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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11406880 Western Canal at Intake, near Oroville, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°30'19", long 121°41'06" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.18, T.19 N., R.3 E., Butte County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020105, on left bank, 500 ft downstream from Thermalito Afterbay Dam, and 7.3 mi west of Oroville.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1967 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 100.47 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by California Department of Water Resources).
COOPERATION - Records collected by California Department of Water Resources, under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 2100.
REMARKS - Water is diverted from Thermalito Afterbay (station 11406870) and is used for irrigation. See schematic diagram showing diversions and storage from Feather River at Lake Oroville available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 1,230 ft³/s, May 11, 12, 2001; no flow at times each year.