10336580 UPPER TRUCKEE RIVER AT SOUTH UPPER TRUCKEE ROAD, NEAR MEYERS, CA
LOCATION.-Lat 38°47'47", long 120°01'05", in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.17, T.11 N., R.18 E., El Dorado County, Hydrologic Unit 16050101, on left
bank, 0.25 mi upstream from bridge, 0.5 mi upstream of confluence of Big Meadow and Grass Lake Creeks, 0.5 mi west of State Highway 89,
and 4.0 mi south of Meyers.
DRAINAGE AREA.-14.1 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.-May 1990 to current year.
GAGE.-Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 6,490 ft above sea level, from topographic map. Prior to Oct. 1, 1991, at site 1,200 ft
downstream at datum 2.54 higher.
REMARKS.-Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. See schematic diagram of Truckee River Basin. These data
are reviewed and provided by the Nevada District Office, U.S. Geological Survey.
DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 2.5 3.0 15 606 31 19 53 125 172 32 7.0 2.1
2 2.6 3.2 20 1130 30 18 46 117 150 30 6.7 2.4
3 2.4 2.9 14 333 29 17 41 132 139 29 6.4 2.6
4 2.4 3.0 14 193 28 17 41 169 198 30 6.3 e2.6
5 2.3 2.6 96 138 27 17 41 182 159 29 6.2 e2.6
6 2.3 2.6 53 106 29 15 41 178 133 26 6.1 e2.4
7 2.3 3.0 40 92 25 15 42 182 128 25 6.2 e2.4
8 2.4 3.2 37 79 25 16 44 190 117 26 5.8 e2.4
9 2.2 3.4 39 70 24 17 42 209 127 26 5.5 e2.3
10 2.3 3.7 35 66 23 19 38 236 120 23 5.1 e2.3
11 2.2 4.1 38 63 23 22 38 229 104 22 5.0 e2.3
12 2.3 4.5 86 60 24 22 38 240 94 20 4.9 e2.3
13 2.2 4.4 58 63 23 22 42 243 86 18 5.0 e2.3
14 2.3 4.6 43 55 22 24 50 230 147 18 4.9 e2.2
15 2.2 4.2 34 53 22 28 63 231 123 17 4.6 e2.2
16 2.3 4.0 30 47 22 31 88 236 111 15 4.5 e2.3
17 2.3 49 25 44 23 30 106 235 109 13 4.4 e2.3
18 2.9 148 23 42 22 32 120 232 101 11 4.2 2.5
19 3.4 52 21 40 22 42 197 233 92 11 3.9 2.6
20 3.8 45 20 40 22 51 177 214 85 11 3.6 2.7
21 2.0 36 e21 38 21 50 242 181 73 11 3.4 2.7
22 2.3 66 e21 37 21 55 191 157 63 10 3.2 2.6
23 2.2 35 e22 39 21 69 189 155 55 10 2.9 2.4
24 5.0 27 e22 34 25 74 147 136 52 9.7 2.6 2.3
25 6.5 22 e22 47 23 72 135 119 51 9.1 2.3 2.9
26 3.6 19 23 42 20 84 159 115 48 8.7 2.3 3.1
27 3.1 16 25 34 20 94 205 129 44 8.4 2.1 2.7
28 2.9 17 20 32 18 85 182 150 41 8.7 2.1 2.2
29 3.0 15 37 32 --- 77 137 171 38 8.6 2.0 2.1
30 3.1 19 85 32 --- 71 129 192 37 8.4 2.2 1.9
31 3.3 --- 120 32 --- 63 --- 188 --- 7.9 2.2 ---
TOTAL 86.6 622.4 1159 3719 665 1268 3064 5736 2997 532.5 133.6 72.7
MEAN 2.79 20.7 37.4 120 23.8 40.9 102 185 99.9 17.2 4.31 2.42
MAX 6.5 148 120 1130 31 94 242 243 198 32 7.0 3.1
MIN 2.0 2.6 14 32 18 15 38 115 37 7.9 2.0 1.9
AC-FT 172 1230 2300 7380 1320 2520 6080 11380 5940 1060 265 144
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1990 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 3.08 6.79 11.0 23.3 14.2 22.5 53.6 136 115 46.3 9.64 3.20
MAX 4.97 20.7 37.4 120 39.2 41.3 102 216 329 220 45.9 9.33
(WY) 1996 1997 1997 1997 1996 1995 1997 1996 1995 1995 1995 1995
