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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11192950 Kern River below Kern Canyon Powerhouse Diversion Dam, near Bakersfield, CA
LOCATION - Lat 35°27'37", long 118°46'43" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.29, T.28 S., R.30 E., Kern County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18030003, in Sequoia National Forest, on right bank, 100 ft downstream of diversion dam, and 16.4 mi northeast of Bakersfield.
DRAINAGE AREA - Not determined.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1987 to June 1995, October 1995 to September 1996 (low-flow records only to 35 ft³/s), October 1996 to current year. Prior to October 1996 published as "Kern River Fishwater Release at Kern County Powerhouse Dam, near Bakersfield". Prior to Oct. 1, 1993, at site 100 ft upstream and did not include leakage through diversion dam radial gates. Bypass flow would enter the main channel immediately downstream from the gage.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 975 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
COOPERATION - Records were provided by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 178.
REMARKS - Flow regulated at diversion dam 100 ft upstream from gage. Water is diverted upstream of gage to Kern Canyon Powerplant and returned to the river approximately 5 mi downstream. See schematic diagram of Kern River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 5,360 ft³/s, May 15, 2006, gage height, 7.97 ft; minimum daily, 6 ft³/s, Dec. 18, 1988.