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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11414200 South Yuba Canal near Emigrant Gap, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°18'49", long 120°39'43" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.30, T.17 N., R.12 E., Nevada County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020125, on left bank of concrete flume, 400 ft downstream from Bowman Lake Road, and 2.5 mi northeast of Emigrant Gap.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1964 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Elevation of gage is 4,590 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 - Canal diverts from Spaulding No. 2 Powerplant (station 11414155) at Lake Spaulding Dam. Downstream from the gage, some flow is diverted to Bear River. The remainder of the water enters Deer Creek at Deer Creek Powerplant. See schematic diagrams of South Yuba River Basin and Bear River Basin available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 165 ft³/s, Aug. 3, 1965; no flow at times in some years.