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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
11292000 Middle Fork Stanislaus River at Kennedy Meadows, near Dardanelle, CA
LOCATION - Lat 38°17'51", long 119°44'25" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.11, T.5 N., R.20 E., Tuolumne County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18040010, in Stanislaus National Forest, on right bank at upper end of Kennedy Meadows, 1.3 mi upstream from Deadman Creek, 1.6 mi downstream from Relief Reservoir, and 5.8 mi southwest of Dardanelle.
DRAINAGE AREA - 47.5 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1315-A: 1939 (instantaneous maximum discharge). WSP 1930: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1938 to current year. Records for water year 1946 incomplete, yearly estimate published in WSP 1315-A. Prior to October 1960, published as "at Kennedy Meadows."
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 6,326.30 ft above NGVD of 1929.
COOPERATION - Records were collected by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 2130.
REMARKS - Low and medium flow regulated by Relief Reservoir (station 11291000) 1.6 mi upstream. No diversion upstream from station. See schematic diagram of Stanislaus River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 3,310 ft³/s, May 16, 1996, gage height, 8.37 ft; minimum daily, 7.1 ft³/s, Jan. 14, 1977.
