Snake R below Hells Canyon Dam

Most recent value is: 8900.00 cfs as of: 2013-05-17 00:00:00.0

Minimum Value: 8860.00      Maximum Value: 8910.00

Snake R below Hells Canyon Dam

Most recent value is: 8920 cfs as of: 2013-05-18 19:00:00.0

Minimum Flow Value: 8660      Maximum Flow Value: 9120

Most recent value is: 64.80 feet as of: 2013-05-18 19:00:00.0

Minimum Stage Value: 64.60      Maximum Stage Value: 64.90

Station Information For:

Snake R below Hells Canyon Dam

Detail records Time Zone: MPT. Note: Daily totals are in MST
LOCATION.-Lat 45º15'05", long 116º41'50" in SE¼SE¼ sec. 33, T.03S., R. 49E, unsurveyed Willamette meridian, Wallowa County, Oregon, Wallowa-Witman National Forest, Hydrologic Unit 17050201, on left bank 0.2 mi upstream from Hells Canyon Creek, 0.4 mi downstream from Deep Creek, 0.6 mi downstream from Hells Canyon Dam,15.5 mi northeast of Homestead, and at mile 247.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.-73,300 mi², approximately.

PERIOD OF RECORD.-July 1965 to September 2001 (discontinued by USGS). Gage operated by Idaho Power Company beginning October 2001 and continuing to present.

GAGE.-Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,400.00 ft above sea level (levels by Idaho Power Company).

REMARKS.-Station equipment includes satellite and radio telemetry. Diurnal fluctuations caused by Hells Canyon power plant.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-Maximum discharge, 103,000 ft³/s Jan. 2, 1997, gage height 86.17 ft; minimum, 1,580 ft³/s Mar. 19, 1967, gage height, 59.9 ft; minimum daily, 4,360 ft³/s May 8, 1977.