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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11361400 Lake Britton near Burney, CA
LOCATION - Lat 41°01'20", long 121°40'32" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.19, T.37 N., R.3 E., Shasta County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020003, Shasta National Forest, at control house on right bank, 200 ft upstream from dam on Pit River, 1.1 mi downstream from Clark Creek, 1.3 mi northwest of Burney Falls, and 9 mi north of Burney.
DRAINAGE AREA - 4,607 mi², excluding Goose Lake Basin.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1965 to current year (monthend contents only, 1965-2012). Fragmentary records for water years 1925-65 in files of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 19.53 ft below NGVD of 1929 (levels by Pacific Gas and Electric Co.).
COOPERATION - Record of contents collected by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 233. Contents not rounded to U.S. Geological Survey standards prior to water year 2003 and for water year 2012.
REMARKS - Reservoir is formed by gravity-type concrete dam. Storage began July 15, 1925. Usable capacity, 41,877 acre-ft, between elevations 2,665.0 ft, invert of sluice gate, and 2,758.0 ft, top of flash boards. Dead storage, 30 acre-ft. Normal operating pool is from elevation 2,744.0 ft, capacity, 26,183 acre-ft, to 2,757.0 ft, capacity, 40,626 acre-ft. Figures given represent total contents. Lake is used for power generation and recreation. Records prior to water year 1977 reported usable contents only. See schematic diagram of Pit River and McCloud River Basins available from the California Water Science Center. Contents based on capacity table dated 1922.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - (at 2400 hours) Maximum total contents, 47,922 acre-ft, Feb. 20, 1986, elevation, 2,762.50 ft; minimum total contents, 26,755 acre-ft, Oct. 9, 1976, elevation, 2,744.60 ft.