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LOCATION.--Lat 43° 08'34", long 110° 58'36", in SW1/4 SE1/4 sec.34,
T.37 N., R.118 W. (unsurveyed), Lincoln County, Wyoming, Hydrologic Unit 17040103,
on right bank at Bridge Campground, 3.6 mi southeast of Alpine, 3.0 mi upstream
from maximum flowline of Palisades Reservoir.
DRAINAGE AREA.--448 mi2. Mean elevation, 8,080 ft.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July to September 1917, June to September 1918, March 1937 to
March 1939, October 1953 to current year. Published as "Greys River near Alpine,
Idaho", 1917-1918, and as "Greys River near Alpine, Wyo.", 1937-39.
GAGE.--Elevation of gage is 5,729 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
July 6 to Sept. 30, 1917, and June 4 to Sept. 30, 1918, nonrecording gage, and
Mar. 17, 1937 to Mar. 31, 1939, water-stage recorder, at site 1.8 mi downstream,
and Oct. 1953 to Sept. 22, 1965, water-stage recorder at site 1 mi downstream at
different datums.
REMARKS.--Less than 500 acres irrigated by diversions from Greys River and
tributaries above station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge observed, 7,230 ft3/s June 19, 1971,
gage height, 6.33 ft; maximum gage height observed, 19.1 ft, former site and datum
about Dec. 18, 1965, backwater from ice; minimum, 84 ft3/s Feb. 17, 1986, result of
current meter measurement.
Station operated in cooperation with Water District No.1.
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