10336676 WARD CREEK AT STATE HIGHWAY 89, NEAR TAHOE PINES, CA
LOCATION.-Lat 39°07'56", long 120°09'24", in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.24, T.15 N., R.16 E., Placer County, Hydrologic Unit 16050101, Tahoe
National Forest, on right bank 165 ft downstream from State Highway 89 Bridge, 2.1 mi north of Tahoe Pines, and 2.6 mi southwest of Tahoe
City.
DRAINAGE AREA.-9.70 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.-October 1972 to current year.
GAGE.-Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 6,230 ft above sea level, from topographic map.
REMARKS.-Records fair except for Dec. 30 to Jan. 6, which are poor. Minor diversion for local water supply upstream from station. See
schematic diagram of Truckee River Basin.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-Maximum discharge, 2,530 ft3/s, Jan. 1, 1997, gage height, 9.36 ft; no flow for many days during
1977-78, 1981, 1988, 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)
Nov. 18 0200 308 6.11 Apr. 23 0415 257 5.61
Dec. 5 1000 297 6.08 May 12 1845 200 5.40
Dec. 12 0630 213 5.80 June 4 1500 169 5.30
Jan. 1 2345 2,530 9.36
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 1.1 2.7 e12 1390 29 13 43 81 71 15 e3.3 e1.5
2 1.1 2.8 e12 1370 29 13 38 79 64 14 e3.1 e1.6
3 1.1 2.7 12 308 27 13 35 83 62 13 e3.0 e1.6
4 1.1 2.8 12 177 26 e13 34 102 133 12 e2.9 e1.5
5 1.1 2.5 131 127 24 e12 33 102 92 11 e2.8 e1.4
6 1.0 2.3 47 100 23 12 32 102 71 11 e2.7 e1.4
7 1.1 2.4 32 83 22 12 32 104 62 10 e2.6 e1.3
8 .99 2.4 34 72 21 13 33 116 68 9.9 e2.6 e1.2
9 .99 2.4 37 64 20 14 31 129 63 9.5 e2.4 e1.3
10 .99 2.4 35 58 19 16 28 137 55 8.9 e2.2 e1.3
11 1.0 2.4 39 52 18 19 28 142 49 8.5 e2.1 e1.4
12 1.1 2.4 155 48 18 20 30 154 45 8.0 e2.0 e1.4
13 1.1 2.5 85 e50 17 18 31 150 44 7.5 e2.0 e1.5
14 1.1 2.6 55 e50 17 20 38 141 55 7.0 e2.0 e1.5
15 1.2 2.7 40 e45 17 23 45 134 50 6.5 e1.9 e1.6
16 1.2 2.5 33 e40 18 25 54 127 46 6.3 e1.8 e1.5
17 1.2 58 29 34 19 24 74 125 44 5.8 e1.8 e1.5
18 1.5 111 26 32 17 27 94 122 40 5.4 e1.8 e1.5
19 2.0 36 24 31 17 32 171 117 37 5.2 e1.8 e1.5
20 1.6 32 22 31 16 36 130 106 34 4.9 e1.8 e1.4
21 1.4 29 21 31 16 36 209 91 31 e4.6 e1.8 e1.4
22 1.5 59 e21 27 15 38 151 78 28 e4.4 e1.7 e1.4
23 1.6 31 e21 e27 15 45 193 93 24 e4.4 e1.6 e1.4
24 3.6 24 e21 e27 e15 49 121 88 23 e4.4 e1.7 e1.4
25 4.5 20 e21 e28 15 49 101 69 21 e4.1 e1.7 e1.4
26 2.8 18 e25 e28 14 e55 104 61 20 e3.9 e1.6 e1.4
27 2.5 15 e26 e29 14 77 132 60 18 e3.8 e1.6 e1.3
28 2.5 14 27 e29 13 71 116 64 17 e3.8 e1.6 e1.3
29 2.8 13 62 30 --- 65 92 69 16 e3.7 e1.6 e1.3
30 2.7 12 134 29 --- 59 81 74 16 e3.5 e1.5 e1.3
31 2.7 --- 281 28 --- 53 --- 76 --- e3.4 e1.5 ---
TOTAL 52.17 512.5 1532 4475 531 972 2334 3176 1399 223.4 64.5 42.5
MEAN 1.68 17.1 49.4 144 19.0 31.4 77.8 102 46.6 7.21 2.08 1.42
MAX 4.5 111 281 1390 29 77 209 154 133 15 3.3 1.6
MIN .99 2.3 12 27 13 12 28 60 16 3.4 1.5 1.2
AC-FT 103 1020 3040 8880 1050 1930 4630 6300 2770 443 128 84
e Estimated.
