USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
10172727 FAUST CREEK NEAR VERNON, UT
LOCATION - Lat 40°09'38", long 112°25'49" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.32, T.7 S., R.5 W., Tooele County, UT, Hydrologic Unit 16020304, on left bank 80 ft west of State Highway 36, approximately 1 mi south of Faust, and 4.5 mi north of Vernon.
DRAINAGE AREA - 145 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY -
Revisions: The peak gage height for water year 2022 was revised on May 9, 2024, based on deletions of gage height record.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1991 to September 1998, October 2003 to February 2009, May 2010 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 5,255.63 ft. above NAVD of 1988 from a Level II GNSS survey conducted on September 16, 2021. Prior to October 15, 1997 at site 50 ft upstream at different datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 41 ft³/s, Apr 6, 2006, gage height, 6.29 ft; maximum gage height (after v-notch weir replacement on May 7, 2010), 7.01 ft, May 29, 2011; often no flow during some water years.