10339419 TRUCKEE RIVER ABOVE PROSSER CREEK, NEAR TRUCKEE, CA
LOCATION.-Lat 39°22'07", long 120°06'50", in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.32, T.18 N., R.17 E., Nevada County, Hydrologic Unit 16050102, on right
bank 0.2 mi upstream from Prosser Creek, and 4.5 mi northeast of Truckee.
DRAINAGE AREA.-644 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.-October 1993 to current year.
GAGE.-Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 5,560 ft above sea level, from topographic map
REMARKS.-Records good. Flow regulated by Lake Tahoe, Donner Lake, and Martis Creek Reservoir (station numbers 10337000, 10338400,
and 10339380). See schematic diagram of Truckee River Basin.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-Maximum discharge, 14,500 ft3/s, Jan. 2, 1997, gage height, 15.89 ft; minimum daily, 11 ft3/s,
July 28, Aug. 11, 15, 19, 1994.
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
1 134 365 209 10400 2800 2390 683 762 516 299 344 340
2 122 362 186 11000 2800 2390 615 740 473 352 343 340
3 121 360 173 5760 2770 2370 581 735 440 365 342 338
4 119 359 164 4890 2750 2350 564 790 714 397 341 340
5 116 356 902 4370 2720 2350 552 814 578 392 371 351
6 113 359 504 4020 2690 2340 534 801 489 387 363 345
7 111 370 362 3760 2660 2340 523 791 471 384 363 342
8 109 369 363 3450 2650 2350 524 764 514 382 359 342
9 106 372 390 3190 2620 2350 525 781 900 380 354 340
10 104 379 480 3120 2600 2370 498 831 1150 377 354 340
11 102 378 598 3070 2590 2400 475 845 1130 375 356 347
12 100 378 2150 3030 2570 2390 463 883 1170 370 356 370
13 98 376 2610 2980 2560 2380 461 870 916 366 357 402
14 96 376 2540 2900 2550 2390 491 840 1080 363 356 403
15 96 376 2430 2900 2550 2420 534 850 1250 360 355 403
16 94 375 2380 2860 2540 2450 588 817 1430 358 353 403
17 93 596 2350 2810 2560 2440 660 811 1430 355 352 400
18 104 1100 2260 2830 2540 1750 750 794 1410 354 352 399
19 181 388 2010 2850 2530 776 1190 743 1380 351 351 416
20 219 398 1490 2840 2520 659 1130 649 1180 348 351 421
21 217 288 1980 2840 2510 677 1340 574 787 348 351 418
22 216 504 2190 2800 2500 708 1130 518 610 352 349 415
23 216 351 2270 2840 2490 760 1210 516 450 353 349 414
24 221 287 2330 2750 2460 805 990 509 431 356 348 414
25 246 257 2320 2880 2430 814 888 450 336 354 347 421
26 255 230 2380 3030 2430 845 883 429 333 353 346 423
27 268 212 2520 2950 2430 913 986 433 227 352 345 405
28 290 203 2450 2890 2410 889 962 468 227 352 344 401
29 359 187 2700 2850 --- 823 848 496 283 352 343 399
30 364 173 3620 2820 --- 786 798 537 305 349 341 351
31 367 --- 4940 2790 --- 765 --- 547 --- 346 341 ---
TOTAL 5357 11084 54251 114470 72230 52440 22376 21388 22610 11182 10877 11443
MEAN 173 369 1750 3693 2580 1692 746 690 754 361 351 381
MAX 367 1100 4940 11000 2800 2450 1340 883 1430 397 371 423
MIN 93 173 164 2750 2410 659 461 429 227 299 341 338
AC-FT 10630 21990 107600 227100 143300 104000 44380 42420 44850 22180 21570 22700
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1994 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
MEAN 102 146 537 1059 883 805 710 1160 733 340 222 231
MAX 173 369 1750 3693 2580 1692 1331 2436 1144 587 351 381
(WY) 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1996 1996 1995 1995 1997 1997
MIN 34.3 46.6 50.7 52.5 55.9 137 180 224 72.6 41.2 12.1 54.1
(WY) 1995 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1994 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 293781 409708
ANNUAL MEAN 803 1122 576
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1122 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 85.0 1994
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 4940 Dec 31 11000 Jan 2 11000 Jan 2 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 93 Oct 17 93 Oct 17 11 Jul 28 1994
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 97 Oct 11 97 Oct 11 12 Aug 9 1994
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 14500 Jan 2 14500 Jan 2 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 15.89 Jan 2 15.89 Jan 2 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 582700 812700 417400
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2050 2750 1600
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 379 509 292
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 205 251 46
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1997 California Hydrologic Data
Report
10339419 TRUCKEE RIVER ABOVE PROSSER CREEK, NEAR TRUCKEE, CA-Continued
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.-
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 1994 to current year.
