WRIR 00-4001
Surface- and Ground Water Characteristics in the Upper Truckee River and Trout Creek Watersheds

Table 1. Periods of record for daily streamflow, water-quality, and suspended-sediment data at current and historical U.S. Geological Survey gaging stations and sampling sites for Upper Truckee River and Trout Creek watersheds, California

Water quality: NUT, instantaneous nutrient samples; SC, daily specific conductance; WT, daily water temperature.
Suspended sediment: DAILY, daily suspended sediment; INST, instantaneous suspended sediment discharge.
[Abbreviation: USFS, U.S. Forest Service]

Site no.
(pl. 1)

Site name

Station
number

Daily
streamflow

Water quality

Suspended
sediment
Upper Truckee River watershed
6

Upper Truckee River at Hwy 50 at South Lake Tahoe (gage)

10336610

1972-74,77,
78,80-current

WT:1972-74,78,80-92
SC:1981-83
NUT:1993-current

DAILY:1972-74,78,80-92
INST: 1993-current
 17

Upper Truckee River at Hwy 50 above Meyers (gage)

103366092

1990-current

NUT:1990-current

INST:1990-current
 20

Upper Truckee River nr Meyers (inactive gage)

10336600

1961-86

 

 
43

Upper Truckee River at S. Upper Truckee Rd (gage)

10336580

1990-current

NUT:1990-current

INST:1990-current
Trout Creek watershed
 49

Trout Creek at Hwy 50 at South Lake Tahoe

10336790

 

WT:1972-74,89-92

NUT:1993-current

DAILY: 1972-74,89-92
INST:1993-current
 52

Trout Creek at Martin Ave nr Tahoe Valley (gage)

10336780

1961-current

WT:1972-74,78, 80-85,88
SC:1981-83

DAILY:1972-74,78,
80-85,88
 57

Trout Creek at Pioneer Trail nr South Lake Tahoe (gage)

10336775

1990-current

NUT:1990-current

INST:1990-current
 68

Trout Creek at USFS Rd 12N01 nr Meyers (gage)

10336770

1990-current

NUT:1990-current

INST:1990-current

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