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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11396000 Lost Creek near Clipper Mills, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°34'25", long 121°08'26" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.24, T.20 N., R.7 E., Butte County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020123, in Plumas National Forest, on left bank, 0.3 mi downstream from Pinkard Creek above Lost Creek Reservoir, and 2.8 mi north of Clipper Mills.
DRAINAGE AREA - 30 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1395: 1954. WSP 1931: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1927 to September 1941, October 1948 to current year. Records for Woodleaf Powerplant from February 1963 to September 1966 in files of the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Sharp-crested weir for low-water control since June 20, 1987. Elevation of gage is 3,170 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to June 20, 1987, at site 100 ft downstream at same datum.
COOPERATION - Records provided by South Feather Water and Power Agency, under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 2088.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Sly Creek Reservoir (station 11395400) 1.5 mi upstream and Lost Creek Reservoir 0.3 mi upstream, usable capacity, 5,920 acre-ft with flashboards. Water is diverted into Sly Creek Reservoir through South Fork Diversion Tunnel from South Fork Feather River and through Slate Creek Tunnel (station 11413250) from North Yuba River Basin. Woodleaf Tunnel diverts from Lost Creek Reservoir to Woodleaf Powerhouse. Oroville-Wyandotte Canal (station 11395500) diverts from Woodleaf Penstock for irrigation and domestic use. Records represent seepage, release, and spill from Lost Creek Reservoir to Lost Creek. See schematic diagram of South Fork Feather River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 5,760 ft³/s, Jan. 1, 1997, gage height, 13.50 ft; no flow at times in some years.