445050
4440403937
3633333534
*343331313233
Feb.
3434333233
3233455249
4544444240
3939393836
3434353333
333333__-
Month
October. .................. ....November ............................ .....December. ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ................... .
Janu Febr Marc Apri
ary. ................................. .uary ...................................h. ................................. ...1. ........................ . .
May. .......................................June .......................................July ........................Augu Sept
st ............................... ....ember. ............................ ....
Water year 1944-45 ......................
Mar.
3332332928
293131
32
3134404040
4040403840
5156656259
565251504747
Apr.
5049494745
4644606365
6360555653
5959596274
8992848476
7168717184-
Second- foot-days
900914870
13,380
1,121 1,051 1,289
f *«CQ
2 ,335 1,054
850 872
16 ,923
May
97. 103
112129127
125121117113110
110104119119117
115113106103103
117127127125135
150148146139141141
Maximum
343732
84
50 52 65 92150 1294330 35
150
June
129117113108112
11011010410697
9087847972
6863
6060
5858555049
4747474745-
Minimum
272924
24
30 52
449745
23 25
23
July
4340403939
3939373737
3635343333
3333353333
3030313030
302929292929
Aug.
2829292827
2523252727
2929302928
2828262G28
2828262626
292928272727
Mean
29.050.528.1
36.6
36.2 37.5 41,663 .6
121"7 ,8
27.4 29.1
46.4
Sept.
2626252631
2928282727
S626S7S626
3129282831
3335353335
3131302929
Runoff in acre-feet
1,7901,8101,730
_ _26.,5.5S_
2,220 2,080 2,560
7,4604,6302,090 1,690 1,730
33,570
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.Time basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept, 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
CLEAKWATER RIVER BASIN 231
Selway River above Meadow Creek, near Lowell, Idaho
Location.- Vfeter-stage recorder, lat. 46°03', long. 115°18', in sec. 11, T. 31 N., a quarter of a riile upstream from Meadow Creek, li miles upstrean from Selway F;
R. 9 E., -- - Falls
13 miles upstrean from gaging station on Selway River near^Loweli'/and' letfTFilles south east of Lowell post office.
Drainage area.- 1,550 square miles.
Records available.- October 1944 to September 1945.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 17,900 second-feet May 6 (gage height, 12.78 feet); minimum daily, 175 second-feet Dec. 12.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are good. Small diversion to Ritterroot River Basin from headwaters are reported and are shown on,maps in T. 32 N., R. 16 E.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except periods of ice effe (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in aecond-feetj
1.5 1.8 2.1 2.5 3.0
178274390575855
1,2001,6402,1602,7504,100
7.08.0
10.012.2
5,6507,390
11,30016,400
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
a460a430a410a390a410
a440428412399390
377373404458462
453404394386377
373365365361352
348344340337337352
Nov.
565605507502590
550498476453484
507480453440426
394296234260333
296348480489462
426440435377382-
Dec.
422435422404476
565600560444257
b200#b!75b230299306
314325337417512
525512390314318'573
404435 .440426422
Jan.
426426426412412
422718
1,070843691
625801
1,5901,7501,270
1,030881801735625
545b500b500b540b540
b500b475b450b450b475b600
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year .........
January .......................February ......................March .........................April .........................May ..................... .....June ..........................July ..........................August ........................September ................... .
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
b6 00b580b560*525
12
550585
1,3601,7601,370
1,1301,010
959900831
783741724a680a660
a640a620a620a600575
545575585-_-
Second-foot-days
12,12513,18812,259
21,52P21 ,58025,70766 ,560
348 ,890265,10068,72417,72915,202
888,593
Mar.
575585630580462
399610615545570
585625862940888
837795771724718
8311,0401,2301,2901,180
1,1101,1001,1301,1201,1001,260
Maximum
462605600
1,7501,7601,2904,740
16 ,40014,1004,580
831868
16,400
Apr.
1,4001,3001,2301,1601,130
1,1801,2601,4401,490
al ,400
al ,400al ,300al,250al,200al ,200
al,350al,350al,500al,900a3 ,000
a4,3004,4604,0203,7503,460
3,3703,3103,1703,5404,740
-
May
6,1907,61010,10013 ,00015 ,400
16,40015,20013 ,50015,60014 ,000
12 ,60011,00011,10011,20010,600
9,9209,8208,8408,1807,700
7,4307,4307,7308,440
10,000
10,00011,60012,50014,10015,90015 ,800
Minimum
337234175
412512399
1,1306,1904,700
868386337
175
June
14,10013 ,70013,10011 ,70011 ,700
11 ,60010 ,50010,1009,9409,440
3,6308,2707,7106,9906,330
5,8906,0907,0808,3909 -,030
9,7409,9008,4407,9708,710
8,0106,6205,7005,1204,700
-
Mean
391440395
694771829
2,21911,2508,8372,217
572507
2,435
July
4,E804,3804,5804,3003,380
-3,5503,3403,1702,9602,750
2,6102,4402,2302,0601,930
1,7801,7101,6401,5301,470
1,3801,3101,2601,2001,130
1,0801,030
978972926868
Persquare mile0.252.284.255
_
.448
.497
.5351.437.265.701.43.369.327
1.57
Aug.
831801777730713
691674674664636
636630669620600
565545520502484
471462458448426
426444435412399386
Sept.
377369352344361
440480426394382
373352344337337
489605664570484
520580680718718
868765658615600-
Runoff
Inches
0.29.32.29
_
.52
.52
.621.60
6'.561.65.43.36
21.33
Acre-feet
24 ,05026,16024 ,320
_
42,70042,80050,990
132,000692,000525,300136,30035,16030,150
1,762,000
« Winter discharge measurement made on this day. a No gage-height record, discharge computed on basis b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. Time basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30,
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
xf records for station near Lowell.
1945: Pacific standard time thereafter.
232 CLEAKWATER RIVER BASIN
Selway River near Lowell, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 46°05', long. 115°31', In sec. 25, T. 32 U., R, 7 E., a quarter of a mile upstream from O'Hara Creek and 7 miles upstream from Lowell post office.
Drainage area.- 1,910 square miles (revised).
Records available.- April 1911 to September 1912 (gage heights or fragmentary discharge records only), October 1929 to September 1945.'
Average discharge.- 16 years, ?,194 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 20.400 second-feet May 6 (gage height, 10.25 feet;; minimum observed, 208 second-feet (discharge measurement) Dec. IE.
1P2P-45: Maximum discharge, 33,800 second-feet June 14, 1933 (gage height, 1 .17 feet'; minimum, probably less than 100 second-feet Jan. 8, 1937, during period of ice effect.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. No diversion.
Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge in second-feet per square mile arid runoff In inches for the period 1929-44, computed on basis of revised drainage area, are given herein. They supersede those published In previous water-supply papers.
Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
612567539524546
597582546524517
497490517612612
567539524517510
497490490484477
470463457457457484
Nov.
765800674682774
723658635604G58
691651604597567
524438356367450
420490651658628
589597582524524~
Dec.
567597582553682
800808782
a 620a350
a270*240320400420
430440450550680
700690525425425
500550590600570560
Jan.
570570570560550
580950
1,5OO1,200950
9001,1002,1602,S801,660
1,3301,1501,060
98S852
740707604699715
674640612628690800
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................February ......................March .........................April .........................May ...........................June ........................ .July ..........................August ........................September ................... .
Water year 1944-45 .... .....
Feb.
800790765740
K707
748808
1,7202,2801,800
1,4801,3101,2401,1801,100
1,040982944898980
852825817800774
732765782__-
Second-foot-days
16,16517,98116 , 676
829,437
S8,98328,55933,56685,090420,470321,65080,09022,57521,075
1,092,780
Mar.
757782774765651
560782817732757
791843
1,1201,2101,160
1,1101,0501,010
972963
1,0901,3501,5801,6601,510
1,4201,4201,4401,4301,4001,660
Maximum
612800808
16,900
2,2802,2801,6606,00018,80017,5005,2301,O2O1,200
18,800
Apr.
1,8201,6801,6001,4901,460
1,5501,6401,8501,9301,820
1,8001,7101,6201,5601,580
1,-7701,7401,9302,4203,840
5,7306,OOO5,0304,6704,310
4,2204,1403,9404,3705,870
-
May
7,6409,480
12,50015,80018,200
18,80018,10016,50016,20016,9OO
15,70013,70013,70013,90013,200
12 , 30012,2OO11,00010,OOO9,390
9,0008,9409,320
1O,30O12,500
12,30014,10015,10016,90018,20018, 600
Minimum
457356240
300
550707560
1,4607,6405,5401,050
524463
240
June
17,00017,50015,80014,20014,200
14,10012,90012,40012,20011,600
10,6001O,1OO9,4208,5407,760
7,1907,3608,44010,00010,900
11,80011,90010,2009,520
10,500
9,4807,8206,7105,9705,540
-
Mean
521596538
2,266
9351,0201,0832,83613,56010,7202,584
728702
_2,994
July
4,9805,0305,2304,9104,460
4,1003,8403,6403,4103,200
3,0302,8402,6202,4302,300
2,1202,0201,9701,8201,730
1,6201,5401,4801,4201,350
1,2801,2201,1801,1601,1101,050
Persquare mile0.273.312.282
1.19
.490
.534
.5671.487.105.611.35.381.368
1.57
Aug.
1, 0209829449O7889
870852852843800
800800825800757
723662658635612
60459759758256O
575597589560539524
Sept
517497484477497
597643575531510
497484477463463
757861944800666
748817934982
1,000
1,2OO1,070
916843825-
Runoff
Inches
0.31.35.32
20.16
.56
.56
.651.668.196.261.56;44.41
21.27
Acre-feet
32,06035,47033,080
1,645,000
57,49056,65O66,580168,800834,000638,000158,90044,78041,800
2,168,000
near Lowell, South* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record? discharge computed on basis of records for Lochsa
Pork Clearwater River near Grangeville, and Clearwater River at Kamiah.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 12 to Jan. 12, Jan. 27, Jan. 3o to Feb.Time basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 3O, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
CLEARWATER RIVER BASIN 233
Revised figures of discharge In second-feet per square mile and runoff in inches for Selway Rivernear Lowell, Idaho, 1929-44
Month
December. ..........
Calendar year 1929
January 1930 .......
March. ............. April .............. May........'........
September. .........
Water year 1929-30
No vemb er ........... December. ..........
Caleoiar year 1930
January 1931 .......
May................
September. .........
Water year 1930-31
October 1931..... . .. Novemb er ........... December ...........
Calendar year 1931
March. .............
May................
September. .........
