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Project Water Supply

Normal

10.85 in  

Maximum  -  1982

19.17 in  

Minimum   -  1988

4.36 in  

Lifton Pumping Station, Idaho 1961-1990

 

      Temperature

Mean Annual

41.3 °F  

Daily Maximum  -  07/30/1940

98 °F  

Daily Minimum   -  02/01/1985

-41 °F  

Lifton Pumping Station, Idaho 1935-1996

 

Growing Season

157 days  

Elevation of irrigable area

4,700 ft  

      Mink Creek

Drainage area at head of Mink Creek Canal

12.9 mi2  

Annual discharge

 

   Maximum

61,000 acre-ft  

   Minimum

19,000 acre-ft  

   Average

42,000 acre-ft  

                         Streamflows:  Mink Creek below Dry Fork, near Mink Creek, Idaho (USGS)

Project Water Quality

 

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