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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11313477 Lower Blue Lake Outlet near Markleeville, CA
LOCATION - Lat 38°36'24", long 119°55'31" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.30, T.9 N., R.19 E., Alpine County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18040012, in Eldorado National Forest, on left bank, 800 ft downstream from Lower Blue Lake Dam, and 10.0 mi southwest of Markleeville.
DRAINAGE AREA - 4.66 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR US-11: 2011.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1987 to current year. Unpublished records for water years 1981-87 available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and V-notch sharp-crested weir. Elevation of gage is 7,870 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to October 1987, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
COOPERATION - Records were collected by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 137.
REMARKS - Records not computed for winter months or above 70 ft³/s. Low and medium flow regulated by Lower Blue Lake, capacity, 5,150 acre-ft, 800 ft upstream. See schematic diagram of Mokelumne River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.