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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 12. Total organic plus 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

Total organic + 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 0.05 0.83 0.16
2

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

1991-98

 69 .05 3.0 .16
3

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

1991-98

 71 .06 8.2 .19
4

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

1991-98

 62 .05 1.9 .18
5

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

1988-98

 455 <.04 24.0 .20
6

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

1991-98

 68 <.04 1.9 .13
7

Third Creek below unnamed tributary near Incline Village, Nev.

1991-98

 64 <.04 1.8 .14
8

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

1988-98

 426 <.04 3.0 .21
9

Incline Creek at Highway 28 at Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

 232 <.04 1.7 .17
10

Incline Creek above Tyrol Village near Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

 245 <.04 3.0 .16
11

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

1991-98

 84 .05 1.3 .17

Glenbrook area (fig. 3)
12

Glenbrook Creek (near mouth) at Glenbrook, Nev.

1988-98

 329 .06 6.0 .20
13

Glenbrook Creek at Old Highway near Glenbrook, Nev.

1991-88

 66 .06 .62 .15
14

Logan House Creek near Glenbrook, Nev.

1984-98

 289 <.04 1.7 .20
15

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

1991-98

 70 .04 1.1 .22

Stateline area (fig. 4)
16

Edgewood Creek at Lake Tahoe near Stateline, Nev.

1989-98

 177 .07 2.0 .32
17

Edgewood Creek Tributary above Clubhouse near Stateline, Nev.

1995-98

 8 .39 5.5 1.65
18

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

1995-98

 10 .34 14.0 4.15
19

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

1992-98

 170 .04 1.1 .19
20

Edgewood Creek at Palisade Dr. near Kingsbury, Nev.

1990-98

 219 .05 5.9 .19
21

Eagle Rock Creek near Stateline, Nev.

1990-98

 167 .04 16.0 .13
22

Edgewood Creek Tributary near Daggett Pass, Nev.

1990-98

 47 .12 .58 .26
23

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

1990-98

 75 .04 1.7 .25

South Lake Tahoe area (fig. 5)
25

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

1993-98

 167 <.04 2.1 .19
28

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

1990-98

 211 <.04 2.8 .16
29

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

1990-98

 154 .04 6.6 .12
31

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

1993-98

 183 .05 1.2 .16
33

Upper Truckee River at Highway 50 above Meyers, Calif.

1990-98

 227 <.04 1.0 .11
36

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

1990-98

 207 .04 .87 .12

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

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

1993-98

 209 .04 .57 .12
38

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

1993-98

 231 <.04 1.7 .14
39

Ward Creek at Highway 89 near Tahoe Pines, Calif.

1993-98

 230 <.04 1.2 .12
40

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

1992-98

 152 <.04 .90 .10
41

Ward Creek below confluence near Tahoe City, Calif.

1992-98

 141 <.04 1.4 .07