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Water-Year Summary for Site 11187500

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11187500 Borel Canal below Isabella Dam, CA
LOCATION - Lat 35°38'32", long 118°28'09" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.30, T.26 S., R.33 E., Kern County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18030003, on right bank, 500 ft downstream from Isabella Dam, and 3 mi upstream from point where canal crosses Erskine Creek.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1910 to September 1914, October 1925 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1315-A. Published as "Kern River Power Co.'s Canal" at or near Kernville, 1910-14. Published as "at Tillie Creek," 1925-51. WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1959-79.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and concrete-lined channel with Ogee weir and AVM in siphon pipe 6 mi downstream. Elevation of gage is 2,540 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Apr. 29, 1952, at site 4 mi upstream at different datum.
COOPERATION - Records were provided by Southern California Edison Co., under the general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 382.
REMARKS - Canal diverts from right bank of Kern River 5.5 mi upstream from Isabella Dam and above South Fork Kern River. When contents of Isabella Reservoir are above 110,000 acre-ft, diversion is at the dam. Canal is used to supply Borel Powerplant of Southern California Edison Co., 6 mi downstream from station, at which point water is returned to the Kern River. See schematic diagram of Kern River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 634 ft³/s, Mar. 13, 14, 1952; no flow at times in most years. No flow water years 2014-2021.