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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11414280 Rucker Creek below Rucker Lake, near Emigrant Gap, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°21'23", long 120°39'27" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.09, T.17 N., R.12 E., Nevada County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020125, in Tahoe National Forest, on left bank, 75 ft downstream from outlet structure on Rucker Lake Dam, and 4.3 mi north of Emigrant Gap.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1.83 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1999 to current year. Unpublished records for water years 1965-99 available in the files of the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE - Nonrecording gage observed intermittently during the summer months. Elevation of gage is 5,447 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
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. 2310.
REMARKS - Records not computed above 2.4 ft³/s prior to 7/26/2018, published range then updated to 3.12 ft³/s. Flow regulated by Rucker Lake (station 11414275) 75 ft upstream. There are no diversions upstream of station. See schematic diagram of South Yuba River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.