Water year 1931-32
November ........... Decemb er ...........
Calendar year 1932
January 1933 .......
March .............. April.... .......... May. ...............
Water year 1932-33
November ........... December. ..........
Calendar year 1933
February ........... March. ............. April.............. May.. .............. June ...............
September. .........
Water year 1933-34
Second feet per
square mile
0.272 .269 .454
-
.242 .827 .901
4.38 5.08
.785
.328
.305
1.43
.550
.470
.374
1.47
.429
.437
.848 2.34 6.07 2.34
.502
.253
.278
1.25
.263
.337
.352
1.21
.336
.471 1.29 3.52 8.74 6.65 1.50
.413
.308
2.02
.358
.702
.516
2.07
.471
.360
.696 2.70 5.45
1.72 .431 .321
2.08
.858 1.30 2.01
2.30
1.94 1.53 3.27 6.92 5.32 1.62
.481
.231
.211
2.14
Runoff in
inches
0.31 .30 .52
-
.28
.86 1.04 4.88 5.86
.91
.38
.34
19.46
.63
.52
.43
19.91
.49
.46
.98 2.61 7.02 2.61
.58
.29
.31
16.93
.30
.38 .41
16.44
.39
.51 1.48 3.92
10.09 7.39 1.73
.48
.34
27.42
.41
.78
.60
28.12
.54
.37
.80 3.02 6.25
1.98 .50 .36
28.22
.99 1.45 2.32
31.19
2. £4 1.60 3.77 7.72 6.14 1.81
.55
.27
.24
29.10
Month
December. ..........
Calendar year 1934
January 1935. ......
March.. ............ April.. ............ May. ...............
Water year 1934-35
Novemb er ........... December. ..........
Calendar year 1935
January 1936. ...... February. ..........
May. ...............
September. .........
Water year 1935-36
October 1936. ...... November. .......... December. ..........
Calendar year 1936
March. .............
May................
September. .........
Water year 1936-37
November. .......... December. ..........
Calendar year 1937
January 1938...
March. ............. April.. ............ May................
Water year 1937-38
November ........... December. ..........
Calendar year 1938
February. .......... March... ...........April....... ....... May. ...............
September. .........
Water year 1938-39
Second feet per
square mile
0.355 .701 .547
1.93
.482
.557
.783 2.59 6.40
1.04 .330 .229
1.57
.238
.251
.239
1.50
.329
.293
.854 6.05 9.82 3.24
.679
.313
.271
1.88
.234
.209
.251
1.88
.170
.220
.473 1.21 6.27
.811
.314
.212
1.21
.234
.306
.535
1.24
.482
.469
.915 3.72 7.40 5.60 1.08
.386
.252
1.78
.331
.402
.558
1.80
.452
.405 1.26 4.05 7.88 2.86
.953
.317
.252
1.65
Runoff in
inches
0.41 .78 .63
26.16
.56
.58
.90 2.89 7.38
1.20 .38 .26
21.34
S7 .88 .88
20.35
.38
.32
.96 6.75
11.32 3.61
.78
.36
.30
25.63
.37
.23
.29
25.59
.20
.23
.55 1.35 7.23
.93
.36
.24
16.40
.27
.34
.62
16.84
.56 49
1.05 4.15 8.53 6.25 1.24
.45
.28
24.23
.38
.45 64
24.47
.52
.42 1.46 4.52 9.08 3.19 1.10
.37
.28
22.41
Month
Calendar year 1939
Water year 1939-40
Calendar year 1940
Febroary ...........
September. .........
Water year 1940-41
December. ..........
Calendar year 1941
May.. ..............
September. .........
Water year 1941-42
December. ..........
Calendar year 1942
April.... ..........
Water year 1942-43
December. ..........
Calendar year 1943
April............ ..
September. .........
Water year 1943-44
Second feet per
square mile
0.296 .291 .492
1.63
.519
.662 1.36 3.50 6.52 2.79
.547
.242
.314
1.46
.484
.454
.524
1.50
.451
.451
.775 1.94 4.20 2 72
.895
.398
.708
1.17
1.04 1.361.44
1.37
.799
.589
.790 4.05 4.67 4.50 1.40
.423
.309
1.78
.292
.720
.808
1.61
.838
.793 1.31 6.02 6.89 8.46 3.54
.632
.356
2.55
.325
.415
.318
2.49
.243
.325
.433 1.59 5.35 3.73
.986
.406
.295
1.20
Runoff in
inches
0.34 .33 .57
22.18
.60
.71 1.57 3.91 7.52 3.11
.63
.28
.35
19.92
.56
.51
.60
20.35
.52
.47
.89 2.16 4.84
1.03 .46 .79
15.86
1.20 1.52 1.66
18.57
.92
.61'
.91 4.52 5.39 5.02 1.61
.49
.35
24.20
.34
.80
.93
21.89
.97
.83 1.51 6.71 7.94 9.43 4.08
.73
.40
34.67
.37
.46
.37
33.80
.28
.35
.50 1.77 6.17 4.16 1.14
.47
.33
16.37
234 CLEARWATER RIVER BASIN
Clearwater River at Kamlah, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 46°14', long. 116°01', In sec. 1, T. 33 N., R. 3 E., a quarter of a mile downstream from highway bridge at Kamlah, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Lawyer Creek, and 6 miles downstream from South Fork.
Drainage area.- 4,850 square miles.
Records available.- August 1910 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 35 years, 7,834 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 44,400 second-feet May 6 (gage height, 13.19 feet); minimum, 454 second-feet Dec. 13 (gage height, 2.46 feet).
1910-45: Maximum discharge observed, 81,400 second-feet June 10, 1933 (gage height, 15.53 feet, former site), from rating curve extended above 70,000 second-feet; minimum, probably less than 200 second-feet Jan. 8, 1937, during period of Ice effect.
Remarks.- Records excellent above 2,000 second-feet and good below, except those for period of ICP effect, which are fair. Some diurnal fluctuation at low stages caused by power plant on South Fork.
Cooperation.- GaKe-heiRht record collected In cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except period of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge in second-feet)
2.5 490 5.0 4,300 10.0 22,600 3.0 990 6.0 6,850 11.0 28,400 3.5 1,600 7.0 10,000 12.0 35,300 4.0 2,350 8.0 13,700 12.8 41,300 4.5 3,250 9.0 17,700
Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1944 to September
Day
I 2 3 4 5
67 8 9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct
1,350 1,280 1,210 1,150 1,240
1,390 1,350 1,260 1,200 1,150
1,120 1,090 1,090 1,290 1,440
1,320 1,210 1,170 1,140 1,110
1,100 1,080 1,070 1,060 1,060
1,030 1,020 1,010 1,010 1,000 1,040
Nov.
1,550 2,060 1,770 1,570 1,670
1,710 1,560 1,470 1,3901,470
1,970 1,850 1,610 1,430 1,390
1,280 1,150
935 850946
1,070 1,010 1,290 1,570 1,480
1,400 1,370 1,370 1,280 1,180
Dec.
1.E40 1,380 1,420 1,330 1,340
1,780 1,940 2,060 1,770 1,280
*800 562
b600 b750 b900
b900b900 b900
1,0301,640
1,640 1,560 1,270
820 1,000
1,100 1,080 1,280 1,390 1,330 1,270
Jan.
1,270 1,E80 1,290 1,270 1,270
1,350 1,800 3,950 3,170 2,590
2,490 2,670 5,550 7,920 5,450
4,320 3,670 3,310 3,000 2,640
2,270 2,020 1,710 1,710 1,920
1,750 1,680 1,670 1,460 1,550 1,610
Feb.
1,960 1,910
*1,880 1,910 1.85C
1.96C 2,020 4,080 6,240 5.28C
4,260 3,710 3,550 3,370 3,060
2,850 2.67C 2.59C 2,420 2,29C
2,21C 2.13C2,140 2,090 2,000
1.88C 1,88C 1,960
«°nth fSays
Octo Nove Dece
Ca
Janu Febr Marc Apr! Hay June July Augu Sept
Wa
mber ......................
lendar year. 1944
ary
1 .........................
sv::::::::::::::;-:::::::: ]ember .....................
36,040 42,651 38,262
'57, 880
79,610 76,150 93,050 19,800 01,400 33,200 64,300 46,570 47,317
ter year 1944-45 .......... 2,378,350
Mar.
1,940 1,980 2,000 2,000 1,780
1,500 1,700 S.030 1,970 1,910
2,090 2,140 2,890 3,290 3,250
3,080 2,930 2,73O 2,520 2,500
2,950 3,690 4,760 5,080 4,480
4,120 4 r480 4,320 4,370 4,120 4,350
Maximum
1,44C 2.06C 2.06C
31,500
7,920 6,240 5,-OSC
14,30C 40,600 34,500 10,200
2,110 2,820
40,600
Apr.
5,120 4,670 4,350 4,010 3,880
3,950 4,390 5,200 5,920 5,450
5,220 5,220 4,930 4,640 4,530
4,950 4,980 5,100 5,920 8,670
12,400 14,300 12,700 12,100 11,000
10,600 10,400 10,200 10,900 14,100
May
19,200 21,800 26,600 33,300 38,800
40,600 38,600 34,700 33,300 34,800
33,700 28,800 28,300 28, 900 27,700
26 , 200 25,900 23,600 22,000 20,800
20,400 20,400 20,800 £2,400 31,200
28,400 31,200 31,900 33 , 800 36,100 37,200
Minimum
1,000 850 562
562
1,270 1,850 1,500 3,880
19,200 11,300
S,190 1,100
979
562
June
34, 32, 30,27,27,
29, 27, 25, 25, 24,
22
is!18,16,
15, 15, 16, 18, 19,
EO, 21,19, 17, 17,
IV, 15, 13, 11, 11,
Mean
1,16£ 1,422 1,234
4,803
E,568 2,720 3,002 7,327
29,080 21,110 5,300 1,502 1,577
6,516
500 300 500 600 100
600 100 900 300 400
200 100 600 500 900
800 300 300 200 600
800 500 000 200 900
300 000 500 900 300
1945
July
10, 9, 9, 9, 8,
8, 7, 7, 6, 6,
6, 5, 5, 5,4,
4, 4, 4, 3, 3,
3, 3, 3, 3,
2, 2,s',Z,s,
Per square mile
0.240 .293 .254
.990
.529
.561
.619 1.51 6.00 4.35 1.09
.310
.325
1.34
200 800 970 630 930
260 760 340 970 510
130 860 480 180 860
580 320 260 990690
530 310 160 020 870
690 590 470 400 350 190
Aug.
