USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
11119940 Maria Ygnacio Creek at University Drive, near Goleta, CA
LOCATION - Lat 34°26'42", long 119°48'10" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Santa Barbara County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18060013, in La Goleta Grant, on right bank at University Drive, 0.2 mi east of Patterson Avenue, and 1.5 mi northeast of Goleta.
DRAINAGE AREA - 6.40 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1970 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Elevation of gage is 60 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Sept. 7, 2000, to June 12, 2001, at site 400 ft downstream at datum 10.00 ft lower.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 4,600 ft³/s, Mar. 10, 1995, gage height, 10.16 ft, from rating curve extended above 3,000 ft³/s, on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow, maximum gage height, 11.16 ft, Mar. 5, 2001, at site and datum then in use; no flow most of each year.