Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5305
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5305
Table 4. Average annual surface-water inflow to and outflow from Carson Valley, Nevada and California, water years 1941–70 and 1990–2005.
[Average inflow data are from U.S. Geological Survey data base unless otherwise noted]
| Water years | Average inflow, in acre-feet per year | Total average outflow (rounded, in acre-feet per year) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Fork Carson River near Gardnerville |
West Fork Carson River near Woodfords |
Tributary streams | Total (rounded) | Carson River near Carson City |
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| 1941–70 | 265,950 | 75,430 | 131,000 | 372,000 | 293,000 | |
| 1990–2005 | 256,240 | 73,350 | 1,230,000 | 360,000 | 278,000 | |
1Flow from table 3. Flow does not include flow of Pine Nut and Buckeye Creeks, which generally are not tributary to the valley floor.
2Flow for water years 1990–2005 decreased by 3 percent; the difference in average annual flow of West Fork Carson River between water years 1990–2002 and 1990–2005.
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