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Water-Year Summary for Site 11159690

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Water year 2025: 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
11159690 Aptos Creek near Aptos, CA
LOCATION - Lat 37°00'06", long 121°54'18" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Santa Cruz County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18060015, in Aptos Land Grant, on right bank at upstream side of county road bridge, 0,4 mi downstream from small right-bank tributary, and 1,7 mi north of Aptos.
DRAINAGE AREA - 10.2 mi².  
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1971 to September 1985, November 3, 2023 to current year.  Since November 2023, seasonal records only October through April.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage, Elevation of gage is 181 ft above NGVD 1988, from map.
REMARKS - No regulation or diversion above station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge,  3,980 ft³/s, Jan. 4, 1982, gage height, 12.10 ft, from rating curve extended above 340 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow; minimum daily, 0,36 ft³/s, July 30 to Aug, 2, 1972,