PLEASE DO NOT DESTROY OR THROW AWAY THIS PUBLICATION. If you luro no further use for it, write to the Geological Surrey at Washington and ask for a frank to return It UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SURFACE WATER SUPPLY of the UNITED STATES 1932 PART 10 THE GREAT BASIN Prepared in cooperation with the States of CALIFORNIA, IDAHO, NEVADA, OREGON. UTAH, and WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 735 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTEFIOR HAROLD L. ICKES, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY W. G. MENDENHALL, Director Water-Supply Paper 735 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY of the UNITED STATES 1932 PART 10 THE GREAT BASIN NATHAN C. GROVER, Chief Hydraulic Engineer G H. CANFIELD, ROBERT FOLLANSBEE, H. D. McGLASHAN THOMAS R. NEWELL, and A. B. PURTON District Engineers Prepared in cooperation with the States of CALIFORNIA, IDAHO, NEVADA, OREGON, UTAH, and WYOMING Water Resources F^andb, Geological Survey, Box 3106, Capita) Station .Oklahoma City, O1 la. 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Price 10 cents CONTENTS Page j' uthorization and scope of work. ___________________________ ____ 1 Definition of terms____-_-------_-- _-___-_-__---_----_-__ ____ 2 ] Explanation of data. ___ _____-__- __-.__..__- _______ 2 / ccuracy of field data and computed results___________- ____ ___ 4 Publications ______ ___ __ _____________________ 5 Cooperation. _______ ___-_____- ___________ 10 Division of work.________________________ _____________________ 10 <laging-station records ___ _________________________ 11 Great Salt Lake Basin____ ___ ____________ ________ __ 11 Gages on Great Salt Lake___ _____________________________ 11 Bear River Basin_________._ 12 Bear River near Evanston, Wyo_-_-_-----_--_--_-_--__- 12 Bear River at Harer, Idaho-.------.--. ____________ 13 Bear River at Alexander, Idaho.-.. _________________ 14 Bear River near Weston, Idaho.-.---------------- ____ 15 Bear River near Collinston, Utah_______________________ 16 Logan River above State dam near Log an, Utah... __ 17 Utah Power & Light Co.'s tailrace near Logan, Utah____ 18 Logan, Hyde Park & Smithfield Canal near Logan, Utah_._ 19 Blacksmith Fork at municipal power plant near Hyrum, . Utah________.__________.._---_---_-__-_-- 20 Blacksmith Fork above Utah Power & Light Co.'s dam near Hyrum, Utah.___________________ _______ 21 West Side Canal near Collinston, Utah _______ __ ___ __ 22 Hammond (East Side) Canal near Collinston, Utah._______ 23 Malad River below springs near Malad, Idaho__________ 24 Little Malad River above Elkhorn Reservoir, near Malad, Idaho....____________________________ 25 Wright Creek near Daniels, Idaho____-----_______---__ 26 Devil Creek near Malad, Idaho________________________ 27 Deep Creek above Third Creek, near Malad, Idaho _____ 28 Deep Creek below First Creek, near Malad, Idaho._____ 29 Third Creek near Malad, Idaho___________________ 30 Weber River Basin.___________________________ 31 Weber River near Oakley, Utah_______________________ 31 Weber River near Coalville, Utah______________ 32 Echo Reservoir at Echo, Utah__________________ 33 Weber River at Echo, Utah. __ _ _________ _____ 34 Weber River at Devils Slide, Utah-..-..___________ 35 Weber River at Gateway, Utah.___-__________________ 36 Weber River near Plain City, Utah___________ 37 Chalk Creek at Coalville, Utah_________________ 38 Lost Creek at Devils Slide, Utah___________ ___ 39 South Fork of Ogden River near Huntsville, Utah__--_____ 40 HI 1\ CONTENTS Gaging-station records Continued. Great Salt Lake Basin Continued. Jordan River Basin____-.__-_.___-____._-.--.,^,._._. Jordan River near Lehi, Utah._____________________ Salt Creek near Nephi, Utah_ _______ _______________ Provo River at Forks, Utah. _________________ ______ South Fork of Provo River at Forks, Utah___________ Sevier Lake Basin.._______________________________________ Sevier River near Kingston, Utah.______________________ Piute Reservoir near Marysvale, Utah____________ _______ Sevier River below Piute Dam, near Marysvale, Utah_____ Sevier River near Vermilion, TJtah____-_-____--_..--_.__ Sevier River below San Pitch River, near Gunnison, Utah. Sevier Bridge Reservoir near Juab, Utah.