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00054 Reservoir storage(Obs.)  
62614 Elevation, lake/res, NGVD29(Obs.)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
10342900 Independence Lake near Truckee, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°27'07", long 120°17'23" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.35, T.19 N., R.15 E., Sierra County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 16050102, on right bank of outlet channel, 60 ft upstream from outlet gates, and 10.5 mi northwest of Truckee.
DRAINAGE AREA - 7.51 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 1988 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is NGVD of 1929 (levels by Sierra Pacific Power Co.).
REMARKS - Lake levels regulated by an earth-fill dam at the outlet constructed in 1939. Contents based on capacity table dated 1941. Usable capacity, 17,300 acre-ft, between elevations 6,921.0 ft, invert of outlet gate and 6,949.0 ft, normal maximum storage level. Water is used for irrigation and power development downstream. Records, including extremes, represent usable contents at 2400 hours. See schematic diagram of Truckee River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 18,300 acre-ft, June 5, 2002, elevation, 6,950.38 ft; minimum, 4,750 acre-ft, Nov. 10, 11, 1988, elevation, 6,929.39 ft.