2, 2,1, 1, 1,
1,1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 1, 1, 1,1,
1,1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
110 030 960 880 820
780 740 730 730 660
610 610 630 670 590
510 440 380 330 270
240 230 210 200 1VO
150 200 230 210 150 100
Sept.
1,OSO 1,040 1,010
979 1,020
1,150 1,340 1,320 1,180 1,110
1,090 1,030 1,010
979 979
1,230 1,910 2,050 1,900 1,550
1,510 2,130 2,350 2,520 2,350
2,820 2,740 2,250 1,910 1,780
Runoff
Inches
0.2E .33
13.49
.61
.58
.71 1.69 6.91 4.86 1.26
.36
.36
18.24
Acre-feet
71,480 84,600 75,890
3,487,000
157,900 151,000 184,600 436,000
1,788,000 1,256,000
325,900 92,370 93 , 850
. 4,718,000
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice-.Time basis; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
To convert war time to standard time, suotract 1 hour.
CLEARWA.TER RIVER BASIN "J°
Clearwater River at Spalding, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 46°25', long. 116°51', In lot 22, sec. 22, T. 36 N. R. 4 W., a quarter of a mile downstream from Lapwai Creek and three-eighths of a riile northwest of Spalding post office.
Drainage area.- 9,570 square miles.
Records available.- March 1926 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 19 years, 13,720 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 79,600 second-feet May 6 (gage height, 15.30 feet); minimum, 1,490 second-feet Dec. 13 (gage height, 2.10 feet).
1926-45: Maximum discharge, 172,000 second-feet Dec. 25, 1933, from rating curve extended above 100,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; maximum gage height, 25.6 feet Jan. 5, 1928 (present site and datum), from floodmark (ice jam); minimum dis charge, probably less than 500 second-feet Jan. 9, 1937, during period of ice effect.
Remarks.- Records excellent. Small diversions from lower tributaries; slight diurnal fluctuation at times caused by power plant on South Fork.
Rating table iter year 1944-45 (gage height.in feet, and discharge, in md-feet)
2.1 1,490 3.5 3,890 5.5 9,490 9.0 26 2.4 1,890 4.0 5,040 6.0 11,300 11.0 40 2.7 -2,360 4.5 6,380 7.0 If, 400 13.0 57 3.0 2,880 . 5.0 7,870 8.0 20,300 14.8 74
Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1944 to September
Day
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct.
2,900 2,650 2,410 2,280 2,330
3,090 3,230 8,740 2,480 2,360
2,260 2,180 2,140 2,200 2,600
2,810 2,460 2,330 2,250 2,180
2,150 2,120 2,100 2,090 2,090
2,040 2,010 2,010 1,960 1,960 2,020
Nov.
8,390 3,910 3,960 3,250 3,210
3,490 3,270 2,990 2,880 2,790
3,510 4,510 3,780 3,210 2,920
2,720 2,500 2,180 1,900 1,940
2,230 2,280 8,280 2,840 3,010
2,830 2,810 2,840 2,770 2,550
Dec.
2,440 2,720 2,960 2,860 2,750
3,210 4,630 5,450 4,870 3,550
2,460 1,720 1,540 1,660 1,750
1,860 1,820 1,830 2,010 2,410
3,270 3,450 2,880 2,650 2,150
2,600 2,430 2,460 2,860 2,860 2,750
Jan.
2,650 2,580 2,620 2,630 2,620
2,720 3,830 9,100 10,100 7,260
6,040 6,210
12,900 22,800 16,500
12,200 9,970 8,720 7,840 6,990
5,960 5,450 4,700 4,000 4,400
4,490 4,090 3,850 ,"i,720 3,620 3,600
Feb.
3,960 4,350 4,540 4,8704,°on
5,:er5.55C 10.90C 19 , 700 16.70C
13,OOC 11.30C 10.40C 10.00C 8,82C
8,06C 7.44C 6.99C 6,52C 6.04C
5,*68G 5,45C 5.39C 5,290 5.04C
4,75C 4,63C 4,75C
Month Second- Month foot-days
Octo Nove Dece
Ca
Janu Febr Hare Apri May June July Augu Sept
Wa
lendar year 1944
ary .
1 ................ ........ 5
ember .....................
72,430 87,750 84,860
66,270
04,160 10,180 71,960 14,300 16,600 78,700 61,010 87,360 91,070
ter year 1944-45 .......... 4,480,380
Mar
4,700 4,SOO 4,900 4,970 4,470
3,550 3,740 4,700 4,940 5,220
6,550 6,760 9,59010,400 9,660
9,020 8,560 8,240 7,810 8,180
12,100 14,600 15,300 15,400 13,300
11,800 11,500 11,700 12,200 11,400 11,900
Maximum
3,230,4,510 5,45.0
48,400
22,800 19 , 700 15,400 28,800 74,300 56,500 15,900 3,740 5,520
74,300
Apr.
14,700 13,100 11,800 10,900 in, 100
in, 500 11,300 16,400 19,800 16,600
15,200 15,300 14,000 13,000 18,400
12,800 13,100 12,800 13,900 17,100
18,400 28,800 26,400 26,600 25,400
23,200 22,800 21,30022,000 26,200
May
37,300 43,000 51,000 68,100 71,300
74,300 72,000 64,600 60,200 60,200
61,800 53,500 51,000 52,800 50,600
48,200 47,100 44,500 40,800 38 , 400
37,400 37,300 37,600 38,800 48,300
54, COO 52,000 53,800 55,300 57,700 59,000
June
56, 51, 48, 45, 42,
46, 43, 40, 39, 39,
35, 33, 30, 29, 26,
24, 23, 23, 25, 27,
29, 31, 89, 85, 84,
25, 22, 20, 18, 1-7,
Minimum Mean
1,960 2,336 1,900 2,925 1,540 2,737
1,540 8,378
2,580 6,586 3,960 7,506 3,550 8,773 10,100 17,140 37,300 52,150 17,700 32-.620 3,910 S.,420 2,220 2,818 1,950 S, 036
1,540 12,280
Time baa la; Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific at to convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
500 900 700 800 600
DOO 200 900 600 100
700 100 600 200 600
600 400 800 900 900
200 100 100 400 900
200 500 300 200 700
,200 ,500 ,100 ,400
1945
July
15
14^ 14, 14, 13,
13,11, 11, 10, 10,
9, 9, 8, 8,7,
7, 7, 7, 6, 6,
5, 5, 5, 5,4,
4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3,
Per square mile
0.244 .306 .286
.875
.688
.784
.917 1.79 5.45 3.41 .880 .294 .317
1.28
900 800 500 300 400
000 800 300 800 200
660 280 820 310840
380050 050 760 270
960 600 320 140970
700 470 310 180 090 910
Aug.
3, 3, 3, 3, 3,
3,3, 3, 3, 3,
3. 2, 2,5, 3,
2,2, 2,2, 2,
2,
2!2, 2,
2, 2,2*
2, 2,
740 640 510 390 270
210 170 110 110 110
010 940 960 030 110
880 750 670 560460
390 360 330 330 260
220 340 530 440 310 220
Sept.
2,140 8,090 2,040 1,980 2,010
2,310 2,550 2,600 2,440 2,260
2,180 2,120 2,040 1,980 1,950
2,040 2,790 3,330 3,330 3,050
3,210 3,640 4,510 5,320 4,900
5,140 5,520 4,510 3,740 3,350
Runoff
Inches
0.28 .34 .33
11.91
.79
.82 1.06 2.00 6.28 3.80 1.01 .34 .35
17.40
Acre-feet
143,700 174,000 168,300
6,082,000
404,900 416,900 539,400
1,020,000 3,206,000 1,941,000
517,700 173,300 180,600
8,886,000
indard time thereafter.
756837 O - 47 - 16
"b CLEARWATER RIVER BASIN
Lochsa River near Lowell, Idaho
Location.- V/ater-stage recorder, lat. 46°09', long. 115°35', in SV/iSEi sec. 33, T. 35 N., K. 7 U., three-quarters of a mile upstream frori Lowell post office, seven-eighths of a mile upstream from mouth, and li niles downstream from Pete King Creek.
Drainage area.- 1,180 square miles.
Records available.- November 1910 to August 1912 (gage heights only), October 1929 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 16 years, 2,420 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 16,000 second-feeb Hay 6 (gage height, 8.82 reetj; minimum, 258 second-feet Dec. 12, during period of ice effect.
1929-45: Maximum discharge, 54,800 second-feet June 10, 193" (gage height, 13.44 feet), from rating curve extended above 25,000 second-feet; minimum, probably less than IOQ second-feet Jan. 8, 1937, during period of ice effect.
Remarks^- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. No diversion.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2128232425
262728293031
Oct.
494454428415536
565501454434422
415403409522494
4484E8415397391
391385379379575
367361355355355397
Nov.
73074861O588625
610565550522625
808689588543515
467379328329422
385403558565522
508522501467460-
Dec .
480529515487565
739862880657494
379i-280300320330
340350360390630
649633550380380
430470520540520520
Jan.
54055O560558565'580
1,1301,7201,2201,020
1,0401,3803,0203,0702,250
1,8001,5101,3701,2101,080
946808790790817
7SO705689681657714
Month
October .......................November ...... ...............December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................February ......................March .........................April ....................... .May ......................... .June ........................ .July ..........................August ........................September .....................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Feb.
764748748748*722
79O850
1,7602,2801,730
1,3601,2101,1501,1101,030
980920900840810
78O74O7 SO720700
660690700_--
Second- foot-days
13,12216,14215,479
590,551
34,44027,17032,14677,690340,110206,24052,19815,97315,771
846 ,481
Mar.
680720720720660
63O690730670690
730780
1,0601,1901.1SO
1.06O1,01O
960918928
1,1801,3801,5401,5201,410
1,3601.37O1,3701.36O1,3201,670
Maximum
56580S88C
ll.OOC
3,07C2,28C1.67C5,890
15.00C12 20C3 ,15C
714937
15.00C
Apr.
