USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11407815 Middle Yuba River Controlled Release at Jackson Meadows Dam, near Sierra City, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°30'36", long 120°33'15" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.18, T.19 N., R.13 E., Sierra County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020125, Tahoe National Forest, in outlet structure, near right bank, below Jackson Meadows Dam on Middle Yuba River, 0.7 mi downstream from Pass Creek, and 5.7 mi southeast of Sierra City.
DRAINAGE AREA - 37.6 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1994 to current year.
GAGE - Ultrasonic meter measures flow in two outlet pipes. Elevation of gage is 5,910 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
COOPERATION - Records were collected by Nevada Irrigation District, under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 2266.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 415 ft³/s, May 23, 28, 1996; minimum daily, 7.9 ft³/s, several days November 1994.