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USGS 13316500 LITTLE SALMON RIVER AT RIGGINS ID

 

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  Little Salmon River at Riggins, ID - USGS file photo
LOCATION.--Lat 45° 24'47", long 116° 19'31" (NAD83), in SE1/4 SW1/4 sec.15, 
   T.24 N., R.1 E., Idaho County, Hydrologic Unit 17060210, Riggins quad., 
   on right bank 14 ft upstream from road bridge, at mile 0.5, and 0.8 mi 
   southwest of Riggins.

DRAINAGE AREA.--576 mi2. Mean elevation, 5,430 ft.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1951 to February 1955, September 1956 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,760 ft above NGVD of 1929, 
   from topographic map. Prior to Sept. 28, 1984, at site 250 ft upstream at 
   different datum.

REMARKS.--Diversions above station for irrigation of about 15,300 acres, 
   (1966 determination).

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 12,600 ft3/s June 17, 1974, 
   gage height, 11.05 ft, from floodmark; maximum gage height, 12.39 ft, 
   June 13, 1953, site and datum then in use;  
   minimum, 54 ft3/s Dec. 21, 1990, gage height, 2.71 ft.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood about June 1, 1948, reached a 
   discharge of 9,200 ft3/s, by slope-area measurement.
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00060 Discharge
00065 Gage height

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 188   11-23-2009  13:00 MST
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Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for Nov 23 based on 57 years of record more
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106 175 188 241 284 324 869

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.60   11-23-2009  13:00 MST
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