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USGS 10310000 WEST FORK CARSON RIVER AT WOODFORDS, CA

 

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  STATION.--10310000 WEST FORK CARSON RIVER AT WOODFORDS, CA
LOCATION.--Lat 38°46'11", long 119°49'58", in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.34, T.11 N., R.19 E., Alpine County, Hydrologic Unit 16050201, in Toiyabe National Forest, on left bank, 0.3 mi downstream from bridge on State Highway 88-89, 0.6 mi southwest of Woodfords, 3.8 mi downstream from Willow Creek, and at mi 21.17 from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--65.4 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1900 to May 1907, 1910-11 (fragmentary), October 1938 to current year. January 1890 to March 1892, June 1907 to September 1920 (except parts of 1910-11), at site 0.7 mi downstream; records not equivalent owing to diversions for irrigation.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR NV-79-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 5,754.5 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to October 1, 1938, nonrecording gage at about the same site at different datum. October 1, 1938, to November 11, 1958, water-stage recorder at same site at datum 1.02 ft lower. November 13, 1958, to January 30, 1963, water-stage recorder at site 150 ft downstream at datum 3.06 ft lower. January 1997 flood, channel changed course upstream and existing site unusable. Gage moved 200 ft upstream March 1997 at same datum.
REMARKS.--One small diversion above station for irrigation. Flow slightly regulated by several small reservoirs, total capacity, about 1,500 acre-feet.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 8,100 ft3/s, January 1, 1997, gage height, 15.36 ft (present location); minimum daily, 5.3 ft3/s, September 2, 1997.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of December 11, 1937, reached a stage of 8.0 ft, at different datum, from floodmarks, discharge, 3,500 ft3/s, on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow.
FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage is 14.0 ft, accessed on September 16, 2002, at URL http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/cnrfc/graphical_rvf/wooc1.html

DURING WINTER MONTHS, STAGE AND DISCHARGE MAY BE AFFECTED BY ICE IN THE CHANNEL.

 
 

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Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 9.60   11-19-2004  09:45
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 03

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 21   11-19-2004  09:45
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 04
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 72 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
21  11 62.3 1,760 19.6 28.0 52.8

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 11/19 have been greater than the value shown.
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