Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5305
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5305
Table 9. Drainage area and average annual flow of perennial streams, annual precipitation in drainages estimated from linear relations and PRISM distributions, runoff as a percentage of precipitation, and bedrock type and percentage of conifer cover for perennial stream drainages, Carson Valley, Nevada and California.
[Runoff water years 1990–2002: From Maurer and others (2004, p. 14). Runoff as percentage of precipitation from linear relations and adjusted PRISM: Runoff divided by precipitation, times 100. Percentage of conifer cover: Determined from Arc/Info coverage obtained from U.S. Forest Service (Kathy Braton, written commun., 2006). na, indicates not available]
Site No.(fig. 5) | Site name | Drainage area (acres, rounded) | Runoff water years 1990–2002 (acre-feet) | Linear relations | Adjusted PRISM | Bedrock type (see fig. 5) | Percentage of conifer cover | |||
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Estimated annual precipitation (acre-feet) | Runoff as percentage of precipitation | Estimated annual precipitation (acre-feet) | Runoff as percentage of precipitation | |||||||
2 | Water Canyon Creek | 1,700 | 1,900 | 4,200 | 45 | 3,300 | 57 | Metamorphic and granitic | 67 | |
3 | James Canyon Creek | 1,300 | 1,300 | 3,400 | 38 | 2,300 | 56 | Metamorphic | 67 | |
4 | Sierra Canyon Creek | 2,000 | 1,500 | 4,900 | 31 | 4,000 | 37 | Metamorphic and granitic | 59 | |
5 | Genoa Canyon Creek | 1,400 | 960 | 3,200 | 30 | 2,700 | 36 | Granitic | 73 | |
6 | Daggett Creek | 2,400 | 1,200 | 5,600 | 21 | 4,300 | 28 | Granitic | 55 | |
7 | Mott Canyon Creek | 1,300 | 1,700 | 3,300 | 52 | 2,500 | 67 | Granitic | 36 | |
8 | Monument Creek | 1,500 | 2,600 | 3,500 | 74 | 2,500 | 102 | Granitic | 18 | |
9 | Stutler Canyon Creek | 1,600 | 450 | 4,000 | 11 | 2,600 | 17 | Granitic | 52 | |
10 | Sheridan Creek | 640 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 93 | 700 | 180 | Granitic | 46 | |
9–10 | Stutler Canyon and Sheridan Creeks combined | 2,200 | 1,800 | 5,400 | 33 | 3,300 | 53 | Granitic | 49 | |
11 | Jobs Canyon Creek | 2,000 | 1,700 | 5,500 | 31 | 3,900 | 44 | Granitic | 37 | |
14 | Luther Creek | 2,800 | 2,200 | 7,200 | 30 | 5,700 | 38 | Granitic | 44 | |
15 | Fredericksburg Canyon Creek | 2,400 | 2,900 | 6,400 | 45 | 5,800 | 50 | Metamorphic and granitic | 52 | |
17 | Pine Nut Creek | 6,400 | 670 | 8,500 | 8 | 8,700 | 8 | Metamorphic | na | |
18 | Buckeye Creek | 28,900 | 690 | 34,000 | 2 | 32,000 | 2 | Granitic | na |