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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
10270800 South Fork Bishop Creek below South Lake, near Bishop, CA
LOCATION - Lat 37°10'38", long 118°33'44" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Inyo County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18090102, unsurveyed, in Inyo National Forest, on right bank, near weir on Weir Lake, 0.3 mi downstream from South Lake, and 15.7 mi southwest of Bishop.
DRAINAGE AREA - 13.4 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1990 to current year. Unpublished records prior to October 1990 available in files of Southern California Edison Co.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir. Elevation of gage is 9,580 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
COOPERATION - Records collected by Southern California Edison Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 1394.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by South Lake (station 10270700). Green Creek Conduit (station 10270680) diverts water into basin at South Lake. Water is used for power development downstream. See schematic diagram of Bishop Creek Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 168 ft³/s, July 18, 2017, gage height, 1.61 ft; minimum daily, 1.9 ft³/s, Oct. 8, 9, 2014.