USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11401112 North Fork Feather River below Belden Dam, CA
LOCATION - Lat 40°04'17", long 121°09'49" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.35, T.26 N., R.7 E., Plumas County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020121, Plumas National Forest, on left bank, 0.4 mi downstream from Belden Dam, 0.5 mi upstream from Deadwood Canyon, and 6.4 mi northeast of Belden.
DRAINAGE AREA - 612 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR CA-78-4: 1977 (monthly and yearly summaries); WDR CA-2005: 2002 (diversion to Belden Powerplant, monthly total acre-feet).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1969 to current year. Records for July 1959 to September 1969 available in files of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,800.77 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by Pacific Gas and Electric Co.).
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. 2105.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 5,970 ft³/s, Feb. 21, 2017, gage height, 10.94 ft; minimum daily, 2.3 ft³/s, Oct. 25, 1981.