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LOCATION.--Lat 42° 39'45", long 113° 29'20" (NAD83), in NW1/4 NW1/4 sec.12, T.9 S., R.25 E., Cassia County, Lake Walcott West quad., Hydrologic Unit 17040209, on right bank 900 ft downstream from headgates at Minidoka Dam, on line between sec.1 and 12, and 6 mi south of Minidoka.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1909 to September 1978 (discontinued). Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1317.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 4,184 ft above NGVD of 1929, levels by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation). Prior to 1910, at datum at site 600 ft upstream at same datum.
REMARKS.--Flow controlled by headgates. Canal diverts water from Lake Walcott at left end of Minidoka Dam, for irrigation of 56,000 acres under South Side Minidoka project. Diversion began in April 1908.
COOPERATION.--Gage-height record furnished by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Discharge record after July 1, 1978, furnished by Water District 01.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum daily discharge, 1,490 ft3/s
July 12-16, 1967, July 11-20, 1969; no flow for many days each year.