USGS Water-Year Summary 2020
13060000 SNAKE RIVER NEAR SHELLEY, ID
LOCATION - Lat 43°24'47", long 112°08'06" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.17, T.1 N., R.37 E., Bingham County, ID, Hydrologic Unit 17040206, Woodville quad., on right bank 0.3 mi southeast of Woodville, 2.5 mi north of Shelley, and at mile 787.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 9,790 mi². excluding indeterminate nontributary area on Snake River Plain.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1317: 1916.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1915 to current year (prior to October 1931, irrigation seasons only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is arbitrary.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of June 6, 1894, reached an estimated discharge of 75,000 ft³/s at former station 13059000 Snake River at Eagle Rock (now Idaho Falls), 7 mi upstream from present site.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 67,300 ft³/s June 6, 1976, gage height, 19.12 ft, result of Teton Dam failure.
Maximum discharge excluding 1976, 47,800 ft³/s June 17, 1997, gage height, 16.05 ft; maximum gage height, 16.97 ft, June 17, 1918; minimum, 288 ft³/s Nov. 5, 1934, gage height, 2.22 ft.