Teton River (Idaho)

Teton River
Teton River in the canyons northeast of Rexburg
Teton River (Idaho) is located in Idaho
Teton River (Idaho)
Location of the mouth of the Teton River in Idaho
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of Warm and Drake Creeks
 • locationNear Victor, Teton County
 • coordinates43°36′38″N 111°09′16″W / 43.61056°N 111.15444°W / 43.61056; -111.15444[1]
 • elevation6,027 ft (1,837 m)
MouthHenrys Fork
 • location
Rexburg, Madison County
 • coordinates
43°53′56″N 111°50′21″W / 43.89889°N 111.83917°W / 43.89889; -111.83917[1]
 • elevation
4,829 ft (1,472 m)
Length81.5 mi (131.2 km)[2]
Basin size1,130 sq mi (2,900 km2)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationnear St. Anthony, 22 mi (35 km) from the mouth[4]
 • average829 cu ft/s (23.5 m3/s)[5]
 • minimum103 cu ft/s (2.9 m3/s)
 • maximum11,000 cu ft/s (310 m3/s)[6]

The Teton River is a 64-mile-long (103 km)[2] tributary of the Henrys Fork of the Snake River in southeastern Idaho in the United States. It drains through the Teton Valley along the west side of the Teton Range along the Idaho-Wyoming border at the eastern end of the Snake River Plain. Its location along the western flank of the Tetons provides the river with more rainfall than many other rivers of the region.

  1. ^ a b "Teton River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. June 21, 1979. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 4, 2011
  3. ^ "Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  4. ^ "USGS Gage #13055000 on the Teton River near St. Anthony, ID" (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  5. ^ "USGS Gage #13055000 on the Teton River near St. Anthony, ID" (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  6. ^ This figure is for the highest natural discharge on record, February 12, 1962. The failure of the man-made Teton Dam in 1976 caused a brief flood wave of 1.7 million cfs (48,000 m3/s).