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00054 Reservoir storage(Obs.,Obs.)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11386100 Stony Gorge Reservoir near Elk Creek, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°35'09", long 122°31'54" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.16, T.20 N., R.6 W., Glenn County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020115, on south end of Stony Gorge Dam on Stony Creek, 1.3 mi southeast of Elk Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 301 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1969 to current year. Prior to Oct. 1, 2003, monthend elevation and contents at 0800 hours published.
GAGE - Nonrecording gage read once daily. Datum of gage is NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation).
COOPERATION - Records provided by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Contents not rounded to U.S. Geological Survey standards.
REMARKS - Records for 2010-2019 water years were not provided or did not meet U.S. Geological Survey requirements and were not published. Reservoir is formed by slab and buttress-type dam. Storage began in 1928. Capacity, 50,380 acre-ft, between elevations 728.0 ft, top of low intake, and 841.0 ft, crest of spillway. Contents based on capacity table, dated Mar. 1, 1971. No dead storage. Records, including extremes, represent contents at 0700 hours. See schematic diagram of lower Sacramento River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 54,630 acre-ft, Mar. 26, 1971, elevation, 844.20 ft; minimum, 3,810 acre-ft, Nov. 6, 1971, elevation, 779.20 ft.