1,8001,6201,5301.44O1,400
1,47O1,5702,1102,1702,020
1,9301,8201,6901,6201,630
1,7701,7201,8202,1003,010
4,3104,6304,1603,9503,660
3,5503,55O3,6104,1405,890
-
May
7,76O8,990
10,90013,20014,600
15,00014,50013,10012,70013,500
12,60011 ,COO11,10011,20010,700
10,0009,85O8,88O8,2507,790
7,5607,8208,3OO9,010
10,500
10,20011,20011,50012,30012,90013,200
Minimum
355328280
23O
54O660630
1.4OO7,5603,470
739373328
280
-June
12,20011,40010,8009, BOO9,470
9,2808,3308,2208,3007,760
6,9906,6806,1505,6605,170
4,8804,8205,2406,0306,440
6,8707,1205,92O5,46O5,680
5,4804,6704,1803,7703,47O
-
Mean
42353849C
1,614
1,111970
1,O372,59010,9706,8751,684
515526
2,319
July
3,1503,O403,0702,9602.74O
2,5602,4202,3OO2,17O2,04O
1,9401,86O1,7201,6701,560
1,4601,4101,4101,3001,220
1,1501,1001,0401,000
956
90S871835817782739
Per square mile
0.358.456.423
1 .37
.942
.322
.8792 . 199^305. S31.43.436.446
1.97
Aug.
714597565541625
61O595588580565
56555858O572536
515194174154441
434J221221O9397
4031E2128409385373
Sept.
361350-344339-360.
4O9441415397385
367ssa33932S332
50E55C62E53646C
58E73C93":83E852
93-:si1:68161C58C-
Runoff
Inches
0.41.51.49
18 .62
1.O9.86
1.012.45
10.726.501.65.50.50
26.69
Ac re- feet
26,03032,020
' u*j
1,171 ,OOO
68,31053 ,89O63,760
154 100674*600409,100-103,500-31,680-31,280
1,679,000
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 12-20, Dec. 23 to Jan. 3. Ho gage-height
record Feb. 6 to Mar. 18; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Selway River near Lowell, Clear-water River at Kamiah, and South Fork Clear-water River near Grangeville.
Time basis: Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter. To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
CLEARWATER RIVER BASIN 237
South Fork Clearwater River near Elk City, Idaho
Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 45°49', long. 115°32', In NEi sec. 25, T. 29 11., R. 7 E., at bridge on road to Orogrande, 0.2 mile upstream from Crooked River and 4t nlles west of Elk City.
Drainage area.- 261 square miles.Records available.- September 1944 to September 1945.Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during period September 1944 to September 1945,
1,470 second-feet May 4 (gage height, 11,02 feet); minimum dally, 17 second-feet Dec. 11; minimum gage height observed, 7.53 feet Nov. 17, 1944, Sept. 3, 1945.
Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor.Rating table, Sept. 26, 1944, to Sept. 30, 1945, except periods ofice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
(Shifting-control method used Apr. 20-22, Apr. 27 to May 3)
7.5 22 8.0 78 9.5 620 7.6 29 8.3 135 10.0 870 7.7 38 8.6 219 10.8 1,340 7.8 50 9.0 376
Discharge, in second-feet, 1944-451944
Day
Sept. 26 27 28 29 JO
Discharge
31 32 3257 47
""v( Oct. ,
1 48f 34,T 324 318 ' 34
6 437 358 339 32"1 32
"I 30 2 30 5 31" < 66^ 68
"^ 41'7 37"1 a37 9 36"0 35
'11 34 ^ 33"3 32"4 32 = 5 31
'^ 30T 29"* 30"S 31"f\ 31"X 31
Nov.
11681667074
6960494363
6662634841
2624353031
3243426062
6451554045-
Dec.
5054503763
6866514020
1720
*253335
2530303035
4435323530
303540383840
Jan.
4040383840
4550606060
6580
100120100
SO65555045
403535404038*
3535404040
Feb.
4040383535
*3540558090
8070605550
4846454547
4544434345
464748__-
Mar..
4745434040
4550504848
5255657070
62555560
»70
SO100110100100
allO122
a!30131
a!40176
Apr.
a!70127
a!20122
a!20
118a!70216
a!80142
a!50152
al.^0122a!50
a270304
a350376695
750630
a600555
a540
a550590675
a800908-
Hay
a920936
1,1601,3101,040
al,1001,130980942996
914920a900850800
830892760750
a730
720710695660
1,240
958al.OOO
936335790942
June
315710
a670650630
9581,000925845aSOO
a800795780800740
67586308600585530
525525500
8490485
475404460446460-
July
a390321250236233
197173
a!50 116127
122127US112
allO
120131129116101
eoa7570
a6764
64a6362
a646662
Aug.
64624949
a4S
4743474240
41a 42443337
363431a3028
2828232826
a303435332826
Sept.
27a26242526
444842
a3631
2323262625
a901271166054
56118alOO120116
173866968
a65-
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated or computed on basis of records for station near
"rangeville.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Nov. 18-20, Nov. 28 to Dec. 2, Dec. 9-19, Dec. 22
' o Uar. 25.
Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1944-45
Month
" ^ntember £6-30, 1944 .........
""** ....
Second- foot-days
179
1,103 1,611 1,176
-
1,649 1,395 2,369
10,782 28,346 19,708 4,116 1,176 1,880
75,311
Maximum
47
68 116 68
-
120 90 176 908
1,310 1,000 390 64 173
1,310
Minimum
31
29 2417
-
35 35 40
118 660 404 62 26 24
17
Mean
35.6
35.6 53.737.9
-
53.2 49.8 76.4
359 914 657 133 37.9 62.7
206
Per square mile0.137
.136
.206
.145
-
.204
.191
.293 1.38 3.50 2.52 .510 .145 .240
.789
RunoffInches
0.03
.16
.23
.17
-
.23
.20
.34 1.54 4.04 2.81 .59 .17 .27
10.75
Acre-feet
355
2,190 3,200 2,330
-
3,2702,770 4,700
21,390 56,220 39,090 8,160 2,330 3,730
149,400
Time baais! Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 19.45; Pacific standard tin ""o convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
238 CLEARWATER RIVER BASIN
South Fork Clearwater River near Grangevllle, Idaho
Location.- VJater-stage recorder, lat. 45°55,' long. 116°01', in SEiHWi sec. 30, T. 30 N., R. 4 K., just downstream from powerhouse Of VJashington Water Power Co., 6 miles south east of Grangeville. Prior to Oct. 16, 1944, staff gage at same site and datum.
Drainage area.- 865 square miles.i-M_g.j.iia,^i_ ai cd _" ouo oi^ud.! c ULJ._LCO Records available.- November 1910 to September 1916, April 1923 to September 1945.Average 'IlschargeT- 26 years (1912-16, 1923-45), 803 second-feet.Kxtrerceir.- Jlaxlmum discharge during year, 5,340 second-feet May 25 (gage height, 8.08 f
mininun, 3 second-feet (regulated) Mar. 17 (gage height, 1.88 feet); minimum daily,second-feet (regulated) Dec. 11.
'eet); 51
luctuation caused by power plant just above station. Gage read twice daily Oct. 1-15.
Cooperation.- Gape readings Oct. 1-15 furnished by Washington Water Pov/er Co. in con- ruction with a Federal" Power Commission project.
iter year 1944-45 (gage height. In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
Oct. 16 to Sept. 30Oct. 1-15
2.7 118 2.3 48 3.6 465 6.0 2,430 2.3 169 2.5 80 4.0 690 7.0 3,690 3.2 268 2.7 123 4.5 1,020 7.9 5,050
3.0 £07 5.0 1,430 3.3 317 5.5 1,900
Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1944 .to September
Day
1 2 34 5
6 7 8 9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct.
164 150 152 163 142
147 147 142 142 127
137 137 137 190 236
f!78 181 142 154 1R4
141 146 138 140 133
133
132 131
130
Nov.
288 307 253 233 271
245 201 181 136 218
280 304 210 196 152
151 114 134
132
186 168 206 219 196
179 173 195 134154
Dec.
183220 210 177 135
233 181 152
51 63
f74 114 118
87 111
91 118225
271 203 178 180 129
131 154 157 153 150 152
Jan.
156 151 158 156 175
162 196 251 247 262
284 273 334 471 384
2 25 2"0
244 230 207
131 174
188 186
174 186 146 186 174 195
Feb.
201
189 184 186
17E 17 r 24 n
367 397
35E 292 28£ 24 £ 23 E
216 £03
194 19E 18£ 201 171
180 195 204
Month Second- M0nth foot-days
Octo Nova Dace
Ca
Janu Fabr Marc Apri May Juna July Augu Sept
Wa
mber ......................
lendar year 1944 ......
4,610 5,981 4,755
225,967
h ................. ...
st ................. . . ...ambar .....................
6,899 6,331 8,763
27,406 05,020 83,730 18,44R 5,453 6,978
ter year ld44-45 .......... 284,374
Mar
195195 192 192 149
152204 201189195
207 227 297 297 313
237237
230
285 358 412 407 353
358 423 454 423 407 470
Maximum
236 307 271
3,490
471 397 470
2,240 4,730 4,910 1,220
240 54 E
4,910
Apr.
504 423 387 358 372
372 476 586 575 504
482 470 438 423 465
575 580
880 1,430
1,930 1,970 1,630 1,540 1,370
1,330 1,370 1,380 1,650 2,240
May
2,890 3,110 3,5904,210 4,400
4,380 4,020 3,580 3,4003,680
3,470 3,160 3,140 3,1202,970
2,920 3,000 2,760 2,590 2,600
2,620 2,520 2,480 2,890 4,730
3,900 4,0803,750 3,650 3,620 3,790
Minimum
127 114
51
51
146 109 149 358
2,480 1,330
258 127 108
51
June
3, 3,
3,'
4, 4, 4, 4, 4,
3, 3,3, 3,
2',
1,1,
1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
Mean
149 199 153
617
223 226 283 914
3,388 2,791
595 176 233
799
480 180980 780 510
910 730 280 000020
560 310 220 110830
560 410 320 320260
240 220 020 930 940
740 570 450 460 390
1945
July
1, 1, 1, 1,
Par square mile
0.172 .230.177
.713
.258
.261
.327 1.06 3.92 3.23
.688
.203
.269
.901
220 150 090 010 950
894 838786 744 708
672 654 619 602 558
526 509504 460 423
397 377 358 362 322
317 293 289 281 277 258
Aug.
240 230 230 224 198
207 207 217 198 210
180 198 195 195 186
169 174 169 146 148
144 137 145 134 133
134 152 154 143 129 127
Sept.
124 121 118 108 118
181 205177 134 139
125 131 117 116 112
264 326 344 263 195
249 397 323 346 402
548 460 329 266
.240
Runoff
Inches
0.20 .26 .20
9.74
.30
.38 1.18 4.52 3.60
.79
.23
.30
12.23
Acre-feat
9,140 11,860
9,430
448,300
13,680 12,560 17,380 54,360
208,300 166,100 36,590 10,820 13,840
564,060
f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.Time basis; fgpifin war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific stands
D convert war time f. standard time, subtract 1 hour.
