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 11477000 EEL RIVER AT SCOTIA CALIF


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 3113 sq.mi.                            Datum is 35.50 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 18010105 at Latitude: 40:29:30N  Longitude: 124:05:55W
Station is in the state of CA (county code 023) and serviced by the CA office.
Channel slope is 13.48 feet/mile
Stream length is 173.20 miles
Mean basin elevation is 1200.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.49%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 92.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 64.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 4.50 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 40.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   For entire period, diversion (average 200 cfs) 127 miles upstream (DA=349). Beginning 12/21, slightly regulated by
   Lake Pillsbury (usable capacity 80,556 AF DA = 289) 138 mi upstream.


Daily and longer averages for 76 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.

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