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00060 Discharge(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
10287069 Mill Creek Flume below Lundy Lake, near Lee Vining, CA
LOCATION - Lat 38°01'59", long 119°12'56" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.16, T.2 N., R.25 E., Mono County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18090101, on left bank, 20 ft upstream from Deer Creek, 70 ft downstream from road culvert, 1,400 ft downstream from Lundy Lake Dam, and 7.5 mi northwest of Lee Vining.
DRAINAGE AREA - 17.1 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR CA-2007: 2004.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1990 to current year. October 2001 to September 2004, low-flow records only. October 2009 to September 2010, seasonal records only. If records for Upper Conway Ditch and Lundy Powerplant Tailrace (stations 10287145 and 10287195) are combined with this record, a record equivalent to that published October 1942 to September 1990 as "Mill Creek below Lundy Lake, near Mono Lake" can be obtained. Monthly and yearly mean discharges prior to October 1969, published in WSP 2127.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and Parshall flume. Acoustic-velocity meter records low flow. Elevation of gage is 7,760 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
COOPERATION - Records were collected by Southern California Edison Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 1390.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Lundy Lake (station 10287060). Most of the water is diverted at Lundy Lake via Lundy Powerplant to Upper Conway Ditch and Lundy Powerplant Tailrace for power development and irrigation.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 270 ft³/s, July 10, 2023, gage height, 3.75 ft; no flow for some days in many years.