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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
13153776 SNAKE RIVER BELOW BLISS DAM NEAR BLISS, ID
LOCATION - Lat 42°54'52", long 115°05'33" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.12, T.6 S., R.11 E., Elmore County, ID, Hydrologic Unit 17040212, Ticeska quad., on right bank, 1 mi downstream from Bliss Power Plant.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-ID-97-1: 1996
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - September 1991 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Gage datum is arbitrary.
COOPERATION - Discharge records furnished by Idaho Power and reviewed by U.S. Geological Survey beginning April 2001.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by American Falls Reservoir and several other smaller reservoirs upstream. Diurnal fluctuation caused by hydroelectric plants upstream. At times, practically entire flow is diverted at Milner during irrigation seasons; only minor diversions below Milner; flow below Bliss Dam is then derived largely from springs and seepage entering below Milner.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 41,000 ft³/s June 21, 1997, gage height, 23.93 ft; minimum, 4,550 ft³/s Dec. 3, 2005, gage height, 7.24 ft.