CLEARWATER RIVER BASIN 239
North Fork Clear-water River at Bungalow ranger station, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 46°38', long. 115°30', in sec. 18, T. 38 N., R. 8 E., at Bungalow Ranger Station, 300 feet downstream from Orogrande Creek, 1,000 feet down
stream froTn stee'l highway bridge, and 17 miles northeast of Pierce. Drainage area.- 996 square miles.Records available.- September 1944 to September 1945. Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period September 1944 to September 1945, 15,000 secona- feet Iky 5 (gage height, 7.74 feet); minimum daily, 350 second-feet Dec. 12.Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or no rage-height record, whtc'h are good. Ho diversion or regulation above station.Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected by U. S. Forest Service ranger it Bungalow
Ranger station.
Discharge, in second-feet, 1944-45
1944
Day
Sept. 14 1516171819
Discharge
h441 h633h793h815h633h588
Day
Sept. 20 2122232425
Discharge
a850 aVOOa650a 600a 540a 500
Day
Sept. 26 2728293031
Discharge
a 480 a 480a520a800
"
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on ba station near Ahsahka
h Computed from staff gage reading.
of records fc
Day
12345
6789
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
h570a550a540a 600
hi, 150
a 900a 700606588554
538538554730670
588570554546538
530522522514506
498498490490483570
Nov.
826815670720793
710670670642815
980793700651597
490450440500590
55067070O651624
5976246065O6588
Dec.
597624597579710
9471,110
9926515OO
40035O3754004OO
4004004255506OO
600500450500550
550550550550550550
Jan.
550550550550550
7502,2002,OOO1,3001,150
1,0601,6304,4203,9202,590
2,0301,7001,5001,3401,O6O
1,060903850900875
825750750750750800
Feb.
825850850850875
903947
2,2002,4101,800
1,6201,4801,3601,2601,140
1,O9O1,0501,030
980947
925914892881804
771870804
_-
Mar.
859837
a825a 700a6OO
a 650a850a800a 800a900
903936
1,1501,0901,020
992947969892980
,230,400,490,430.330
,270,270,330,290,290
1,800
Apr.
1,8701,6201,5801,4401,480
1,5501,6202,2802,1801,990
1,8701,7301,6201,5801,630
1, 8901,7801«, 9803,2603,340
4,5604,5604,1003,9203,670
3,6703,6703,8004, 3605,750
May
7,6508,84010,50012,40013,400
13,50012,80011,80011,40011,800
11,10010,10010, 1009,9109,690
9,3309,1208,3607,8807,650
7,5207,8807,9508,2908,910
8,6309,5809,6209,980
10,2009,980
June
9,1908,5608,1207,6507,29O
6,7706,3606,2106,0505,810
5,3605,0704,7804,5304,200
3,9703,8403,92O4,0504,130
4,2804,6403,8703,5503,430
3,4103,1403,0302,8802,670
-
July
2,4302,3002,20O2,0901,990
1,9001,8301,7301,6801,580
1,5201,4601,4201,4001,340
1,2901,4001,3001,2201,160
1,1101,0901,0801,0301,000
969947925925881859
Aug.
848826804782771
760740740750720
71070O826740680
651642624606597
588588588570554
633670606570554538
Sept.
530514506498570
633606562554538
522506498490506
680642660570588
760881
1,000936
1,030
1,080826700651624-
a No gage-height record; discharge computed onh Computed from staff-gage reading.Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice 17-21, Dec. 10 to Ja
Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1944-45
Month
September 14-3O, 1944. ........
fay ...........................
September .....................
Water year 1944-45 ..........
Second- foot days
10,773
18,207 19,638 17,507
-
40,613 31,328 32,830 79,350
305,870 150,760 44,056 20,976 19,661
780,796
Maximum
850
1,150 980
1,110
-
4,420 2,410 1,800 5,750
13,500 9,190 2,430
848 1,080
13,500
Minimum
441
483 440 350
-
550 771 600
1,440 7,520 2,670
859 538 490
350
Mean
634
587 655 565
-
1,310 1,119 1,059 3,645 9,867 5,025 1,421
677 655
2,139
Per square mile
0.637
.589
.658
.567
-
1.32 1.12 1.06 2.66 9.91 5.05 1.43 .680 .658
2.15
Runoff
Inches
0.40
.68
.73
.65
-
1.52 1.17 1.23 2.96
11.42 5.63 1.65 .78 .73
29.15
Acre-feet
21,370
36,110 38,950 34,720
-
80, 550 62,140 65,120 157,400 606,700 299,000 87,380 41,610 39,000
1,549,000
Time basis; Pacific To convert war time to
up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter, standard time, subtract 1 hour.
240 CLEARWATER RIVER BASIN
North Fork Clear-water River near Ahsahka, Idaho
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 46°31', long. 116 018', In SEi sec. 26, T. 37 N,, R. IE!., at Bruce's Eddy, li miles northeast of Ahsahka and 2 miles upstream frott
mouth.
Drainage area.- 2,440 square miles.
Records available.- August 1926 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 19 years, 5,144 second-feet;
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 29,000 second-feet tfey 6 (gage height, 17.97 feet}; minimum dally, 700 second-feet Dec. 13.
1926-45: Maximum discharge, 100,000 second-feet Dec. 83, 1933 (gage height, 35.5 feet, from floodmarks), from .rating curve extended above 24,000 second-feet by loga rithmic plotting; minimum, probably less than 250 Becond-feet Jan. 8, 1937, during period of Ice effect.
Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of Ice effect, which are fair. No diversion or regulation above station.
Rating table, water year 1944-45, except period of ioe effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
2.0 2.7 3.5 4.5 5.5
6SO 1,060 1,590 2,470 3,570
7.09.0
12.015.017.4
5,4608,300
13,600£0,40027,200
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Day
12345
6739
10
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425
262728293031
Oct.
1,4201,1301,0401,0101,160
1,8801,4701,2001,1201,080
1,0401,010
9941,0401,280
1,2201,0801,0401,010
994
976958952958946
929912907896890964
Nov.
1,5001,S501,5801,3501,520
1,5201,3901,3301,2901,340
1,8501,9901,5701,3801,280
1,1701,020
890874
1,030
1,1801,0901,2201,3301,270
1,2501,3201,3501,2401,110
-
Dec.
1,1801,3201,3401,2601,350
1,7402,6502,7902,1201,480
*b950bSOOb700b750bSOO
bSOObSOObSOOb850
1,240
1,5601,4601,150
8961,050
1,1801,1001,1201,2001,2001,170
Jan.
1,1401,1301,1701,1601,180
1,3301,8006,0304,17703,220
2,7203,1408,590
12,0007,340
5,5004,4703,9103,4503,020
2,6002,5102,0601,9002,160
2,0601,8301,7401,8001,7401,750
Month
October .......................November ......................December ......................
Calendar year 1944 .........
January .......................February ......................March ......................April ....... ............... .Mav .may ...........................June .......................July .................... .....August ........................September .....................
Water year 1944-45 .... .....
Feb.
1,8802,060
*2,1602,2402,190
2,3502,4905,1108,4106,630
5,3404,8104,4504,1203,650
3,3003,1002,9302,7402,580
2,4202,3802,3402,2802,170
2,0302,0502,100
«--
Second- foot days
33,50640,084 38,806~
99 22090,310
104,950206,700 5619, 800274,48085,89040,670 41,462
1,625,878
Mar.
2,0402,1102,1102,0801,690
1,4401,7502,180
. 2,0202,110
2,6902,5103,2603,4903,330
3,1302,9403,0102,9603,410
5,2405,8905,7105,5404,930
4,4804,3004,4504,5504,3405,260
Maximum
1,8801 99C2,790
13,600
12,0008,4105,890
10,70026,90016,600
1^6102,500
26,900
Apr.
6,3305,4204,9704,5604,320
4,5404,7207,0307,5606,440
5,9505,6205,0704,8004,740
5,2305,2005,3405,7207,360
10,10010,700
9,79010,0009,500
8,9708,7308,4909,100
10,400-
.May
15,00017,30020,60024,60026,800
26,90025,40022,50021,50021,600
21,40018,80018,40018,80018,000
17,40017,00015,80014,60014,000
13,80014,00014,20014,30015,900
15,30016,60016,80017,20017,70017,600
Minimum
890874700
700
1,1301,880 1,4404,320
13,8005, 2801,650
. 1,080970
700
June
16,60015,20014,40013,800IE, 900
12,50011,30010,90010,60010,600
9,6409,1808,5208,2407,730
7,4007,1707,2107,4007,540
7,6808,3307,5406,8606,470
6,4405,9105,7305,4105,280-
Mean
1,0811,3361,252
2,885
3,2013, 225 3,3856,890
18,3819 1492^7711,312 1,382
4,454
July
4,7804,5004,3304,1003,910
3,7403,5903,4303,2903,150
3,0402,9102,7902,7002,600
2,4802,4802,5902,3802,260
2,1802,1002,0402,0001,930
1,8701,8101,7701,7601,7301,650
Per square mile
0.443.548.513
1.18
1.311.32
2. 82'"
1.14
!s66
2.83
Aug.
1,6101,5801.1,
540480
1,460
1,4501,1,1,
440410420
1,400
1,3501,1,1,
340370450
1,370
1,1,1,1,
280270260220
1,170
1,1501,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,
150140-140100
110320300180130080
Sept.
1,0501,0301,000
9821,050
1,3701,2801,1801,1101,070
1,0501,020
994976970
1,1101,3601,2601,2101,180
1,8601,7802,1802,3302,060
2,50ff2,0901,6401,4301,340
-
Runoff
Inches
0.51.61.59
16.09
1.51
1.603.15S. 684.181.31
.62
.63
24.77
Acre-feet
66,46079,51076,970
2,094,000
196,800
208J 200410,000
1,130,000544,400170,40080,670 82,240
3,225,000-
* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. Time basis! Pacific war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30,
To convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.1945; Pacific standard time thereafter.
CLEAKWATER RIVER BASIN 241
Mission Creek near Winchester, Idaho
"location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 46°11', K. 3 w., 4 miles southwest of Winchester.
116°39', in NEi sec. 24, T. 33 N.,
"""icords available.- December 1940 to September 1945 (discontinued).
"" xtremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 115 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 3.19 feet); no now Nov. 15-21.
1940-45: Maximum discharge, 176 second-feet Apr. 1, 1943, from rating curve extended above 90 second-feet; maximum gage height, 3.67 feet Jan. 17, 1943 (Ice 1am); no flow Nov. 15-21, 1944.
"emarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect and those below 5 second-feet, which are poor.
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945
Ray
1Z34
6
11
16
21
2425
2627
Oct.
