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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2014-06-30 2021-11-10
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2014-06-30 2023-11-20
Organics, other Water-quality 2014-06-30 2023-09-27
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1965-07-15 2024-11-20
n/a Peak Measurements 1966-08-19 2023-05-23
n/a Site Visits 1962-12-06 2024-09-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 13290450 is associated with a Stream in Wallowa County, Oregon. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1962 are available online.

Beginning April 2001, the operation of this gage was assumed by Idaho Power Company, which had previously contracted with the USGS. Due to continuing interest for the most recent 15-minute data, that information is made available through this web page. 15 minute values are PROVISIONAL and are not reviewed by USGS. For more information about this gaging station, or to obtain corrent unit values or daily values data, please visit the Idaho Power web site here or contact Idaho Power at 1-800-422-3143.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
13290450 n/a
Site name
SNAKE RIVER AT HELLS CANYON DAM ID-OR STATE LINE n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 451516 n/a
DMS longitude 1164149 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.2544444 n/a
Decimal longitude -116.6969444 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Idaho 16
State
Oregon 41
County
Wallowa County 063
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map SQUIRREL PRAIRIE, OR n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1435 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 20 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17060101
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
73300 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation PST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a

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