WATER TEMPERATURE: March 1993 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 1994 to current year.
WATER TEMPERATURE: March 1993 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION.-Water-temperature recorder since March 1993. Specific conductance recorder since October 1994.
REMARKS.-Water temperature and specific conductance are affected by regulation from Lake Tahoe and Donner Lake.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 333 micromhos, Nov. 1, 1994; minimum recorded, 34 micromhos, Jan. 2, 1997.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 25.0C, July 13, 15, 20, 1994; minimum recorded, 0.0C, many days most years.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 195 micromhos, Oct. 18; minimum recorded 34 micromhos, Jan. 2.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 23.0C, Aug. 5, 6, 8; minimum recorded, 1.0C, Nov. 30, Dec. 2.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE, US/CM @ 25 DEGREES CELSIUS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DAY MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 140 111 102 101 124 113 62 37 88 87 88 87
2 140 133 102 101 124 113 58 34 87 85 88 87
3 134 132 102 101 118 116 75 58 86 84 88 87
4 134 128 103 101 125 117 74 70 87 85 89 88
5 131 128 102 101 117 68 89 74 87 86 89 88
6 132 130 102 101 101 84 88 76 87 85 89 88
7 132 131 102 99 109 101 88 77 87 85 90 88
8 133 131 102 101 121 105 79 77 88 86 90 88
9 134 132 102 101 112 101 80 77 87 86 90 89
10 142 132 102 101 116 99 81 79 87 86 90 88
11 135 132 102 101 119 91 81 80 87 86 90 88
12 135 133 103 101 91 77 81 80 87 87 89 88
13 136 134 102 101 80 76 82 81 88 86 89 88
14 138 134 102 101 91 80 82 81 88 87 89 88
15 177 135 102 101 95 83 82 80 88 87 89 88
16 188 135 101 101 96 84 81 80 88 87 88 87
17 180 135 103 72 95 86 81 80 89 87 88 87
18 195 121 82 55 96 84 82 81 88 87 91 87
19 170 112 103 82 96 84 83 81 88 87 97 91
20 153 110 97 80 96 88 82 81 88 87 96 94
21 112 110 104 97 92 85 83 82 88 87 96 94
22 112 111 101 75 92 85 83 81 88 87 94 91
23 112 110 108 96 99 87 84 82 88 87 91 89
24 112 110 111 105 95 86 87 84 88 87 89 87
25 110 106 113 106 96 87 88 85 88 87 89 86
26 111 106 116 109 92 84 88 83 89 88 92 73
27 109 106 121 111 95 85 87 86 88 88 76 72
28 109 103 120 113 90 87 88 86 89 88 77 73
29 113 99 123 116 94 77 88 87 --- --- 79 76
30 123 102 123 117 81 69 88 87 --- --- 80 79
31 103 101 --- --- 69 59 88 87 --- --- 83 79
MONTH 195 99 123 55 125 59 89 34 89 84 97 72
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE, US/CM @ 25 DEGREES CELSIUS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DAY MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN
APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 84 82 110 74 59 56 104 98 110 106 109 106
2 87 84 108 75 59 56 102 98 109 105 108 106
3 88 87 79 74 59 57 102 98 110 106 109 106
4 89 88 77 71 70 53 100 97 111 107 110 106
5 89 88 98 69 72 56 100 97 109 105 110 108
6 90 88 78 71 81 72 101 98 109 105 110 107
7 90 89 80 72 83 76 101 98 107 105 109 106
8 90 88 81 72 84 78 102 98 108 105 110 107
9 92 88 91 72 102 82 101 98 108 106 110 107
10 93 91 78 71 123 102 101 99 107 103 110 108
11 95 92 80 71 130 119 104 99 108 104 109 106
12 95 93 80 71 144 128 104 100 107 104 106 104
13 95 94 107 73 132 123 105 101 108 105 104 102
14 94 90 87 76 124 101 106 103 108 106 103 102
15 91 87 88 80 105 100 106 103 108 106 103 101
16 89 84 89 83 101 95 106 104 109 106 103 101
17 90 82 91 85 104 98 106 104 109 105 103 101
18 88 79 87 84 100 90 107 103 109 106 103 102
19 80 67 86 80 90 86 107 104 108 105 102 101
20 87 72 81 76 90 83 107 104 108 106 103 99
21 86 82 77 73 93 86 108 105 108 105 103 101
22 82 66 75 70 95 89 109 105 108 106 103 101
23 68 65 70 66 98 92 108 106 108 106 103 101
24 73 68 68 65 101 94 109 106 109 105 104 101
25 73 67 68 65 106 98 108 106 109 105 103 101
26 73 66 66 64 105 98 110 107 109 106 103 101
27 74 66 66 63 117 104 109 106 109 106 103 101
28 76 67 64 61 115 102 108 106 109 107 103 101
29 79 72 62 59 110 102 108 105 109 105 103 101
30 169 77 61 58 106 101 108 105 109 105 105 102
31 --- --- 60 57 --- --- 110 105 109 106 --- ---
MONTH 169 65 110 57 144 53 110 97 111 103 110 99
WATER TEMPERATURE, DEGREES CELSIUS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DAY MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 17.0 12.0 9.5 6.5 5.0 2.5 4.5 2.5 6.5 5.5 6.5 4.5
2 16.5 11.0 9.0 6.0 3.5 1.0 4.0 3.0 6.0 5.0 5.5 4.5
3 17.0 11.5 9.5 6.5 4.0 1.5 5.0 4.0 6.0 4.5 5.5 4.5
4 16.5 12.0 9.5 7.5 4.5 1.5 5.5 4.5 6.0 5.0 6.5 3.5
5 16.5 10.5 8.5 6.5 4.5 3.0 5.5 4.5 6.0 4.5 7.0 4.5
6 16.5 10.5 8.0 5.0 3.5 2.0 5.0 3.5 6.0 4.0 7.5 4.5
7 16.5 10.5 9.0 6.0 5.5 3.0 5.0 3.5 6.0 4.5 7.5 4.5
8 16.5 10.5 9.5 6.5 6.5 4.5 5.5 4.5 6.0 5.0 7.5 5.0
9 17.0 11.5 10.0 6.5 5.5 4.5 6.0 5.0 6.0 4.5 7.5 5.0
10 16.5 11.5 10.0 7.0 4.5 3.0 6.0 5.0 6.5 5.5 8.0 5.0
11 15.5 10.5 10.5 7.5 4.5 3.0 6.0 4.5 6.5 4.5 7.5 5.0
12 13.0 9.0 10.0 7.0 5.5 3.5 5.5 4.5 6.5 5.0 7.0 5.0
13 14.0 8.5 10.5 8.0 6.5 5.0 4.5 3.5 6.5 4.5 7.5 4.5
14 13.5 8.5 9.0 7.0 5.5 4.5 5.0 3.0 6.5 4.5 8.0 5.0
15 13.0 8.0 8.0 6.5 6.5 4.5 5.5 4.5 6.5 5.0 7.5 5.5
16 12.0 7.5 7.0 5.5 7.0 5.5 6.0 5.0 7.0 5.5 6.5 5.5
17 12.0 6.5 8.0 6.0 6.5 5.5 6.0 5.0 6.5 5.0 7.5 5.0
18 11.0 8.0 6.5 5.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.0 7.0 4.5 8.5 5.0
19 9.5 7.0 6.5 6.0 7.0 5.5 6.0 5.0 6.5 5.0 8.5 4.5
20 9.5 6.0 8.0 5.0 6.0 4.0 5.5 4.0 6.5 5.0 8.5 4.5
