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LOCATION.--Lat 42° 10'10", long 113° 58'20", in NW1/4 SE1/4 NW1/4 sec.34,
T.14 S., R.21 E., Cassia County, Hydrologic Unit 17040211, on left bank 4 mi
upstream from Oakley Dam, 7 mi southwest of Oakley, and at mile 3.0.
DRAINAGE AREA.--53.7 mi2. Mean elevation, 6,360 ft.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1911 to September 1916, March 1919 to current year.
Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1317.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP l063: 1941, 1943. WSP 1567: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Elevation of gage is 4,820 ft above NGVD of 1929, by barometer. Prior to
Sept. 1, 1912, water-stage recorder at approximately present site at different
datum. Apr. 8, 1913 to Sept. 30, 1916, and Mar. 28, 1919 to Aug. 15, 1931, at
site 1 mi upstream at different datum. Sept. 1, 1912 to Apr. 7, 1913,
nonrecording gage at site 0.8 mi downstream at different datum.
REMARKS.--Small diversions above station for irrigation. Flow of artesian well,
completed in 1936, enters above. Practically entire flow passing station is
stored in Oakley Reservoir (see sta 13083500).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge recorded, 270 ft3/s
Aug. 17, 1941, gage height, 6.99 ft, during cloudburst, from rating curve
extended above 100 ft3/s on basis of velocity-area studies and peak flow
over weir (a higher flow may have occurred during cloudburst Aug. 15, 1931);
maximum gage height, 8.64 ft, Jan. 31, 1995, affected by backwater from beaver dam;
minimum daily, 0.90 ft3/s July 19, 1992.
Station operated in cooperation with Idaho Department of Water Resources
and Oakley Canal Company.
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