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USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
11405200 West Branch Feather River below Hendricks Diversion Dam, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°56'03", long 121°31'43" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.16, T.24 N., R.4 E., Butte County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020121, on right bank, 200 ft upstream from road bridge, 1,800 ft downstream from Hendricks Diversion Dam, and 1.9 mi north of Stirling City.
DRAINAGE AREA - 46.1 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1986 to current year (low-flow records only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 3,210 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
COOPERATION - Records were collected 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.
REMARKS - Flows computed to 33 ft³/s. Most of the water is diverted at Hendricks Diversion Dam to the Hendricks Canal and Toadtown Canal (station 11389800) and then to De Sabla Powerplant (station 11389750) on Butte Creek. See schematic diagram of South Fork Feather River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