MIN 2.12 2.13 1.69 1.57 3.06 6.64 15.1 51.2 12.1 3.40 1.64 1.30
(WY) 1993 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1992 1992 1994 1994 1991
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1990 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 19110.6 20055.8
ANNUAL MEAN 52.2 54.9 38.5
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 72.3 1995
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 14.1 1994
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 658 May 16 1130 Jan 2 1130 Jan 2 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.0 Oct 21 1.9 Sep 30 .76 Sep 1 1990
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.2 Oct 9 2.1 Aug 26 .97 Aug 29 1990
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 2010 Jan 2 2010 Jan 2 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 11.31 Jan 2 11.31 Jan 2 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 37910 39780 27890
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 164 158 111
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 22 24 8.0
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.1 2.4 2.0
e Estimated.
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1997 California Hydrologic Data
Report
10336580 UPPER TRUCKEE RIVER AT SOUTH UPPER TRUCKEE ROAD, NEAR MEYERS, CA-Continued
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.-Water years 1990 to current year.
REMARKS.-In November 1989, 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 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DIS- PH BARO- OXYGEN,
CHARGE, SPE- WATER METRIC DIS-
INST. CIFIC WHOLE PRES- SOLVED
CUBIC CON- FIELD TEMPER- TEMPER- SURE OXYGEN, (PER-
FEET DUCT- (STAND- ATURE ATURE (MM DIS- CENT
DATE TIME PER ANCE ARD AIR WATER OF SOLVED SATUR-
SECOND (US/CM) UNITS) (DEG C) (DEG C) HG) (MG/L) ATION)
(00061) (00095) (00400) (00020) (00010) (00025) (00300) (00301)
OCT
02... 1710 2.7 52 -- 14.0 9.5 -- -- --
18... 1200 2.5 75 -- 9.5 6.0 -- -- --
NOV
05... 1430 2.6 49 -- 4.5 1.5 -- -- --
18... 1700 86 18 -- 3.5 2.0 -- -- --
19... 1705 54 24 -- 4.0 3.0 -- -- --
26... 1230 18 37 -- 2.0 2.0 -- -- --
DEC
05... 1550 94 18 -- 0.5 1.0 -- -- --
12... 1600 107 17 -- 1.0 1.0 -- -- --
31... 1248 112 19 -- 5.5 2.0 -- -- --
JAN
03... 1650 280 18 -- -3.0 1.0 -- -- --
04... 0950 200 -- -- -- 1.0 -- -- --
08... 1600 81 23 -- -0.5 1.5 -- -- --
23... 1230 43 -- -- 5.0 1.0 -- -- --
FEB
18... 1325 22 32 7.6 7.0 1.5 600 11.1 101
MAR
12... 1300 22 29 -- 7.0 2.5 -- -- --
20... 1230 47 -- -- 15.0 3.0 -- -- --
27... 1345 84 22 -- 11.0 4.0 -- -- --
APR
09... 1340 42 27 7.7 2.0 2.0 596 10.5 97
21... 1053 235 -- -- 12.0 3.0 -- -- --
MAY
01... 1245 118 21 -- 13.0 4.5 -- -- --
08... 1540 185 21 7.3 18.0 7.0 600 9.8 103
15... 1145 189 21 -- 23.0 5.5 -- -- --
15... 1700 245 19 -- 18.0 8.0 -- -- --
22... 1645 142 22 -- 12.0 8.0 -- -- --
30... 1400 158 21 -- 21.5 10.5 -- -- --
JUN
03... 1120 123 23 -- 15.0 6.5 -- -- --
06... 1410 118 23 -- 15.0 9.5 -- -- --
