HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 11152540 EL TORO CREEK NR SPRECKELS, CA.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 31.9 sq.mi.                            Datum is 210.00 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 18060005 at Latitude: 36:35:00N  Longitude: 121:42:50W
Station is in the state of CA (county code 053) and serviced by the CA office.
Channel slope is 293.30 feet/mile
Stream length is 10.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 1200.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.00%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 30.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 14.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 1.60 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 38.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Minor regulation from small stock ponds.  Low flow at times affected by irrigation runoff from golf course. 
   Ephemeral stream. Accuracy of many years rated fair.


Daily and longer averages for 27 water years are acceptable (all years except partial years).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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