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00060 Discharge(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11389740 Butte Creek below Forks of Butte Diversion Dam, near De Sabla, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°54'05", long 121°37'24" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.34, T.24 N., R.3 E., Butte County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020158, on left bank, 30 ft downstream from diversion dam, 0.2 mi upstream from American Ravine, and 2.0 mi north of De Sabla.
DRAINAGE AREA - 96.4 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1992 to current year (low-flow records only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Elevation of gage is 1,900 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
COOPERATION - Records were collected by H&M Engineering, Inc., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 6896.
REMARKS - Records for 2015, 2017, 2021-22 water year did not meet U.S. Geological Survey requirements and were not published. No records computed above 60 ft³/s. Flow regulated by Forks of Butte Diversion Dam 30 ft upstream. Water is diverted out of creek to Butte Canal 7.4 mi upstream by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Water is diverted 30 ft upstream to Forks of Butte Powerplant (station 11389747).