1998 California Hydrologic Data Report
11261100 SALT SLOUGH AT HIGHWAY 165, NEAR STEVINSON, CA
- 1998 WY
11261100 SALT SLOUGH AT HIGHWAY 165, NEAR STEVINSON, CA
LOCATION.-Lat 37°14'52", long 120°51'04", in SE 1/4 SE 1/4, sec.10, T.8 S., R.10 E., Merced County, Hydrologic Unit 18040001, on right bank at bridge
on Highway 165 and 5.5 mi south of Stevinson.
DRAINAGE AREA.-Indeterminate.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.-Water years 1986-94. October 1995 to current year.
GAGE.-Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is sea level.
REMARKS.-Records fair. During major storm events record can be affected by backwater from the San Joaquin River. Discharge is affected by irrigation return and
drainage from Kesterson Wildlife Refuge.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-Maximum daily discharge, 810 ft3/s, Feb. 20, 1986; minimum daily, 24 ft3/s, Sept. 6, 1992.
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
1 132 124 162 72 166 653 404 257 307 344 324 310
2 134 128 158 74 189 621 381 269 275 330 324 250
3 143 141 148 74 378 593 368 278 248 303 328 220
4 137 149 136 80 632 568 370 282 250 295 334 227
5 133 153 144 80 647 530 391 302 254 295 302 229
6 e137 152 165 72 630 509 398 337 265 300 225 259
7 e126 155 169 70 611 504 386 347 282 310 204 266
8 e115 139 191 69 641 510 379 340 323 321 218 226
9 e105 138 192 73 662 507 348 318 356 321 276 193
10 e90 147 182 74 708 507 343 291 343 332 318 175
11 e94 174 169 72 712 508 354 279 322 334 349 160
12 e98 194 160 75 688 501 350 283 295 326 328 183
13 e102 202 154 101 669 495 337 305 269 319 305 173
14 e107 205 157 109 675 482 320 336 247 339 280 186
15 e110 217 165 138 692 475 300 357 242 362 273 153
16 119 224 160 143 737 471 298 349 257 356 260 123
17 125 196 143 297 764 445 293 307 249 347 282 130
18 125 185 127 421 729 418 280 269 253 329 319 161
19 126 177 117 401 666 389 269 223 261 300 332 146
20 126 153 105 325 638 376 265 192 273 288 312 152
21 146 141 98 284 629 357 262 196 285 261 258 160
22 129 132 95 216 637 327 261 198 291 215 266 129
23 128 123 77 160 641 308 245 203 294 188 287 116
24 135 111 85 128 669 319 240 206 299 173 285 144
25 138 110 85 113 693 368 242 213 296 189 274 163
26 135 117 84 110 725 511 235 216 292 224 195 143
27 138 138 80 97 732 618 235 e227 285 247 197 163
28 128 161 66 85 702 613 239 244 280 262 237 172
29 139 157 74 90 --- 519 242 268 278 269 267 161
30 141 155 80 125 --- 422 252 291 297 257 255 156
31 133 --- 76 156 --- 406 --- 306 --- 301 285 ---
TOTAL 3874 4698 4004 4384 17662 14830 9287 8489 8468 9037 8699 5429
MEAN 125 157 129 141 631 478 310 274 282 292 281 181
MAX 146 224 192 421 764 653 404 357 356 362 349 310
MIN 90 110 66 69 166 308 235 192 242 173 195 116
AC-FT 7680 9320 7940 8700 35030 29420 18420 16840 16800 17920 17250 10770
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1986 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 159 176 144 163 291 359 264 221 225 243 261 177
MAX 255 273 237 426 631 512 419 355 339 376 411 289
(WY) 1990 1990 1996 1997 1998 1996 1986 1987 1987 1986 1986 1986
MIN 41.3 65.2 63.4 60.6 83.4 231 159 75.2 72.0 61.7 57.1 39.4
(WY) 1993 1993 1991 1991 1991 1992 1997 1992 1992 1992 1992 1992
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1986 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL 74589 98861
ANNUAL MEAN 204 271 223
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 289 1996
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 96.6 1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 668 Jan 28 764 Feb 17 810 Feb 20 1986
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 66 Dec 28 66 Dec 28 24 Sep 6 1992
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 78 Dec 25 72 Jan 6 31 Dec 25 1992
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 771 Feb 17a unknown Feb 20 1986
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 71.30 Feb 10a unknown Feb 20 1986
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 147900 196100 161700
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 382 508 376
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 160 253 207
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 106 110 82
e Estimated.
a Backwater from San Joaquin River.
11261100 SALT SLOUGH AT HIGHWAY 165, NEAR STEVINSON, CA-Continued
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.-Water years 1985-94. October 1995 to current year. Data for the period October 1985 to March 1987 are available in U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 88-479. Data for the period April 1987 to September 1988 are available in U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 91-74.
