USGS Water-Year Summary 2022
12414500 ST. JOE RIVER AT CALDER, ID
LOCATION - Lat 47°16'28", long 116°11'20" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.03, T.45 N., R.2 E., Shoshone County, ID, Hydrologic Unit 17010304, Calder quad., on right bank, 125 ft downstream from road bridge at Calder, and at mile 42.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,025 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1182: Drainage area. WDR-US-2010: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1911 to September 1912 (published as "near Calder"), July 1920 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2175.51 ft above NAVD88 (2020 survey), and 2,171.76 ft above NGVD of 1929. Apr. 14, 1911 to Sept. 30, 1912, non recording gage at site 2.5 mi downstream at different datum. Non recording gage at present site July 13 to Dec. 21, 1920, water-stage recorder at present site thereafter. Datum July 13, 1920 to Sept. 30, 1966, 75 ft lower than present datum, and datum Oct. 1, 1966 to Aug. 14, 1972, 15 ft lower than present datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 53,000 ft³/s Dec. 23, 1933, computed on basis of slope between gages downstream; maximum gage height, 18.1 ft, Apr. 18, 1938, from floodmark, present datum; minimum discharge, 87 ft³/s Nov. 29, 1979; minimum gage height, 3.43 ft, Dec. 5, 1928, present datum.