Upper Feather River Watershed 30-meter Basin Characterization Model - Monthly Historical Climate and Hydrology (ver. 2.0, August 2026)
March 2, 2026
This data release includes the revised downscaled climate inputs and hydrologic outputs from the Basin Characterization Model (BCM) version 8 (v8), described in Flint and others (2021a), in a 30 by 30-meter spatial resolution at a monthly time step from water years 1896 to 2024 for the upper Feather River watershed. This data release includes five child items: 1. 30-year summaries, 2. Model Archive, 3. Monthly BCM hydrology variables, 4. Monthly climate variables, and 5. Water year summaries.
VERSION HISTORY:
Revised: February 27, 2026; Data release corrected to fix error in the original model parameters.
First posted: March 25, 2025 at https://doi.org/10.5066/P1QA5FLG (deprecated data release)
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Title | Upper Feather River Watershed 30-meter Basin Characterization Model - Monthly Historical Climate and Hydrology (ver. 2.0, August 2026) |
| DOI | 10.5066/P138MUCW |
| Authors | Michelle A Stern, Whitney A Seymour, Diana Zamora-Reyes |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS) |
| USGS Organization | Sacramento Projects Office (USGS California Water Science Center) |
| Rights | This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal |