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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
10298600 West Walker River Below Smith Valley Diversions Near Wellington, NV
LOCATION - Lat 38°46'55.46", long 119°22'57.21" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.26, T.11 N., R.23 E., Lyon County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 16050302, on left bank, 2 mi north of Wellington, and 3 mi downstream from head of Colony Ditch.
DRAINAGE AREA - unknown
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Sep. 2010 to Sep. 2015 (discontinued).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 4,800 ft above national Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS - 10/01/2013-09/30/2014: Records fair except estimated daily discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2014-09/30/2015: Records fair except estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated by off-channel storage in Topaz Lake (10297000). Many diversions above station for irrigation.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 1,620 ft³/s, Jun. 30, 2011, gage height, 6.66 ft; minimum daily, 0.28 ft³/s Sep. 30, 2015 and Oct. 1, 2015.