2Bo Cove Creek o — (Not surveyed.) Cove Creek enters the Weiser 

 River approximately 9 miles above the mouth. It is about 11 miles long. 

 Although there are no diversions on the stream, it carries very little 

 water during the summer months. There were no reports of salmon enter- 

 ing Cove Creek, and it is of no value to migratory fish. 



2C. Bear Creek . — (Not svirveyed.) Bear Creek enters the Weiser 

 River approximately 12 miles above the mouth© It is a small stream, about 

 U^ miles long. Although there are no diversions on Bear Creek, it norm- 

 ally carries very little water. It is of no value to migratory fish 

 because of its small si zee 



2D. Crane Creek , — (August 16, 19lil; Frey and Bryant.) Crane 

 Creek enters the Weiser River approximately lit miles above the mouth. 

 The stream is about 33 miles long. The discharge is entirely controlled 

 and amounted to ll^O cf.s, at a point near the mouth on the date of 

 inspection, Gaging-station records for the water-year 19U0-iil (U.S.G.S. 

 I9U2), taken at a station \ mile above the mouth, show discharges rang- 

 ing from a maximum of 995 c.f.s, in March to a minimum of 3 c,f ,s, in May. 



The Crane Creek dam is located 12 miles above the mouth. It is 

 a high storage dam for irrigation, not eqxiipped with fishways, and is a 

 total barrier to migratory fish. The stream bed below the dam is often 

 practically drj-- when water is being impounded, and for this reason Crane 

 Creek must be considered of no present or potential value to salmon. 



2E, Sage Creek . — (Not surveyed.) Sage Creek enters the Weiser 

 River approximately 27 miles above the mouth. It is a small stream, 

 about 13 miles long. Three irrigation ditches take the entire flow dur- 

 ing the summer, the creek becoming dry about the middle of June, For this 

 reason it is of no present or potential value to salmon, 



2F, Keithley Creek ,— (Not surveyed,) Keithley Creek enters the 

 Weiser River approximately 29^ miles above the mouth. The stream is 

 about 15 miles long. Thirteen irrigation diversions take almost the 

 entire flow during late summer, A small late summer rvm of Chinook 

 salmon formerly utilized the spawning area, and a spring run of steel- 

 head trout was reported. The Chinook rxm has been reduced to only a 

 few fish. The stream is of little present or potential value to salmon 

 because of the extensive diversion of water for irrigation. 



2G. Little Weiser River ,— (Not surveyed.) Little Weiser River 

 enters the main stream approximately 36 miles above the mouth. The 

 stream is about 38 miles long. Gaging station records for the water-year 

 19U0-iil (U.S.G.S,, I9U2), taken at a point about 1 mile above the diversion 

 leading to the C, Ben Ross reservoir and about 20 miles above the mouth, 

 show discharges ranging from a maximum of Ii82 cf.s, in May to a minimtm 

 of 13 c.f.s. in September. Before the C. Ben Ross reservoir was built 

 near the town of Indian Valley in 1937 the portion of the stream below the 

 lowest diversion was often dry during the summer. The reservoir now main- 

 tains some flow in the lower part of the stream, althovigh the discharge at 

 the confluence with the main Weiser is very low after the first week in 

 June, There were 18 irrigation diversions on the stream. There is 



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