10336645  GENERAL CREEK NEAR MEEKS BAY, CA

LOCATION.--Lat 39°03'07", long 120°07'03", in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.20, T.14 N., R.17 E., El Dorado County,
   Hydrologic Unit 16050101, on right bank 200 ft upstream from State Highway 89, 0.4 mi upstream from
   Lake Tahoe, and 1.1 mi north of Meeks Bay.

DRAINAGE AREA.--7.44 mi2.

                                               WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1980 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder.  Datum of gage is 6,250.38 ft above sea level.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair. No known diversion or regulation
   upstream from station.  See schematic diagram of Truckee River basin.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 765 ft3/s, Dec. 20, 1981, gage height, 5.43 ft, from rating
   curve extended above 180 ft3/s on basis of computation of flow through culvert; minimum daily, 0.29 ft3/s,
   July 28, Aug. 15, 1994.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Peak discharges greater than base discharge of 100 ft3/s or maximum:

                       Discharge       Gage height                              Discharge       Gage height
 Date        Time       (ft3/s)            (ft)             Date      Time       (ft3/s)           (ft)

Dec. 12      1630         164              2.40            May  16    0615         563             4.44
Feb.  5      1300         396              3.61


                  DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1995 TO SEPTEMBER 1996
                                               DAILY MEAN VALUES

DAY       OCT      NOV      DEC      JAN      FEB      MAR      APR      MAY      JUN      JUL      AUG      SEP

  1       1.2      1.3      1.4     22       e9.0       13       24      115     80        9.2     e1.9      1.3
  2       1.2      1.3      1.8     15       e9.0       13       31      110     91        8.5     e1.9      1.3
  3       1.2      1.3      1.7     12        7.9       15       25       95     89        7.7      1.9      1.3
  4       1.2      1.3      3.1     11       18        e16       24       76     82        7.2      2.0      1.3
  5       1.2      1.3      2.3     10      259        e15       25       77     73        6.7      1.9      1.4

  6       1.3      1.3      1.9      9.5    139        e15       29       81     71        6.4      1.9      1.4
  7       1.3      1.3      2.0      8.8     61        e15       38       88     66        6.1      1.8      1.5
  8       1.3      1.3      1.8      8.6     42         14       52       85     55        5.6      1.8      1.5
  9       1.3      1.3      1.8      8.4     35         15       62       80     45        5.0      1.7      1.5
 10       1.3      1.3      1.7      8.4     32         15       60       86     39        4.6      1.7      1.5

 11       1.3      1.3      3.9      7.9     29         16       53      103     34        4.4      1.7      1.5
 12       1.3      1.3    100        7.5     27         17       46      129     31        4.7      1.8      1.5
 13       1.3      1.3     37        7.3     27         16       38      142     30        5.0      1.9      1.7
 14       1.3      1.3     17        7.1     26         13       40      136     24        4.5      1.9      1.8
 15       1.3      1.3     12        7.7     25         13       52      248     20        3.5      1.7      1.9

 16       1.3      1.3     11       21       29         14       82      348     18        3.3      1.6      2.3
 17       1.3      1.3     e9.5     28       42         16       52      188     16        3.3      1.6      2.1
 18       1.3      1.3      8.2     17      e38         20       41      261     15        3.0      1.6      2.0
 19       1.3      1.3      7.6     13      e35         24       34       99     13        2.8      1.6      2.0
 20       1.3      1.3     e6.5     12      e30         29       30       84     12        2.9      1.6      1.8

 21       1.3      1.4     e6.2    e12      e28         33       27       93     11        2.7      1.6      1.7
 22       1.3      1.3     e5.8    e12      e25         35       28      109     11        2.3      1.6      1.7
 23       1.3      1.1     e5.7    e12      e21         30       35       87      9.9      2.2      1.6      1.7
 24       1.3      1.1     e5.5    e11      e19         25       65       73      9.3      1.9      1.6      1.7
 25       1.3      1.6     e5.2    e11      e17         22       76       76     12       e1.9      1.5      1.7

 26       1.3      3.2     e5.2    e11      e16         19       94       86     17       e1.9      1.4      1.7
 27       1.3      1.8      5.2    e10      e16         19       99       88     17       e1.9      1.4      1.5
 28       1.3      1.6      5.2    e10      e16         25       78       77     14       e1.9      1.3      1.5
 29       1.3      1.5      5.5    e10       14         21       71       80     11       e1.9      1.3      1.4
 30       1.3      1.4     19       e9.0      ---       19       98       74      9.9     e1.9      1.3      1.4
 31       1.3      ---     40       e9.0      ---       19      ---       72      ---     e1.9      1.3      ---

TOTAL    39.8     42.0    340.7    359.2   1091.9      591     1509     3546   1026.1    126.8     51.4     48.6
MEAN     1.28     1.40     11.0     11.6     37.7     19.1     50.3      114     34.2     4.09     1.66     1.62
MAX       1.3      3.2      100       28      259       35       99      348       91      9.2      2.0      2.3
MIN       1.2      1.1      1.4      7.1      7.9       13       24       72      9.3      1.9      1.3      1.3
AC-FT      79       83      676      712     2170     1170     2990     7030     2040      252      102       96

  e Estimated.


