USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
10322500 Humboldt River At Palisade, NV
LOCATION - Lat 40°36'27", long 116°12'03" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.35, T.32 N., R.51 E., Eureka County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 16040101, on right bank, 0.2 mi downstream from a Southern Pacific Railroad bridge, 0.5 mi downstream from Palisade, 0.8 mi upstream from Pine Creek, and at mi 316.10 above Derby Road bridge.
DRAINAGE AREA - 5,053 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1514, 1903-4, 1912, 1914. WDR NV-00-1: Drainage Area. Elevation of gage from beginning of record to 10/17/2017 was 4825.55 ft and was revised on 10/17/2017, based on single-base OPUS-S level 3 survey.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Oct. 1902 to Sep. 1906, and Jul. 1911 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 4829.2 ft above NAVD88 from Global Navigation Satellite System survey quality level 3. Prior to Apr. 01, 1939, nonrecording gages (water-stage recorder Apr. 22 to Jun. 03, 1935) at several sites within 0.5 mi of present site at various datums.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage known, about 17 ft, present datum, about Feb. 28, 1910, from photographs and written statements of resident witnesses; discharge, about 17,000 ft³/s.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 7,870 ft³/s, May 18, 1984, gage height, 10.08 ft; minimum daily, 2.0 ft³/s, Aug. 25-28, 1931.