LOCATION.--Lat 44° 58'40", long 116° 51'25" (NAD27), in NW1/4 NW1/4 sec.9, T.7 S., R.48 E., Baker County, Oregon, Oxbow quad., Hydrologic Unit 17050201, on left bank at Oxbow, 0.1 mi upstream from Huynsaker Creek, 0.1 mi north of Oxbow school, 0.3 mi downstream from Pine Creek, 3.2 mi south of Homestead, 3.8 mi downstream from Oxbow Dam, and at mile 269.65.

DRAINAGE AREA.--73,150 mi², approximately.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1958 to September 1967 (discontinued).

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,668.34 ft above sea level, (Idaho Power Co. datum).

REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Brownlee Reservoir (sta 13289700) and by many other reservoirs above station. Extreme diurnal fluctuation caused by Oxbow powerplant 0.6 mi upstream. Diversions for irrigation of about 2,628,000 acres (1958 determination) above station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 76,800 ft³/s Dec. 25, 1964, gage height, 25.07 ft; minimum, 441 ft³/s Mar. 12, 1961, gage height, -0.16 ft, but may have been less when diversion tunnel at Oxbow Dam was closed Aug. 31, 1958; minimum daily, 900 ft³/s Aug. 31, 1958, caused by closure of diversion tunnel at Oxbow Dam.