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 11162500 PESCADERO CREEK NEAR PESCADERO CALIF


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 45.9 sq.mi.                            Datum is 62.30 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 18050006 at Latitude: 37:15:39N  Longitude: 122:19:40W
Station is in the state of CA (county code 081) and serviced by the CA office.
Channel slope is 46.00 feet/mile
Stream length is 20.60 miles
Mean basin elevation is 700.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.04%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 94.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 43.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 4.50 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 36.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Minor regulation due to swimming pools in parks during summer.  Small pump diversions. Accuracy of many years rated
   fair.


Daily and longer averages for 37 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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