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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 14. Total 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

Total phosphorus (mg/L)

Minimum

Maximum

Median

Incline Village area (fig. 2)
1

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

1991-98

 72 0.018 0.308 0.045
2

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

1991-98

 72 .027 1.29 .069
3

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

1991-98

 71 .023 4.58 .085
4

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

1991-98

 62 .032 .848 .074
5

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

1988-98

 440 .002 9.42 .048
6

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

1991-98

 68 .014 1.30 .042
7

Third Creek below unnamed tributary near Incline Village, Nev.

1991-98

 64 .014 2.00 .035
8

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

1988-98

 432 .004 1.19 .051
9

Incline Creek at Highway 28 at Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

 233 .007 1.02 .050
10

Incline Creek above Tyrol Village near Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

 246 .014 .368 .036
11

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

1991-98

 84 .024 .361 .046

Glenbrook area (fig. 3)
12

Glenbrook Creek (near mouth) at Glenbrook, Nev.

1988-98

 334 .008 1.98 .041
13

Glenbrook Creek at Old Highway near Glenbrook, Nev.

1991-88

 67 .016 .283 .038
14

Logan House Creek near Glenbrook, Nev.

1984-98

 393 <.002 .261 .021
15

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

1991-98

 70 .015 .114 .032

Stateline area (fig. 4)
16

Edgewood Creek at Lake Tahoe near Stateline, Nev.

1989-98

 176 .016 .811 .055
17

Edgewood Creek Tributary above Clubhouse near Stateline, Nev.

1995-98

 8 .049 2.16 .262
18

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

1995-98

 10 .485 11.1 4.30
19

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

1992-98

 170 .009 .507 .041
20

Edgewood Creek at Palisade Dr. near Kingsbury, Nev.

1990-98

 221 .007 3.92 .043
21

Eagle Rock Creek near Stateline, Nev.

1990-98

 167 .007 8.34 .033
22

Edgewood Creek Tributary near Daggett Pass, Nev.

1990-98

 47 .015 .140 .030
23

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

1990-98

 76 .016 1.16 .065

South Lake Tahoe area (fig. 5)
25

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

1993-98

 168 .003 .393 .040
28

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

1990-98

 211 .014 .453 .031
29

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

1990-98

 152 .004 1.75 .027
31

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

1993-98

 184 .004 .230 .031
33

Upper Truckee River at Highway 50 above Meyers, Calif.

1990-98

 227 .009 .147 .026
36

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

1990-98

 206 .009 .248 .021

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

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

1993-98

 210 .007 .351 .021
38

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

1993-98

 233 .010 1.88 .037
39

Ward Creek at Highway 89 near Tahoe Pines, Calif.

1993-98

 232 .008 2.14 .036
40

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

1992-98

 155 .008 1.01 .029
41

Ward Creek below confluence near Tahoe City, Calif.

1992-98

 143 .005 1.63 .021