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1973 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
MEAN 3.30 11.7 13.5 18.7 16.0 21.7 42.6 90.6 72.3 22.3 4.00 1.79
MAX 22.4 73.9 92.5 144 77.7 80.3 89.2 177 265 123 26.9 7.93
(WY) 1983 1982 1982 1997 1982 1986 1989 1996 1983 1983 1983 1983
MIN .15 1.06 .80 1.10 1.24 2.52 8.06 18.7 4.59 1.10 .003 .005
(WY) 1978 1978 1977 1991 1991 1977 1975 1977 1992 1994 1977 1977
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1973 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 15102.68 15314.07
ANNUAL MEAN 41.3 42.0 26.6
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 59.0 1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 5.29 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 672 May 16 1390 Jan 1 1390 Jan 1 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .92 Sep 3 .99 Oct 8 .00 Aug 4 1977
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .95 Aug 30 1.0 Oct 5 .00 Aug 4 1977
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 2530 Jan 1 2530 Jan 1 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 9.36 Jan 1 9.36 Jan 1 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 29960 30380 19240
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 112 102 76
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 21 19 6.9
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.1 1.4 .87
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1997 California Hydrologic Data
Report
10336676 WARD CREEK AT STATE HIGHWAY 89, NEAR TAHOE PINES, CA-Continued
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.-Water years 1973-78, 1980 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 1980 to September 1983.
WATER TEMPERATURE: October 1972 to June 1978 (storm season only for water years 1977-78), October 1979 to September 1992.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: October 1972 to June 1978 (storm season only for water years 1977-78), October 1979 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 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DIS- OXYGEN, NITRO-
CHARGE, SPE- DIS- GEN,
INST. CIFIC SOLVED NO2+NO3
CUBIC CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- OXYGEN, (PER- DIS-
FEET DUCT- ATURE ATURE DIS- CENT SOLVED
DATE TIME PER ANCE AIR WATER SOLVED SATUR- (MG/L
SECOND (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) (MG/L) ATION) AS N)
(00061) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00300) (00301) (00631)
OCT
17... 1315 1.2 81 11.5 6.5 9.8 100 0.033
NOV
17... 0930 23 57 6.0 2.0 10.5 96 0.025
17... 1630 84 39 -- 2.0 -- -- 0.029
17... 2235 149 35 6.0 2.5 -- -- 0.028
18... 1040 83 35 6.5 3.5 10.4 99 0.024
19... 1850 54 40 3.5 3.0 -- -- 0.016
20... 1015 31 42 8.0 4.0 -- -- 0.019
21... 2135 57 37 -- -- -- -- 0.003
22... 0045 119 33 2.0 3.0 -- -- 0.004
22... 1445 46 39 0.0 2.0 -- -- 0.003
DEC
05... 0835 224 31 3.0 1.0 -- -- 0.009
05... 1545 125 35 0.0 1.0 -- -- 0.010
11... 2255 81 38 3.0 1.0 -- -- 0.006
12... 0750 213 32 3.0 1.0 -- -- 0.008
12... 1505 160 34 1.5 1.5 -- -- 0.007
29... 2035 127 37 2.0 0.0 -- -- 0.028
30... 1050 110 38 2.5 0.5 -- -- 0.002
30... 2100 171 36 2.5 0.0 -- -- 0.002
31... 0915 243 34 4.5 1.0 -- -- 0.002
JAN
01... 0805 1440 24 6.0 0.5 -- -- 0.003
01... 1420 1670 21 6.5 0.5 -- -- 0.004
02... 0920 1990 21 3.0 1.0 -- -- 0.003
02... 2045 561 27 1.0 1.0 -- -- 0.003
