1997 California Hydrologic Data Report

10254970 NEW RIVER AT INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY, AT CALEXICO, CA - 1997 WY


                         10254970 NEW RIVER AT INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY, AT CALEXICO, CA

LOCATION.-Lat 32°39'57", long 115°30'08", in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.14, T.17 S., R.14 E., Imperial County, Hydrologic Unit 18100200, on left 
  bank 200 ft downstream from bridge on Second Street and 0.2 mi downstream from International Boundary in Calexico. 
PERIOD OF RECORD.-October 1979 to current year.  October 1945 to September 1979, in files of Imperial Irrigation District. 
  CHEMICAL DATA: Water years 1969-71, 1973-85. 
  BIOLOGICAL DATA: Water years 1973-81. 
  SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1974-81. 
  WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1974-81. 
  SEDIMENT DATA: Water years 1975-85. 
GAGE.-Water-stage recorder.  Elevation of gage is 35 ft below sea level, from topographic map. 
REMARKS.-Records good.  Discharge represents seepage and return flow from irrigated areas.  See schematic diagram of Salton Sea Basin. 
COOPERATION.-Gage height record provided by Imperial Irrigation District for the following dates:  Nov. 19 to Dec. 4, Apr. 24-29.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-Maximum discharge, 833 ft3/s, Dec. 9, 1982, Sept. 25, 1997, gage height, 14.73 ft; minimum daily,  
  98 ft3/s, Nov. 23, 28-29, 1996.

                  DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997

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

  1       148      120      100      108      248      250      216      216      179      157      174      200
  2       146      115      104      111      231      256      215      215      179      166      175      220
  3       143      114      105      114      222      272      204      215      182      154      174      222
  4       143      116      110      115      208      278      209      216      193      147      175      215
  5       140      118      112      123      208      292      218      212      195      147      186      212

  6       135      116      115      121      201      290      234      229      195      145      191      213
  7       128      113      112      121      191      289      255      239      208      156      185      208
  8       127      109      110      121      176      288      271      229      218      152      179      192
  9       132      109      107      125      164      285      269      224      217      148      177      199
 10       135      105      107      131      171      277      265      226      225      150      189      208

 11       133      111      106      128      170      279      261      212      221      146      195      203
 12       129      113      108      131      171      290      261      194      208      144      199      198
 13       131      109      113      151      177      280      260      192      187      141      205      192
 14       134      111      110      159      182      256      253      197      189      146      212      206
 15       138      112      106      181      176      242      244      206      191      143      218      233

 16       128      114      108      197      173      229      234      216      187      147      220      279
 17       115      117      116      213      179      219      233      214      189      150      217      313
 18       113      114      112      214      201      217      256      207      202      148      209      311
 19       111      111      108      213      215      219      249      199      199      143      203      286
 20       109      105      110      213      207      222      239      197      195      140      207      251

 21       112      104      112      208      201      234      247      197      189      161      206      224
 22       118       99      119      222      194      234      249      188      171      212      195      216
 23       120       98      115      234      195      219      245      194      155      209      193      211
 24       116      100      115      228      195      215      219      197      152      191      192      221
 25       111      102      117      213      201      245      203      197      155      207      201      560

 26       109      101      117      211      232      247      185      193      160      212      207      426
 27       111       99      127      224      248      234      190      197      160      216      211      356
 28       116       98      123      252      244      216      213      196      153      238      212      332
 29       122       98      117      278      ---      209      216      204      151      234      210      292
 30       119      100      111      276      ---      199      222      203      155      209      196      271
 31       123      ---      109      263      ---      200      ---      195      ---      188      193      ---

TOTAL    3895     3251     3461     5599     5581     7682     7035     6416     5560     5247     6106     7670
MEAN      126      108      112      181      199      248      235      207      185      169      197      256
MAX       148      120      127      278      248      292      271      239      225      238      220      560
MIN       109       98      100      108      164      199      185      188      151      140      174      192
AC-FT    7730     6450     6860    11110    11070    15240    13950    12730    11030    10410    12110    15210


STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY) OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP MEAN 224 213 253 259 264 279 287 267 222 232 265 248 MAX 370 334 374 366 375 395 452 389 321 394 441 399 (WY) 1984 1985 1987 1987 1987 1986 1986 1984 1984 1984 1984 1983 MIN 126 108 112 162 179 190 188 177 154 139 139 152 (WY) 1997 1997 1997 1996 1991 1995 1996 1990 1992 1994 1996 1992 SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 1997 ANNUAL TOTAL 59595 67503 ANNUAL MEAN 163 185 251 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 362 1986 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 181 1996 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 299 May 1 560 Sep 25 735 Dec 9 1982 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 98 Nov 23 98 Nov 23 98 Nov 23 1996 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 99 Nov 23 99 Nov 23 99 Nov 23 1996 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 833 Sep 25 833 Dec 9 1982 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 14.73 Sep 25 14.73 Dec 9 1982 ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 118200 133900 181900 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 229 251 368 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 157 194 233 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 111 111 157


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