CHEMICAL DATA: Water years 1985-88, 1993-94.
SEDIMENT DATA: Water years 1983-88, 1993-94.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1985-94. October 1995 to current year.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1985-94. October 1995 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION.-Water-quality monitor.
REMARKS.-Interruption in record was due to malfunction of the recording instrument.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 4,330 microsiemens, Jan. 16, 1991; minimum recorded, 450 microsiemens, July 24, 1986.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 32.5C, July 15, 1992; minimum recorded, 0.5C, Dec. 26, 1985, Dec. 23, 1990.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 2,590 microsiemens, Jan. 2; minimum recorded, 550 microsiemens, June 8.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 32.0C, Aug. 5; minimum recorded, 5.5C, Dec. 22.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE (MICROSIEMENS/CM AT 25 DEG. C), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAY MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 1100 883 1500 1380 1660 1610 2540 2450 2000 1900 2110 2020
2 1070 937 1490 1440 1680 1600 2590 2530 2020 1780 2020 1920
3 982 888 1500 1390 1730 1670 2580 2540 1810 1470 2020 1920
4 1020 949 1470 1340 1780 1720 2560 2450 1520 1410 2010 1970
5 1020 901 1460 1350 1810 1740 2450 2330 1600 1430 2010 1950
6 1060 918 1390 1330 1790 1760 2520 2390 1890 1590 2020 1960
7 1110 977 1400 1320 1780 1740 2570 2100 1960 1850 2000 1940
8 1170 958 1440 1360 1750 1720 2570 2540 2020 1870 1960 1920
9 1330 1170 1410 1320 1800 1720 2570 2310 1870 1820 1940 1890
10 1490 1330 1400 1250 1860 1800 2560 2490 1820 1770 1920 1850
11 1390 1180 1370 1210 1930 1860 2540 2510 1940 1770 1860 1770
12 1240 1140 1230 1180 1940 1900 2550 2440 2040 1940 1830 1700
13 1320 1230 1280 1180 2000 1940 2500 2190 2060 2030 1720 1640
14 1320 1120 1310 1250 2000 1960 2290 2070 2100 1940 1700 1580
15 1330 1200 1340 1220 1970 1940 2340 2150 2110 1860 1620 1530
16 1440 1330 1360 1180 1980 1960 2240 2150 1860 1750 1660 1550
17 1400 1290 1460 1360 2090 1980 2330 2090 1900 1760 1770 1650
18 1340 1290 1480 1420 2170 2090 2130 2010 2010 1900 1850 1750
19 1360 1280 1480 1400 2220 2170 2170 2090 2070 2010 1860 1800
20 1360 1330 1620 1450 2250 2210 2270 2140 2070 1920 1800 1740
21 1330 1130 1660 1620 2230 2190 2280 2240 1920 1820 1820 1730
22 1340 1240 1690 1660 2260 2230 2280 2250 1910 1850 --- ---
23 1340 1250 1770 1660 2300 2250 2320 2220 1930 1880 --- ---
24 1310 1240 1840 1770 2310 2280 2320 2230 2000 1930 --- ---
25 1330 1250 1830 1770 2330 2280 2310 2270 2040 2000 --- ---
26 1430 1280 1800 1750 2340 2320 2290 2130 2080 2040 --- ---
27 1410 1360 1770 1600 2370 2340 2290 2130 2110 2050 --- ---
28 1430 1390 1600 1560 2380 2350 2260 2100 2160 2080 --- ---
29 1420 1280 1620 1560 2440 2350 2250 2110 --- --- --- ---
30 1360 1270 1650 1580 2470 2430 2170 1690 --- --- --- ---
31 1390 1250 --- --- 2450 2410 1980 1760 --- --- --- ---
MONTH 1490 883 1840 1180 2470 1600 2590 1690 2160 1410 2110 1530