21 9.5 5.5 7.0 5.5 4.0 2.5 5.5 4.5 6.5 5.0 8.0 5.5
22 10.0 6.0 7.0 5.0 4.5 3.0 4.5 2.0 6.5 5.0 8.5 5.0
23 11.0 7.5 7.0 4.5 5.5 3.5 5.5 3.0 6.0 4.0 9.0 5.0
24 12.0 9.0 6.5 4.5 6.0 4.5 5.5 4.5 5.5 3.5 9.0 5.0
25 9.5 7.0 7.0 5.0 6.5 5.0 5.0 4.0 6.5 4.0 9.0 4.5
26 7.5 6.0 6.0 4.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 3.0 6.5 5.5 10.0 5.0
27 8.0 5.0 5.0 2.5 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.0 9.0 5.0
28 7.5 5.0 5.0 3.0 6.0 5.5 6.0 5.5 6.5 4.5 9.0 5.0
29 7.5 6.5 4.5 2.5 5.5 4.5 6.0 5.0 --- --- 8.5 4.0
30 8.5 6.5 4.5 1.0 5.5 4.0 6.5 5.0 --- --- 8.0 5.0
31 9.0 7.5 --- --- 5.0 3.5 6.5 5.5 --- --- 7.0 3.5
MONTH 17.0 5.0 10.5 1.0 7.0 1.0 6.5 2.0 7.0 3.5 10.0 3.5
APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 5.0 3.0 10.5 5.0 14.5 9.5 16.5 9.5 21.5 16.0 20.5 15.0
2 6.5 2.0 10.5 6.0 14.0 9.0 18.0 11.5 21.0 15.0 18.5 15.5
3 8.0 3.0 12.0 6.0 13.0 10.0 19.5 12.0 21.5 15.0 19.0 15.0
4 8.0 3.5 12.5 7.0 10.5 8.5 20.0 14.0 22.0 16.5 20.5 15.5
5 8.0 3.5 12.0 6.0 11.5 8.0 19.5 14.0 23.0 16.5 20.0 16.0
6 8.0 4.0 12.0 6.5 15.5 8.0 19.5 13.5 23.0 17.0 20.5 15.5
7 8.5 4.5 12.5 6.5 16.0 10.0 20.5 14.0 22.5 17.0 20.0 15.0
8 8.5 5.0 13.0 7.0 14.5 10.5 21.0 15.5 23.0 17.0 20.0 16.0
9 7.0 4.5 13.0 6.5 14.5 11.5 19.0 15.0 22.0 17.0 20.5 16.0
10 8.0 4.0 12.0 7.0 15.5 12.0 19.5 14.5 21.5 16.0 20.0 16.0
11 9.0 4.0 12.0 6.5 16.5 12.0 19.5 14.0 20.5 15.5 19.0 14.5
12 9.0 4.5 13.5 6.5 15.5 12.0 20.0 13.5 21.5 16.0 19.0 14.0
13 9.5 4.5 13.0 6.5 13.0 9.5 20.5 14.0 22.0 16.5 19.5 14.5
14 10.0 6.0 13.5 6.5 14.0 10.5 21.5 15.5 22.0 17.0 18.5 15.5
15 10.5 6.0 13.5 7.5 16.0 11.5 21.5 16.0 22.0 16.5 17.0 13.5
16 11.0 6.0 12.0 8.0 17.0 12.5 19.0 15.5 21.5 16.5 17.5 12.0
17 11.0 6.0 13.0 8.0 17.5 13.0 20.5 15.5 21.0 15.5 17.0 13.0
18 10.0 6.5 14.0 8.0 17.5 12.5 20.5 14.5 21.0 16.0 17.5 14.0
19 8.5 6.0 14.0 8.0 17.5 12.5 21.5 14.5 19.0 15.5 16.5 13.5
20 9.5 5.5 13.5 7.0 17.0 12.5 21.5 15.5 21.0 17.0 17.0 12.0
21 8.0 6.0 13.0 6.5 17.0 11.5 22.0 16.0 21.5 15.5 17.5 12.5
22 8.0 4.5 12.0 8.0 16.5 11.0 22.0 16.0 21.0 15.5 18.0 13.0
23 9.0 5.0 10.5 7.5 16.5 10.5 19.0 16.5 20.0 16.0 17.5 13.0
24 9.0 4.5 11.5 6.5 18.0 11.5 20.0 16.5 20.5 15.5 18.0 13.5
25 10.5 4.5 13.5 7.0 19.0 13.0 20.0 16.0 20.0 15.0 17.5 14.5
26 11.0 5.5 11.5 7.5 17.5 13.0 20.5 16.0 19.5 14.5 18.5 15.0
27 11.0 6.5 14.5 8.5 18.5 13.0 21.0 16.5 20.0 14.5 17.0 13.0
28 8.5 5.5 15.0 9.0 18.0 12.0 20.0 16.5 19.5 14.5 17.0 12.5
29 10.0 5.0 15.5 9.0 17.0 11.5 20.0 16.0 19.5 14.0 17.5 12.5
30 8.5 6.0 16.5 9.5 15.0 11.5 20.0 16.5 19.5 14.0 18.0 13.5
31 --- --- 14.5 9.5 --- --- 21.0 15.5 19.5 16.0 --- ---
MONTH 11.0 2.0 16.5 5.0 19.0 8.0 22.0 9.5 23.0 14.0 20.5 12.0
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