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 11475560 ELDER CREEK NEAR BRANSCOMB CALIF


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 6.50 sq.mi.                            Datum is 1391.08 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 18010106 at Latitude: 39:43:47N  Longitude: 123:38:34W
Station is in the state of CA (county code 045) and serviced by the CA office.
Channel slope is 420.00 feet/mile
Stream length is 5.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 2800.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.00%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 100.00%    Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 80.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 4.30 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is N.A. degrees Fahrenheit

This is a Hydrologic Benchmark station.
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Small diversion for domestic use.


Daily and longer averages for 21 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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