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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11363910 James B. Black Powerplant near Big Bend, CA
LOCATION - Lat 40°59'12", long 121°58'35" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.09, T.36 N., R.1 W., Shasta County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020003, at powerplant, on right bank of Pit River, and 5.8 mi downstream from Big Bend.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - December 1965 to current year.
GAGE - Acoustic-velocity meter in penstock.
COOPERATION - Records, including discharge for Pit No. 5 Powerplant (station 11362700), 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. 2106.
REMARKS - Water is diverted from Lake McCloud (station 11367740) at SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.22, T.38 N., R.2 W., through McCloud-Iron Canyon Diversion Tunnel (station 11367720) to Iron Canyon Reservoir (station 11363920), then through the penstock for powerplant and into the Pit River. Records are combined flow of diversion from McCloud River at McCloud Dam plus Iron Canyon Creek. 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, 2,420 ft³/s, July 15, 1966; no flow several days most years.