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DESCRIPTION:

Latitude 39°25'54",   Longitude 120°14'13"   NAD27

Nevada County, California, Hydrologic Unit 16050102

Drainage area: 10.5 square miles

Datum of gage: 6,329.71 feet above   NAVD88.

AVAILABLE DATA:

Data Type	Begin Date	End Date	Count
Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)	1987-10-06	2026-01-21
Daily Data
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	1969-10-01	2026-01-21	26990
Precipitation, total, inches	1990-12-01	1998-05-18	2644
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1953-10-01	2026-01-20	26410
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	2000-11-01	2016-10-31	16578
Daily Statistics
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	2016-10-01	2025-04-28	3064
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1953-10-01	2025-11-12	26341
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	2000-11-01	2016-10-31	3407
Monthly Statistics
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	2016-10	2025-04
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1953-10	2025-11
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	2000-11	2016-10
Annual Statistics
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	2017	2025
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1954	2026
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	2001	2017
Peak streamflow	1954-04-22	2024-04-22	71
Field measurements	1953-12-03	2025-12-31	699
Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP)	1968-05-16	2024-02-21	1348
Water-Year Summary	2005	2024	20
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