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USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
10075000 BEAR RIVER AT SODA SPRINGS, ID
LOCATION - Lat 42°36'50", long 111°34'58" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.29, T.9 S., R.42 E., Caribou County, ID, Hydrologic Unit 16010201, on left bank 800 ft upstream from Bailey Creek road bridge and 2 mi south of Soda Springs.
DRAINAGE AREA - 3,970 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WRD UT-74-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May to September 1896, May, June 1898, and October 1953 to current year in reports of Geological Survey. Irrigation season only during 1944-49, 1951-53 in reports of Bear River Hydrometric Data (Geological Survey open-file report). 2014 to Present with records submitted to USGS by PacifiCorp.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 5,760 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. May 25 to October 2, 1896, May 22 to July 1, 1898, staff gage at different datum. During irrigation season 1944-49, 1950-53, water-stage recorder at site 800 ft downstream at different datum.
COOPERATION - Records provided by PacifiCorp, under general supervision of Geological Survey, in connection with a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project.
REMARKS - Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by upstream reservoirs, diversions for irrigation, and return flow from irrigated areas.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 6,380 ft³/s, Jun. 9, 15, 1896, gage height, 8.40 ft, datum then in use; minimum daily discharge, 37 ft³/s, Sep. 30, Oct, 1, 2, 2001.
