STATION 51 - ROSS CREEK AT CHERRY AVENUE
ALERT ID 2058

Location

Latitude: 37/15/49
Locaide: 19 57-39
Drainage Area: 7.61 square miles
Longitude: 121/53/2
Elevation: 170.7 ft.

Description

Recorder located approximately 50 ft. west of Cherry Avenue on the south bank of Ross Creek. Low flow control is established by a broad-crested V-notch weir. High flow is controlled by a double box culvert at Cherry Avenue and occasionally by backwater from the Guadalupe River. PZF at Station is equal to 2.86 ft.

Period of Record

Period of record begins October 1, 1956 and continues to the present.

Station History

Date Note
12/15/1969 Fischer & Porter ADR installed in steel house.
07/25/1984 Sierra Misco 5050 radio transmitter installed.
10/27/1994 Crest stage gauges (CSG) installed upstream and downstream of culvert at Cherry Avenue.
01/20/1995 Replaced ADR with Acro Universal data logger. Replaced Sierra Misco 5050 radio transmitter with a Novalynx 5096 radio transmitter.

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Providing stream stewardship, wholesale water supply and flood protection for Santa Clara County.