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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11249500 Madera Canal at Friant, CA
LOCATION - Lat 37°00'10", long 119°42'21" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.05, T.11 S., R.21 E., Madera County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18040006, at Friant Dam, 0.9 mi northeast of Friant.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1151: 1944-48.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1943 to current year. Monthly discharge only for October 1943 to September 1948 published in WSP 1315-A. October 1954 to September 1966 published as "Friant-Madera Canal at Friant."
GAGE - Discharge computed on basis of megawatt meter reading, efficiency of the generator coefficient, and net head on the turbines. Prior to Oct. 1, 1948, water-stage recorder at several sites at various datums. Oct. 1, 1948, to Sept. 30, 1949, water-stage recorder at site 8.8 mi downstream.
COOPERATION - Records were provided by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
REMARKS - Canal diverts from Millerton Lake (station 11250100) at right end of Friant Dam for irrigation between San Joaquin and Chowchilla Rivers. See schematic diagram of lower San Joaquin River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 1,330 ft³/s, July 2, 3, 1973, May 21, 1983; no flow for many days in each year.