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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11243300 Browns Creek Canal at Bass Lake, CA
LOCATION - Lat 37°17'15", long 119°31'07" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.25, T.7 S., R.22 E., Madera County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18040006, in Sierra National Forest, on left bank, 900 ft upstream from Bass Lake, 1.4 mi downstream from Browns Creek, and 3.0 mi southeast of town of Bass Lake.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1986 to September 1998, October 2000 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and concrete canal. Elevation of gage is 3,440 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. 1354.
REMARKS - Canal diverts from South Fork Willow Creek at diversion dam 1.5 mi upstream from gage, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.30, T.7 S., R.23 E. Flow enters Bass Lake (station 11243400) for power development in San Joaquin River powerplants. See schematic diagram of lower San Joaquin River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 86 ft³/s, Mar. 8, 1989; no flow at times in each year.