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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 10. Dissolved nitrite plus nitrate nitrogen concentration 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: mg/L, milligram per liter. Symbol: <, less than]

Map number

Station name

Period of record

Sample
size

Dissolved nitrite + nitrate nitrogen (mg/L)

Minimum

Maximum

Median

 Incline Village area (fig. 2)
1

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

1991-98

 72 0.002 0.041 0.006
2

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

1991-98

 69 .002 .021 .004
3

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

1991-98

 71 .002 .101 .016
4

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

1991-98

 62 .003 .093 .018
5

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

1988-98

 438 <.002 .439 .014
6

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

1991-98

 68 .003 .050 .010
7

Third Creek below unnamed tributary near Incline Village, Nev.

1991-98

 64 .002 .072 .014
8

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

1988-98

 433 .003 .330 .030
9

Incline Creek at Highway 28 at Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

 232 .003 .082 .025
10

Incline Creek above Tyrol Village near Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

 243 .002 .101 .021
11

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

1991-98

 84 .014 .151 .046
Glenbrook area (fig. 3)
12

Glenbrook Creek (near mouth) at Glenbrook, Nev.

1988-98

 334 <.002 1.25 .010
13

Glenbrook Creek at Old Highway near Glenbrook, Nev.

1991-88

 67 .002 .068 .007
14

Logan House Creek near Glenbrook, Nev.

1984-98

 292 .002 .072 .013
15

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

1991-98

 70 .002 .058 .018

Stateline area (fig. 4)
16

Edgewood Creek at Lake Tahoe near Stateline, Nev.

1989-98

 174 .002 .184 .016
17

Edgewood Creek Tributary above Clubhouse near Stateline, Nev.

1995-98

 8 .037 .491 .095
18

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

1995-98

 10 .061 2.25 .134
19

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

1992-98

 170 .002 .070 .019
20

Edgewood Creek at Palisade Dr. near Kingsbury, Nev.

1990-98

 219 .003 .229 .016
21

Eagle Rock Creek near Stateline, Nev.

1990-98

 165 .002 .075 .011
22

Edgewood Creek Tributary near Daggett Pass, Nev.

1990-98

 47 .003 .049 .006
23

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

1990-98

 76 .010 .101 .027

South Lake Tahoe area (fig. 5)
25

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

1993-98

 168 .002 .044 .009
28

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

1990-98

 208 .002 .113 .006
29

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

1990-98

 152 .002 .045 .005
31

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

1993-98

 184 .002 .090 .012
33

Upper Truckee River at Highway 50 above Meyers, Calif.

1990-98

 227 .002 .079 .009
36

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

1990-98

 206 .002 .065 .012

Tahoe City to Meeks Bay area (fig. 6)
37

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

1993-98

 210 .002 .033 .005
38

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

1993-98

 233 <.002 .091 .016
39

Ward Creek at Highway 89 near Tahoe Pines, Calif.

1993-98

 232 .002 .072 .010
40

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

1992-98

 154 .002 .087 .009
41

Ward Creek below confluence near Tahoe City, Calif.

1992-98

 143 .002 .107 .014