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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 11. Dissolved ammonia 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 ammonia nitrogen (mg/L)

Minimum

Maximum

Median

 Incline Village area (fig. 2)

1

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

1991-98

72 <0.003 0.010 <0.003
2

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

1991-98

69 <.003 .020 <.003
3

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

1991-98

71 <.003 .043 <.003
4

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

1991-98

62 <.003 .014 <.003
5

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

1988-98

437 <.003 .063 <.003
6

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

1991-98

68 <.003 .009 <.003
7

Third Creek below unnamed tributary near Incline Village, Nev.

1991-98

64 <.003 .013 <.003
8

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

1988-98

431 <.003 .147 <.003
9

Incline Creek at Highway 28 at Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

229 <.003 .052 <.003
10

Incline Creek above Tyrol Village near Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

244 <.003 .055 <.003
11

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

1991-98

84 <.003 .015 <.003

  Glenbrook area (fig. 3)

12

Glenbrook Creek (near mouth) at Glenbrook, Nev.

1988-98

333 <.003 .082 <.003
13

Glenbrook Creek at Old Highway near Glenbrook, Nev.

1991-88

67 <.003 .014 <.003
14

Logan House Creek near Glenbrook, Nev.

1984-98

291 <.003 .033 <.003
15

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

1991-98

70 <.003 .029 <.003

Stateline area (fig. 4)

16

Edgewood Creek at Lake Tahoe near Stateline, Nev.

1989-98

173 <.003 .346 .006
17

Edgewood Creek Tributary above Clubhouse near Stateline, Nev.

1995-98

8 .007 1.39 .144
18

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

1995-98

10 .003 .566 .166
19

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

1992-98

170 <.003 .178 .003
20

Edgewood Creek at Palisade Dr. near Kingsbury, Nev.

1990-98

219 <.003 .045 .003
21

Eagle Rock Creek near Stateline, Nev.

1990-98

165 <.003 .139 .003
22

Edgewood Creek Tributary near Daggett Pass, Nev.

1990-98

47 <.003 .014 .003
23

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

1990-98

76 <.003 .058 .007

South Lake Tahoe area (fig. 5)

25

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

1993-98

169 <.003 .077 <.003
28

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

1990-98

208 <.003 .021 <.003
29

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

1990-98

151 <.003 .026 <.003
31

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

1993-98

184 <.003 .027 <.003
33

Upper Truckee River at Highway 50 above Meyers, Calif.

1990-98

225 <.003 .099 <.003
36

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

1990-98

205 <.003 .030 <.003

Tahoe City to Meeks Bay area (fig. 6)

37

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

1993-98

209 <.003 .012 <.003
38

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

1993-98

233 <.003 .118 <.003
39

Ward Creek at Highway 89 near Tahoe Pines, Calif.

1993-98

230 <.003 .018 <.003
40

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

1992-98

154 <.003 .012 <.003
41

Ward Creek below confluence near Tahoe City, Calif.

1992-98

143 <.003 .016 <.003