0....
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.3
.1
.1/I.1.1.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.5
Nov.
0.4.1.1.2.4
.3
.1
.1
.1
.2
.6
.3
.2
.10
00000
0456 6
65
~
Dec.
0.6.5.4.3.5
.6
.7
.4(*)
f ' S
Jan.
0.2
.51.02.03tO
4.86.4
14128.2
6.15.04.03.02.0
1.5
' 1.0
Feb.
1 '"1
4.06.07.0
6.76.05.64.54.0
4.03.7
\j> 3.0
I2.7
\ "h2.4
2.62.5--"
Month
- member. ...................................
Calendar year 1944 ......................
- -~r«h. .....................................»r>ril ......................................^""T
July. ......................................
r >ntember. ................... .............
Water year 1944-45 ......................
liar.
.
\ 2.5
6.0106.0
*4.0
4.04.04.34.0
20
343119 12 10
11 19
1929
Apr.
1411111211
1620412418
1716192222
23264061
*76
847269 62 60
47 43403755
Second- foot-days
S.6
1,610.07
550Trta n
4.5
2,450.0
May
4133272522
1916141314
1213141615
1514161514
151312 12 33
20 2216141312
Maximum
.7
61
.5
84
June
119.69.69.6
14
2022142225
1614141311
9.68.67.56.96.1
5.65.S5.0 4.3 4.3
3.9 3.53.75.04.1
Minimum
0
.]
0
July
3.12.52.32.02.0
1.71.41.31.21.1
1.11.0
.9
.9
.9
.9
.S
.7
.5
.5
.5
.5
.4
.4
.3
.3
.3
.3
Aug.
0.3. .3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1a.1.1
Mean
.28
4.40
.15
6.71
Sept.
0.1.1.1.1.1
.2
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1. -1
.3
.2
.1
.1
.1
.2
.3
.5
.3
.3
.1
.1
.1a.1
Runoff in acre- feet
17
3,190
8.9
4,860
* Winter discharge measurement or field estimate made on this day.h Computed from staff-gage reading.Kote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Nov. 22-30, Dec. 8 to Jan. 10, Jan. 18 to Feb. 10,
T 3b. 12, 15, 16, 18-21, 23-25, Feb. 27 to Mar. 17, Mar. 19, 24, 25, 29, Apr. 1, 2 (no gage-height - vsord Dec. 15 to Jan. 6, Jan. 20, 21, 23-29, 31, Feb. 1, 3, Feb. 27 to Mar. 11; discharge computed :n basis of woather records and records for stations on nearby streams).
Time basis; Pacific war time np to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; Pacific standard time thereafter. "^ convert war time to standard time, subtract 1 hour.
342 IJISCELLATJEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS
Measurements of stream flow in the Snake River Basin made at points other than gaging stations are j;lven In the following table:
Miscellaneous discharge measurements In Snake River Basin during water year October 1944 to September 1945
Date
Nov. 1
June 14
Mar . 12
Stream
Snake River. .....
.... do ...........
,
Tributary to or diverting from-
Columbia River..
... .dc. .........
. . . .do.. ........
Locality
SWi sec. 16, T. 1 S-, R 45 E. , at site offormer gaging station, 4OO feet upstreamfrom Bear Creek, 5,600 feet upstream fromCalamity Point dam site, and 7^ milessoutheast of Irwin, Idaho.
NWf sec. 1, T. 8 S., R- 13 E., at site offormer gaging station, just upstream fromUpper Salmon Palls, 1/8 mile upstream fromOwsley Bridge, and 4 miles south of Hager-man Irinhn
east of Pasco Wash.
.... do ........................................
Discharge (sec. -ft.)
2,620
19,300
25.700
Big Lost River Basin, Idaho
Big Lost River...
Big Lost River.
Sec. 18, T. 3 N., R- 27 F., 1,000 feet south east of Mower ranch house, 6OO feet northwest of mouth of canyon, and 3 miles southeast < Arco.
NFi sec. 6, T. 2 N., R- 29 E., 2OO feet down' stream from concrete diversion works for Pioneer ditch, about 5 miles upstream from State Highway 27, and 14 miles southeast ol Arco.
Sec. 32, T. 8 N., R- 23 E., 500 feet east of gaging station on Big Lost River (east channel) above Mackay Reservoir, 3 miles upstream from Mackay Dam, and ?J- miles northwest of Mackay.
Portneuf River and Salmon Palls Creek, Idaho
Nov.
Sept
14
CJ
CO
Blue Lakes(two chai
.... do ....
Outletinels).
Snake River. .... swjswj s4 mile
ec. EB,s north
T.of
95., R. 17 E., at mouth,Twin Palls.
257
221
between Salmon Palls Creek au River, Idaho
Feb. 17
Oct . 12
Canyon Creek. ....
Ake lateral No. 1
Snake River. ....
Mountain Home feeder canal.
Sec. 36, T. 2 S.,. R head gates of Mour and 5 miles north
Sec. 36, T. 2 S-, R north of Mountain
..
6 E., immediately below itain Home feeder canal of Mountain Home.
6 E., at head, 5 miles Home.
to.i
t-2
t-19
t Estimated.Malheur River Basin, Oreg.
Apr- 26 Cottonvrood Creek. Malheur River. . . Sec. 9,
gaginf
T . 13 S .
5 statio
R 56 K., 7 mil ft,
near Vale.
nest of Be alah. . 43.8
Payette River Basin, Idaho
Mar.
June
1
5
27
Lake Pork Payette River.
North Pork Payette River
NEi sec. 8, T. 18 N. , R. 4 E., above Jumbo Creek, ^- mile downstream from power plant, and 5f miles east of McCall.
Sec. 27, T. 17 N- , R. 3 E. , at highway bridge on State Route 15, 4 miles south of Lake Pork.
.... do ........................................
22.2
980
53R
Weiser River- Basin, Idaho
Oct.
Dec. Mar.
Oct.
t
16
18 30 1513
Fst:
Johnson Park Creek.
Monroe Creek. ....
jnated.
Johnson Creek. . .
Weiser River. . . .
SE-j sec. 36, 10 miles n
NW^SW^ sec. on farm ro way 95, an
T. 17 N., R. 3 W-, at orthwest of Council.
34, T. 12 N-, R. 5 W., ad, 2OO feet west of U d 6 miles north of Wei.
mouth,
at bridge S. High-
0.42
.47 1.19 6.21t-2
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS
Miscellaneous discharge measurements in Snake River Basin during wate October 1944 to September 1945 Continued
Weiser River Basin, Idaho Continued
Date
Dec. 14
*Tar 29
Stream
ttonroe Creek. . . .
dodo
Tributary to or diversion from
Weiser River. . . .
-
Locality
NW-JSWi sec. 34, T. 12 N., R- 5 W., at bridge on farm road, 200 feet west of U. S. High way 95, and 6 miles north of Weiser.
do
Discharge (sec. -ft.)
1.32
INDEX
Accuracy of field data and computedresults...........................
ft/.re-foot, definition of...............6."ton, Wyo., Swift Creek near..........A'Tsncies other than Geological Survey,
records collected by.............S.'"ency Valley Reservoir, Oreg., con
tents of.........................A'sahka, Idaho, North Fork Clearwater
River near.......................A<;e laterals Nos. 1 and 2, Idaho, dis
charge measurements of...........,*>lplne, Idaho, Snake River at..........Alturas Lake Creek near Obsidian,
Idaho............................American Falls Reservoir at American
Falls, Idaho.....................Anderson Ranch Dam, Idaho, Fall Creek
near.............................South Fork Bciso River at............
Argora, Idaho, Medicine Lodge Creeknear.............................
/ rrowrock, Idaho, Arrowrock Reservoir at...............................
Boise River near.....................Moore Creek near.....................
,.v-ro\wock Reservoir at Arrowrock, IdahoAshton, Idaho, Henrys Fork near.......'.£i30tln Creek near Asotin, Wash.........
Page
51
43
11-12
150
240
24216
205
22-23
142140
134135144134
48230
183^'con Creek near Mesa, Idaho..........Hanks, Idaho, South Fork Payette River
near............................. 155Iirber, Idaho, New York Canal near..... 1457 aar Creek near Wallowa, Oreg......... 229Tsar Valley Creek near Cape Horn, Idaho 212 I saver Creek at Camas, Idaho........... 67
at Dubols, Idaho..................... 66at Spencer, Idaho.................... 65
Fillevue, Idaho, Big Wood River near... 103 Finnett, Idaho, Bennett Creek near..... 120
Lline Creek near...................... 142Little Camas Canal near.............. 143
Bennett Creek near Bennett, Idaho...... 120Beulah, Oreg., North Fork Malheiir River
at............................... 152North Fork Malheur River near........ 151
Big Creek near Big; Creek, Idaho........ 213Big Lost River at Howell Ranch, near
Chilly, Idaho.................... 73at Wild Horse, near Chilly, Idaho.... 72below Mackay Reservoir, near Mackay,
Idaho............................ 78discharge measurements of............ 242east channel of, above Mackay Reser
ve Ir, near Mackay, Idaho......... 74west channel of, above Mackay Reser
voir, near Mackay, Idaho......... 75Pig Lost River Basin, Idaho, discharge
measurements in.................. 242gaging-station records In............ 72-81
fig Wood River at Gooding, Idaho....... 106at Hailey, Idaho....................101-102below Magic Dam, near Richfield,
Idaho............................ 105near Bellevue, Idaho................. 103near Gooding, Idaho.................. 107
?lg Wood River Basin, Idaho, gaging-station records in.............,101-119
ng Wood Slough at Hailey, Idaho....... 109"^Irch Creek near Downey, Idaho......... 84Elackfoot, Idaho, Blackfoot River near. 61
Snake River near..................... 21Blackfoot River near Blackfoot, Idaho.. 61
Snake River near..................... 21"laine, Idaho, Camas Creek near........ 110"'laine County Investment Co.'s canal '
near Howe, Idaho................. 71?lue Lakes Outlet, Idaho, discharge
measurements of .................. 242Boise River at Boise, Idaho............ 136
Page Boise River at Dowline Ranch, near
Arrowrock, Idaho................. 135at Notus, Idaho...................... 137diversions from,.,.................... 138near Twin Springs, Idaho............. 133South Fork, at Anderaon Ranch Dam,
Idaho............................ 140near Feathervilie, Idaho........... 139near Lenox, Idaho.................. 141
Boise River Basin, Idaho, gaglng-station records in..............133-146
Boulder Creek near Tamarack, Idaho..... 220Bruneau, Idaho, Jacks Creek near....... 126WLckahoney Creek near................ 125
Bruneau River near Grand View, Idaho... 124 near Hot Spring, Idaho............... 123
Buffalo Fork near Moran, Wyo........... 37Bungalow ranger station, Idaho, North
Fork Clearwater River at......... 239Burgdorf, Idaho, Secesh River near..... 218Burnt River near Hereford, Oreg........ 192Burnt River Basin, Oreg., gaging-
station records in..............191-192
CaldweH, Idaho, Deer Flat Reservoirnear............................. 146
Camas, Idaho, Beaver Creek at.......... 67Camas Creek at....................... 64
Camas creek (Big Wood River Basin)near Blalne, Idaho............... 110
Camas Creek (Mud Lake Basin) at Camas,Idaho............................ 64
at Eighteenmlle shearing corral, nearKilgore, Idaho...,,......-. ..... 63
Cambridge, Idaho, pine Creek near...... 184Weiser River near.................... 176
Canyon Creek-, Idaho, discharge measure ments of......................... 242
Cape Horn, Idaho, Bear Valley creeknear............................. 212
Middle Fork Salmon River near........ 211Carey, Idaho, Little Wood River near..114,115 Cascade, Idaho, North Fork Payette
River t + ......................... 165Catherine Creek near Union, Oreg....... 224Challis, Idaho, Challis Creek near. Salmon River near................
