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STREAM GAGING STATION INFORMATION
SAN GABRIEL RIVER
above Florence Avenue
STATION NO. F262C-R

RECORDER: Continuous water stage.
METHOD OF MEASUREMENT: Wading or from cable car.
DRAINAGE AREA: 215.8 square miles.
LOCATION: 1,400 feet above Florence Avenue, 2.0 miles east of Downey.
REGULATION: Partially regulated by Cogswell, San Gabriel, Morris, Santa Fe, Big Dalton, San Dimas, Puddingstone Diversion, Puddingstone, Live Oak, Thompson Creek, and Whittier Narrows Dams, several debris basin, MWD outlets, and several spreading grounds.
DIVERSION: None.
CHANNEL: Sand bottom with rip-rap slopes, trapzoidal section.
CONTROL: Concrete stabilizer.
LENGTH OF RECORD: At Station F267-R, February 27, 1937 to September 30, 1967; at Station F262B-R, August 6, 1968 to date.
REMARKS: No recording during 1967-1968 season due to channel construction.
 
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