Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5305

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Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5305

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Table 11. Drainage area and average annual flow of perennial streams, estimated annual water yield and subsurface flow, ET rates, and ET as a percentage of precipitation, Carson Valley, Nevada and California.

[Runoff water years 1990–2002: From Maurer and others (2004, p. 14). Estimated annual water yield: Sum of runoff and subsurface ground-water inflow. Estimated using equation from Maurer and Berger (1997, p. 34) from precipitation estimated from linear relations distribution. Estimated annual subsurface inflow: Water yield minus runoff, assumed to be negligible where runoff is greater than estimated water yield. ET rate: Annual precipitation minus runoff and subsurface flow, divided by drainage area. ET rate as percentage of precipitation: Annual precipitation minus runoff and subsurface flow, divided by annual precipitation, times 100]

Site No.(fig. 5) Site name Drainage area (acres, rounded) Runoff water years 1990–2002 (acre-feet) Estimated annual water yield (acre-feet) Estimated annual subsurface inflow, rounded (acre-feet) Evapotranspiration
Rate (feet per year) Rate as percentage of precipitation
2 Water Canyon Creek 1,700 1,900 1,570 0 1.4 55
3 James Canyon Creek 1,300 1,300 1,360 60 1.6 60
4 Sierra Canyon Creek 2,000 1,500 1,730 200 1.6 64
5 Genoa Canyon Creek 1,400 960 1,040 80 1.5 67
6 Daggett Creek 2,400 1,200 1,890 700 1.5 66
7 Mott Canyon Creek 1,300 1,700 1,200 0 1.2 48
8 Monument Creek 1,500 2,600 1,170 0 .6 25
9 and 10 Stutler Canyon and Sheridan Creeks combined 2,200 1,800 1,890 100 1.6 64
11 Jobs Canyon Creek 2,000 1,700 2,400 700 1.6 57
14 Luther Creek 2,800 2,200 2,730 500 1.6 62
15 Fredericksburg Canyon Creek 2,400 2,900 2,630 0 1.6 55
Total, Carson Range 2,300  
17 Pine Nut Creek 6,400 670 1,320 700 1.1 85
18 Buckeye Creek 28,900 690 4,240 3,600 1.0 87
Total, Pine Nut Mountains 4,300  
Total, Carson Valley 6,600  

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