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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
13159800 CANYON CREEK AT OREGON TRAIL CROSSING NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME, ID
LOCATION - Lat 43°15'40", long 115°42'09" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.11, T.2 S., R.6 E., Elmore County, ID, Hydrologic Unit 17050101, Syrup Creek quad, on right bank, 31 mi upstream from mouth, 3 mi downstream from confluence of Syrup Creek and Long Tom Creek, and 8.5 mi north of Mountain Home.
DRAINAGE AREA - 70.5 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - The gage height for measurement 366 was revised.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1984 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage datum is arbitrary. Dec. 2010 to Jan. 2014 at site 175 ft downstream at datum 10 ft lower.
REMARKS - Flow partly regulated by Long Tom Reservoir which receives water by inter-basin transfer from South Fork Boise River drainage.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 1,420 ft³/s Feb. 23, 1986, gage height, 5.09 ft; no flow for many days in 1991, 1992, 2015, and 2016.