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 11441500 S.F. SILVER CREEK NEAR ICE HOUSE, CALIF


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 27.5 sq.mi.                            Datum is 5290.00 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 18020129 at Latitude: 38:49:08N  Longitude: 120:21:51W
Station is in the state of CA (county code 017) and serviced by the CA office.
Channel slope is 208.00 feet/mile
Stream length is 15.30 miles
Mean basin elevation is 6500.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 1.02%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 81.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 58.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 4.20 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 18.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Regulation by Ice House Reservoir starting in WY1960.


Daily and longer averages for 35 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
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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