USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

09295000 DUCHESNE RIVER AT MYTON, UT

LOCATION - Lat 40°12'01", long 110°03'47" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.25, T.3 S., R.2 W., Duchesne County, UT, Hydrologic Unit 14060003, on left bank at Myton, 3 mi downstream from confluence with Lake Fork River.

DRAINAGE AREA - 2,643 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR UT-77-1: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1899 to December 1902, April to December 1903, March to December 1904, March to July and September to November 1905, April to July 1906, April to December 1907, March to December 1908, April to December 1909, March to November 1910, July 1911 to current year. Published as "at Price road bridge" 1899-1902.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 5,065.45 ft. above NAVD of 1988 from Vertical Order 1 NGS BM (M 9), (PID LO0006) on August 26, 2021. Prior to October 14, 1933, nonrecording gages at several sites within 0.5 mi of present site at various datums. 

REMARKS - Records are considered good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated by several reservoirs. Large diversions above station for irrigation, including several transbasin diversions to the Great Basin.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge observed, 12,800 ft³/s, Jun 10, 1922, gage height, 7.94 ft, site and datum then in use, from rating curve extended above 8,000 ft³/s; minimum discharge, less than 1 ft³/s, Jul 16, 1931, and several days in Aug and Sep 1934.