USGS FS-035-02 Estimated Flood Flows in the Lake Tahoe Basin, California and Nevada

Table 1. Information for USGS sites in the Lake Tahoe Basin, California and Nevada
[Abbreviations: mi², square miles; ft³/s, cubic feet per second]

Gaging station			Period of record, water years	Drainage area (mi²)	50-year peak discharge^a(ft³/s)	100-year peak discharge^b(ft³/s)	Largest recorded flood peak
Site number (fig. 1)	Number	Name	Period of record, water years	Drainage area (mi²)	50-year peak discharge^a(ft³/s)	100-year peak discharge^b(ft³/s)	Date	Magnitude (ft³/s)
1	10336580	Upper Truckee River at South Upper Truckee Road near Meyers, Calif.	1991-2000	14.2	1,280^c	1,530^c	January 2, 1997	2,010
2	10336600	Upper Truckee River near Meyers, Calif.	1961-86	33.2	2,530^d	3,010^d	February 1, 1963	2,550
3	103366092	Upper Truckee River at U.S. Highway 50 above Meyers, Calif.	1991-2000	39.3	2,890^c	3,450^c	January 2, 1997	5,120
4	10336610	Upper Truckee River at South Lake Tahoe, Calif.	1972-74, 1978, 1980-2000	54.0	3,650^d	4,560^d	January 2, 1997	5,480
5	10336630	Eagle Creek near Camp Richardson, Calif.	1972-73	6.59	398^e	514^e	November 12, 1973	343
6	10336635	Lake Tahoe tributary near Meeks Bay, Calif.	1963-73	.66	53^f	70^f	January 31, 1963	43
7	10336640	Meeks Creek at Meeks Bay, Calif.	1972-75	8.11	530^e	700^e	November 12, 1973	526
8	10336645	General Creek near Meeks Bay, Calif.	1980-2000	7.39	930^d	1,120^d	January 2, 1997	797
9	10336650	Quail Lake Creek at Homewood, Calif.	1972-74	1.48	150^e	207^e	May 14, 1973	24
10	10336655	Madden Creek near Homewood, Calif.	1972-73	1.67	146^e	195^e	May 17,1973	43
11	10336658	Madden Creek at Homewood, Calif.	1972-73	2.04	178^e	240^e	May 17, 1973	86
12	10336660	Blackwood Creek near Tahoe City, Calif.	1961-2000	11.1	2,070^d	2,710^d	January 1, 1997	2,940
13	10336674	Ward Creek below confluence near Tahoe City, Calif.	1992-2000	4.84	1,260^c	1,660^c	January 1, 1997	1,220
14	10336675	Ward Creek at Stanford Rock Trail Crossing near Tahoe City, Calif.	1992-2000	9.18	2,110^c	2,780^c	January 1, 1997	2,370
15	10336676	Ward Creek at Highway 89 near Tahoe Pines, Calif.	1973-2000	9.73	2,210^d	2,910^d	January 1, 1997	2,530
16	10336684	Dollar Creek near Tahoe City, Calif.	1973-74	1.07	133^e	190^e	April 27, 1973	32
17	10336686	Carnealian Creek at Carnelian Bay, Calif.	1999-2000	2.93	290^e	390^e	May 22, 1999	32
18	10336688	First Creek near Crystal Bay, Nev.	1970-74, 1991-2000	1.07	45^f	57^f	September 26, 1972	22
19	10336690	Second Creek near Crystal Bay, Nev.	1970-74	1.33	122^e	162^e	May 18, 1970	16
20	10336691	Second Creek at Lakeshore Drive near Crystal Bay, Nev.	1991-2000	1.35	125^e	165^e	May 31, 1995	7
21	10336692	Wood Creek above Jennifer Street near Incline Village, Nev.	1991-2000	1.30	59^f	72^f	May 1997	29
22	10336693	Wood Creek near Crystal Bay, Nev.	1967-78	1.69	66^f	78^f	May 1969	40
23	10336694	Wood Creek at mouth near Crystal Bay, Calif.	1970-74, 1991-2000	1.97	75^c	88^c	June 26, 1995	43
24	103366958	Third Creek below unnamed tributary near Incline Village, Nev.	1991-2000	4.32	146^c	168^c	June 4, 1996	59
25	10336696	Third Creek at Incline Village, Nev.	1970-74	4.41	149^c	171^c	June 19, 1971	120
