USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11416500 Canyon Creek below Bowman Lake, CA
LOCATION - Lat 39°26'23", long 120°39'37" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.07, T.18 N., R.12 E., Nevada County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020125, on left bank, 1 mi downstream from Bowman Dam, 3.5 mi upstream from Texas Creek, and 8.8 mi south of Sierra City.
DRAINAGE AREA - 28.3 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1315-A: 1930 (instantaneous maximum discharge). WSP 1931: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1927 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 5,300 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
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.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, about 5,500 ft³/s, Jan. 2, 1997, gage height, 13.01 ft, from floodmarks (backwater from debris), from rating curve extended above 1,500 ft³/s, on basis of computation of flow over Bowman Dam; no flow at times in some years.