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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
13049500 FALL RIVER NEAR CHESTER, ID
LOCATION - Lat 44°01'06", long 111°34'00" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in sec.13, T.8 N., R.41 E., Fremont County, ID, Hydrologic Unit 17040203, Lemon Lake quad., on right bank, 0.2 mi upstream from highway bridge, at mile 0.8, and 1.5 mi north of Chester.
DRAINAGE AREA - 503 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY -
Dec. 23, 2020 to Mar. 5, 2021 had good gage height erroneously deleted that was added back into the record.
The stage associated with the peak discharge was changed from 5.15 ft. to 4.49 ft. with the gage height associated with peak discharge qualifier added. The peak stage was adjusted to 7.74 ft.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1920 to current year (irrigation seasons only prior to 1962). Prior to October 1959, published as "Fall River near Chester".
GAGE - Water stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 5,054.47 feet above NAVD 1988 (USGS). Prior to Aug. 9, 1920, nonrecording gage at site 200 ft. downstream at same datum. Aug. 9, 1920 to Apr. 28, 1921, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
REMARKS - Flow since October 1939 partly regulated by Grassy Lake. Diversions above station for irrigation of about 4,600 acres above station and about 36,000 acres in adjacent basins (1966 determination). Station is below all diversions from Falls River.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded, 9,310 ft³/s June 8, 2011, gage height, 7.53 ft; maximum gage height, 7.93 ft, Jan. 18, 1966, backwater from ice; minimum recorded, 7.0 ft³/s June 27, 1961, gage height, 0.74 ft.
