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 11427000 NF AMERICAN R AT NORTH FORK DAM CALIF


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 342 sq.mi.                             Datum is 715.00 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 18020128 at Latitude: 38:56:10N  Longitude: 121:01:22W
Station is in the state of CA (county code 061) and serviced by the CA office.
Channel slope is 101.00 feet/mile
Stream length is 59.40 miles
Mean basin elevation is 3900.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.00%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 90.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 62.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 5.00 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 37.00 degrees Fahrenheit

This is a National Water Conditions station.
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Minor regulation by debris lake formed by North Fork dam and other reservoirs with a combined capacity of 10,300
   AF.  Small diversion out of basin.


Daily and longer averages for 47 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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