26	103366965	Third Creek at Village Boulevard at Incline Village, Nev.	1991-2000	4.48	151^c	173^c	June 26, 1995	60
27	10336698	Third Creek near Crystal Bay, Nev.	1970-73, 1975, 1978-2000	6.02	191^f	219^f	June 18, 1982	150
28	103366993	Incline Creek above Tyrol Village near Incline Village, Nev.	1991-2000	2.85	107^f	130^f	June 26,1995 January 2, 1997	52
29	103366995	Incline Creek at Highway 28 at Incline Village, Nev.	1990-2000	4.54	144^c	177^c	January 2, 1997	143
30	103366997	Incline Creek tributary at Country Club Drive at Incline Village, Nev.	1991-2000	1.01	43^c	53^c	June 26, 1995	11
31	10336700	Incline Creek near Crystal Bay, Nev.	1970-75, 1988-2000	6.69	197^f	242^f	January 2, 1997	179
32	10336725	Glenbrook Creek at old Highway 50 at Glenbrook, Nev.	1991-2000	3.75	139^c	204^c	January 2, 1997	70
33	10336730	Glenbrook Creek at Glenbrook, Nev.	1972-75, 1988-2000	4.11	150^f	221^f	January 2, 1997	144
34	10336735	North Logan House Creek near Glenbrook, Nev.	1991-2000	1.08	32^f	41^f	January 2, 1997	16
35	10336740	Logan House Creek near Glenbrook, Nev.	1984-2000	2.09	20^f	23^f	January 2, 1997 June 12, 1998	12
36	10336750	Edgewood Creek below South Bengamin Drive near Daggett Pass, Nev.	1991-2000	.73	46^f	66^f	January 1997	28
37	10336756	Edgewood Creek tributary near Daggett Pass, Nev.	1991-2000	.80	33^f	47^f	January 2, 1997	6
38	103367585	Edgewood Creek at Palisade Drive near Kingsbury, Nev.	1991-2000	3.13	114^f	153^f	August 14, 1991	57
39	10336759	Edgewood Creek near Stateline, Nev.	1983-87	3.20	116^c	156^c	May 27, 1983	24
40	103367592	Eagle Rock Creek near Stateline, Nev.	1990-2000	.63	57^e	76^e	January 2, 1997	4
41	10336760	Edgewood Creek at Stateline, Nev.	1993-2000	5.61	-- ^g	-- ^g	January 2, 1997	136
42	10336765	Edgewood Creek at Lake Tahoe near Stateline, Nev.	1989-92	6.57	-- ^g	-- ^g	March 4, 1991 October 26, 1991	27
43	10336770	Trout Creek at U.S. Forest Service Road 12N01 near Myers, Calif.	1991-2000	7.41	216^h	249^h	June 27, 1995	166
44	10336775	Trout Creek at Pioneer Trial near South Lake Tahoe, Calif.	1989, 1991-2000	23.1	442^c	542^c	January 2, 1997	525
45	10336780	Trout Creek near Tahoe Valley, Calif.	1961-2000	36.7	638^d	783^d	February 1, 1963 January 2, 1997	535
46	10336790	Trout Creek at South Lake Tahoe, Calif.	1972-74	40.4	691^c	848^c	May 31, 1973	190

a. The 50-year peak discharge is theoretical and statistically has a 2-percent chance of happening in any given year.
b. The 100-year peak discharge is theoretical and statistically has a 1-percent chance of happening in any given year.
c. Method 5; estimated by methods of Thomas and others (1997, pg 14) using nearby gaging station on the same stream.
d. Method 2; determined from U.S Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data (1982) guidelines, considering historic peaks.
e. Method 4; estimated by methods of Thomas and others (1997, pg 45) using the regression equation for the Eastern Sierra.
f. Method 1; determined from U.S. Interagency Advisory committee on Water Data (1982) guidelines.
g. Affected by regulation, value not determined.
h. Method 3; determined from U.S. Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data (1982) guidelines for two-station comparison.

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