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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
13296500 SALMON RIVER BELOW YANKEE FORK NEAR CLAYTON, ID
LOCATION - Lat 44°16'06", long 114°43'58" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in sec.20, T.1 N., R.15 E., Custer County, ID, Hydrologic Unit 17060201, unsurveyed, Sunbeam quad., Challis National Forest, on left bank 700 ft downstream from Yankee Fork, 18 mi upstream from Clayton, and at mile 366.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 807 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1347: 1931. WSP 1567: Drainage area. WDR ID-77-1: 1974-76 (M). WDR-US-2010: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1921 to October 1991, May 2000 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1317. Operated as high-flow station only 1972-76 (discharge for period October 1976 to April 1977 was estimated).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage datum is arbitrary. Oct. 3, 1926 to Nov. 5 1934, at site 200 ft downstream at approximately present datum. Prior to Oct. 3, 1926, nonrecording gage at site 200 ft downstream at datum approximately 1.5 ft higher.
REMARKS - Diversions above station for irrigation of about 10,500 acres (1971 determination).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 10,400 ft³/s June 17, 1974, gage height, 11.86 ft; minimum, 160 ft³/s, Nov. 25-30, 1929.