USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06634620 LITTLE MEDICINE BOW RIVER AT BOLES SPRING, NEAR MEDICINE BOW, WY
LOCATION - Lat 41°57'40", long 106°12'31" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.17, T.23 N., R.78 W., Carbon County, WY, Hydrologic Unit 10180005, on right bank 50 ft downstream from Boles Spring, 3.9 mi downstream from State Highway 487, 4.3 mi north of Medicine Bow, and 8.7 mi downstream from Muddy Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 969 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - Record was revised on November 5, 2020. A -0.02 ft datum correction from levels was applied from May 19 to October 5, 2020.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1973 to current year. Records for October 1973 to September 1984 at site 5.5 mi upstream from station published as "near Medicine Bow" (station 06634600) does not include flow of Boles Spring. Discharge records considered equivalent except for low flow.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 6,570 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. U.S. Geological Survey data collection platform with satellite telemetry at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak flow from slope-area measurement.