USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

10257550 Whitewater River at Windy Point, near White Water, CA

LOCATION - Lat 33°53'56", long 116°37'13" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.24, T.3 S., R.3 E., Riverside County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18100201, on right bank, 200 ft north of Highway 111, 2.0 mi southeast of White Water, and 3.8 mi east of the junction of Highway 111 and Interstate 10.

DRAINAGE AREA - 264 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1984 to September 1987, October 1989 to current year. Discharge measurements only, October 1987 to September 1989. Discharge measurements for the period July 1982 to September 1984 available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey. REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CA-88-1: Drainage area.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and concrete control; auxiliary water-stage recorder on overflow channel since Jan. 23, 1992. Elevation of gage is 1,040 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS - Imported water is released to the Whitewater River from the Colorado River Aqueduct at a point 2.75 mi upstream for ground-water recharge in the upper Coachella Valley. Water is diverted out of the basin 18.5 mi upstream to the San Gorgonio River Basin and to an area north of Banning for irrigation and domestic use. See schematic diagram of Salton Sea Basin available from the California Water Science Center.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, combined channels, 20,000 ft³/s, estimated, Feb. 14, 2019; maximum gage height, 10.05 ft, Feb. 14, 2019; no flow for many days in most years.