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WRIR 02-4030:
Streamflow and Water-Quality Data for
Selected Watersheds in the Lake Tahoe Basin,
California and Nevada, through September 1998

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Table 3. Drainage-basin information for LTIMP monitored and unmonitored watersheds in the Lake Tahoe Basin, California and Nevada

[Abbreviations: ft, feet; mi, miles; mi2, square miles. Symbol: <, less than. Note: Data from Jorgenson and others (1978), and Cartier and others (1995)]

Watershed

Drainage area
(mi2)

Drainage perimeter
(miles)

Channel length
(miles)

Channel
altitude
range
(ft above
sea level)

Maximum altitude
(ft above
sea level)

Drainage area (mi2)

Between
6,228-7,000 ft
(percent of total)

Between
7,001-8,000 ft
(percent of total)

Between
8,001-9,000 ft
(percent of total)

Between
9,001-10,000 ft
(percent of total)

Between
10,001-11,000 ft
(percent of total)

First Creek

1.08

5.63

2.34

6,229-8,500

9,270

0.18
(17)

0.39
(36)

0.43
(40)

0.08
(7.0)

0
(0)

Second Creek

1.37

7.23

3.04

6,229-8,840

9,610

0.19
(14)

0.52
(38)

0.41
(30)

0.25
(18)

0
(0)

Wood Creek

1.97

9.27

3.94

6,229-8,080

9,610

0.35
(18)

0.65
(33)

0.69
(35)

0.28
(14)

0
(0)

Third Creek

6.05

15.7

7.05

6,229-9,170

10,340

0.97
(16)

0.78
(13)

2.18
(36)

2.06
(24)

0.06
(1.0)

Incline Creek

6.70

11.8

4.66

6,229-8,400

9,220

1.21
(18)

3.01
(45)

2.41
(36)

0.07
(1.0)

0
(0)

Glenbrook Creek

4.10

10.6

3.92

6,229-7,710

8,810

0.90
(22)

2.67
(65)

0.53
(13)

0
(0)

0
(0)

North Logan House Creek

1.09

5.60

2.53

6,229-7,880

8,560

0.11
(10)

0.94
(86)

0.04
(4.0)

0
(0)

0
(0)

Logan House Creek

2.15

7.23

3.30

6,229-8,240

8,820

0.15
(7.0)

1.29
(60)

0.71
(33)

0
(0)

0
(0)

Edgewood Creek

6.64

13.3

5.53

6,229-7,830

9,590

2.32
(35)

2.99
(45)

1.00
(15)

0.33
(5.0)

0
(0)

Trout Creek

41.2

34.8

12.2

6,229-7,760

10,890

14.4
(35)

7.83
(19)

12.0
(29)

6.59
(16)

0.41
(1.0)

Upper Truckee River

56.5

53.9

21.4

6,229-7,920

10,060

19.8
(35)

16.4
(29)

17.5
(31)

2.83
(5.0)

<0.01
(<1)

General Creek

7.63

17.8

9.17

6,229-7,680

8,720

3.13
(41)

4.20
(55)

0.30
(4.0)

0
(0)

0
(0)

Blackwood Creek

11.2

16.1

6.20

6,229-7,140

8,880

4.14
(37)

5.60
(50)

1.46
(13)

0
(0)

0
(0)

Ward Creek

9.75

14.6

5.90

6,229-7,040

8,880

3.90
(40)

4.68
(48)

1.17
(12)

0
(0)

0
(0)

14 monitored watersheds (average)

157
(11.2)

 

86.5
(6.18)

6,229-9,170

10,890

51.7
(33)
3.69

52
(33)
 3.71

40.8
(26)
2.91

12.5
(8.0)
 0.89

0.47
(<1)
0.03

49 unmonitored watersheds (average)

157
(3.20)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lake Tahoe watershed area

314

 

 

 

10,890

 

 

 

 

 

Lake Tahoe surface area

192

75.2

 

 

6,228

 

 

 

 

 

Lake Tahoe total basin

506

138

 

 

10,890