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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
13038500 SNAKE RIVER AT LORENZO, ID
LOCATION - Lat 43°44'07", long 111°52'41" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in sec.28, T.5 N., R.39 E., Jefferson County, ID, Hydrologic Unit 17040201, Rigby quad., on left bank 0.5 mi downstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 20, 0.5 mi north of Lorenzo, 5.5 mi upstream from Henrys Fork, and at mile 837.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 5,810 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR ID-81-1: 1980. Discharge March 24 to September 10, 2021, has been revised.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1978 to current year. Prior to January 1978, monthly mean discharges for the period April to September for the years 1924 to 1927, published in WSP 1317.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 4,850.91 feet above NAVD 1988 (USGS). Prior to January 1978, at site 0.5 mi. upstream at different datum.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Jackson Lake and Palisades Reservoir. Some diurnal fluctuations during winter from power plant operations at Palisades. Diversion above station for irrigation in Wyoming and Idaho of about 111,600 acres (1966 determination).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 43,000 ft³/s May 19, 1927, result of landslide washout on Gros Ventre River, gage height, 9.85 ft, site and datum then in use; Maximum discharge excluding 1927, 38,300 ft³/s June 22, 1997, gage height, 13.79 ft; minimum, 48 ft³/s Nov. 15, 1979, gage height, 2.48 ft.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Continuous water temperature data were collected from October 2004 to September 2015 (discontinued).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 21 °C on several days in July and Aug. 2007; minimum, 0.0 °C on many days during winter months many years.