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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
10270875 Intake No. 2 Reservoir near Bishop, CA
LOCATION - Lat 37°14'53", long 118°34'53" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.16, T.8 S., R.31 E., Inyo County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18090102, in Inyo National Forest, in outlet structure, 50 ft upstream from Bishop Creek Dam, on Middle Fork Bishop Creek, and 13.0 mi southwest of Bishop.
DRAINAGE AREA - 31.6 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 Unpublished records prior to October 1990 available in files of Southern California Edison Co.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 by rock-fill dam completed in 1908. Contents based on capacity table dated Aug. 12, 1981. Capacity, 78 acre-ft, between elevations 8,077 ft, invert of outlet, and 8,098.81 ft, crest of spillway, all of which are available for release. Water is received from South Fork Bishop Creek via conduit on right bank. Most of the water is diverted through conduit to Bishop Creek Powerplant No. 2 for power development on Bishop Creek. Figures given represent total contents at 2400 hours. See schematic diagram of Bishop Creek Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 101 acre-ft, July 9, 1995, elevation, 8,100.67 ft; no storage many days in 2002, 2004, and 2005.