USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11109396 California Aqueduct at North Portal Tehachapi Tunnel, near Gorman, CA
LOCATION - Lat 34°55'46", long 118°48'17" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Kern County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18030003, unsurveyed, in Los Alamos Y Caliente Grant, at entrance to Tehachapi Tunnel, 1.5 mi southeast of A.D. Edmonston Pumping Plant, and 10 mi north of Gorman.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1995 to September 2015 (discontinued). Prior to October 1995 in files of California Department of Water Resources. Published as "North Portal Tehachapi Tunnel near Gorman" prior to October 2000.
GAGE - Acoustic-velocity meter. Elevation of gage is 3,220 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
COOPERATION - Records were computed by California Department of Water Resources, under the general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project 2426.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 4,230 ft³/s, several days during water year 2007; no flow at times in some years.