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LOCATION.--Lat 43° 59'20", long 117° 13'10", in NE1/4 SW1/4 sec.21,T.18 S.,
R.45 E., Malheur County, Hydrologic Unit 17050117, on right bank, 510 ft downstream
from dam and headgates of Nevada Canal, and 1.5 mi northeast of Vale, Oregon.
DRAINAGE AREA.--3,880 mi2, approximately.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1926 to September 1934, October 1950 to September 1954,
October 1993 to current year. Monthly discharge only for 1936-42, 1944-50, furnished
by the State Engineer of Oregon, published in WSP 1317.
GAGE.--Elevation of gage is 2,220 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
Prior to Nov. 17, 1930, at datum 1.00 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Many diversions for irrigation above station. Since March 1930,
Vale-Oregon Canal has diverted in sec.31 T.20 S., R.41 E., for irrigation
above station and on Willow Creek, a tributary which enters partly above and
partly below station. Gillerman-Frohman Canal diverts on left bank in sec.8,
T.19 S., R.44 E., for irrigation above and below station. Nevada Canal diverts
on right bank 300 ft above station for irrigation below station. Flow regulated
by Warmsprings Reservoir and, since December 1935, by Beulah Reservoir.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 9,530 ft3/s Feb. 28, 1940,
gage height, 8.88 ft; no flow at times some years.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Feb. 24, 1957 reached a stage of
14.6 ft, discharge 21,000 ft3/s. Flood of Mar. 19, 1993 reached a stage of
13.31 ft, discharge 16,000 ft3/s.
Station operated in cooperation with U.S. Bureau of Reclamation,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Oregon State Engineer.
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