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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11208730 East Fork Kaweah River near Three Rivers, CA
LOCATION - Lat 36°27'05", long 118°47'15" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 sec.14, T.17 S., R.29 E., Tulare County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18030007, 1.9 mi downstream of Grunigen Creek confluence, and 8.2 mi east of Three Rivers.
DRAINAGE AREA - 85.8 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1952 to September 1955, October 1957 to September 1978, October 1993 to current year. October 1962 to September 1978, October 1993 to September 2002, published as river only, and river and conduit combined. Prior to October 1962, combined only. CHEMICAL ANALYSES: Water years 1968-71. WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1968-76. SEDIMENT DATA: Water years 1968-71.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and acoustic-velocity meter. Elevation of gage is 2,700 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. May 15, 1952, to Sept. 30, 1955, at site 200 ft downstream at different datum.
COOPERATION - Records were provided by Southern California Edison Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 298.
REMARKS - East Fork Kaweah River Conduit No. 1 diverts up to 30 ft³/s from left bank of river near diversion dam. Water is returned to Middle Fork Kaweah River, 1.9 mi downstream from mouth of East Fork. The record of combined discharges of river and conduit (station 11208731)was discontinued September 2002 when the conduit gage location was moved from near the point of diversion (station 11208720) to near the powerplant (station 11208800). The conduit-flow records from those two locations may not be equivalent due to gains or losses along the conduit. See schematic diagram of Kaweah River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 13,000 ft³/s, Dec. 6, 1966, gage height, 21 ft, from floodmarks, from rating curve extended above 850 ft³/s, on basis of critical-depth measurement of peak flow over diversion dam; no flow Jan. 22, Oct. 18-20, 1962.