________________ Sevier River near Juab, Utah___________________________ East Fork of Sevier River near Kingston, Utah-__________ Rockyford Canal near Vermilion, Utah__________________ Beaver River Basin_______________________________________ Beaver River near Beaver, Utah________________________ Beaver River at Adamsville, Utah_______________________ Beaver River at Rockyford Dam near Minersville, Utah__. Salton Sink Basin___--___-_________-__________-__-_______. Salton Sea. ___________________________________________ Southern Pacific Co.'s ditch near Whitewater, Calif _______ Palm Canyon Creek near Palm Springs, Calif_____________ Mohave River Basin._____________________________________ Deep Creek near Hesperia, Calif________________________ Mohave River at Victorville, Calif______________________ Mohave River near Hodge, Calif______________________ Mohave River at Barstow, Calif._______________________ Middle Mohave River-------------_-_-__---_-_- _--____ Mohave River at Afton, Calif-_________________________ West Fork of Mohave River near Hesperia, Calif_________ Antelope Valley Basin_____________________________________ Rock Creek near Valyermo, Calif-______________________ Little Rock Creek near Little Rock, Calif____.--____-_-.. Owens Lake Basin__ _______________________________________ Owens River near Round Valley, Calif ________________ Owens River at Pleasant Valley, near Bishop, Calif. ______ Owens River near Big Pine, Calif________-_-_-_____-___. Rock Creek at Sherwin Hill, near Bishop, Calif___________ Rock Creek near Round Valley, Calif-_-_______---____-_. Pine Creek at division box near Bishop, Calif_____________ Pine Creek near Round Valley, Calif-________-____--.__. .Mono Lake Basin__-_-____--__-________-_--__----___-----. Mono Lake near Mono Lake, Calif__________--____----_. IValker Lake Basin-______-----__----__----_--------------. Walker Lake near Hawthorne, Nev-_---_---------------. Bridgeport Reservoir near Bridgeport, Calif______________ East Walker River near Bridgeport, Calif__------__----.. Walker River near Wabuska, Nev_ ___________________ Walker River at Schurz, Nev________-_-__----_----_--_. West Walker River near Coleville, Calif. __.____--__-_-.. West Walker River at Hoye Bridge, near Wellington, Nev. Topaz fieservoir near Topaz, Calif..___--_____.___ ... CONTENTS Gaging-station records Continued. Humboldt-Carson Sink Basin_____---___________________________ 85 Carson River Basin. __-__-__--______________---_______--__ 85 Carson River near Fort Churchill, Nev___________________ 85 Humboldt River4Basin___-___.__________________--_____--_ 86 Humboldt River at Palisade, Nev_-___________-_________ 86 Humboldt River near Oreana, Nev._____________________ 87 South Fork of Humboldt River near Elko, Nev___________ 8S Martin Creek near Paradise Valley, Nev_________________ 89 Cottonwood Creek near Paradise Valley, Nev___________ 90 Humboldt-Lovelock Irrigation, Light & Power Co.'s outlet canal near Humboldt, Nev___,________________________ 91 Pyramid and Winnemucca Lakes Basin._________________________ 91 Pyramid Lake near Nixon, Nev____________________________ 91 Lake Tahoe at Tahoe, Calif.--._________________- 92 Truckee River at Tahoe, Calif...-._____________.___.. 93 Truckee River at Iceland, Calif.____________________________ 94 Abert Lake Basin ____________________________________________ 95> Chewaucan River above Conn Ditch, near Paisley, Oreg. ___._. 95 Silver Lake Basin._________..________________.__... 96 Silver Creek near Silver Lake, Oreg_________________________ 96 Silver Lake Irrigation District Canal near Silver Lake, Oreg- _.. 97 Malheur and Harney Lakes Basin--_--__--_-__-_-__--_-___-_---- 98 Silvies River near Burns, Oreg-_-___--_-_----___-__-_-__---- 98 Alvord Lake Basin__-_--_---_-__----_-___-____-__-----__--_--- 99 Trout Creek near Denio, Oreg-_--__--____-___--_--__---_-__ 99 Miscellaneous discharge measurements__.____________________________ 100 Index__.__.___.______________._________. 105 ILLUSTRATION FIQTJKB 1. Typical river-measurement station showing concrete well and* house for water-stage recorder and staff gages, cable, and car__ SUBFACE WATER SUPPLY OF THE GREAT BASIN 1932 AUTHORIZATION AND SCOPE OF WORK This volume is one of a series of 14 reports presenting results of measurements of flow made in streams in the United States during the year ending September 30, 1932. The data presented in these reports were collected by the United States Geological Survey under the following authority contained in the organic law (20 Stat.L., p. 394): Provided, That this officer [the Director] shall have the direction of the Geologi­ cal Survey and the classification of public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain. The work was begun in 1888 in connection with special studie^- relat­ ing to irrigation. Since the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, succes­ sive appropriation bills passed by Congress have carried the following items: For gaging the streams and determining the water supply of the Unitec1 States, and for the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells, and for the preparation of reports upon the best method of utilizing the water resources. Annual appropriations for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1895 198* 1895___-