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LOCATION.--Lat 43° 17'00", long 111° 13'17" (NAD27), in SE1/4 SE1/4 sec.31, T.1 S., R.45 E., Bonneville County, Palisades Dam quad., Hydrologic Unit 17040104, Caribou National Forest, on left bank 0.5 mi downstream from Elk Creek, 0.2 mi upstream from maximum flow line of Palisades Reservoir, and 6.4 mi south of Irwin.
DRAINAGE AREA.--77.1 mi2. Mean elevation, 7,130 ft.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July to September 1917, June to September 1918, May to July 1934, April to October 1935, April to October 1936, August 1953 to September 1971 (discontinued). Published as Bear Creek near Irwin, 1917-18, 1934-36.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 5,626.0 ft above NGVD of 1929, unadjusted. Prior to Nov. 1, 1936, nonrecording gagge at site 4 mi downstream, at different datum.
REMARKS.--No diversions above station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge observed, 784 ft3/s May 5, 1936;
minimum, about 1.0 ft3/s Jan. 20, 1954, gage height, 1.08 ft, result of freezeup.