Water-resources data for the 1997 water year for California consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams, stage and contents in lakes and reservoirs, and water levels and water quality in wells. Volume 2 contains discharge records for 101 gaging stations, gage height records for 7 stations, stage and contents for 6 lakes and reservoirs, and water quality for 12 stations and 10 water-quality partial-record miscellaneous sites. Also included are data for l low-flow partial-record station and 3 miscellaneous measurement stations. These data represent that prut of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in California.