USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11364300 Hatchet Creek below Diversion to Hatchet Creek Powerplant, near Montgomery Creek, CA
LOCATION - Lat 40°52'39", long 121°51'55" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.21, T.35 N., R.1 E., Shasta County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020003, on left bank, 1,400 ft downstream from Buffum Creek, and 3.8 mi northeast of Montgomery Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 29.6 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1987 to September 1988, October 1990 to September 1996. October 1989 to September 1990, October 1997 to September 1998, October 1999 to current year (operated as low-flow station only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir. Elevation of gage is 3,460 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
COOPERATION - Records, including discharge for Hatchet Creek Powerplant (station 11364250), were collected by Shasta Hydroelectric, under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 5931.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge (Water years 1991-96), 1,930 ft³/s, Oct. 29, 1992, gage height, 7.06 ft, from outside high-water mark, from rating curve extended above 42 ft³/s on basis of theoretical computation of flow over weir; minimum daily, 3.8 ft³/s, Aug. 18 to Sept. 8, 1992.