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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
13141500 CAMAS CREEK NEAR BLAINE, ID
LOCATION - Lat 43°19'58", long 114°32'31" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.15, T.1 S., R.16 E., Camas County, ID, Hydrologic Unit 17040220, Macon quad., 0.2 mi downstream from Willow Creek, 2.6 mi upstream from maximum flow line of Magic Reservoir, 4 mi southeast of Blaine, and at mile 7.0.
DRAINAGE AREA - 626 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1217: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1912 to September 1921 and April 1923 to October 1925 (fragmentary), March 1926 to September 1944 (no winter records), October 1944 to current year. Published as "Malad River near Blaine", 1912-14.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Prior to June 22, 1966, at site 600 ft downstream at datum 0.66 ft lower. Elevation of gage datum is arbitrary.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Mormon Reservoir on McKinney Creek, capacity, 31,240 acre-feet, and three minor reservoirs, combined capacity, 580 acre-feet. Diversions above station for irrigation of about 9,400 acres, of which about 1,500 acres are irrigated by withdrawals from ground water (1966 determination).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded, 9,780 ft³/s Apr. 8, 1943; maximum gage height, 16.2 ft, Feb. 3, 1963, from floodmark, site and datum then in use; minimum, 1.0 ft³/s June 6, 1992.
