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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
10270985 Abelour Ditch near Bishop, CA
LOCATION - Lat 37°20'30", long 118°28'41" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.17, T.7 S., R.32 E., Inyo County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18090102, on left bank, 400 ft upstream from Highway 168 road crossing, 0.6 mi downstream from outlet in penstock to Bishop Creek Powerplant No. 6, and 4.8 mi west 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 Unpublished records prior to October 1990 available in files of Southern California Edison Co.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 - Water-stage recorder and Parshall flume. Elevation of gage is 4,750 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 - Ditch diverts water from Bishop Creek Powerplant No. 6 Penstock for irrigation and domestic use. See schematic diagram of Bishop Creek Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 3.8 ft³/s, July 19, 2005; no flow on some days in several years.