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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11414100 Fordyce Creek below Fordyce Dam, near Cisco, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°22'48", long 120°29'54" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.34, T.18 N., R.13 E., Nevada County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020125, in Tahoe National Forest, on right bank, 850 ft downstream from Fordyce Dam, and 5.3 mi northeast of Cisco.
DRAINAGE AREA - 31.7 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1966 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 6,250 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. 2310.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Fordyce Lake (station 11414090). See schematic diagram of South Yuba River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 4,660 ft³/s, July 9, 1974, gage height, 7.90 ft, in gage well, 6.82 ft, from high-water marks, from rating curve extended above 1,000 ft³/s, on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow; minimum daily, 3.5 ft³/s, Jan. 2-9, 1979.