Challis Creek near Challis, Idaho.. Chester, Idaho, Fall River near.... Chilly, Idaho, Big Lost River near. Clarkston, Wash., Snake River near....
20820020857
72,733, 35
Clayton, Idaho, Salmon River near...... 199Yankee Fort: Salmon River near........ 207
Clear Creek (Payette River Basin) atLowman, Idaho.................... 159
Clear Creek (Raft River Basin) nearNaf, Idaho....................... 85
Clearwater River at Kamiah, Idaho...... 234at Spalding, Idaho................... 235North Fork, at Ahsahka, Idaho........ 240
at Bungalow ranger station, Idaho.. 239South-Fork, near Grangeville, Idaho.. 238near Elk City, Idaho............... 237
Clearwater River Basin, Idaho, gaglng-station records In..............231-241
Computations, accuracy of, results of.. 5 Contents, definition of................ 2Control, definition of................. 1Cooperation, record of................. 12Cottonwood Creek (Malheur River Basin), .
Oreg., discharge measurement of.. 242 Cottonwood Creek (Salt River Basin)
near Smoot, Wyo.................. 42Council, Idaho, Johnson Creek near..... 182Weiser River near.................... 175
Crane Creek at mouth, near Weiser,Idaho............................ 188
near Mldvale, Idaho.................. 187Crane Creek Reservoir near Midvale,
Idaho............................ 186Cruzen Canal at Lake Fork, Idaho....... 172
245
246 INDEX
Data, accuracy of......................explanation of.......................
Deadwood Reservoir near Lowman, Idaho.. Deadwood River below Deadwood Reser
voir, near Lowman, Idaho.........near Lownan, Idaho...................
Deer Flat Reservoir near Caldwell, Idaho Downey, Idaho, Bircli Creek near........Dubois, Idaho, Beaver Creek at.........Drewsey, Oregon, felheur River near....
Elk City, Idaho, South Fork Clearwater River near.......................
Emmett, Idaho, Payette River near......
5 2-4160
16116214684:66.
147:
237157
Fall Creek near Anderson Ranch Dam,Idaho............................ 142
Fall River, diversions from............ 54,56near Chester, Idaho.................. 57near Squirrel, Idaho................. 55
Featherville, Idaho, Boise River near.. 139 Fish hatchery diversion at McCall, Idaho 167 Floods, special reports on............. 11French Creek, Idaho, Salmon River near. 205 Frultvale, Idaho, West Fork Weiser
River near....................... 178
Garden Valley, Idaho, South Fork PayetteRiver near....................... 154
Gardena, Idaho, Porter Creek near...... 172Gold Creek, llev., Owyhee River near.... 127
Wild Horse Reservoir near............ 131Gooding, Idaho, Big Wood River at...... 106
Big Wood River near.................. 107Thorn Creek sp HIway near............ 113
Gooding Canal at .Mllner, Idaho......... 93Goose Creek above Trapper Creek, near
Oakley, Idaho....................Grand View, Idaho, Bruneau River near..Grande Ronde River at La Grande, Oreg..
at Rondowa, Oreg.....................at Troy, Oreg........................
Grande Ronde River Basin, Oreg.,gaging-station records in...... .221-
Grangeville, Idaho, South Fork Clear- water River near.................
Grassy Lake, Idaho, contents of........Gros Ventre River at Kelly, Wyo........Gumboot Creek, Oreg., Imnaha River
above..........................'.. 195
Hagerman, Idaho, King Hill Canal near.. 119Snake River near..................... 30
Hailey, Idaho, Big Wood River at......101-102Big Wood Slough at................... 109
Heise, Idaho, Snake River near......... 17Henrys Fork at St. Anthony, Idaho...... 50
at Warm River, Idaho................. 47diversions from...................... 49,51near Ashton, Idaho................... 48near Island Park, Idaho.............. 46near Lake, Idaho..................... 44near Rexburg, Idaho.................. 52
Henrys Fork Basin, Idaho, ga£ing-station records in............... 44-60
smaller reservoirs in. Henrys Lake, Idaho, contents of........Hereford, Oreg., Burnt River near......Hoback River near Jackson, Wyo.........Hope, Oreg., Jlalheur River near........Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, Payette River
near.............................Hot Spring, Idaho, Bruneau River near.. Howe, Idaho, Blaine County Investment
Co.'s canal near.................Little Lost River near...............
Hurricane Creek near Joseph, Oreg......
535319239
149
156123
7170
227
Imnaha River above Gumboot Creek, Oreg. 195 at Imnaha, Oreg....................... 196
Imnaha River Basin, Oreg., gaging- station records in..............195-196
Indian Valley, Idaho, Little WeiserRiver near....................... 185
Island Park, Idaho, Henrys Fork near... 46 Island Park Reservoir near........... 45
Island Park Reservoir near Island Park,Idaho........................ ... 45
Jacks Creek near Bruneau, Idaho........Jackson, Wyo., Hoback River near.......Jackson Lake at Moran, Wyo...'..........Johnson Creek (Salmon River Basin) at
Yellow Pine, Idaho...............near Landmark ranger station, Idaho..
Johnson Creek (Weiser River Basin)below Johnson Park, near Council,Idaho............................
Johnson Park Creek, Idaho, dischargemeasurements of..................
Joseph, Oreg., East Fork Wallowa Rivernear.............................
Hurricane Creek near.................Wallowa Falls power-plant tailrace
near.............................
Page 126 3914
217216
182
242
227
226
234Kamiah, Idaho, Clearwater River at.....Kelly, Wyo., Gros Ventre River at...... 38Ketchum, Idaho, Warm Springs Creek near 108 Kilgore, Idaho, Camas Creek near....... 63Kimberly, Idaho, Snake River near...... 28King Hill, Idaho, Snake River at....... 3, 31King Hill Canal near Hagerman, Idaho... 119 Knox, Idaho, South Fork Salmon River
near............................214-215
La Grande, Oreg., Grande Ronde River at 221 Lake, Idaho, Henrys Fork near.......... 44Lake Fork, Idaho, Cruaen Canal at...... 172Lake Fork. See Payette River, Lake
Fork.Lake Fork Reservoir near IlcCall, Idaho. 169 Lake Irrigation District Canal near
McCall, Idaho.................... 171Lake Walcott near Minidoka, Idaho...... 25Landmark ranger station, Idaho, Johnson
Creek near....................... 216Lenox, Idaho, South Fork Boise River
near............................. 141Lime Creek near Bennett, Idaho......... 142Lincoln Canal near Richfield, Idaho.... Ill
near Shoshone, Idaho................. 112Little Camas Canal at heading, near
Bennett, Idaho...............;... 143Little Lost River near Howe, Idaho..... 70Little Lost River Basin, Idaho, gaging-
station records in............... 70-71Little Weiser River near Indian Valley,
Idaho............................ 185Little Wood River at Canpbell Ranch,
near Carey, Idaho................ 114at Shoshone, Idaho................... 117near Carey, Idaho.................... 115near Richfield, Idaho................ 116
Lochsa River near Lowell, Idaho........ 236Lost Creek near Tamarack, Idaho.'....... 179Lost Valley Reservoir near Tamarack,
Idaho...........................178-179Lostine River near Lostine, Oreg....... 228Lowell, Idaho, Lochsa River near....... 236
Selway River near...............231,232-233Lowman, Idaho, Clear Creek at.......... 159
Deadwood Reserveir near.............. 160Deadwood River near.................161,162South Fork Payette River at.......... 153
McCall, Idaho, fish hatchery diversionat............................... 167
Lake Fork Payette River near........168,170Lake Fork Reservoir near............. 169Lake Irrigation District Canal near.. 171 North Fork Payette River at.......... 164Payette Lake at...................... 163
Mackay, Idaho, Big Lost River near.74,75-76,78 Mackay Reserve ir near................ 77Sharp ditch near..................... 81Warm Spring Creek near............... 79,80
Mackay Reservoir near Mackay, Idaho.... 77Magic Reservoir near Richfield, Idaho.. 104 Malheur River below Warmsprings Reser
voir, near Riverside, Oreg....... 148near Drewsey, Oreg................... 147near Hope, Oreg...................... 149North Fork, above Agency Valley
Reservoir, near Beulah, Oreg..... 151North Fork, at Beulah, Oreg.......... 152
Malheur River Basin, Oreg., dischargemeasurements In.................. 242
INDEX 247
PageMalheur River Basin, Oreg., gaging-
station records in 147-153 reserve irs in........................ 150
Mann Creek near Weiser, Idaho.......... 190May, Idaho, Pahslmeroi River near...... 209Medicine Lodge Creek at Ell is Ranch,
near Argora, Idaho ............... 68near Small, Idaho.................... 69
Mesa, Idaho, Bacon Creek near.......... 183Mesa Orchards Canal near............. 181Middle Fork Weiser River near........ 180
Mesa Orchards Canal near Mesa, Idaho... 181 Midvale, Idaho, Crane Creek near....... 187
Crane Creek Reserve ir near........... 186Miner, Idaho, Gooding Canal at........ 93Miner low-lift canal near........... 92North Side Twin Falls Canal at....... 94P. A. lateral near................... 91Snake River at....................... 27South Side Twin Falls Canal at....... 95
Milner low-lift canal near Milner,Idaho............................ 92
Minidoka, Idaho, Lake Walcott near..... 25North Side Minidoka Canal near....... 86Snake River near..................... 26South Side Mnidoka Canal near....... 87
Mission Creek near Winchester, Idaho... 241 Monroe Creek, Idaho, discharge measure
ments of........................242-243Moore Creek near Arrowrock, Idaho...... 144Moran, Wyo., Buffalo Fork near......... 37
Jackson Lake at...................... 14Pacific Creek near................... 36Snake River at....................... 15
Mountain City, Tfev., Owyhee River at... 128 Mountain Home, Idaho, Mountain Home
cooperative canal near........... 122Mountain Home feeder canal near...... 121
Mountain Home cooperative canal nearMountain Home, Idaho............. 122
Mountain Fone feeder canal near Moun tain Hone, Idaho................. 121
Mud Lake near Terreton, Idaho.......... 62Mud Lake Basin, Idaho, gaging-station
records in....................... 62-69Murphy, Idaho, Snake River near........ 3, 32
Naf, Idaho, Clear Creek near........... 85Neeley, Idaho, Snake River at.......... 24Nevada Canal, Oreg., discharge measure
ment of.......................... 242New York Canal near Barber, Idaho...... 145North Side Minidoka Canal near Mnidoka,
Idaho............................North Side Twin Falls Canal at Milner,
Idaho............................ 94Notus, Idaho, Boise River at........... 137Nyssa, Oreg., Owyhee Reservoir near.... 131
Oakley, Idaho, Goose Creek near........Oakley Reserve ir near................Trapper Creek near...................
