GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 390 INDEX OF SURFACE-WATER RECORDS TO SEPTEMBER 30,1955 PART 10. THE GREAT BASIN REPRINTED 1959 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fred A. Seaton, 'Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 390 INDEX OF SURFACE-WATER RECORDS TO SEPTEMBER 30,1955 PART 10 THE GREAT BASIN By J. S. Gatewood REPRINTED 1959 Washington, D. C., 1956 Free on application to the Geological Survey, Washington 25, D. C. INDEX OF SURFACE-WATER RECORDS TO SEPTEMBER 30,1955 PART 10 THE GREAT BASIN By J. S. Gatewood EXPLANATION This index lists the streamflow and reservoir stations in The Great Basin for which records have been or are to be published in reports of the Geological Survey for periods prior to September 30, 1955. Periods of record for the same station published by other agencies are listed only when they contain more detailed information or are for periods not reported in publications of the Geological Survey. The stations are listed in the downstream order first adopted for use in the 1951 series of water-supply papers on surface-water supply of the United States. Starting at the headwater of each stream all stations are listed in a downstream direction. Tributary streams are indicated by indention and are inserted between main-stem stations in the order in which they enter the main stream. To indicate the rank of any tributary on which a record is available and the stream to which it is immediately tributary, each indention in the listing of stations represents one rank. A stream name only is inserted where necessary for the purpose of showing the proper rank or order of tributaries. Station names are given in their most recently published forms. Parentheses around part of a station name indicate that the enclosed word or words were used in an earlier published name of the station or in a name under which records were published by some agency other than the Geological Survey. The drainage areas, in square miles, are the latest figures published or otherwise available at this time. Drainage areas that were obviously inconsistent with other drainage areas on the same stream have been omitted. Under "period of record" breaks of less than a 12-month period are not shown. A dash not followed immediately by a closing date shows that the station was continued in operation beyond September 30, 1955. The years given are calendar years. All periods of record not contained in water-supply papers on surface-water supply of the United States are indicated by appropriate footnotes. Records both of gage height and of discharge are listed for streamflow stations, and records of gage height and of contents (or of change in contents) are listed for stations on reservoirs. Records of gage heights only and records consisting only of monthly figures either of streamflow or reservoir contents are designated by symbols and footnotes. For early years when daily dis­ charges were not generally published by the Geological Survey, published daily gage heights and a published rating table were considered to be equivalent to daily discharges. An alphabetical index of streams, canals, and reservoirs is given on pages 18 to 22. Drainage area Gaging station (sq ml) Period of record Great Salt Lake basin Great Salt Lake, Utah. a/27,000 (1850- )*b/i 1875-99*;i 1904*; (1903-12 )*.£§/; 1912- * Bear River basin Bear River: East Fork Bear River: Billiard-East Pork Canal near State line, near Evanston, Wyo............................ 1944-47c/d/; (1948- )c/J 1949- Diversions from Bear River above gaging station near Utah-Wyoming State line........................... (1944-47; 1953- )c/d/ Bear River near Utah-Wyoming State line................... 176 1942- Mill Creek at Utah-Wyoming State line................... a/59 1949- Mill Creek near Evanston, Wyo........................... 60.6 1942-48. Diversions from Mill Creek............................ 7l944,45)c/d/. Mill Creek below diversions, near Evanston, Wyo......... (1946,47)c/a/. Bear River above Sulphur Creek, near Evanston, Wyo........ 282 1946- Sulphur Creek above diversions, near Evanston, Wyo...... (I945)c/d/. Willow Creek above diversions, near Evanston, Wyo..... (1945)c Diversions from Sulphur Creek and Willow Creek, Wyo... (1944, Sulphur Creek near Evanston, Wyo........................ 80.5 1942- Bear River at Millis, near Evanston, Wyo.................. 1942-46. Yellow Creek near Evanston, Wyo......................... a/80 1943-45; 1949- Coyote Creek near Evanston, Wyo....................... 1943-45. Diversions from Yellow Creek, Wyo..................... (I944,45)c/d/. Yellow Creek below diversions, near Evanston, Wyo....... (l946,47)c/3/. Bear River near Evanston, Wyo............................. 715 1913- Chapman Canal at State line, near Evanston, Wyo......... (I944,45)c/; 1946- Diversions from Bear River between State line and Woodruff gaging stations e/....................... (1944-47; 1953- )c/d/ Bear River near Woodruff, Utah............................ a/870 1942- Woodruff (South Pork Woodruff) Creek near Woodruff, Utah.............................................. a/65 (l937-43)f/; 1949- Birch Creek near Woodruff, Utah....................... a/17 1949- Woodruff Creek at Putnam Ranch, near Woodruff, Utah..... (I944,45)c> (I947)c7d/ Diversions from Woodruff Creek. (I944,45jc/ Big Creek near Randolph, Utah h/. 52.2 1939-44: tl945)c/d/; (1947)c/d/K/;"1949- Diversions from Big Creek. (I944,45lc7d7; (1947JC/3/&''. Randolph Creek near Randolph, Utah. 30.3 1949- Diversions from Randolph Creek... (I944,45)c/d/; (I947)c7d7g/. Otter Creek near Randolph, Utah................. 1939-44; (TBi5)c/d/. Diversions from Bear River between Woodruff and Randolph gaging stations.................. (1944-47; 1950-53)c/d/; 1950- d/ B. Q. West Side Canal at Kennedy Ranch, near Randolph, Utah i/...................... (1944-49)c/d/J 1949-54d/7 Bear River near Randolph, Utah............................ a/1,640 1943- Twin Creek at Sage, Wyo................................. 246 1943- Twin Creek Canal near Sage, Wyo....................... (I944,45)c/d/. Diversions from Bear River between Randolph and below Pixley Dam gaging stations.................. (1944-48; 1953- )c/d/ Bear River (near Cokeville) below Pixley Dam, near Cokeville, Wyo...................................... a/2,040 1941-43; 1952- Leeds"Creek near Cokeville, Wyo......................... (I944)c/d Bear River above Sublette Creek, near Cokeville, Wyo...... a/2,110 1948-5 * Gage heights or gage heights and discharge measurements only. a/ Approximately. aa/ In reports of U. S. Weather Bureau. b/ Diagram of tradional data in WSP 330, 517, 880; prints of diagram from 1850 to date available in the district office, Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, Utah. c/ In reports on Bear River Hydrometric Data (U.S". Geological Survey open-file report). a/ Irrigation season records only. e/ Lannon and Billiard West Side Canals near Utah-Wyoming State line also gaged in 1948. T/ In files of project office, Geological Survey, Logan, Utah. g/ Miscellaneous discharge measurements. n/ Prior to 1949 at site one-quarter mile downstream below intermittent tributary and below two small intermittent diversions. i/ Includes Randolph-Sage Creek canal at Control line, 1944-48. Drainage area Gaging station (sq mi) Period of record Great Salt Lake basin Continued Bear River Continued Sublette Creek near Cokeville, Wyo...................... - (1944-45; 1955- )c/d/ Smiths Pork near Smoot, Wyo............................. - 1943. Smiths Pork above Hobble Creek, near Geneva, Idaho...... - (1944-46 )c_/d/. Hobble Creek near Geneva, Idaho....................... 86.1 1943-46. Smiths Pork near Border, Wyo............................ 165 1942- Coal (Rowland) Creek near Cokeville, Wyo.............. - 1944-48; 1953- c/d/ Grade Creek near Cokeville, Wyo....................... - 1944-48; 1953- c/d/ Pine Creek above diversions, near Cokeville, Wyo...... - 1944-48; 1953- £/3/ Diversions from Pine Creek.......................... - 1944-48; 1953- c/cf/ Pine Creek above Covey Canal, near Cokeville, Wyo..... - 1944-48; 1953- c/o/ Smiths Pork at Cokeville, Wyo........................... 275 : 942-52. Spring Creek above Covey Canal, near Cokeville, Wyo... - 1944-48; 1953- )c/d/ Spring Creek to Collette Creek, near Cokeville, Wyo... - ,1944-48: 1953- )c/d/ Birch Creek near Cokeville, Wyo......................... - 1944,45)c/d/. Garrett Springs: Hickman Canal near Cokeville, Wyo..................... - (1944-48)c/d/. George Bourne Canal near Cokeville, Wyo............... - (1944-48)c/o/. Bear River below Smiths Pork, near Cokeville, Wyo......... a/2,460 1954- Chalk Creek: Chalk Creek Canal near Cokeville, Wyo................. - (1944,45)c/d/. Diversions from Bear River between Pixley Dam and Border gaging stations, and from Smiths Pork and its tributaries............................... - (1944-48; 1953- )c/d/ Bear River at Border, Wyo................................. a/2,490 1937- Thomas Pork near Geneva, Idaho.......................... 45.3 1939-1951. Salt Creek near Geneva, Idaho......................... 37.6 1939-1951. Thomas Pork near Wyoming-Idaho State line............... 113 1949- Thomas Pork above diversions, near Geneva, Idaho........ - (l944,45)c/d/; (I946)c7d/g_/. Pruess Creek near Geneva, Idaho....................... - 1943-44. Thomas Pork near Raymond, Idaho......................... 202 1942-1952. Diversions from Thomas Pork........................... - (1944,45)c/d/. Diversions from Bear River between Border and Harer gaging stations ............................