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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
10300000 West Walker River Near Hudson, NV
LOCATION - Lat 38°48'35", long 119°13'35" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.18, T.11 N., R.25 E., Lyon County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 16050302, on left bank, 0.5 mi upstream from Wilson Canyon, and 3 mi southeast of Hudson.
DRAINAGE AREA - 964 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Aug. 1914 to Mar. 1925, Jan. 1947 to Sep. 1978, Apr. 1979 to Sep. 1994, (irrigation season only) Oct. 1994 to current year. Aug. 1914 to Apr. 1921 published as "at Hudson."
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Prior to May 1921, non recording gage at site 2.5 mi upstream at different datum. May 1921 to Mar. 1925, water-stage recorder at approximately same site at different datum.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by off-channel storage in Topaz Lake (station 10297000) since Jan. 30, 1922. Many diversions above station for irrigation. Station is below return flow from irrigated areas in Smith Valley. 10/01/2013-09/30/2014: Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2014-09/30/2015: Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2015-09/30/2016: Records fair. 10/01/2016-09/30/2017: Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2017-09/30/2018: Records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2018-09/30/2019: Records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2019-09/30/2020: Records fair except for estimated discharged, which are poor. 10/01/2020-09/30/2021: Records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 11,400 ft³/s, Jan. 03, 1997, gage height, 12.18 ft; minimum daily, 4.5 ft³/s, Sep. 29, 2015, estimated.