USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11389800 Toadtown Canal above Butte Canal, near Stirling City, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°53'09", long 121°36'35" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.02, T.23 N., R.3 E., Butte County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020120, on right bank, 600 ft upstream from Butte Canal, and 4.6 mi west of Stirling City.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1986 to current year. Monthly discharges for water years 1931-86 are published as a line item to Butte Creek near Chico (station 11390000).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and Parshall flume. Elevation of gage is 2,790 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
COOPERATION - Records, including discharge from De Sabla Powerplant (station 11389750), were provided by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 803.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 127 ft³/s, Feb. 12, May 20, 1995, no flow at times in most years.