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE (MICROSIEMENS/CM AT 25 DEG. C), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAY MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN
APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 1950 1930 1330 1180 850 783 724 622 614 582 737 687
2 1960 1930 1180 1040 886 843 763 694 632 572 788 727
3 2000 1850 1060 970 894 816 852 740 628 554 828 748
4 1980 1780 1080 1020 834 782 906 738 664 566 868 726
5 1790 1710 1070 1010 851 794 830 745 764 649 872 798
6 1870 1760 1070 1040 800 600 850 745 882 764 820 708
7 1940 1720 1090 1050 638 561 817 742 901 854 787 708
8 2050 1890 1140 1090 633 550 803 733 854 739 857 785
9 2050 1990 1260 1120 842 569 905 796 768 721 874 828
10 1990 1860 1320 1230 830 789 860 689 738 637 888 837
11 1940 1890 1340 1230 907 802 745 662 671 630 928 881
12 1930 1880 1240 1170 902 855 697 646 742 652 937 804
13 1900 1890 1200 994 1040 884 721 648 749 695 953 795
14 1910 1730 1000 948 1060 1020 683 632 781 708 951 809
15 1750 1690 1160 946 1070 929 664 587 772 722 890 810
16 1790 1690 1620 1160 946 872 619 589 760 693 1010 890
17 1800 1780 1750 1570 969 902 615 563 762 648 1020 923
18 1830 1760 1760 1410 957 789 688 612 653 619 967 770
19 2090 1730 1540 1450 791 689 694 656 692 623 984 825
20 2010 1840 1920 1520 772 644 720 669 783 668 901 840
21 1850 1760 1830 1460 765 625 868 683 809 750 880 818
22 1820 1630 1480 1380 653 615 880 788 808 724 941 868
23 1830 1700 1400 1300 705 649 853 741 796 726 1010 921
24 1780 1490 1340 1160 744 689 831 729 780 700 1040 756
25 1650 1590 1200 1110 759 681 832 711 795 693 814 699
26 1640 1550 1140 1030 786 731 755 695 864 784 876 814
27 1580 1480 1040 918 805 776 697 634 877 796 871 753
28 1580 1420 918 843 813 776 679 643 798 716 763 714
29 1600 1490 851 808 780 692 683 669 779 709 789 692
30 1570 1310 843 769 735 619 726 653 803 730 807 773
31 --- --- 812 768 --- --- 670 611 768 669 --- ---
MONTH 2090 1310 1920 768 1070 550 906 563 901 554 1040 687
TEMPERATURE, WATER (DEG. C), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAY MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 25.0 21.5 19.5 16.5 12.5 10.5 11.5 9.0 11.0 10.5 15.5 14.5
2 23.0 20.0 19.5 16.5 12.0 10.5 12.5 10.0 11.5 10.5 16.0 15.0
3 22.0 18.5 18.5 16.5 12.0 11.0 12.5 10.5 11.5 11.0 16.0 15.0
4 23.0 19.0 19.5 17.0 12.0 11.0 12.5 10.5 11.5 10.5 15.0 13.0
5 21.5 19.0 19.0 16.5 11.5 11.5 11.5 8.5 11.5 11.0 13.0 11.5
6 20.5 17.5 18.5 16.5 12.0 11.5 10.5 8.5 11.0 10.5 12.0 10.5
7 18.5 16.0 18.5 16.0 12.0 11.5 12.0 10.0 11.0 10.0 11.5 10.5
8 19.0 15.0 16.5 14.5 12.0 10.5 11.5 11.0 10.0 9.5 13.5 11.0
9 19.0 16.5 15.5 13.5 11.0 9.5 11.5 10.5 11.0 9.5 14.5 12.0
10 18.0 15.5 14.5 14.0 10.5 9.0 12.5 11.0 10.5 10.0 15.5 13.5
11 17.5 14.5 15.5 13.5 10.0 8.5 13.0 11.5 11.5 10.0 16.5 14.5
12 17.0 13.5 15.5 14.0 9.5 9.0 13.0 11.5 11.0 11.0 16.0 15.0
13 18.5 14.0 16.0 14.5 9.5 8.5 12.0 10.5 12.5 11.0 15.5 14.5
14 19.0 15.0 15.5 14.0 9.0 8.5 11.5 11.0 12.5 12.0 16.0 14.0
15 20.0 16.0 14.0 12.5 10.0 8.0 12.5 11.0 13.0 11.5 17.0 14.5
16 21.0 16.5 13.0 11.5 10.0 9.5 14.5 12.0 12.0 10.0 18.5 16.5
