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Water-Year Summary for Site 11413943

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00054 Reservoir storage(Obs.,Ins.)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11413943 Upper Cascade Lake near Soda Springs, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°18'02", long 120°26'02" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.32, T.17 N., R.14 E., Placer County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020125, in Tahoe National Forest, on outlet structure on Upper Cascade Lake Dam, and 3.4 mi southwest of Soda Springs.
DRAINAGE AREA - 0.58 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1999 to current year. Unpublished records for water years 1966-99 available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder.  Datum of gage is 6,607 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by Pacific Gas and Electric Company).  Prior to November 2014, nonrecording gage at the same site and datum. 
COOPERATION - Records were collected by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 2310.
REMARKS - Records not computed for the winter months. Reservoir is formed by an earth-fill dam completed in 1850. Contents based on capacity table dated April 1965. Usable capacity, 1,740 acre-ft, between gage heights 0.0 ft, invert of outlet, and 34.9 ft, crest of spillway. Water is used for power development downstream.