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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11354200 Pit No. 1 Powerplant near Fall River Mills, CA
LOCATION - Lat 40°59'28", long 121°29'49" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.10, T.37 N., R.4 E., Shasta County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020003, on right bank of Pit River, 2.3 mi downstream from Pit River Falls, and 3.2 mi southwest of Fall River Mills.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1986 to current year. Unpublished records for water years 1973-86 available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey. Fragmentary record for water years 1922-72 available in files of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
GAGE - Discharge computed from powerplant output.
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. 2687.
REMARKS - Water is diverted from Fall River at Pit No. 1 Forebay at NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.25, T.37 N., R.4 E., through a tunnel to powerplant and then into Pit River. See schematic diagram of Pit River and McCloud River Basins available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 2,490 ft³/s, Mar. 13, 1995; no flow several days most years.