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Water-Year Summary for Site 13132535

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
13132535 BIG LOST RIVER AT LINCOLN BOULEVARD BRIDGE NEAR ATOMIC CITY, ID
LOCATION - Lat 43°34'26", long 112°56'36" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.24, T.3 N., R.29 E., Butte County, ID, Hydrologic Unit 17040218, North of Scoville quad., on left bank, 2.6 mi north of Lincoln Boulevard-Portland Avenue intersection, and 18.5 mi southeast of Arco.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - 1951-53, 1957, 1965-68 (discharge measurements only); July 1984 to September 2012; March to August 2013); April 2014 to current year (seasonal records only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 4,902.08 feet above NAVD 1988 (USGS).
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Mackay Reservoir (see station 13126000) and INL diversion (see station 13132513). Station is below all diversions for irrigation in the Big Lost River Valley and is below the Idaho National Laboratory diversion for flood control. In 1992, the bridge below the gage was replaced by three (3) culverts, significantly changing the control for the gage.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 501 ft3/s, June 14, 2017; no flow many days, each year.