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Scott River Flow Correction at USGS Gage: a win for data accuracy

Aug 30

Written By Theodora Johnson


Flows in the Scott River at the primary monitoring gage appeared to have doubled overnight last week. What happened? It certainly didn’t rain. The answer? The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) finally recalibrated the flow gage. The gage was corrected on August 24th, after two months of no on-site field-checks by USGS. This gage, located below Scott Valley at river mile 21, is the flow measurement site that is used by the…

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