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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 6. Water temperature data for current USGS LTIMP surface-water quality sampling/gaging stations and miscellaneous water-quality stations, by area, in the Lake Tahoe Basin, California and Nevada

[Abbreviation: °C, degrees Celsius. Symbol: —, not applicable]

Map
number

Station name

Period of record

Sample
size

Water temperature, °C

 Minimum

Maximum

Median

 Incline Village area (fig. 2)

1

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

1991-98

73 1.0 13.5 6.5
2

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

1991-98

69 .5 15.0 7.5
3

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

1991-98

71 .5 14.0 7.0
4

Wood Creek above Jennifer St. near Incline Village, Nev.

1991-98

62 .5 12.5 7.0
5

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

1988-98

504 0 22.0 6.0
6

Third Creek at Village Blvd. at Incline Village, Nev.

1991-98

70 2.0 15.5 6.5
7

Third Creek below unnamed tributary near Incline Village, Nev.

1991-98

65 1.5 14.0 5.5
8

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

1988-98

478 0 18.5 6.0
9

Incline Creek at Highway 28 at Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

289 0 14.5 6.0
10

Incline Creek above Tyrol Village near Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

307 0 18.0 5.0
11

Incline Creek Tributary at County Club Dr. near Incline Village, Nev.

1991-98

85 1.5 14.5 8.5

 Glenbrook area (fig. 3)

12

Glenbrook Creek (near mouth) at Glenbrook, Nev.

1972-75
1988-98

398 0 17.0 6.0
13

Glenbrook Creek at Old Highway near Glenbrook, Nev.

1991-88

68 1.0 16.5 8.0
14

Logan House Creek near Glenbrook, Nev.

1984-98

344 0 12.0 4.0
15

North Logan House Creek above Highway 50 near Glenbrook, Nev.

1991-98

71 .5 12.0 6.5

 Stateline area (fig. 4)

16

 Edgewood Creek at Lake Tahoe near Stateline, Nev.

1989-98

190 .5 23.0 12.0
17

Edgewood Creek Tributary above Clubhouse near Stateline, Nev.

1995-98

9 5.5 18.0 14.0
18

Culvert into Edgewood Creek above Highway 50 at Stateline, Nev.

1998

10 3.5 18.5 9.5
19

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

1992-98

210 .5 14 6.0
20

Edgewood Creek at Palisade Dr. near Kingsbury, Nev.

1990-98

273 .5 13.0 5.5
21

Eagle Rock Creek near Stateline, Nev.

1990-98

220 .5 11.0 5.0
22

Edgewood Creek Tributary near Daggett Pass, Nev.

1990-98

47 .5 13.0 6.0
23

Edgewood Creek below South Benjamin Dr. near Daggett Pass, Nev.

1990-98

77 1.5 13.5 7.5

 South Lake Tahoe area (fig. 5)

24

Trout Creek near mouth -- east off Bellevue/El Dorado Ave.

1998

recorder 0 17.5 --
25

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

1993-98

176 0 18.5 5.5
26

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

1998

recorder 0 16.0 --
27

Cold Creek at mouth near South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

1998

recorder 0 14.0 --
28

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

1990-98

270 + recorder 0 19.5 6.0
29

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

1990-98

191 +
recorder
0 12.5 6.0
30

Upper Truckee River near mouth off Venice Dr. near South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

1998

recorder 0 21.5 --
31

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

1993-98

192 0 22.0 6.0
32

Upper Truckee River at Highway 50 below Meyers, Calif.

1998

recorder 0 22.0 --
33

Upper Truckee River at Highway 50 above Meyers, Calif.

1990-98

258 0 20.0 6.0
35

Grass Lake Creek at Grass Lake Rd. near Meyers, Calif.

1998

recorder 0 14.5 --
36

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

1990-98

280 0 18.0 4.5

 Tahoe City to Meeks Bay area (fig. 6)

37

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

1993-98

214 0 19.0 3.5
38

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

1993-98

234 0 22.0 4.0
39

Ward Creek at Highway 89 near Tahoe Pines, Calif.

1993-98

235 0 23.0 3.5
40

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

1992-98

158 0 22.0 4.5
41

Ward Creek below confluence near Tahoe City, Calif.

1992-98

140 0 18.5 2.5