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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
10270830 South Fork Bishop Creek below South Fork Diversion Dam, near Bishop, CA
LOCATION - Lat 37°14'27", long 118°33'52" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.22, T.8 S., R.31 E., Inyo County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18090102, in Inyo National Forest, on left bank, at diversion dam and aqueduct, and 10.5 mi southwest of Bishop.
DRAINAGE AREA - 27.8 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1994 to September 2002 (low-flow records only), October 2002 to current year. Unpublished records prior to October 1994 available in files of Southern California Edison Co.
GAGE - Acoustic-velocity meter or water-stage recorder and flume. Elevation of gage is 7,130 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
COOPERATION - Records collected by Southern California Edison Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 1394.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by South Lake (station 10270700). Most of the water is diverted by South Fork Diversion Dam to Intake No. 2 Reservoir (station 10270875) for power development downstream. South Fork Diversion Dam spill bypasses this station. See schematic diagram of Bishop Creek Basin available from the California Water Science Center.