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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
10270900 Birch-McGee Diversion to Bishop Creek Powerplant No. 2, near Bishop, CA
LOCATION - Lat 37°16'26", long 118°34'45" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.09, T.8 S., R.31 E., Inyo County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18090102, in Inyo National Forest, in conduit, 100 ft upstream from penstock to Bishop Creek Powerplant No. 2, and 11.9 mi southwest of Bishop.
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 Unpublished records prior to October 1990 available in files of Southern California Edison Co.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 - Acoustic-velocity meter. Elevation of gage is 7,950 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 - Conduit diverts water from Birch Creek and discharges into penstock to Bishop Creek Powerplant No. 2. Birch Creek receives water from McGee Creek via McGee Creek Diversion (station 10268225). See schematic diagram of Bishop Creek Basin available from the California Water Science Center.