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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11241500 Stevenson Creek at Shaver Lake, CA
LOCATION - Lat 37°08'41", long 119°18'27" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.13, T.9 S., R.24 E., Fresno County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18040006, in Sierra National Forest, on right bank, 400 ft downstream from Highway 168, 1,600 ft downstream from Shaver Lake Dam, 2.6 mi north of town of Shaver Lake, and 5.1 mi southwest of town of Big Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 29.4 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1916 to August 1919, October 1919 to September 1920, May 1922 to September 1928, and October 1986 to current year. Prior to October 1986, published as "at Shaver."
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, Parshall flume, and concrete control; auxiliary gage, acoustic-velocity meters on Shaver Lake Dam. Elevation of gage is 5,200 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. See WSP 1315-A for history of changes prior to October 1986.
COOPERATION - Records, including diversion to Big Creek Powerplant No. 2A (station 11238400), were collected by Southern California Edison Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 67 and 120.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Shaver Lake (station 11239500). Flow diverted into basin through Eastwood Powerplant (station 11238250). Diversion to Big Creek Powerplant No. 2A bypasses station and returns to Big Creek. See schematic diagram of lower San Joaquin River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 1,390 ft³/s, Nov. 27, 1926, gage height, 3.65 ft, site and datum then in use, maximum gage height, 7.77 ft, May. 14, 2011; no flow at times in 1924, 1925, 1927.