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Water-Year Summary for Site 13090999

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
13090999 BLUE LAKES SPRING BELOW PUMPING PLANT NEAR TWIN FALLS, ID
LOCATION - Lat 42°36'53", long 114°28'06" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.28, T.9 S., R.17 E., Jerome County, ID, Hydrologic Unit 17040212, Twin Falls quad., on left bank at outlet of upper Blue Lake, 1,000 ft downstream from head of spring, 0.6 mi upstream from mouth, 1.2 mi northwest of Perrine Memorial Bridge, 3.5 mi north of Twin Falls, and 610.5 mi upstream from mouth of Snake River.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1994 to September 2008. (discontinued)
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 3,292 ft above NGVD of 1929.
REMARKS - Records fair. Discharge record at this site represents the flow remaining below the diversion at the head of the spring (Blue Lakes Spring Pumping Plant station 13090998), which began July 1994. Combined flows of daily discharge continue to be published as station 13091000 Blue Lakes Spring near Twin Falls, ID.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 188 ft³/s Oct. 29, 1998; minimum, 79 ft³/s , May 14, 20, June 1, 3, 2008; minimum gage height 1.32 ft, May 14, 20, 2008; minimum daily, 94 ft³/s May 18, 2008.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1949-50, 1952-58, 1962-80, 1984-97, 1999-2002, July to September 2003, June to July 2007, March 2008. (discontinued)
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: May to August 1994, June to September 1996, May to September 1999, December 2001 to November 2002, June to September 2003 (discontinued).
INSTRUMENTATION - Temperature recording data logger.
REMARKS - Water-quality data prior to 1999 water year published as "Blue Lakes Spring near Twin Falls, ID" (station 13091000).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 17.8°C Aug. 24, 26, 1999; minimum, 15.1°C Feb. 25, 2002.