10268282 BIRCH CREEK BELOW DIVERSION DAM, NEAR BISHOP, CA

LOCATION.-Lat 37°16'42", long 118°36'40", unsurveyed, T.8 S., R.31 E., Inyo County, Hydrologic Unit 18090102, Inyo National Forest, on right bank below diversion dam at convergence of Birch Creek and tributary to Birch Creek, and 13.9 mi southwest of Bishop. 
PERIOD OF RECORD.-October 1995 to current yeat. 
GAGE.-Water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir. Elevation of gage is 8,290 ft above sea level, from topographic map. 
REMARKS.-No records computed above 2.5 ft3/s. Water from McGee Creek enters Birch Creek via McGee Creek Diversion (station 10268225) 0.5 mi upstream from Birch Creek Diversion Dam. Most of the water is diverted 15 ft upstream at Birch Creek Diversion Dam to Bishop Creek Powerplant No. 2 for power development downstream. See schematic diagram of Bishop Creek Basin. 
COOPERATION.-Records collected by Southern California Edison Co., under general supervision of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project.

                  DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998

                                               DAILY MEAN VALUES
 
DAY       OCT      NOV      DEC      JAN      FEB      MAR      APR      MAY      JUN      JUL      AUG      SEP
 
  1       .45     e.42      .37      .43      .40      .38      .40      .41      .36      ---      ---      .43
  2       .78     e.42      .39      .44      .41      .37      .40      .41      .36      ---      ---      .42
  3       .52     e.42      .39      .41      .40      .38      .39      .40      .36      ---      ---      .42
  4       .41      .43      .39      .40      .39      .38      .42      .40      .36      ---      ---      .42
  5       .43      .45      .40      .43      .38      .36      .42      .40      .36      ---      ---      .44
 
  6       .45      .46      .40      .42      .38      .37      .42      .40      .36      ---      ---      .45
  7       .48      .44      .40      .42      .40      .38      .42      .40      .36      ---      ---      .56
  8       .51      .44      .40      .43      .41      .38      .42      .42      .36      ---      ---      .68
  9       .56      .44      .40      .42      .40      .38      .42      .41      .36      ---      ---     1.2 
 10       .51      .42      .40      .41      .40      .38      .42      .40      .36      ---      ---     2.3 
 
 11       .46      .41      .40      .41      .40      .38      .41      .40      .36      ---      ---     1.8 
 12       .58      .40      .41      .40      .40      .38      .41      .40      .36      ---      ---     1.8 
 13       .51      .41      .42      .40      .39      .38      .41      .38      .36      ---      ---     1.5 
 14       .43      .42      .42      .39      .38      .36      .41      .39      .38      ---      ---     1.3 
 15       .45      .41      .42      .40      .43      .38      .41      .39      .39      ---      ---     1.2 
 
 16       .46      .40      .42      .40      .40      .38      .41      .38      .38      ---      ---      .92
 17       .44      .40      .41      .42      .39      .38      .41      .39      .38      ---      ---      .45
 18       .42      .40      .40      .43      .38      .38      .40      .39      .38      ---      ---      .51
 19       .42      .41      .40      .43      .38      .38      .41      .39      .38      ---      ---      .48
 20       .41      .38      .42      .41      .38      .38      .41      .39      .38      ---      .86      .45
 
 21       .41      .38      .41      .41      .38      .38      .41      .38      .39      ---      .62      .46
 22       .41      .38      .40      .43      .38      .39      .40      .39      .45      ---      .58      .47
 23       ---      .38      .42      .41      .38      .40      .39      .38      .49      ---      .58      .46
 24       ---      .38      .41      .40      .38      .40      .40      .38      .76      ---      .57      .46
 25       ---      .38      .41      .40      .38      .38      .40      .38      ---      ---      .56      .47
 
 26      2.4       .38      .42      .42      .38      .38      .41      .35      ---      ---      .53      .65
 27      2.4       .38      .42      .40      .38      .36      .42      .35      ---      ---      .50      .64
 28      1.5       .40      .42      .39      .38      .39      .43      .35      ---      ---      .44      .42
 29      e.42      .38      .42      .40      ---      .38      .44      .36      ---      ---      .47      .43
 30      e.42      .36      .43      .41      ---      .38      .42      .36      ---      ---      .46      .43
 31      e.42      ---      .42      .40      ---      .38      ---      .36      ---      ---      .44      ---
 
TOTAL     ---    12.18    12.64    12.77    10.94    11.76    12.34    11.99      ---      ---      ---    22.62
MEAN      ---      .41      .41      .41      .39      .38      .41      .39      ---      ---      ---      .75
MAX       ---      .46      .43      .44      .43      .40      .44      .42      ---      ---      ---      2.3
MIN       ---      .36      .37      .39      .38      .36      .39      .35      ---      ---      ---      .42
AC-FT     ---       24       25       25       22       23       24       24      ---      ---      ---       45
 
    e Estimated.