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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
10347600 Hunter Creek Near Reno, NV
LOCATION - Lat 39°29'42.4", long 119°53'40.2" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.19, T.19 N., R.19 E., Washoe County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 16050102, on left bank, 0.6 mi upstream from mouth, and 5 mi southwest of Reno.
DRAINAGE AREA - 11.5 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Oct. 1961 to Sep. 1971, Oct. 1977 to Sep. 1981, Oct. 2002 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 4,880 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Oct. 2002, at site 300 ft upstream at different datum.
REMARKS - Present gage location is downstream of Streamboat Ditch and diversion to Hunter Creek Reservoir. Some annual peak discharges are the result of ditch cleaning. Records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - 1,100 ft3/sec, Jan. 2, 1997
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 986 ft³/s, Jan. 31, 1963, gage height, 6.93 ft (datum then in use), from floodmarks, from rating curve extended above 54 ft³/s, on basis of slope area measurement of peak flow; minimum daily, 1.5 ft³/s, Mar. 4, 2004.
