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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11414690 Jackson Lake near Sierra City, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°27'52", long 120°33'44" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.31, T.19 N., R.13 E., Nevada County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020125, Tahoe National Forest, on outlet structure on Jackson Lake Dam on Jackson Creek, 3.0 mi upstream from Bowman Lake, and 8.0 mi southeast of Sierra City.
DRAINAGE AREA - 0.65 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1986 to current year. Unpublished records for water years 1965-86 available in files of U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 6,570 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by Nevada Irrigation District). Prior to October, 1998, non-recording gage at same site and datum.
COOPERATION - Records were collected by Nevada Irrigation District, under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 2266.
REMARKS - Reservoir is formed on natural lake by earth-filled dam completed in 1859. Contents based on capacity table dated 1964. Usable capacity, 974 acre-ft, between gage height 0.0 ft, invert of outlet, and 22.67 ft, crest of spillway. Dead storage below gage height 0.0 ft, 360 acre-ft. Figures given represent total contents at 2400 hours. Released water is used for hydroelectric power and irrigation downstream. See schematic diagram of North and Middle Yuba River Basins available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents recorded, 1,440 acre-ft, May 12, 2011, elevation, 6,594.58 ft; minimum recorded, 428 acre-ft, Nov. 21, 22, 1998, elevation, 6,571.80 ft.