17 21.0 17.5 14.5 12.5 10.5 9.5 15.0 13.5 11.0 10.0 19.0 16.5
18 21.0 17.5 13.5 13.0 11.0 10.0 14.0 13.0 12.0 10.0 19.5 17.0
19 20.5 17.5 14.0 13.0 11.0 9.0 13.5 12.5 12.0 11.5 19.5 17.5
20 19.0 16.0 14.5 12.5 11.0 8.5 12.5 11.0 12.0 10.5 19.0 17.5
21 19.0 16.0 13.5 12.5 10.5 7.5 11.5 10.0 11.0 10.5 19.0 17.0
22 19.5 16.0 14.0 12.0 8.0 5.5 10.5 9.5 12.0 10.5 --- ---
23 19.0 16.5 15.5 13.0 9.0 6.0 10.5 9.5 12.0 11.0 --- ---
24 17.0 14.0 16.5 14.5 9.5 7.0 10.0 9.0 12.5 11.0 --- ---
25 16.0 12.5 16.5 15.0 9.0 6.5 10.0 9.5 13.0 11.5 --- ---
26 16.5 13.0 15.5 14.0 9.0 6.5 10.5 9.5 13.5 12.0 --- ---
27 16.5 13.5 14.0 13.0 9.0 6.0 13.0 10.5 14.5 13.0 --- ---
28 16.0 13.5 14.0 12.0 10.0 6.5 12.5 12.0 15.0 13.5 --- ---
29 16.5 13.0 12.5 12.0 10.0 7.5 13.0 11.5 --- --- --- ---
30 18.0 14.5 12.0 11.5 10.5 7.5 12.0 11.0 --- --- --- ---
31 19.0 15.5 --- --- 11.0 9.0 12.0 10.5 --- --- --- ---
MONTH 25.0 12.5 19.5 11.5 12.5 5.5 15.0 8.5 15.0 9.5 --- ---
DAY MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN
APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 14.0 12.5 24.0 21.5 23.5 20.5 25.0 22.0 27.5 24.0 29.0 25.5
2 14.5 13.0 21.5 20.0 23.5 20.5 24.5 22.0 29.5 25.5 29.5 26.0
3 14.0 13.0 22.0 19.5 22.5 20.0 24.5 21.0 30.5 27.0 30.5 27.0
4 14.0 12.5 22.0 20.0 21.5 18.0 26.0 22.5 31.5 27.5 29.5 27.5
5 16.0 13.0 21.0 19.0 22.5 19.5 27.0 23.5 32.0 28.0 29.5 26.5
6 17.0 15.0 20.0 18.0 22.0 19.5 27.5 24.0 31.5 28.0 30.0 27.5
7 17.0 15.5 21.0 18.5 19.5 18.0 28.5 24.5 30.0 27.0 30.5 27.5
8 18.0 15.5 21.5 19.5 20.5 17.5 28.5 25.5 28.5 25.0 30.0 27.5
9 18.5 16.5 20.0 18.0 23.0 19.0 28.0 25.5 28.0 24.5 27.5 22.5
10 18.5 17.0 20.5 17.0 22.5 21.0 27.0 23.5 28.0 25.0 23.5 20.0
11 18.0 15.5 20.0 17.5 21.0 18.5 26.0 23.0 29.0 26.0 24.5 20.5
12 16.0 14.0 17.5 15.0 21.5 18.5 27.5 23.5 30.0 26.5 26.0 22.0
13 16.5 14.5 16.5 14.5 24.0 19.5 29.0 25.0 30.5 27.5 27.5 23.5
14 17.0 15.0 17.5 15.0 26.0 22.5 28.0 25.5 30.5 28.0 28.0 25.0
15 17.5 14.5 19.5 16.5 27.5 24.0 28.0 25.0 30.0 27.5 27.5 24.5
16 18.5 16.0 19.5 18.5 27.0 23.5 28.5 25.5 28.5 25.0 27.0 23.5
17 19.5 16.5 20.0 17.0 24.5 21.5 30.0 26.5 26.5 23.5 26.0 23.0
18 20.5 18.0 21.5 17.5 26.5 22.5 30.5 27.5 24.5 22.0 24.0 21.5
19 21.5 18.5 22.5 19.5 27.0 24.0 31.0 28.0 24.5 21.0 23.5 20.0
20 22.5 19.5 22.0 20.0 25.5 22.5 30.5 28.0 24.5 21.5 24.0 20.0
21 24.5 21.0 22.0 19.5 24.5 21.0 28.0 25.0 25.5 22.0 23.0 19.5
22 25.0 22.5 22.5 19.5 24.5 21.5 28.0 25.0 26.5 23.0 23.0 19.0
23 24.0 21.5 23.0 20.5 25.0 21.5 28.5 25.0 26.5 23.5 22.5 19.5
24 22.0 20.0 23.5 20.5 25.0 22.0 28.5 25.0 27.0 23.5 22.5 19.0
25 21.0 19.0 23.0 21.0 25.5 22.0 29.5 25.5 27.0 24.0 22.0 19.5
26 21.0 18.0 21.5 19.5 25.0 22.5 30.5 27.0 26.0 22.5 20.0 18.0
27 23.0 19.5 20.0 17.5 26.0 22.5 30.5 27.5 26.5 22.5 19.5 16.5
28 25.0 21.5 19.0 16.5 27.5 24.0 29.5 26.5 26.5 23.5 21.0 17.5
29 26.0 23.0 19.5 15.5 26.5 23.5 28.5 25.5 27.5 24.0 21.5 18.5
30 25.5 23.5 21.0 17.0 25.5 22.5 27.5 24.5 28.5 25.0 21.5 18.5
31 --- --- 23.0 19.0 --- --- 26.5 23.5 28.0 25.0 --- ---
MONTH 26.0 12.5 24.0 14.5 27.5 17.5 31.0 21.0 32.0 21.0 30.5 16.5
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