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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
11362900 Nelson Creek below Diversion to Nelson Creek Powerplant, near Big Bend, CA
LOCATION - Lat 41°02'32", long 121°52'34" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.29, T.37 N., R.1 E., Shasta County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020003, on right bank, 400 ft upstream from Snowslide Creek, 0.3 mi downstream from Bull Creek, and 2.3 mi northeast of Big Bend.
DRAINAGE AREA - 13.2 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1993 to current year (beginning October 1996, low-flow records only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and broad-crested weir; water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir. Elevation of gages is 2,320 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
COOPERATION - Records, including discharge for Nelson Creek Powerplant (11362800) provided by Sierra Pacific Industries, under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) project no. 7282.
REMARKS - Flow at this station has two components which are combined for publication: flow over a broad-crested weir (station 11362880) and flow over a sharp-crested weir (station 11362890). Water is diverted upstream of weirs through a tunnel to Nelson Creek Powerplant, returning to Nelson Creek at its confluence with the Pit River. Flow is computed to 100 ft³/s. See schematic diagram of Pit River and McCloud River Basins available from the California Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge (water years 1993-95), 623 ft³/s, Feb. 19, 1996; minimum daily, 4.6 ft³/s, Oct. 6, 2009.