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USGS 13150000 FISH CREEK NR CAREY ID

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION.--Lat 43° 25'12", long 113° 49'45"(Rev.)(NAD27), in sec.15, T.1 N., R.22 E., Blaine County, Fish Creek Reservoir quad., Hydrologic Unit 17040221, on right bank 600 ft downstream from Carey Valley Reservoir Co.'s dam (Fish Creek Reservoir), and 11 mi northeast of Carey.

DRAINAGE AREA.--74.6 mi2, revised.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1919 to September 1920, May 1923 to September 1939 (discontinued). 1924-29, 1931-33, 1939 irrigation seasons only. 1921, 1922 discharge measurements only.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir. Elevation of gage is 5,215 ft above mean sea level, by barometer. Prior to Jan. 20, 1920, water-stage recorder 400 ft downstream at different datum. Jan. 21 to Sept. 30, 1920, staff gage and sharp-crested weir 600 ft upstream at different datum. May 12 1923 to Apr. 28, 1926, staff gage, and Apr. 29, 1926 to Nov. 9, 1930, water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir 1.5 mi downstream at different datum.

REMARKS.--Flow regulated by storage in Fish Creek Reservoir (capacity, about 14,400 acre-ft). Several small diversions for irrigation above dam.

COOPERATION.--Some gage-height record furnished by watermaster for Fish Creek.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 341 ft3/s May 1, 1938, gage height, 3.10 ft; minimum not determined, reservoir gates usually closed during nonirrigation season and flow past station is leakage only.

 

Available Parameters Period of Record
  
1919-05-01  1939-09-23






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    although data may be available in the files of the local USGS office operating the station.