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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 16. Suspended-sediment 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

Suspended sediment (mg/L)

Minimum

Maximum

Median

Incline Village area (fig. 2)

1

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

1991-98

72 1 644 18
2

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

1991-98

69 2 2,300 39
3

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

1991-98

71 1 4,500 45
4

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

1991-98

62 1 1,270 46
5

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

1988-98

392 1 3,930 60
6

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

1991-98

69 1 1,080 35
7

Third Creek below unnamed tributary near Incline Village, Nev.

1991-98

65 1 2,480 19
8

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

1988-98

381 1 1,840 24
9

Incline Creek at Highway 28 at Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

232 1 1,530 16
10

Incline Creek above Tyrol Village near Incline Village, Nev.

1990-98

245 1 443 7
11

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

1991-98

85 3 348 14

Glenbrook area (fig. 3)

12

Glenbrook Creek (near mouth) at Glenbrook, Nev.

1988-98

290 1 606 6
13

Glenbrook Creek at Old Highway near Glenbrook, Nev.

1991-88

68 1 187 4
14

Logan House Creek near Glenbrook, Nev.

1984-98

255 1 388 3
15

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

1991-98

70 1 547 9

Stateline area (fig. 4)

16

Edgewood Creek at Lake Tahoe near Stateline, Nev.

1989-98

177 2 325 5
17

Edgewood Creek Tributary above Clubhouse near Stateline, Nev.

1995-98

8 17 272 59
18

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

1995-98

8 630 12,500 3,900
19

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

1992-98

167 1 130 5
20

Edgewood Creek at Palisade Dr. near Kingsbury, Nev.

1990-98

221 1 3,320 9
21

Eagle Rock Creek near Stateline, Nev.

1990-98

167 1 4,070 7
22

Edgewood Creek Tributary near Daggett Pass, Nev.

1990-98

47 <1 154 3
23

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

1990-98

77 1 2,080 25

South Lake Tahoe area (fig. 5)

25

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

1993-98

173 2 335 14
28

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

1990-98

211 1 499 7
29

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

1990-98

152 1 642 5
31

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

1993-98

187 1 458 16
33

Upper Truckee River at Highway 50 above Meyers, Calif.

1990-98

230 <1 155 3
36

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

1990-98

209 <1 176 4

Tahoe City to Meeks Bay area (fig. 6)

37

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

1993-98

208 1 1,620 8
38

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

1993-98

231 1 2,840 21
39

Ward Creek at Highway 89 near Tahoe Pines, Calif.

1993-98

231 1 3,000 12
40

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

1992-98

153 <1 452 6
41

Ward Creek below confluence near Tahoe City, Calif.

1992-98

140 <1 440 5