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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
10270870 Lake Sabrina near Bishop, CA
LOCATION - Lat 37°12'44", long 118°36'42" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Inyo County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18090102, unsurveyed, in Inyo National Forest, in valve house at base of dam, on Middle Fork Bishop Creek, and 15.8 mi southwest of Bishop.
DRAINAGE AREA - 16.5 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1990 to current year. Unpublished records prior to October 1990 available in files of Southern California Edison Co.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is NGVD of 1929 (levels by Southern California Edison Co.).
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 - Reservoir is formed on natural lake by rock-fill dam completed in 1908. Contents based on capacity table dated Aug. 12, 1981. Usable capacity, 7,350 acre-ft, between elevations 9,068.42 ft, invert of outlet, and 9,131.62 ft, crest of spillway. Figures given represent usable contents at 2400 hours. Water is used for power development downstream. See schematic diagram of Bishop Creek Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 7,680 acre-ft, July 23, 2018, elevation, 9,133.33 ft; no storage on many days in several years.