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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11237700 Pitman Creek near Tamarack Mountain, CA
LOCATION - Lat 37°11'57", long 119°12'51" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.35, T.8 S., R.25 E., Fresno County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18040006, in Sierra National Forest, on right bank, 400 ft downstream from Huntington-Shaver Conduit Tunnel, 0.9 mi downstream from confluence of Tamarack and South Fork Tamarack Creeks, 1.3 mi upstream from mouth, and 1.8 mi east of town of Big Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 23 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1986 to December 1995, April to November 1996, March 1997 to current year.
GAGE - Acoustic-velocity meter. When spill occurs, water-stage recorder and concrete control with V-notch sharp-crested weir. Elevation of gage is 7,000 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.
REMARKS - Most of flow is diverted upstream from station at Pitman Creek Shaft below Tamarack Creek (station 11237600) to Huntington-Shaver Conduit. See schematic diagram of lower San Joaquin River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 962 ft³/s, May 21, 2006; no flow Feb. 15 to Apr. 4, 1991, estimated no flow Dec. 5-8, 2004.