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DESCRIPTION:

Latitude 39°25'41",   Longitude 120°01'59"   NAD27

Nevada County, California, Hydrologic Unit 16050102

Drainage area: 932 square miles

Datum of gage: 5,153.21 feet above   NGVD29.

AVAILABLE DATA:

Data Type	Begin Date	End Date	Count
Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)	1987-10-01	2024-12-03
Daily Data
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	1993-07-17	2024-12-02	6853
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1909-01-01	2024-12-02	42339
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	1993-07-17	1998-10-08	3576
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) -- TS087: YSI model 6136	2007-03-27	2024-02-16	9696
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)	2017-10-31	2024-12-02	7272
Daily Statistics
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	2022-09-30	2024-03-26	542
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1909-01-01	2024-03-14	42077
Monthly Statistics
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	2022-09	2024-03
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1909-01	2024-03
Annual Statistics
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	2022	2024
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1909	2024
Peak streamflow	1900-05-10	2023-05-23	124
Field measurements	1957-08-29	2024-11-26	1106
Field/Lab water-quality samples	1960-10-05	1996-10-08	312
Water-Year Summary	2005	2023	19
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