PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

Station operated in cooperation with the Wallowa Soil and Water Conservation District.

STATION.--13330000  LOSTINE RIVER NEAR LOSTINE, OR

LOCATION.--Lat 45° 26'20", long 117° 25'35", in NW 1/4 sec.34, T.1 S., R.43 E., Wallowa 
County, Hydrologic Unit 17060105, on left bank, 3.5 mi south of Lostine, and at 
mile 10.0.[location map]
DRAINAGE AREA.--70.9 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1912 to March 1914, April to September 1915, July 1925 to 
September 1991, April 1995 to current year.  Monthly discharge only for some periods, 
published in WSP 1317.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1397:  1913, 1942.  WSP 1737:  Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder.  Elevation of gage is 3,650 ft above NGVD of 1929, by barometer.  
See WSP 1317 or 1737 for history of changes prior to Dec. 16, 1953.  Dec. 16, 1953 to 
Aug. 23 1977, at datum 1.04 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Minam Lake, capacity 440 acre-ft, has stored and diverted flow from Minam River 
since 1917 for irrigation in Lostine River basin.  Diversions for irrigation upstream 
from station. Continuous water-quality records for the period October 1957 to September 1958 
have been collected at this location.  U.S. Geological Survey satellite telemeter at station.
COOPERATION.--Gage height record is collected and discharge measurements made by the Wallowa County 
Soil and Water Conservation District. Final records are provided by the State of Oregon Water Resources 
Department. Discharge measurements and records are reviewed by the U.S. Geological Survey.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 2,550 ft3/s June 16, 1974, gage height, 
8.59 ft, present datum; minimum discharge, 7.5 ft3/s Mar. 2, 1966, result of freezeup; 
minimum daily, 10 ft3/s Nov. 28-30, 1936.

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