USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11351950 Pit River below diversion to Muck Valley Powerplant, near Bieber, CA
LOCATION - Lat 41°00'55", long 121°09'13" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.27, T.37 N., R.7 E., Lassen County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020002, on right bank, 1.7 mi upstream from North Gulch, 2.2 mi upstream from Spring Gulch, and 7.4 mi south of Bieber.
DRAINAGE AREA - 2,475 mi². excluding Goose Lake Basin.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1994 to current year.
GAGE - Acoustic-velocity meter measures minimum bypass flow; water-stage recorder and Ogee weir for spillway. Elevation of gage is 4,120 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
COOPERATION - Records were provided by Malacha Hydro Limited Partnership, under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory commission project no. 8296.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 16,800 ft³/s, Jan. 3, 1997; no flow many days during most years.