USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

11208600 Kaweah River below Conduit No. 2, near Hammond, CA

LOCATION - Lat 36°29'04", long 118°50'06" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.37, T.17 S., R.29 E., Tulare County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18030007, on right bank, 200 ft downstream from diversion dam, 0.4 mi upstream of confluence with East Fork Kaweah River, 1.9 mi northeast of Hammond, and 5.2 mi northeast of Three Rivers.

DRAINAGE AREA - 165 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1993 to current year. Prior to October 2002, published as river only, and river and conduit combined.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,360 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

COOPERATION - Records were provided by Southern California Edison Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 298.

REMARKS - Kaweah River Conduit No. 2 diverts up to 130 ft³/s from right bank of river near diversion dam. Water is returned to Kaweah River 3.8 mi downstream of diversion and 1.9 mi upstream of confluence with North Fork Kaweah River. The record of combined discharges of river and conduit was discontinued September 2002 when the conduit gage location was moved from near the point of diversion (station 11208570) to near the powerplant (station 11208818). The conduit-flow records from those two locations may not be equivalent due to gain or losses along the conduit. See schematic diagram of Kaweah River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 29,000 ft³/s, Jan. 2, 1997, gage height unknown; minimum daily, 3.6 ft³/s, Sept. 9, 2021.