USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11230200 Hooper Creek below Diversion Dam, near Florence Lake, CA
LOCATION - Lat 37°18'21", long 118°56'59" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Fresno County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18040006, unsurveyed, in Sierra National Forest, on left bank, 300 ft downstream from diversion dam, 0.7 mi upstream from mouth, 2.5 mi north of Florence Lake, and 17.6 mi northeast of town of Big Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 7.22 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1986 to current year. Prior to October 1991, published as "Hooper Creek at diversion dam near Florence Lake."
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and Parshall flume. Elevation of gage is 7,440 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
COOPERATION - Records were collected by Southern California Edison Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project nos. 67 and 120.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 272 ft³/s, June 7, 2006; minimum daily, 0.50 ft³/s, estimated, during period of ice effect, Dec. 23, 2002.