Oakley Reservoir near Oakley, Idaho....Obsidian, Idaho, Alturas Lake Creek
near.............................Salmon River near....................
Owyhee, Nev., Owyhee River near........Owyhee Dam, Oreg., Owyhee River below.. Owyhee Reservoir,3reg., Owyhee River
above..............'..............Owyhee Reservoir at Owyhee Dam, near
Nyssa, Oreg......................Owyhee River above China diversion dam,
near Owyhee, Hev.................above Owyhee Reservoir, Oreg.........at Mountain City, Nev.................below Owyhee Dam, Oreg...............near Gold Creek, Nev..............
Owyhee River Basin, Nev.-Oreg., gaging-station records in..............127-
Oxbow, Oreg., Snake River at...........
P. A. lateral near Milner, Idaho.......Paclfi c Creek near Moran, Wyo..........Pahslmeroi River near May, Idaho.......Panther Creek near Shoup, Idaho........Payette Lake at MeCall, Idaho..........Payette River, Lake Fork, above reser
voir, near McCall, Idaho.........
899089
205197129132
130
131
129130128132127
132 34
9136
209210163
168
Page Payette River, Lake Fork, below Lake
Irrigation District Canal, near McCall, Idaho.................... 170
Lake fork, discharge measurements of. 242 near Emmett, Idah o................... 157near Horseshoe Bend, Idaho........... 156near Payette, Idaho.................. 158North Fork, at Cascade, Idaho........ 165at McCal1, Idaho................... 164near Smiths Ferry, Idaho........... 166
South Fork, at Lowman, Idaho......... 153near Banks, Idaho.................. 155near Garden Valley, Idaho.......... 154
Payette River Basin, Idaho, dischargemeasurements in.................. 242
gaging-station records in...........153-172Picabo, Idaho, Silver Creek near....... 118Pine Creek.near Cambridge, Idaho....... 184Pocatello, Idaho, Portneuf River at.... 83Porter Creek near Gardena, Idaho....... 172Portneuf River at Pocatello, Idaho..... 83
at Topaz, Idaho...................... 82Portneuf River Basin, Idaho, gaging-
station records in............... 82-84Powder River at Salisbury, Oreg........ 193
near Robinette, Oreg................. 194Powder River Basin, Oreg., gaging-
station records in..............193-194Publications on stream flow by
Geological Survey................5-9,11by State agencies.................... 9-10
Rexburg, Idaho, Henrys Fork near....... 52Richfield, Idaho, Big Wood River near.. 105
Lincoln Canal near................... IllLittle Wood River near............... 116Magic Reservoir near.................. 104
Riverside, Oreg., Malheur River near... 148Robinette, Oreg., Powder River near.... 194Rock Creek near Rock Creek, Idaho...... 96
near Twin Falls, Idaho............... 97Rogerson, Idaho, Salmon River Canal Co.
Canal near....................... 100Salmon River Canal Co. Reservoir near 99
Rondowa, Oreg., Orande Ronde River at.. 222Runoff in inches, definition of........ 1
St. Anthony, Idaho, Henrys Fork at..... 50Teton River near..................... 59
Salisbury, Oreg., Powder River at...... 193Salmon Falls Creek near San Jacinto,
Nev.............................. 98Salmon Falls Creek Basin, Idaho, gaging-
station records in...............98-100Salmon River at Salmon, Idaho.......... 201
at Whitebird, Idaho.................. 204below Valley Creek, at Stanley, Idaho 198 below Yankee Fork, near Clayton, Idaho 199 Middle Fork, near Cape Horn, Idaho... 211 near Challis, Idaho.................. 200near French Creek, Idaho............. 203near Obsidian, Idaho.................. 197near Shoup, Idaho.................... 202South Fork, near Knox, Idaho........214-215Yankee Fork, near Clayton, Idaho..... 207
Salmon River Basin, Idaho, gaging-station records in..............197-220
Salmon River Canal Co. Canal nearRogerson, Idaho.................. 100
Salmon River Canal Co., Reservoir nearRogerson, Idaho................... 99
Salt River at Wyoming-Idaho State line. 41 near Smoot, Wyo...................... 40tributaries above.................... 36-39
Salt River Basin, Wyo.> gaging-stationrecords in....................... 40-43
San Jacinto, Nev., Salmon Falls Creeknear............................. 98
Secesh River near Burgdorf, Idaho...... 218Second-feet per square mile, definition
of............................... 1Second-foot, definition of............. 1Second-foot-day, definition of......... 1Selway River above Meadow Creek, near
Lowell, Idaho.................... 231near Lowell, Idaho..................2G2.-233
Sharp ditch near Mackay, Idaho......... 81Shelley, Idaho, Snake River near....... 19Shoshone, Idaho, Lincoln Canal near.... 112
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PageShoshone, Idaho, Little Wood River at.. "117 ahoup, Idaho, Panther Creek near....... 210
Salmon River near.................... 202Silver Creek near Plcabo, Idaho........ 118Small, Idaho, Medicine Lodge Creek near 69 Smiths Ferry, Idaho, North Fork Payette
River near....................... 166Smoot, Wyo., Cottonwood Creek near..... 42
Salt River near...................... 40Snake River at Clough Ranch, near
Blackfoot, Idaho................. 21at King Hill, Idaho.................. 3, 31at Milner, Idaho..................... 27at Moran, Wyo........................ 15at Neeley, Idaho..................... 24at Oxbow, Oreg....................... 34at Weiser, Idaho..................... 33below Greys River, at Alpine, Idaho. 16 below Lower Salmon Falls, near
Hagerman, Idaho.................. 30discharge measurements of ............ 242diversions from...................... 18,20near Clarkston, Wash................. 3, 35near Helse, Idaho.................... 17near Kimberly, Idaho................. 28near Minidoka, Idaho................. 26near Murphy, Idaho................... 3, 32near Shelley, Idaho.................. 19near Twin Falls, Idaho-............... 29
South Side Minidoka Canal near Minidoka,Idaho............................ 87
South Side Twin Falls Canal at Milner,Idaho............................ 95
Spalding, Idaho, Clearwater River at... 235 Spencer, Idaho, Beaver Creek at........ 65Squirrel, Idaho, Fall River near....... 55Stage-discharge relation, definition of 1 Stanley, Idaho, Salmon River at........ 198
Valley Creek at...................... 206Starkey, Idaho, Weiser River at........ 174Swift Creek near Afton, Wyo............ 43
Tamarack, Idaho, Boulder Creek near.... 220Lost Creek near...................... 179Lost Valley Reservoir near..........178-179Weiser River at...................... 173
Terms, definiti on of................... 1-2Terreton, Idaho, Mud Lake near......... 62Teton River, diversions from........... 60
near St. Anthony, Idaho.............. 59near Tetonia, Idah o.................. 58
Thorn Creek spillway near Qooding,Idaho............................ 113
Time basis of records.................. 4-5Topaz, Idaho, Portneuf River at........ 82Trapper Creek near Oakley, Idaho....... 90Troy, Oreg., Grande Ronde River at..... 223
Twin Falls, Idaho, Rock Creek near..... 97Snake River near..................... 29
Twin Springs, Idaho, Boise River near.. 133
Union, Oreg., Catherine Creek near..... 224 Unity Reservoir near Unity, Oreg....... 191
Valley Creek at Stanley, Idaho......... 206
Wallowa, Oreg., Bear Creek near........ 229Wallowa Falls power-plant tailrace near
Joseph, Oreg..................... 226Wallow River, East Fork, near Joseph,
Oreg............................. 225'Warm River, Idaho, Henrys Fork at...... 47Warm Spring Creek (Big Lost River
Basin) east channel of, near Mackay, Idaho.................... 79
west channel of, near Mackay, Idaho.. 80 Warm Springs Creek at Guyer Hot Springs,
near Ketchum, Idaho.............. 108Warmsprings Reservoir, Oreg., contents
of............................... 150Warren Creek near Warren, Idaho........ 219Weiser, Idaho, Crane Creel: near........ 188Mann Creek near...................... 190Snake River at....................... 33Weiser Irrigation District Canal
near............................. 189Weiser River near.................... 177
Weiser Irrigation District Carial nearWeiser, Idaho.................... 189
Weiser River above Crane Creek, nearWeiser, Idaho.................... 177
at Starkey, Idaho.................... 174at Tamarack, Idaho................... 173Middle Fork, near Mesa, Idaho........ 180near Cambridge, Idaho................ 176near Council, Idaho.................. 175West Fork, near Fruitvale, Idaho..... 178
Weiser River Basin, Idaho, dischargemeasurements in.................242-243
gaging-station records in...........173-190Whitebird, Idaho, Salmon River at...... 204Wickahoney Creek near Bruneau, Idaho... 125 Wild Horse Reservoir near Gold Creek,
' Nev............................... 131Winchester, Idaho, Mission Creek
near............................. 241Work, division of...................... 12-13
scope of............................. 1
Yankee Fork. See' Salmon River, YankeeFork.
Yellow Pine, Idaho, Johnson Creek at... 217
Zollinger ditch, Idaho, dischargemeasurement of................... 242
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