09... 1730 177 21 -- 13.0 8.5 -- -- --
12... 1450 85 24 7.8 12.5 9.0 594 9.0 100
17... 1650 118 22 -- 23.0 13.0 -- -- --
27... 1515 41 29 -- 21.5 12.0 -- -- --
JUL
17... 0930 15 25 -- 15.0 10.0 -- -- --
23... 1430 10 37 -- 14.5 12.0 -- -- --
AUG
11... 1240 5.3 44 -- 17.5 11.0 -- -- --
18... 1420 4.2 47 -- 22.0 13.0 -- -- --
SEP
17... 1615 3.8 52 7.7 13.5 9.5 595 9.3 105
22... 1054 2.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10336580 UPPER TRUCKEE RIVER AT SOUTH UPPER TRUCKEE ROAD, NEAR MEYERS, CA-Continued
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- PHOS- IRON, SEDI-
GEN, GEN, GEN,AM- PHORUS BIO. MENT,
NO2+NO3 AMMONIA MONIA + PHOS- ORTHO, REACT- SEDI- DIS-
DIS- DIS- ORGANIC PHORUS DIS- IVE MENT, CHARGE,
SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL TOTAL SOLVED TOTAL SUS- SUS-
DATE (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (UG/L PENDED PENDED
AS N) AS N) AS N) AS P) AS P) AS FE) (MG/L) (T/DAY)
(00631) (00608) (00625) (00665) (00671) (46568) (80154) (80155)
OCT
02... 0.036 0.013 0.42 0.032 0.026 438 1 0.01
18... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
NOV
05... 0.002 0.001 0.17 0.021 0.021 187 1 0.01
18... 0.012 0.002 0.22 0.032 0.007 170 10 2.3
19... 0.008 <0.001 0.09 0.026 0.008 221 6 0.87
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
05... 0.003 <0.001 0.23 0.021 0.007 246 6 1.5
12... 0.003 0.002 0.28 0.016 0.006 135 4 1.2
31... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
03... 0.012 <0.001 0.07 0.054 0.011 182 35 26
04... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
08... 0.009 <0.001 0.09 0.019 0.010 75 4 0.87
23... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
18... 0.010 0.004 0.08 0.016 0.009 172 <1 --
MAR
12... 0.006 0.001 0.08 0.015 0.006 104 <1 --
20... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
27... 0.006 0.001 0.08 0.012 0.004 114 1 0.23
APR
09... 0.006 0.002 0.08 0.017 0.009 131 <1 --
21... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
01... 0.004 0.001 0.07 0.016 0.006 87 3 0.96
08... 0.004 0.016 0.15 0.014 0.001 99 4 2.0
15... 0.008 0.002 0.06 0.018 0.004 133 9 4.6
15... 0.007 0.001 0.12 0.020 0.005 217 12 7.9
22... 0.006 <0.001 0.10 0.029 0.007 193 4 1.5
30... 0.004 0.001 0.07 0.032 0.005 215 4 1.7
JUN
03... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
06... 0.004 <0.001 0.06 0.021 0.006 125 2 0.64
09... 0.011 <0.001 0.17 0.043 0.007 356 16 7.6
12... 0.004 <0.001 0.07 0.036 0.007 123 1 0.23
17... 0.004 0.001 0.09 0.033 0.006 120 3 0.96
27... 0.005 0.003 0.09 0.025 0.011 106 <1 --
JUL
17... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23... 0.010 0.005 0.06 0.045 0.016 115 1 0.03
AUG
11... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18... 0.030 <0.001 0.06 0.042 0.021 112 <1 --
SEP
17... 0.017 0.003 0.15 0.050 0.021 98 <1 0.0
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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