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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 5. Flood-frequency information for LTIMP and USGS gaging stations in the monitored watersheds in the Lake Tahoe Basin through water year 1998, California and Nevada

[Abbreviations: ft3/s, cubic feet per second; ND, not determined. Note: Data from Glen W. Hess, U.S. Geological Survey, written communication, 2000]

USGS station number

USGS station name

Period of record, water years

50-year peak streamflow
(ft3/s)1

100-year peak streamflow
(ft3/s)1

Maximum peak streamflow of record

Date

Streamflow (ft3/s)

10336688

First Creek (at Highway 28) near Crystal Bay, Nev.

1970-74

 129 182

September 26, 1973

 22

10336690

Second Creek at Lakeshore Dr. near Crystal Bay, Nev.

1970-74

 164 225

May 18, 1970

 16

10336694

Wood Creek at mouth (at Lakeshore Dr.) near Crystal Bay, Nev.

1970-74

 216 302

May 18, 1970

 15

10336698

Third Creek (at Lakeshore Dr.) near Crystal Bay, Nev.

1970-73, 1975, 1978-98

 625 907

June 18, 1982

 150

10336700

Incline Creek (above Lakeshore Dr.) near Crystal Bay, Nev.

1970-75,
1988-98

 496 652

January 2, 1997

 179

103366995

Incline Creek at Highway 28 at Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

 333 470

January 2, 1997

 143

103366993

Incline Creek above Tyrol Village near Incline Village, Nev.

1991-98

 126 157

June 26,1995, and January 2, 1997

 52

10336730

Glenbrook Creek (near mouth) at Glenbrook, Nev.

1972-75,
1988-98

 158 243

January 1, 1997

 144

10336740

Logan House Creek near Glenbrook, Nev.

1984-98

 24 31

January 2, 1997, and
June 12, 1998

 12

10336765

Edgewood Creek at Lake Tahoe near Stateline, Nev.

1989-92

 ND2 ND2

March 4, 1991, and
October 26, 1991

 27

10336760

Edgewood Creek (at Highway 50) at Stateline, Nev.

1993-98

 ND2 ND2

January 2, 1997

 136

103367585

Edgewood Creek at Palisade Dr. near Kingsbury, Nev.

1991-98

 1493 1993

August 14, 1991

 57

103367592

Eagle Rock Creek near Stateline, Nev.

1991-98

 683 943

January 2, 1997

 4

10336790

Trout Creek (at Highway 50) at South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

1972-74

 773 966

May 31, 1973

 190

10336780

Trout Creek (at Martin Ave.) near Tahoe Valley, Calif.

1961-98

 716 894

February 1, 1963,
and January 2, 1997

 535

10336775

Trout Creek at Pioneer Trial near South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

1991-98

 505 630

January 2, 1997

 525

10336770

Trout Creek at U.S. Forest Service Road 12N01 near Meyers, Calif.

1991-98

 365 450

June 27, 1995

 166

10336610

Upper Truckee River (at Highway 50) at South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

1972-74, 1978, 1980-98

 4,3904 5,700

January 2, 1997

 5,480

103366092

Upper Truckee River at Highway 50 above Meyers, Calif.

1991-98

 3,310 4,060

January 2, 1997

 5,120

10336600

Upper Truckee River near Meyers, Calif.

1961-86

 2,900 3,540

February 1, 1963

 2,550

10336580

Upper Truckee River at South Upper Truckee Road near Meyers, Calif.

1991-98

 1,4605 1,790

January 2, 1997

 2,010

10336645

General Creek (at Highway 89) near Meeks Bay, Calif.

1980-98

 1,230 1,560

January 1, 1997

 797

10336660

Blackwood Creek (at Highway 89) near Tahoe City, Calif.

1961-98

 3,500 4780

January 1, 1997

 2,940

10336674

Ward Creek below confluence near Tahoe City, Calif.

1992-98

 1,390 1,890

January 1, 1997

 1,220

10336675

Ward Creek at Stanford Rock Trail Crossing near Tahoe City, Calif.

1992-98

 2,240 3,030

January 1, 1997

 2,370

10336676

Ward Creek at State Highway 89 near Tahoe Pines, Calif.

1973-98

 2,650 3,620

January 1, 1997

 2,530

1 Determined from U.S. Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data (1982) guidelines except where noted. The 100-year peak streamflow is theoretical and statistically has a 1-percent chance of occurring in any given year. Likewise, the 50-year peak streamflow is theoretical and statistically has a 2-percent chance of occurring in any given year.

2 Affected by regulation; value not determined (ND).

3 Estimated by regression methods of Thomas and others (1997).

4 Determined from U.S. Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data (1982) guidelines based on historical flood designation.

5 Estimated by methods of Thomas and others (1997) and a nearby gaging station on the same stream.