11404500 North Fork Feather River at Pulga, CA Sacramento River Basin
Water-Data Report 2011 11404500 North Fork Feather River at Pulga, CA Sacramento River Basin LOCATION.--Lat 39°47′40″, long 121°27′02″ referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE ¼ NE ¼ sec.6, T.22 N., R.5 E., Butte County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020121, Plumas National Forest, on left bank between railroad and highway bridges, 0.6 mi downstream from Flea Valley Creek and Pulga, and 1.6 mi downstream from Poe Dam. DRAINAGE AREA.--1,953 mi². SURFACE-WATER RECORDS PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1910 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods and yearly estimates for water years 1911 and 1938, published in WSP 1315-A. Prior to October 1960, published as "at Big Bar." CHEMICAL DATA: Water years 1963-66, 1972, 1977. WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1963-83. REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 931: 1938 (instantaneous maximum discharge), 1940. WSP 1515: 1935. WDR CA-77-4: 1976 (yearly summaries). GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,305.62 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1937, at site 1.1 mi upstream at different datum. Oct. 1, 1937, to Sept. 30, 1958, at present site at datum 5.00 ft higher. COOPERATION.--Records, including diversion to Poe Powerplant (station 11404900), were collected by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project no. 2107. REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Lake Almanor, Bucks Lake, Butt Valley Reservoir (stations 11399000, 11403500, and 11401050, respectively), Mountain Meadows Reservoir, and five forebays, combined capacity, 1,386,000 acre-ft.
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