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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

10321000 Humboldt River Near Carlin, NV

LOCATION - Lat 40°43'40", long 116°00'30" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.21, T.33 N., R.53 E., Elko County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 16040101, on right bank, 1.0 mi downstream from Tonka Creek, 5 mi upstream from Susie Creek, 5.5 mi east of Carlin, 15 mi southwest of Elko, and at mi 335.73 above Derby Road bridge.

DRAINAGE AREA - 4,310 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY -

Elevation of gage from beginning of record to 10/17/2017 was 4931.91 ft and was revised on 10/17/2017, based on single-base OPUS-S level 3 survey.

Discharge measurement gage height for the period Apr. 20, 2022 to Nov. 30, 2022 were revised on Jan. 5, 2024 based on changes to the gage datum.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Oct. 1943 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 4935.6 ft above NAVD88 from Global Navigation Satellite System survey quality level 3.

REMARKS - Many diversions for irrigation above station. 10/01/2013-09/30/2014: Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2014-09/30/2015: Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2015-09/30/2016: Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2016-09/30/2017: Records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2017-09/30/2018: Records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2018-09/30/2019: Records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2019-09/30/2020: Records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2020-09/30/2021: Records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Feb. 28, 1910, estimated to have reached 15,000 ft³/s, based on reported stage and comparison with Humboldt River at Palisade.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 8,250 ft³/s, May 17, 1984, gage height, 10.04 ft, maximum gage height, 10.21 ft, Feb. 14, 1962; minimum daily, 0.20 ft³/s, Aug. 13, 1959.