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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
13115000 MUD LAKE NEAR TERRETON, ID
LOCATION - Lat 43°53'23", long 112°21'29" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in sec.32, T.7 N., R.35 E., Jefferson County, ID, Hydrologic Unit 17040214, Rays Lake quad., at mouth of Camas Creek, 4.4 mi northeast of First Owsley pumphouse, and 5.5 mi northeast of Terreton.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,130 mi². not including Medicine Lodge Creek.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1921 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 4,777.60 feet above NAVD 1988 (USGS). Prior to Oct. 31, 1931, nonrecording gages at or near pumphouse (now used as a supplementary gage) at same datum. Oct. 31, 1931 to Sept. 30, 1954, water stage recorder at site 2.7 mi. southwest and 2 mi. north of First Owsley pumphouse at same datum; Oct. 1, 1954 to Sept. 8, 1978, water-stage recorder at site 670 ft. north of mouth of Camas Creek at same datum.
REMARKS - Mud Lake is a perched body of water confined by earth dikes and fed by ground water and surface tributaries augmented by well flows and surface inflow from North Lake. Water for irrigation is diverted from the lake by pumping. Other irrigation diversions are made by various means from adjacent lakes and wells and from Camas Creek above the lake. Area of Mud Lake varies from time to time by changes in dikes. Figures given herein represent contents above gage height -4.0 ft. Capacity table prepared from surveys made by U.S. Geological Survey and adjusted for changes in dikes. Stage at recorder during frequent high winds does not usually represent the mean for the lake. For complete description of Mud Lake region, see WSP 818.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents observed, 61,660 acre-ft May 5, 1923, gage height, 9.20 ft, at site then in use; practically no contents Oct. 1 to Nov. 15, 1937, due to diversion of flow from Camas Creek into Camas Creek diversion canal (see Gage).