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USGS 13190500 SF BOISE RIVER AT ANDERSON RANCH DAM ID

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
 
LOCATION.--Lat 43° 20'30", long 115° 28'40", in NW1/4 sec.14, T.1 S., R.8 E., 
Elmore County, Hydrologic Unit 17050113, Boise National Forest, on right bank 
600 ft upstream from Dixie Creek, 1.8 mi downstream from Anderson Ranch, 
2.2 mi northwest of Bennett, and at mile 41.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.--982 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1943 to current year (includes flow of Dixie Creek 
prior to October 1946).

GAGE.--Datum of gage is 3,830.0 ft above NGVD of 1929.

REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Anderson Ranch Reservoir, 1.8 mi upstream beginning 
Dec. 15, 1945. Flow of Little Camas Creek is stored in Little Camas Reservoir, 
capacity, 22,300 acre-ft, no spill most years, and diverted out of basin through 
Little Camas Canal for irrigation of about 5,000 acres (1966 determination).

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 9,850 ft3/s May 25, 1956,  
gage height, 10.56 ft; minimum, 0.10 ft3/s Nov. 13, 1959; 
minimum gage height, 0.99 ft, Feb. 16, 1950.

Station operated in cooperation with U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

USBR controls the operations at Anderson Ranch Dam. For questions concerning changes in flow below Anderson Ranch Dam, please contact the USBR at email rwells@pn.usbr.gov or call (208) 383-2280.


 
 

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Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 2.83   11-19-2004  14:00
Graph of  Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 04

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 304   11-19-2004  14:00
Graph of  Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 05
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 60 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
304  1.0 420 1,550 209 305 537

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 11/19 have been greater than the value shown.


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