Stream Gaging Station Information

STREAM GAGING STATION INFORMATION

LOS ANGELES RIVER
above Arroyo Seco
STATION NO. F57C-R


RECORDER: Continuous water stage.

METHOD OF MEASUREMENT: Wading

DRAINAGE AREA: 511.0 square miles.

LOCATION: 800 feet above the confluence of the Arroyo Seco with the Los Angeles River, Los Angeles.

REGULATION: Partially regulated by Sepulveda, Pacoima, Big Tujunga, and Hansen Dams; and by several spreading grounds, reservoirs, and debris basins.

DIVERSION: None.

CHANNEL: Concrete, rectangular in section, with a trapezoidal low-flow channel.

CONTROL: Channel forms control.

LENGTH OF RECORD: At Station F57-R, December 5, 1929 to May 26, 1938; at Station F57B-R, April 5, 1939 to December 8, 1939; at Station F57C-R, December 8, 1939 to date.

REMARKS: Subject to diversions from Big Tujunga Creek, and other diversions for domestic and irrigation uses.

 

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