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LOCATION.--Lat 44° 21'25", long 116° 36'59"(Rev.)(NAD83), in SE1/4 SE1/4 sec.19, T.12 N., R.2 W., Washington County, Crane Creek Reservoir quad., Hydrologic Unit 17050124, at gate-control structure near left end of dam on Crane Creek, 9.5 mi southeast of Midvale, and at mile 12.5.
DRAINAGE AREA.--234 mi2, revised.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--November 1923 to September 1969, October 1979 to June 1982 (discontinued).
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 833: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Nonrecording gage. Elevation of gage is 3,190 ft, by barometer.
REMARKS.--Reservoir is formed by earth dam completed in 1911, and raised in 1920-21. Spillway crest is at gage height 54.9 ft, and bottom of outlet tunnel is at gage height 6.56 ft. Approximate contents is 51,700 acre-ft between gage height 8.0 ft and 55.0 ft, based on capacity table computed by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1927 and extended above 43.0 ft by the Idaho Department of Reclamation in 1935. No usable contents below gage height 7.0 ft.
COOPERATION.--Gage readings furnished by Crane Creek Reservoir Administration Board and Water District 41.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum gage height observed, 58.5 ft, from high-water
mark, probably on Feb. 17, 1982; no usable contents Sept. 23, 1928 to Feb. 28, 1929,
Sept. 25 to Dec. 1, 1929, Oct. 22 to Dec. 3, 1952, Sept. 3-30, 1966.