USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

06282000 SHOSHONE RIVER BELOW BUFFALO BILL RESERVOIR, WY

LOCATION - Lat 44°31'00", long 109°05'50" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 sec.03, T.52 N., R.102 W., Park County, WY, Hydrologic Unit 10080014, on left bank 0.5 mi downstream from Trail Creek, 1.0 mi west of Cody city limits, and 5.5 mi downstream from Buffalo Bill Reservoir.

DRAINAGE AREA - 1,538 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1921 to current year. Prior to October 1944, published as "below Shoshone Reservoir".

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 4,900 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to October 1, 1949, at site 2.5 mi upstream from station at different datum. Bureau of Reclamation data collection platform with satellite telemetry at station.

COOPERATION - Station operated and data provided by Bureau of Reclamation from January 2005; record computed and reviewed by U.S. Geological Survey.

REMARKS -

12-28-2015 to 02-25-2016: records are poor.
12-05-2014 to 12-27-2015: records are poor. 
10-01-2013 to 12-04-2014: records are poor. 

Flow completely regulated by Buffalo Bill Reservoir. Diversions upstream from station for irrigation 
upstream and downstream from station. Diversion, 2.1 mi upstream, to Heart Mountain Canal began 
in 1943.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum flood since construction of Buffalo Bill Reservoir in 1909, 18,700 ft³/s, June 15, 1918, by computation of flow over Corbett Dam, 10 mi downstream.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO REGULATION - Prior to Heart Mountain Canal, minimum daily discharge, 14 ft³/s, Nov. 19,1933.