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Water-Year Summary for Site USGS 10338700

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
10338700 Donner Creek at Highway 89, near Truckee, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°19'16", long 120°12'25" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.16, T.17 N., R.16 E., Nevada County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 16050102, on right bank, 50 ft upstream from State Highway 89 bridge, 0.5 mi upstream from mouth, and 1.4 mi southwest of Truckee.
DRAINAGE AREA - 29.1 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1993 to current year.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1993-94.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 5870.80 ft above NAVD of 1988. 
REMARKS - About half the drainage area is regulated at dam at outlet of Donner Lake (station 10338400) 2.0 mi upstream. See schematic diagram of Truckee River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, about 2,500 ft³/s, Jan. 2, 1997, gage height, 12.76 ft, backwater from debris, on the basis of the flood routing the peak discharge between Truckee River near Truckee and Truckee River above Prosser Creek; minimum daily, 2.0 ft³/s (estimated), Dec. 7, 2013.