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Water-Year Summary for Site 11414470

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00060 Discharge(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11414470 Canyon Creek below Sawmill Lake, near Graniteville, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°26'44", long 120°36'05" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.11, T.18 N., R.12 E., Nevada County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020125, Tahoe National Forest, on right bank, 130 ft downstream from outlet at Sawmill Lake Dam, on Canyon Creek, 0.8 mi upstream from Bowman Lake, and 7.2 mi east of Graniteville.
DRAINAGE AREA - 16.4 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1989 to current year. Unpublished records for water years 1965-89 available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and V-notch sharp-crested weir in concrete control. Elevation of gage is 5,790 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. September 1964 to July 6, 1988, nonrecording gage at two sites 470 ft downstream at different datum. July 7, 1988, to January 1989, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
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.
REMARKS -

No records computed above 2.6 ft³/s. There was no mean daily flow below 2.6 ft³/s for the entire 2015 through 2020 water years. Flow completely regulated by Sawmill Lake (station 11414465). Flow over the spillway bypasses this station. See schematic diagram of North and Middle Yuba River Basins available from the California Water Science Center.