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LOCATION.--Lat 45° 43'34", long 116° 12'22"(Rev.)(NAD83), in SW1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4 sec.33, T.28 N., R.2 E., Idaho County, Nezperce National Forest, McKinzie Creek quad., Hydrologic Unit 17060209, on right bank 22 ft upstream from 8-foot corrugated metal pipe culvert, 2.7 mi upstream from confluence with South Fork Skookumchuck Creek, and 5.2 mi southeast of White Bird.
DRAINAGE AREA.--15.3 mi2. Mean elevation, 5,000 ft.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1959 to September 1971 (discontinued).
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR ID-67-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 3,240 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Nov. 19, 1965, at site 118 ft downstream at different datum.
REMARKS.--Ditch bypassing station diverts from left bank 0.2 mi upstream.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 471 ft3/s June 8, 1964,
gage height, 4.46 ft, site and datum then in use, from rating curve
extended above 160 ft3/s, on basis of contracted-opening measurement
of peak flow; minimum daily, 0.2 ft3/s several days in 1960, 1961, 1964.