Water-Surface Elevations, Discharge, and Water-Quality Data for Selected Sites in the Warm Springs Area near Moapa, Nevada

Prepared in cooperation with the Southern Nevada Water Authority

By David A. Beck, Roslyn Ryan, Ronald J. Veley, Donald P. Harper, and Daron J. Tanko

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Conversion Factors, Datums, Discharge or Flow, Instantaneous Discharge, and Abbreviations and Acronyms

Abstract

Introduction

Water-Surface Elevations

Discharge and Water-Quality Data

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Appendix A. History of Water-Resources Development within the Warm Springs Area near Moapa, Nevada (PDF, 3.39 MB)

Appendix B. Water-Level, Discharge, and Water-Quality Data for Selected Monitoring Sites Within the Warm Springs Area near Moapa, Nevada (PDF, 10.3 MB)

Appendix C. National Geodetic Survey OPUS Solution Reports for Bench Marks Established in the Warm Springs Area near Moapa, Nevada (PDF, 120 KB)

Appendix D. Discharge and Water-Quality Data Collected by the U.S. Geological Survey During September 10–12, 1963, in the Warm Springs Area near Moapa, Nevada (PDF, 81 KB)

Appendix E. Discharge and Water-Quality Data Collected by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nevada Division of Water Resources, and Southern Nevada Water Authority on February 6–7, 2001, in the Warm Springs Area near Moapa, Nevada (PDF, 35 KB)

Figures

Figure 1. Location of study area and local features, Moapa Valley, Nevada.

Figure 2. Location of major spring groups, U.S. Geological Survey monitoring stations, and water-surface elevations on August 17, 2004, in the Warm Springs area near Moapa, Nevada.

Figure 3. Location of permanent surface-elevation bench marks in the Warm Springs area near Moapa, Nevada.

Tables

Table 1. Index to continuous-record and partial-record stream-gaging stations and miscellaneous sites in the Warm Springs area near Moapa, Nevada.

Table 2. Elevation and location information for permanent land-surface bench marks in the Warm Springs area near Moapa, Nevada.

Table 3. Elevations and descriptions of selected reference marks, points, and other features at continuous-recording and partial-record stations in the Warm Springs area near Moapa, Nevada.

Table 4. Water-surface elevations measured on August 17, 2004, at continuous-recording and partial-record stations and miscellaneous sites in the Warm Springs area near Moapa, Nevada.

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