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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
11476500 South Fork Eel River near Miranda, CA
LOCATION - Lat 40°10'55", long 123°46'30" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.30, T.3 S., R.4 E., Humboldt County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18010106, on right bank, 0.5 mi upstream from Rocky Glen Creek, 2 mi south of Phillipsville, 4.3 mi southeast of Miranda, and 20 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 537 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1395: Drainage area. WSP 2129: 1955.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1939 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1315-B.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 217.57 ft above NGVD of 1929 and 220.46 ft above NAVD of 1988. Prior to Nov. 2, 1940, nonrecording gage at site 200 ft upstream at datum 0.8 ft higher. Nov. 2, 1940, to Oct. 31, 1944, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
REMARKS - No diversion upstream from station. See schematic diagram of Eel River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 199,000 ft³/s, Dec. 22, 1964, gage height, 46.0 ft, from floodmarks, and from rating curve extended above 53,000 ft³/s, on basis of slope-area measurement at gage height 42.7 ft; minimum daily, 6.87 ft³/s, Sept. 16, 2021.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
CONTINUOUS WATER-QUALITY DATA:
WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1960-83.
SEDIMENT DATA: Water years 1981.
