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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 20. Nutrient and suspended-sediment monthly load and runoff summary statistics (sum, median, minimum, and maximum), percent change in sums between stations, and monthly median units/yields between stations for period of comparison (water years 1992-98) and complete period of record for three LTIMP sampling stations in the Edgewood Creek watershed, in the Stateline area, Lake Tahoe Basin, Nevada

[Abbreviations: acre-ft, acre-feet; kg, kilogram; kg/km2, kilogram per square kilometer; acre-ft/ mi2, acre-feet per square mile; kg/mo, kilogram per month. Symbol: --, not applicable]

 

Average
annual
runoff
(acre-ft)

Dissolved nitrite
+ nitrate (NO2 + NO3) nitrogen (kg/mo)

Dissolved
ammonia
(NH4) nitrogen
(kg/mo)

Total
nitrogen
(kg/mo)

Soluble
reactive phosphorus
(kg/mo)

Total
phosphorus
(kg/mo)

Biologically reactive iron
(kg/mo)

Suspended sediment
(kg/mo)

Edgewood Creek at Stateline

Sum

--

538 294 6,270 342 1,520 23,300 431,000

Median

3,480 (average)

5.20 1.72 53.1 3.82 14.6 233 4,450

Maximum

--

25.8 53.7 425 27.5 166 1,150 30,000

Minimum

--

1.31 .11 13.5 1.40 4.30 47.9 631

Percent change in sum

53

59 90 36 56 40 37 -52

Yield (kg/km2)

--

.36 .12 3.66 .26 1.01 16.1 307

Unit runoff (acre-ft/mi2)

620

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

Edgewood Creek at Palisade Dr.

Comparison period:

Sum

--

171 20.0 3,080 97.7 719 13,100 850,000

Median

1,080 (average)

1.41 .23 25.1 1.08 5.21 105 9,740

Maximum

--

8.12 .89 254 5.75 83.0 894 87,700

Minimum

--

.08 .03 .84 .12 .50 5.56 163

Percent input

31

32 7 49 29 47 56 94

Yield (kg/km2)

--

.17 .03 3.09 .13 0.64 12.9 1,200

Unit runoff (acre-ft/mi2)

345

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

Period of record:

Median

--

1.16 .19 17.3 .54 3.25 72.9 5,300

Maximum

--

8.12 .89 254 5.75 83.0 894 87,700

Minimum

--

.08 .03 .84 .12 .50 5.56 163

Eagle Rock Creek near Stateline

Comparison period:

Sum

--

51.1 9.58 965 53.1 193 1,700 52,000

Median

565 (average)

.55 .12 13.0 .78 2.75 23.1 711

Maximum

--

2.09 .31 40.8 1.88 7.21 64.9 3,420

Minimum

--

.09 .02 2.44 .19 .51 4.30 30.7

Percent input

16

9 3 15 15 13 7 6

Yield (kg/km2)

--

0.34

0.07

7.98

0.48

1.69

14.2

436

Unit runoff (acre-ft/mi2)

897

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

Period of record:

Median

--

.51 .10 7.33 .35 2.48 12.4 225

Maximum

--

2.09 .31 40.8 1.88 7.21 64.9 3,420

Minimum

--

.09 .02 1.91 .18 .51 3.55 30.7