10310000  WEST FORK CARSON RIVER AT WOODFORDS, CA

LOCATION (REVISED).--Lat 38°46'11", long 119°49'58", in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.34, T.11 N., R.19 E., Alpine County,
   Hydrologic Unit 16050201, in Toiyabe National Forest, on left bank, 0.3 mi downstream from bridge on State
   Highway 88-89, 0.6 mi southwest of Woodfords, and 3.8 mi downstream from Willow Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA.--65.4 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1900 to May 1907, 1910-11 (fragmentary), October 1938 to current year.  January 1890
   to March 1892, June 1907 to September 1920 (except parts of 1910-11), at site 0.7 mi downstream; records not
   equivalent owing to diversions for irrigation.  Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in
   WSP 1314.

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR NV-79-1:  Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder.  Datum of gage is 5,754.5 ft above sea level.  Prior to October 1, 1938,
   nonrecording gage at about the same site at different datum.  October 1, 1938, to November 11, 1958, water-
   stage recorder at same site at datum 1.02 ft lower.  November 13, 1958, to January 30, 1963, water-stage
   recorder at site 150 ft downstream at datum 3.06 ft lower.

REMARKS.--Records fair.  One small diversion above station for irrigation.  Flow slightly regulated by several
   small reservoirs, total capacity, about 1,500 acre-ft.  These data are reviewed and provided by the Nevada
   District Office, U.S. Geological Survey.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of December 11, 1937, reached a stage of 8.0 ft, present datum, from
   floodmarks, discharge, 3,500 ft3/s, on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow.


                 DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1995 TO SEPTEMBER 1996
                                             DAILY MEAN VALUES

DAY       OCT      NOV      DEC      JAN      FEB      MAR      APR      MAY      JUN      JUL      AUG      SEP

  1        42       29       29       76       44       88      165      609      327      146       58       37
  2        40       29       29       63       44       89      165      619      361      165       56       30
  3        39       31       28       58       43       93      154      568      408      168       53       29
  4        38       30       46       53       70       82      155      506      418      161       50       28
  5        38       30       42       50      273       49      173      496      398      142       40       29

  6        38       30       34       49      289       89      208      512      395      111       38       29
  7        37       30       33       48      217       97      257      511      408      110       38       29
  8        36       30       32       48      181       99      316      524      393      113       37       29
  9        35       30       30       47      161      106      359      501      349      109       36       28
 10        34       30       29       46      151      111      339      501      305      107       36       28

 11        33       29       38       44      140      111      312      533      281      106       36       30
 12        33       29      195       44      136      102      305      596      268      114       37       35
 13        37       29       86       44      133       97      283      634      273      105       54       37
 14        33       29       63       42      130       94      305      666      258      102       56       39
 15        33       29       46       49      126       91      361      790      238       97       51       38

 16        32       29       53       59      146      101      367     1820      224       90       49       33
 17        32       29       50       61      170      112      288      843      213       81       47       31
 18        31       38       48       55      161      134      254      929      199       75       43       31
 19        32       42       48       37      150      162      225      543      190       71       35       31
 20        31       40       47       52      134      183      205      444      185       67       34       30

 21        31       32       42       48      105      203      191      432      182       64       33       29
 22        31       29       40       56      117      203      199      431      176       61       33       29
 23        31       29       41       56      129      169      268      388      181       62       32       29
 24        30       28       43       42      106      146      420      355      190       59       33       32
 25        30       28       42       32      109      135      495      316      192       57       34       34

 26        31       33       37       44      101      129      546      315      190       55       33       34
 27        30       30       37       45      104      137      569      348      174       53       32       32
 28        29       30       37       39      100      138      500      321      151       55       31       30
 29        29       29       39       42       91      133      486      320      143       54       40       29
 30        29       29       79       45      ---      131      571      324      141       51       42       29
 31        29      ---      112       45      ---      140      ---      320      ---       49       40      ---

TOTAL    1034      919     1555     1519     3861     3754     9441    17015     7811     2860     1267      938
MEAN     33.4     30.6     50.2     49.0      133      121      315      549      260     92.3     40.9     31.3
MAX        42       42      195       76      289      203      571     1820      418      168       58       39
MIN        29       28       28       32       43       49      154      315      141       49       31       28
AC-FT    2050     1820     3080     3010     7660     7450    18730    33750    15490     5670     2510     1860



                          10310000  WEST FORK CARSON RIVER AT WOODFORDS, CA--Continued

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1901 - 1996, BY WATER YEAR (WY)

          OCT      NOV      DEC      JAN      FEB      MAR      APR      MAY      JUN      JUL      AUG      SEP

MEAN     27.4     40.5     47.8     46.3     57.7     76.6      206      378      259      108     49.3     31.1
MAX      79.1      321      347      140      258      283      502      924      996      525      223      120
(WY)     1983     1951     1951     1970     1963     1986     1907     1906     1983     1907     1907     1983
MIN      8.27     13.1     12.8     13.7     16.3     18.2     46.6     56.4     37.4     18.1     11.1     7.00
(WY)     1989     1991     1991     1961     1977     1977     1975     1977     1992     1977     1977     1977

SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1995 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1996 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1901 - 1996

ANNUAL TOTAL                       82668                      51974
ANNUAL MEAN                          226                        142                        111
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                        290              1907
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                          26.1            1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                  1100     Jun  1            1820     May 16            3000       Feb  1 1963
LOWEST DAILY MEAN                     21     Jan  5              28     Nov 24               5.3     Sep  2 1977
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM              23     Jan  2              29     Sep  4               5.4     Sep  5 1977
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                        3040     May 16            4890       Feb  1 1963
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                          5.46  May 16               9.00    Feb  1 1963
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)             164000                     103100                      80210
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   696                        373                        295
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    73                         56                         46
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    30                         30                         17