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Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5258

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Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5258

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Table 3. National Weather Service stations, AgriMet stations, and snow-survey sites in or near the Wood River Valley, south-central Idaho.

[Western Regional Climate Center (2006); Bureau of Reclamation (2006); Natural Resources Conservation Service (2006); Abbreviations: NWS, National Weather Service; RS, Ranger Station; –, to be measured in 2007; **, unknown]

Station name Station or identification No. Elevation (feet above sea level) Latitude Longitude Dates in operation
Starting date Ending date
NWS stations
Bald Mountain 100540 8,701 43°39'N 114°24'W 12-01-53 02-17-77
Carey 101472 4,783 43°17'N 113°56'W 09-01-68 11-13-84
Carey 2S 101461 4,764 43°17'N 113°57'W 07-01-56 04-30-58
Carey 3 NNW 101466 4,843 43°21'N 113°57'W 10-23-62 09-20-68
Fairfield 3SE 103110 5,020 43°19'N 114°45'W 10-01-78 08-19-98
Fairfield RS 103108 5,070 43°21'N 114°48'W 10-01-48
Galena Summit 103422 8,806 43°53'N 114°42'W 09-01-63 09-30-76
Galena 103417 7,300 43°52'N 114°39'W 09-01-63 03-31-96
Hailey 103940 5,312 43°31'N 114°18'W 01-12-05
Hailey 2 103947 5,295 43°31'N 114°19'W 03-01-66
Hailey 3NNW 103942 5,420 43°34'N 114°20'W 08-01-48 11-31-88
Hailey Friedman Memorial Airport 94161 5,306 43°30'N 114°18'W 06-01-53
Ketchum 17 WSW 104840 8,425 43°37'N 114°41'W 08-01-54 03-31-75
Ketchum RS 104845 5,890 43°41'N 114°21'W 05-01-73
Magic Dam Outflow 105513 4,665 43°15'N 114°22'W 08-01-76
Magic Lake Resort 105510 4,803 43°17'N 114°23'W 06-01-66 10-10-75
Picabo 107040 4,880 43°18'N 114°04'W 04-22-58
Richfield 107673 4,310 43°04'N 114°09'W 08-01-48
Sun Valley 108906 5,980 43°42'N 114°21'W 08-01-48 12-31-72
AgriMet stations
Picabo PICI 4,900 43° 19'N 114°10'W 04-21-93
Fairfield FAFI 5,038 43° 18'N 114°50'W 06-25-87
Snow survey sites
Chocolate Gulch1 14F19s 6,440 43º46'N 114º25'W 1994
Couch Summit #22 14F18 6,840 43º31'N 114º48'W 1961
Dollarhide Summit1 14F08s 8,420 43º36'N 114º40'W 1982
Galena1 14F17s 7,470 43º53'N 114º40'W 1982
Galena Summit1 14F12s 8,780 43º52'N 114º43'W 1982
Garfield RS1 13F04s 6,560 43º37'N 113º56'W 1981
Hyndman Creek1 14F16s 7,440 43º43'N 114º10'W 1981
Ketchum RS2 14F21 5,890 43º45'N 114º21'W **
Lost-Wood Divide1 14F03s 7,900 43º49'N 114º16'W 1982
Mount Baldy2 14F09 8,900 43º40'N 114º24'W 1949
Muldoon2 13F05 6,320 43º34'N 113º55'W 1953
Soldier RS1 14F11s 5,740 43º29'N 114º50'W 1987
Stickney Mill1 14F02s 7,430 43º52'N 114º13'W 1981
Swede Peak1 13F09s 7,640 43º38'N 113º58'W 1982
Vienna Mine1 14F04s 8,960 43º48'N 114º51'W 1981

1SNOTEL site.
2Snow-course site.

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