2000 California Hydrologic Data Report
b Change in contents, in acre feet.
10260790 SILVERWOOD LAKE NEAR HESPERIA, CA.
LOCATION - Lat 34 ° 18'15", long 117 ° 19'05", in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.32, T.3 N., R.4 W., San Bernardino
County, Hydrologic Unit 18090208, San Bernardino National Forest, in control structure, near spillway
of Cedar Springs Dam, and 8.7 mi south of Hesperia.
DRAINAGE AREA - 34.0 mi 2 .
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1995 to current year. Unpublished records for water years 1972.95 available
in files of the California Department of Water Resources.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is sea level.
REMARKS - Lake is formed by earthfill dam completed in 1972. Capacity, 74,970 acre-ft, at spillway crest
of 3,355 ft. Dead storage at invert of outlet structure, 3,967 acre-ft, elevation, 3,235 ft. Lake
is a holding basin for East Branch California Aqueduct. See REMARKS for station 10260820. See schematic
diagram of Mojave River Basin.
COOPERATION - Records were collected by California Department of Water Resources, under general supervision
of the U.S. Geological Survey, in connection with a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project.
Contents not rounded to U.S. Geological Survey standards. EXTREMES (AT 2400 HOURS)
FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 74,843 acre-ft, Oct. 24, 1999, elevation, 3,354.87 ft; minimum,
38,006 acre-ft, Mar. 22, 1996, elevation, 3,310.24 ft. EXTREMES (AT 2400 HOURS)
FOR CURRENT YEAR - Maximum contents, 74,843 acre-ft, Oct. 24, elevation, 3,354.87 ft; minimum, 50,673
acre-ft, Dec. 7, elevation, 3,327.40. Capacity table (elevation, in feet, and contents, in acre-feet)
(Based on table provided by California Department of Water Resources, dated January 1978) 3,300 31,395
3,335 56,811 3,315 41,311 3,345 65,554 3,325 48,732 3,355 74,970
RESERVOIR STORAGE (ACRE-FEET), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY OBSERVATION AT 2400 HOURS
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 71283 72169 51444 68753 70129 68921 70280 70856 71539 72389 70729 70374
2 71178 71606 51229 69819 70421 68400 70092 71121 71473 71958 69697 70412
3 70809 70809 51436 70045 69763 68474 69753 71530 71112 71387 69200 70998
4 71577 69922 51292 70233 69388 68391 69763 71587 71169 71930 69398 70998
5 71444 69052 51372 70365 69313 68865 69847 71406 70506 71577 68700 70412
6 71587 68307 51308 70101 69145 69351 70346 70875 70572 71245 68812 70403
7 71710 67660 50673 70129 68968 70742 70639 71102 70431 70686 66786 70120
8 71292 66770 52808 70129 68409 71691 71254 71245 70355 70847 68745 69866
9 71634 65745 54709 70412 69005 72092 71501 71131 70667 71008 68438 70271
10 71691 65129 56870 70705 69295 71235 71112 70572 70771 71691 68848 70648
11 71863 64641 59598 70922 70450 70818 71587 70780 70960 71074 69155 70318
12 72322 63619 62093 70903 70941 70771 71663 71701 70425 70941 69455 69735
13 72369 62402 64264 70828 71425 70459 70941 72197 71264 70355 70355 69351
14 72503 61372 65863 70176 70884 69491 69725 73003 71235 70035 70751 69575
15 72580 59970 67983 70554 70970 69341 69416 72513 70393 70111 69960 69136
16 72111 58619 69238 70365 70676 69154 72503 72666 69979 70393 68967 69089
17 72859 57258 69276 70742 70421 69145 72111 72178 70686 69725 67946 70516
18 73272 56056 69566 70932 70393 68874 72647 71958 71159 69585 67079 70742
19 73060 54767 69285 71017 70459 69070 72283 71853 70894 69538 67521 70620
20 72993 54471 69192 70979 71302 69810 72312 70620 70884 69697 67844 70506
21 72465 54028 69098 70676 71330 69716 71796 71387 70979 70158 68549 69444
22 72235 52930 69763 70111 71321 70186 72216 71730 71064 70374 67770 68688
23 73128 52116 69847 69998 71987 70280 72465 71625 70403 70875 66731 68326
24 74843 51691 69575 70111 71634 70875 71558 70960 70054 71169 66914 69557
25 74551 52075 69388 70035 70544 70913 71911 70695 70648 71634 66465 69688
26 74677 51955 69388 70412 70393 71017 71131 71036 70393 71169 67503 69838
27 74745 52188 69472 70214 70252 71207 71378 71520 69585 71102 68595 69988
28 74638 51715 69201 70223 69810 71444 71752 71968 70242 70601 68642 69819
29 74259 51229 69108 70506 69238 70989 70337 72197 70884 71264 68660 69510
30 74201 51316 69397 70318 --- 70894 70894 71853 71530 71055 70148 69951
31 73745 --- 69304 70223 --- 70554 --- 71882 --- 70752 69379 ---
MAX 74843 72169 69847 71017 71987 72092 72647 73003 71539 72389 70751 70998
MIN 70809 51229 50673 68753 68409 68391 69416 70572 69585 69538 66465 68326
a 3353.70 3328.20 3348.98 3349.96 3348.91 3350.31 3350.67 3351.72 3351.35 3350.52 3349.06 3349.67
b +2234 -22429 +17988 +919 -985 +1316 +340 +988 -352 -778 -1373 +572
CAL YR 1999 b -4403
WTR YR 2000 b -1560
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