PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

LOCATION.--Lat 44° 17'31", long 115° 38'31" (NAD83), in SE1/4 NE1/4 
   sec.17, T.11 N., R.7 E., Valley County, Deadwood Reservoir quad., 
   Hydrologic Unit 17050120, Boise National Forest, on right bank, 300 ft 
   upstream from Wilson Creek, 0.2 mi downstream from Deadwood Dam, 
   15 mi north of Lowman, and at mile 23.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.--112 mi2. Mean elevation, 6,630 ft.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1926 to current year. Monthly discharge only 
   prior to May 1927, published in WSP 1317. Published as "at Beaver Creek 
   Ranger Station, near Lowman" prior to October 1934.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1123: 1943. WSP 1517: 1956. WSP 1567: Drainage area. 
   WDR-ID-2000-2: 1997.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 5,180.52 ft above NGVD of 1929 
   (levels by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation). U.S. Geological Survey datum is 
   29.19 ft higher. Prior to June 22, 1935, at site 600 ft upstream at datum 
   5.85 ft higher and Oct. 1, 1935 to Aug. 3, 1955, at present site at datum 
   1.00 ft higher. June 22 to Sept. 30, 1935, nonrecording gage at site 20 ft 
   upstream at datum 2.00 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Deadwood Reservoir beginning November 1930. 
   (Capacity about 160,400 acre-ft). 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
   UNREGULATED PERIOD (1927-30): Maximum discharge prior to regulation by 
   Deadwood Reservoir, 2,150 ft3/s May 26, 1928, gage height, 5.67 ft, 
   site and datum then in use;  minimum daily, 35 ft3/s Nov. 21, 1929. 

   REGULATED PERIOD (1931 to current year): Maximum discharge since regulation 
   began, 2,580 ft3/s July 14, 1953; maximum gage height, 9.09 ft, June 1, 1983; 
   no flow or small amount of leakage from reservoir for long periods in 1934-37, 
   1993, 1994, when gates in dam were closed.

Current shift-adjusted rating in tab-separated format.
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Station operated in cooperation with U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

Realtime Gage Height data is provided by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation telemetry.