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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
11215000 North Fork Kings River near Cliff Camp, CA
LOCATION - Lat 36°59'38", long 118°58'49" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.12, T.11 S., R.27 E., Fresno County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18030010, in Sierra National Forest, on right bank, at Cliff Camp Bridge, 0.6 mi northwest of Cliff Camp, 1.2 mi downstream from Wishon Dam, 2 mi downstream from Woodchuck Creek, and 10 mi northeast of Balch Camp.
DRAINAGE AREA - 181 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1715: 1951, drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1921 to current year (since October 1990, high-flow records only). Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1315-A.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 6,143.95 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by San Joaquin Light and Power Corp.). Prior to Nov. 24, 1922, at site 1 mi upstream at different datum.
COOPERATION - Records, including diversion to Haas Powerplant (station 11216050), were provided by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project nos. 175 and 1988.
REMARKS - No records computed below 25 ft³/s. Flow regulated since Dec. 5, 1957, by Wishon Reservoir (station 11214800) 1.2 mi upstream, and since Oct. 17, 1958, by Courtright Reservoir (station 11214550). Water diverted for power from Wishon Reservoir by tunnel to Haas Powerplant since Dec. 10, 1958. Monthly chemical, trace-element, biological, and sediment data are available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey and in U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-479. Also available in the same report are daily maximum, minimum, and mean specific-conductance and water-temperature values. See schematic diagram of Kings River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - (Prior to regulation by Wishon Reservoir) Maximum discharge, 14,000 ft³/s, Dec. 11, 1937, gage height, 18.0 ft, from floodmarks, from rating curve extended above 4,200 ft³/s, on basis of velocity-area studies.
From 1957 to 1990, maximum discharge, 5,110 ft³/s, Sept. 5, 1978, gage height, 11.96 ft.
