Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5305
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5305
Table 5. Average annual precipitation estimated using the linear relations and adjusted PRISM distributions for selected areas of Carson Valley, Nevada and California.
| Location | Area (acres) |
Precipitation, in acre-feet per year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linear relations | Adjusted PRISM | ||
| Carson Range | |||
| Perennial stream drainages | 21,160 | 52,500 | 40,500 |
| Ephemeral stream drainages | 13,750 | 27,400 | 18,400 |
| Total Carson Range | 34,910 | 79,900 | 58,900 |
| Western Quaternary alluvial fans | 11,000 | 14,300 | 10,400 |
| Total Carson Range and alluvial fans | 45,900 | 94,200 | 69,300 |
| Pine Nut Mountains | |||
| Pine Nut and Buckeye Creeks | 35,300 | 42,500 | 40,700 |
| Eastern Quaternary alluvial fans and ephemeral stream drainages | 100,500 | 88,500 | 91,300 |
| Total – Pine Nut Mountains | 135,800 | 131,000 | 132,000 |
| Quaternary gravel deposits | 3,100 | 2,500 | 2,900 |
| Quaternary eolian sand deposits | 4,500 | 3,200 | 3,800 |
| Quaternary basin-fill deposits1 | 52,000 | 37,000 | 39,000 |
| Rabbitbrush and greasewood | 5,440 | 3,800 | 4,000 |
| Non-irrigated pasture | 1,400 | 980 | 1,000 |
| Open water | 1,690 | 1,200 | 1,300 |
| Cottonwood and willow | 1,420 | 1,000 | 1,100 |
| Alluvial fans in California | 3,920 | 6,200 | 5,000 |
1 Includes area of pasture grasses in Jacks Valley.
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