03... 1710 237 33 -1.0 1.5 -- -- 0.005
06... 1730 95 37 -4.5 0.0 -- -- 0.034
FEB
13... 1325 17 49 5.5 2.0 10.8 97 0.003
MAR
15... 1425 23 49 7.0 5.0 -- -- 0.039
26... 1750 76 39 7.5 3.5 -- -- 0.005
APR
14... 1310 34 45 11.5 6.5 -- -- 0.004
19... 1030 193 33 8.0 3.0 -- -- 0.052
19... 1700 178 33 10.0 4.0 -- -- 0.011
21... 1435 218 33 8.0 3.5 10.8 102 0.011
22... 1300 136 36 13.0 4.0 10.2 94 0.008
30... 1410 79 38 14.0 6.0 10.1 102 0.037
MAY
08... 0555 103 35 1.0 3.0 -- -- 0.033
14... 1845 169 30 15.0 7.0 9.6 99 0.040
22... 1525 75 36 14.5 8.5 9.2 99 0.004
23... 1720 126 35 6.5 5.5 -- -- 0.003
JUN
02... 1835 68 34 14.5 9.0 -- -- 0.004
04... 0640 121 34 6.0 5.5 -- -- 0.006
04... 1620 157 32 8.0 7.0 9.6 100 0.006
08... 2015 83 33 9.5 7.5 -- -- 0.012
18... 1325 39 39 25.0 13.5 8.2 100 0.003
JUL
17... 1310 6.3 60 22.0 17.0 7.5 97 0.003
AUG
18... 1435 2.2 80 22.0 18.5 7.2 96 0.006
SEP
16... 1325 1.5 86 18.0 13.5 8.2 97 0.031
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WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
NITRO- NITRO- PHOS- IRON, SEDI-
GEN, GEN,AM- PHORUS BIO. MENT,
AMMONIA MONIA + PHOS- ORTHO, REACT- SEDI- DIS-
DIS- ORGANIC PHORUS DIS- IVE MENT, CHARGE,
SOLVED TOTAL TOTAL SOLVED TOTAL SUS- SUS-
DATE (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (UG/L PENDED PENDED
AS N) AS N) AS P) AS P) AS FE) (MG/L) (T/DAY)
(00608) (00625) (00665) (00671) (46568) (80154) (80155)
OCT
17... 0.010 0.04 0.038 0.022 35 5 0.02
NOV
17... 0.014 0.05 0.106 0.033 838 30 1.9
17... 0.004 0.04 0.306 0.021 1370 90 20
17... 0.003 0.05 0.363 0.020 2350 177 71
18... 0.002 0.08 0.052 0.014 959 28 6.3
19... 0.001 0.05 0.068 0.011 476 38 5.5
20... 0.002 0.16 0.022 0.009 86 3 0.25
21... <0.001 0.05 0.070 0.005 463 52 8.0
22... 0.001 0.07 0.106 0.006 727 64 21
22... <0.001 0.11 0.025 0.004 632 2 0.25
DEC
05... 0.003 0.04 0.178 0.012 919 190 115
05... 0.001 0.05 0.046 0.009 356 18 6.1
11... 0.001 0.19 0.030 0.007 360 34 7.4
12... 0.001 0.19 0.056 0.009 275 46 26
12... <0.001 0.13 0.027 0.008 460 17 7.3
29... 0.010 0.17 0.031 0.014 308 32 11
30... <0.001 0.37 0.020 0.003 310 16 4.8
30... <0.001 0.21 0.060 0.003 437 92 42
31... <0.001 0.23 0.055 0.004 479 72 47
JAN
01... <0.001 0.26 1.78 0.007 532 2010 7810
01... 0.001 0.15 1.95 0.005 640 3000 13500
02... <0.001 0.86 2.14 0.007 381 1940 10400
02... <0.001 0.57 0.598 0.010 895 704 1070
03... <0.001 0.21 0.199 0.010 3940 269 172
06... 0.011 0.21 0.026 0.017 281 10 2.6
FEB
13... <0.001 0.17 0.014 0.008 26 4 0.18
MAR
15... 0.013 0.15 0.023 0.019 113 6 0.37
26... 0.001 0.17 0.094 0.007 1730 114 23
APR
14... 0.002 0.28 0.027 0.007 45 7 0.64
19... 0.010 0.25 0.129 0.007 2950 183 95
19... <0.001 0.25 0.072 0.007 880 94 45
21... 0.001 0.21 0.070 0.007 1250 71 42
22... <0.001 0.17 0.022 0.006 237 22 8.1
30... 0.001 0.15 0.017 0.016 58 5 1.1
MAY
08... 0.001 0.05 0.016 0.006 81 4 1.1
14... 0.001 0.08 0.030 0.005 252 15 6.8
22... 0.002 0.08 0.028 0.005 74 3 0.61
23... 0.001 0.11 0.026 0.006 214 12 4.1
JUN
02... 0.009 0.06 0.030 0.006 86 6 1.1
04... <0.001 0.13 0.038 0.005 220 17 5.6
04... <0.001 0.20 0.099 0.005 846 72 31
08... 0.002 0.27 0.196 0.004 1950 144 32
18... <0.001 0.02 0.019 0.007 61 1 0.11
JUL
17... 0.002 0.04 0.038 0.014 46 <1 <0.02
AUG
18... 0.012 0.06 0.039 0.027 59 <1 <0.01
SEP
16... 0.004 0.05 0.053 0.014 60 <1 <0.01
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