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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
13142500 BIG WOOD RIVER BELOW MAGIC DAM, NEAR RICHFIELD, ID
LOCATION - Lat 43°14'53", long 114°21'24" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.18, T.2 S., R.18 E., Blaine County, ID, Hydrologic Unit 17040219, Fairfield quad., U.S. Bureau of Land Management lands, on right bank, 0.5 mi downstream from Magic Dam, 18 mi northwest of Richfield, and at mile 67.0.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,611 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2010: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1911 to current year (no winter records 1912).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage datum is arbitrary.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Magic Reservoir 0.5 mi upstream (see station 13142000), Mormon Reservoir on tributary of Camas Creek (capacity, 31,240 acre-ft), and smaller reservoirs having combined capacity of about 680 acre-ft. Diversions above station for irrigation of about 32,600 acres, of which about 1,900 acres are irrigated by withdrawals from ground water (1966 determination).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 10,000 ft³/s Apr. 26, 1952, gage height, 15.68 ft, from floodmark; no flow Feb. 3, 1915, Dec. 21-23, 1988, Nov. 18-21, Dec. 9, 10, 1992, Oct. 19-22, 26, 1994.