USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
14312500 LAKE CREEK NEAR DIAMOND LAKE, OR
LOCATION - Lat 43°11'12", long 122°09'59" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.30, T.27 S., R.6 E., Douglas County, OR, Hydrologic Unit 17100301, Umpqua National Forest, on right bank, 600 ft downstream from outlet of Diamond Lake, 1.6 mi northwest of town of Diamond Lake and at mile 10.7.
DRAINAGE AREA - 53.9 mi², revised.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WRD-US-2013: 2013.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1922 to September 1925 (no winter records), October 1926 to September 1929, April, July, August, 1930, October 1930 to September 1953, October 1971 to October 1977, February 1978 to September 1984, October 1999 to July 2017. Prior to October 1971, published as "at Diamond Lake, near Fort Klamath."
REVISED RECORDS - WRD-US-2013: 2013.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,180 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to May 26, 1931, nonrecording gage at site 40 ft upstream at different datum. May 26, 1931 to Oct. 6, 1933, nonrecording gage and Oct. 7, 1933 to Sept. 30, 1984, water-stage recorder at site 340 ft upstream at datum 2.66 ft higher.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 336 ft³/s Jan. 1, 1943, gage height, 2.8 ft, site and datum then in use, from rating curve extended above 120 ft³/s; no flow Aug. 25-27, 1931, Sept. 19, 1977, Feb. 11, 2006 to Mar. 14, 2007.