Santa Clara Valley Water District

STATION 5074 - SUNNYVALE EAST CHANNEL ABOVE HWY 101 (GOES)- HIGH FLOW ONLY


Location
Latitude: 37˚ 23' 40" N
Elevation: 28.4 ft.
Drainage Area: 7.3 square miles
Longitude: 122˚ 00' 37" W
Locaide:8 76-25



Description
Station located 0.2 miles East of Fair Oaks Avenue on the East bank 30 feet upstream of the box culvert at Ahwahnee Avenue. Clay and dirt channel above station turning to concrete rip rap at the station. Low to medium flow control is concrete-steel V-notch weir, high flow control is the channel. Station purpose is flood control.
Period of Record
Period of record begins October 1, 1977 and continues to present.
Station History
Date Note
08/24/1997 Fisher-Porter ADR installed in 36 inch stilling well
1992 Acro data logger replaces Fisher-Porter ADR
12/11/2009 H510 replaces Acro data logger
02/03/2009 H350 and H355 bubbler system replaces H510
GOES Radio installed
sensor