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Water-Year Summary for Site 06428200

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
06428200 BELLE FOURCHE RIVER NEAR ALVA, WY
LOCATION - Lat 44°47'22", long 104°28'51" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.01, T.55 N., R.64 W., Crook County, WY, Hydrologic Unit 10120201, 0.3 mi. downstream from Beaver Creek and 6.7 mi. north of Alva.
DRAINAGE AREA - 2,948 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1988 to 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006 to current year (no winter record).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 3,600 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Wyoming State Engineer's Office data collection platform with satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION - Station operated and record provided by Wyoming State Engineer's Office; record reviewed by U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS - 
04-01-2015 to 09/30/2015 (seasonal record): records are good.

04-01-2013 to 09-30-2014 (seasonal record): records are good.  

Major regulation by Keyhole Reservoir.  Streamflow also affected by diversion for irrigation and 
return flow from irrigated areas.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 5,760 ft³/s, May 23, 2011, gage height, 8.54 ft; maximum gage height, 8.54 ft, May 23, 2011; minimum daily discharge, 3.1 ft³/s, June 11, 1992.