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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11429600 Gerle Reservoir near Meeks Bay, CA
LOCATION - Lat 38°57'59", long 120°23'33" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.15, T.13 N., R.14 E., El Dorado County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020128, Eldorado National Forest, on left-bank side of upstream face of dam on Gerle Creek, 0.2 mi downstream from Angel Creek, and 15.2 mi southwest of Meeks Bay.
DRAINAGE AREA - 28.7 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1993 to current year. Unpublished records for water years 1980-93 available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is NGVD of 1929 (levels by Sacramento Municipal Utility District). Prior to June 9, 1988, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
COOPERATION - Records were collected by Sacramento Municipal Utility District, under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 2101.
REMARKS - Reservoir is formed by concrete dam completed in 1962. Storage began in 1962. Contents based on capacity table dated October 1991. Usable capacity, 826 acre-ft, below elevation, 5,230.9 ft, crest of spillway. Most of the water is diverted at this reservoir to Robbs Peak Powerplant (station 11429300). Records, including extremes, represent total contents at 2400 hours. See schematic diagram of Middle Fork American and Rubicon River Basins available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 1,469 acre-ft, Jan. 1, 1997, elevation, 5,235.39 ft; minimum, 410 acre-ft, Oct. 3, 2006, elevation, 5,220.83 ft.