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USGS 13023000 GREYS RIVER AB RESERVOIR NR ALPINE WY

 

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  Greys River above Reservoir near Alpine, WY - USGS file photo
LOCATION.--Lat 43° 08'35", long 110° 58'37" (NAD83), in SW1/4 SE1/4 sec.34, 
   T.37 N., R.118 W. (unsurveyed), Lincoln County, Wyoming, Ferry Peak quad., 
   Hydrologic Unit 17040103, on right bank at Bridge Campground, 3.6 mi southeast 
   of Alpine, 3.0 mi upstream from maximum flowline of Palisades Reservoir.

DRAINAGE AREA.--448 mi2. Mean elevation, 8,080 ft.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--July to September 1917, June to September 1918, March 1937 to 
   March 1939, October 1953 to current year. Published as "Greys River near Alpine, 
   Idaho", 1917-1918, and as "Greys River near Alpine, Wyo.", 1937-39.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,729 ft 
   above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. July 6 to Sept. 30, 1917 and June 4 
   to Sept. 30, 1918, nonrecording gage, and Mar. 17, 1937 to Mar. 31, 1939, 
   water-stage recorder, at site 1.8 mi downstream, and Oct. 1953 to Sept. 22, 1965, 
   water-stage recorder at site 1 mi downstream at different datums.

REMARKS.--Less than 500 acres irrigated by diversions from Greys River and 
   tributaries above station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge observed, 7,230 ft3/s June 19, 1971, 
   gage height, 6.33 ft; maximum gage height observed, 19.1 ft, former site and datum, 
   about Dec. 18, 1965, backwater from ice; minimum, 84 ft3/s Feb. 17, 1986, result 
   of current meter measurement.

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00065 Gage height

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: Ice   02-09-2010  22:30 MST
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Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for Feb 10 based on 58 years of record more
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(2002)
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Median Mean 80th
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Max
(1984)
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Instantaneous
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120 170. 200. 203 236 310 Ice

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 4.40   02-09-2010  22:30 MST
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