HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 13342500 CLEARWATER RIVER AT SPALDING, ID


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 9570 sq.mi.                            Datum is 770.49 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 17060306 at Latitude: 46:26:55N  Longitude: 116:49:35W
Station is in the state of ID (county code 069) and serviced by the ID office.
Channel slope is 17.00 feet/mile
Stream length is 185.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 4360.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.00%     Lakes: 0.00%        Forests: 70.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 5.50 inches
Annual precipitation is 42.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.00 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 13.00 degrees Fahrenheit

This is a National Water Conditions station.
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Regulated since 1972 by Dworshak Dam.


Daily and longer averages for 49 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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