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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11442700 Brush Creek below Brush Creek Dam, near Pollock Pines, CA
LOCATION - Lat 38°48'41", long 120°37'20" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.10, T.11 N., R.12 E., El Dorado County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020129, in Eldorado National Forest, at outlet structure on Brush Creek Dam, and 4.0 mi northwest of Pollock Pines.
DRAINAGE AREA - 8.04 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1987 to current year. Unpublished records for water years 1971-87 available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 2,700 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to October 1987, nonrecording gage 400 ft downstream at different datum. Water-stage recorder on Brush Creek Dam records spill discharges which are combined with release discharges.
COOPERATION - Records were collected by Sacramento Municipal Utility District, under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 2101.
REMARKS - Flow completely regulated by Brush Creek Reservoir (station 11442690). See schematic diagram of South Fork American River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 620 ft³/s, estimated, Jan. 2, 1997; minimum daily, 2.1 ft³/s, many days in 1988.