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STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 1996, BY WATER YEAR (WY)

          OCT      NOV      DEC      JAN      FEB      MAR      APR      MAY      JUN      JUL      AUG      SEP

MEAN     2.26     7.74     8.83     6.83     13.6     18.6     38.2     61.8     34.1     7.04     1.31     1.28
MAX      15.5     45.4     58.7     19.4     64.2     60.1     70.4      114      158     49.6     4.72     4.36
(WY)     1983     1982     1982     1984     1986     1986     1989     1993     1983     1983     1983     1983
MIN       .73      .84      .89      .90      .99     5.86     15.9     7.18     2.23      .49      .35      .39
(WY)     1993     1993     1991     1991     1991     1994     1991     1992     1992     1994     1994     1992

SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1995 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1996 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1980 - 1996

ANNUAL TOTAL                       11479.1                     8772.5
ANNUAL MEAN                           31.4                       24.0                       16.8
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                         34.7            1982
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                           4.96           1988
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                   269     May  1             348     May 16             588       Dec 20 1981
LOWEST DAILY MEAN                      1.1   Nov 23               1.1   Nov 23                .29    Jul 28 1994
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM               1.2   Sep 18               1.2   Oct  1                .31    Aug 15 1994
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                         563     May 16             765       Dec 20 1981
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                          4.44  May 16               5.43    Dec 20 1981
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)              22770                      17400                      12170
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   103                         77                         49
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    10                          8.5                        3.0
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                     1.3                        1.3                         .76

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                                              WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water years 1981 to current year.

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.--
  SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE:  October 1980 to September 1983.
  WATER TEMPERATURE:  October 1980 to September 1992.
  SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE:  October 1980 to September 1992.

REMARKS.--In October 1992, station was incorporated into the expanded Lake Tahoe Interagency Monitoring Program
    to monitor tributary contributions of nutrients and sediment to Lake Tahoe.  These data are reviewed and
    provided by the Nevada District Office, U.S. Geological Survey.


                          WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1995 TO SEPTEMBER 1996

                                            DIS-                      NITRO-   NITRO-   NITRO-
                                          CHARGE,   SPE-               GEN,     GEN,   GEN,AM-
                                           INST.    CIFIC            NO2+NO3  AMMONIA  MONIA +
                                           CUBIC    CON-    TEMPER-    DIS-     DIS-   ORGANIC
                                            FEET    DUCT-    ATURE    SOLVED   SOLVED   TOTAL
                         DATE      TIME     PER     ANCE     WATER    (MG/L    (MG/L    (MG/L
                                           SECOND  (US/CM)  (DEG C)   AS N)    AS N)    AS N)
                                          (00061)  (00095)  (00010)  (00631)  (00608)  (00625)

