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LOCATION.--Lat 48° 41'56", long 116° 20'44"(Rev.)(NAD83), in NW1/4 sec. 28, T.62 N., R.1 E., Boundary County, Bonners Ferry quad., Hydrologic Unit 17010104, 1.6 mi downstream from highway bridge at Bonners Ferry, and at mile 151.2.
DRAINAGE AREA.--13,000 mi2, approximately.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1928 to September 1969 (discontinued) (elevations only, fragmentary prior to May 1929).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,700.00 ft above mean sea level, levels by Topographic Division in 1928. Gage readings have been reduced to elevation above mean sea level. Datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1947, is 0.02 ft higher at Bonners Ferry. May 17 to July 20, 1928, water-stage recorder at datum 43.42 ft higher. July 21 to Oct. 22, 1928, and for elevation below 1,742 ft prior to Jan. 2, 1931, nonrecording gage at same datum.
REMARKS.--Elevations affected by backwater from Kootenay Lake.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum elevation, 1,779.37 ft May 29, 1961;
minimum, 1,740.16 ft Mar. 29, 1944.