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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11421710 Bear River near Emigrant Gap, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°18'23", long 120°40'41" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.30, T.17 N., R.12 E., Placer County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020126, on left bank, 20 ft upstream from Highway 20 Bridge, and 0.7 mi northwest of Emigrant Gap.
DRAINAGE AREA - 0.76 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1987 to current year. Prior to Dec. 7, 2011, low-flow records only. Unpublished records for water years 1980-87 available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and concrete culvert. Elevation of gage is 4,550 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to October 1987, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
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 - Some water is diverted into stream from South Yuba Canal (station 11414200). See schematic diagram of Bear River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge Feb. 7, 2017, 449 ft³/s, gage height, 4.84 ft; minimum daily, 5.2 ft³/s, Apr. 28, 2015.