                     OCT
                       19...       1440      1.3        60      7.0    0.004    0.002     0.09
                     NOV
                       22...       1410      1.3        63      4.5    0.004    0.003     0.08
                     DEC
                       04...       1220      3.4        65      5.0    0.006    0.002     0.10
                       11...       2315      6.9        56      4.0    0.011    0.003     0.23
                       12...       1020    125          19      3.0    0.011    0.003     0.36
                       12...       1620    162          19      2.0    0.009    0.003     0.27
                       12...       2255     66          19      1.0    0.009    0.002     0.34
                       13...       1305     33          23      1.0    0.011    0.002     0.28
                     JAN
                       08...       1430      8.4        31      2.5    0.004    0.002     0.11
                       16...       1720     33          25      1.5    0.006   <0.001     0.24
                       17...       1300     27          23      0.5    0.004   <0.001     0.16
                     FEB
                       04...       1520     21          30      0.0    0.012    0.002     0.09
                       04...       2250     41          27      0.0    0.010    0.001     0.18
                       05...       1105    379          16      0.0    0.007    0.002     0.13
                       05...       1910    300          16      0.0    0.005    0.001     0.12
                       06...       1505    117          16      0.0    0.004    0.001     0.12
                     MAR
                       01...       1640     13          28      1.5    0.006    0.003     0.08
                       29...       1620     20          26      3.0    0.005    0.001     0.04
                     APR
                       15...       1710     55          20      4.5    0.012    0.002     0.07
                       26...       2240    122          17      2.0    0.004    0.002     0.26
                     MAY
                       08...       1550     72          15      6.5    0.003    0.002     0.24
                       13...       2020    199          11      5.0    0.003    0.001     0.21
                       14...       1550    107          12      5.0    0.002    0.001     0.11
                       15...       1410    224          11      3.5    0.003    0.001     0.12
                       15...       2020    229          11      3.5    0.003    0.001     0.23
                       16...       0640    559          12      2.0    0.004    0.003     0.46
                       16...       1515    294          11      3.5    0.003    0.001     0.25
                       17...       1040    186          12      3.0    0.004    0.002     0.18
                       18...       0040    286          12      3.0    0.004    0.002     0.45
                       18...       1705    256          13      4.0    0.003    0.002     0.13
                       20...       1655     76          16      7.0    0.003    0.002     0.05
                     JUN
                       02...       1255     72          14      7.5    0.003    0.002     0.41
                       07...       2130     68          13     11.5    0.003    0.003     0.18
                       14...       1635     23          20     13.5    0.003    0.004     0.12
                     JUL
                       02...       1600      8.0        35     15.0    0.005    0.005     0.16
                     AUG
                       07...       1600      1.8        60     15.0    0.004   <0.001     0.15
                     SEP
                       14...       1845      1.8        66     10.0    0.004    0.002     0.12



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                          WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1995 TO SEPTEMBER 1996

                                                     PHOS-    IRON,             SEDI-
                                            PHOS-   PHORUS    BIO.              MENT,
                                   PHOS-   PHORUS    ORTHO,   REACT-   SEDI-     DIS-
                                  PHORUS     DIS-    DIS-      IVE     MENT,   CHARGE,
                                   TOTAL    SOLVED  SOLVED    TOTAL    SUS-      SUS-
                          DATE     (MG/L    (MG/L   (MG/L    (UG/L     PENDED   PENDED
                                   AS P)    AS P)   AS P)     AS FE)   (MG/L)  (T/DAY)
                                  (00665)  (00666)  (00671)  (46568)  (80154)  (80155)

                     OCT
                       19...       0.026    0.026    0.016       98       10     0.03
                     NOV
                       22...       0.024    0.022    0.016       91        2     0.01
                     DEC
                       04...       0.028    0.021    0.019      143        4     0.04
                       11...       0.075    0.034    0.023      813       23     0.43
                       12...       0.046    0.017    0.010      474       27     9.1
                       12...       0.041    0.015    0.007      442       68    30
                       12...       0.026    0.012    0.005      175       14     2.5
                       13...       0.022    0.012    0.005      109        6     0.53
                     JAN
                       08...       0.009     --      0.004       42        2     0.05
                       16...       0.021     --      0.005      260       12     1.1
                       17...       0.008     --      0.003       71        1     0.07
                     FEB
                       04...       0.017     --      0.005      142        4     0.23
                       04...       0.019     --      0.005      216        7     0.77
                       05...       0.068     --      0.007     2410      143   146
                       05...       0.036     --      0.006     1130       52    42
                       06...       0.028     --      0.004      142       25     7.9
                     MAR
                       01...       0.009     --      0.002       39        2     0.07
                       29...       0.016     --      0.002       32        8     0.43
                     APR
                       15...       0.008     --      0.002       71       <1    <0.15
                       26...       0.026     --      0.001      254       12     4.0
                     MAY
                       08...       0.014     --      0.002       52        2     0.39
                       13...       0.024     --      0.003      284       14     7.5
                       14...       0.012     --      0.002       81        5     1.4
                       15...       0.023     --      0.003      293       17    10
                       15...       0.022     --      0.003      318       14     8.7
                       16...       0.275     --      0.011     7650      404   610
                       16...       0.051     --      0.004     1280       58    46
                       17...       0.022     --      0.003      280       16     8.0
                       18...       0.043     --      0.004      774       38    29
                       18...       0.024     --      0.003      381       28    19
                       20...       0.015     --      0.003      116        5     1.0
                     JUN
                       02...       0.011     --      0.002       49        3     0.58
                       07...       0.017     --      0.002       88        6     1.1
                       14...       0.011     --      0.004       54        4     0.25
                     JUL
                       02...       0.018     --      0.009       59       11     0.24
                     AUG
                       07...       0.032     --      0.016      101        2     0.01
                     SEP
                       14...       0.029     --      0.016       94        2     0.01