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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09415510 Preston Big Spring Near Preston, NV
LOCATION - Lat 38°56'00", long 115°04'48" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.02, T.12 N., R.61 E., White Pine County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 15010011, 1.0 mi northwest of Preston.
DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1947, Jan, Jul, Aug. 1982, Oct, Nov. 1985, 1987-1999 (discharge measurements only), Dec. 1982 to Sep. 1985, Feb. 2000 to current year.
GAGE -
Datum of gage is 5715.16 ft above NAVD of 1988. The NAVD of 1988 datum was determined by a level 2 GNSS survey (Reference Frame NAD_83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010.0000), GEOID18) by USGS on March 12, 2020 and tied to RM7. Prior to March 12, 2020, the gage datum was 5700 ft above NGVD of 1929 as determined via topographic map by USGS on October 16, 1913. Prior to Jul. 29, 2005, water-stage recorder at site 0.2 mi downstream at same datum.
REMARKS - 10/01/2013-09/30/2014: Records fair. 10/01/2014-09/30/2015: Records fair. 10/01/2015-09/30/2016: Records fair. 10/01/2016-09/30/2017: Records fair: 10/01/2017-09/30/2018: Records fair: 10/01/2018-09/30/2019: Records fair. 10/01/2019-09/30/2020: Records fair. 10/01/2020-09/30/2021: Records fair.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 11 ft³/s, gage height 2.38 ft, several days in May, Aug. and Sep. 2006; maximum gage height, 3.25 ft, Oct 10, 2012; minimum daily, 6.7 ft³/s, several days through period of record.
