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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 13. Soluble reactive phosphorus 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

Soluble reactive phosphorus (mg/L)

Minimum

Maximum

Median

Incline Village area (fig. 2)

1

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

1991-98

72 0.005 0.046 0.010
2

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

1991-98

69 .011 .043 .017
3

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

1991-98

71 .005 .066 .018
4

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

1991-98

62 .006 .033 .017
5

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

1988-98

437 .001 .048 .008
6

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

1991-98

68 .002 .030 .008
7

Third Creek below unnamed tributary near Incline Village, Nev.

1991-98

64 .003 .030 .008
8

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

1988-98

432 .003 .073 .011
9

Incline Creek at Highway 28 at Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

233 .003 .074 .012
10

Incline Creek above Tyrol Village near Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

243 .001 .086 .011
11

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

1991-98

83 .003 .025 .009

Glenbrook area (fig. 3)

12

Glenbrook Creek (near mouth) at Glenbrook, Nev.

1988-98

333 .001 .087 .013
13

Glenbrook Creek at Old Highway near Glenbrook, Nev.

1991-88

66 .002 .028 .013
14

Logan House Creek near Glenbrook, Nev.

1984-98

291 <.001 .019 .002
15

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

1991-98

69 .002 .017 .006

Stateline area (fig. 4)

16

Edgewood Creek at Lake Tahoe near Stateline, Nev.

1989-98

174 .003 .243 .014
17

Edgewood Creek Tributary above Clubhouse near Stateline, Nev.

1995-98

8 .020 1.55 .084
18

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

1995-98

10 .012 .206 .090
19

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

1992-98

170 .007 .045 .012
20

Edgewood Creek at Palisade Dr. near Kingsbury, Nev.

1990-98

219 .003 .179 .010
21

Eagle Rock Creek near Stateline, Nev.

1990-98

165 .003 .067 .010
22

Edgewood Creek Tributary near Daggett Pass, Nev.

1990-98

47 .002 .023 .010
23

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

1990-98

76 .003 .032 .011

South Lake Tahoe area (fig. 5)

25

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

1993-98

168 .003 .030 .009
28

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

1990-98

208 .002 .023 .009
29

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

1990-98

151 .004 .033 .008
31

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

1993-98

184 .001 .032 .005
33

Upper Truckee River at Highway 50 above Meyers, Calif.

1990-98

225 .001 .034 .007
36

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

1990-98

205 .001 .017 .004

Tahoe City to Meeks Bay area (fig. 6)

37

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

1993-98

209 .001 .030 .004
38

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

1993-98

232 .001 .014 .005
39

Ward Creek at Highway 89 near Tahoe Pines, Calif.

1993-98

231 .002 .034 .007
40

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

1992-98

154 .001 .021 .007
41

Ward Creek below confluence near Tahoe City, Calif.

1992-98

143 .001 .016 .005