USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
10293050 East Walker River Below Sweetwater Creek Near Bridgeport, CA
LOCATION - Lat 38°26'27", long 119°06'18" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.29, T.7 N., R.6 E., Lyon County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 16050301, on left bank, 10 ft downstream from bridge, 1.5 mi downstream from Sweetwater Creek, and 18 mi north-northeast from Bridgeport.
DRAINAGE AREA - 467 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Mar. 1974 to Sep. 1981, Apr. 2011 to Oct. 2015
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 5,760 ft above Natioanl Geodetic Vertical Dataum of 1929, from topographic map.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 1,420 ft³/s July 3, 1980, gage height 7.90 ft; minimum daily, 5.2 ft³/s Mar. 8, 1977.