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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11236000 Huntington Lake near Big Creek, CA
LOCATION - Lat 37°14'04", long 119°12'44" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 sec.14, T.8 S., R.25 E., Fresno County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18040006, in Sierra National Forest, in gate tower of dam No. 1 on Big Creek, and 2.7 mi northeast of town of Big Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 80.5 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1930: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1913 to current year. Prior to October 1926, monthly contents only, published in WSP 1315-A; 1926-31, published in WSP 721. Maximum and minimum daily contents (water years 1913-39) were summarized in WSP 881. Prior to 1960, maximum and minimum daily contents were published.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 6,955.51 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by Southern California Edison Co.). Prior to June 19, 1920, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
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 no. 2175. Records not rounded to U.S. Geological Survey standards.
REMARKS - Lake is formed by four dams; storage began Apr. 11, 1913. Contents based on capacity table dated Sept. 24, 1964. Dams were raised in 1914 and again in 1917. Usable capacity, 89,166 acre-ft, between elevations 6,819.90 ft, invert of Outlet Tunnel No. 1, and 6,950.00 ft, spillway crest at Dam 1. Additional storage of 600 acre-ft is not available for release. Lake receives water from South Fork San Joaquin River Basin via Ward Tunnel through Portal Powerplant (station 11235500). Water is diverted from lake through Huntington-Shaver Conduit and Eastwood Powerplant (station 11238250) to Shaver Lake (station 11239500) since Apr. 21, 1928. Water is also diverted to Big Creek Powerplant No. 1 (station 11238100) on Big Creek. Records, excluding extremes, represent contents at 2400 hours. See schematic diagram of lower San Joaquin River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 90,491 acre-ft, May 31, 1926, elevation, 6,950.92 ft; minimum, 2,103 acre-ft, Nov. 6, 1937, elevation, 6,838.53 ft.