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USGS 10312000 CARSON RIVER NEAR FORT CHURCHILL, NV

 

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  STATION.--10312000 CARSON RIVER NEAR FORT CHURCHILL, NV
LOCATION.--Lat 39°17'30", long 119°18'40", in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.35, T.17 N., R.24 E., Lyon County, Hydrologic Unit 16050202, on left bank, 400 ft downstream from Buckland Ditch, 2.0 mi west of Fort Churchill, 4.5 mi upstream of Weeks Bridge, and at mi 30.82 upstream from Lahontan Reservoir.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,302 mi2 (Area at site when gage located at Weeks Bridge, 1,450 mi2).
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1911 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1514: 1917; WDR NV-79-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 4,180 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to April 25, 1924, non recording gage at site 12.3 mi upstream at different datum. April 25, 1924 to December 31, 1933, water-stage recorder at site 12.5 mi upstream at different datum. January 1, 1934 to January 3, 1997 at various sites 4.5 mi upstream at different datums. Gage destroyed in January 1997 flood and relocated to Weeks Bridge February 1, 1997, at new datum. Relocated upstream 4.5 mi to previous site and datum, December 14, 1999.
REMARKS.--Many diversions for irrigation above station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 22,300 ft3/s, January 3, 1997, gage height, 15.27 ft; no flow at times, some years.
FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage is 10.0 ft, accessed on September 16, 2002, at URL http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic/current/river_flooding/NV.shtml
 
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 107   11-19-2004  09:15
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Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 91 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
107  .20 200 2,050 66.4 141 225

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

Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 3.63   11-19-2004  09:15
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