1998 California Hydrologic Data Report
10336645 GENERAL CREEK NEAR MEEKS BAY, CA
- 1998 WY
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, 797 ft3/s, Jan. 2, 1997, gage height, 7.86 ft (backwater from plugged culvert), 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)
Mar. 24 0900 148 2.48 June 7 0500 303 3.24
Apr. 30 2015 108 2.07
DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 1.7 1.8 1.8 2.1 12 5.5 27 100 109 62 2.1 1.7
2 2.5 2.0 1.5 e2.1 12 6.0 24 100 119 58 2.0 1.7
3 2.0 2.1 1.5 e2.1 e12 6.0 22 92 104 54 1.6 1.7
4 1.6 2.1 1.2 e2.1 e12 e6.2 20 87 81 48 1.3 1.7
5 1.4 2.1 .97 e2.1 e11 6.4 18 78 93 46 1.1 3.3
6 1.3 2.1 .77 e2.1 e11 e6.2 18 72 120 44 .96 4.1
7 1.5 2.1 e2.4 e2.1 e11 e6.0 17 66 243 40 .82 2.9
8 1.6 2.1 e2.3 e2.1 e11 6.0 e17 83 135 36 .87 2.8
9 4.2 2.0 e2.2 e2.1 e10 e6.0 e16 89 120 33 .86 6.7
10 2.2 1.8 e2.0 e2.1 e10 6.0 15 73 119 29 .81 4.8
11 2.1 1.8 e1.9 e2.7 e10 6.0 15 58 105 25 .51 4.0
12 1.8 1.8 e2.0 10 e10 6.4 14 55 123 21 .56 2.5
13 1.7 1.8 e1.9 6.9 e9.5 6.4 14 48 166 19 .54 1.3
14 1.7 2.1 e1.9 7.4 e9.5 6.4 14 43 157 16 .91 1.3
15 1.8 2.1 e1.9 e20 e9.0 7.4 13 41 150 14 1.8 1.1
16 1.8 2.1 e1.9 27 e9.0 11 13 43 153 13 1.3 1.2
17 1.8 2.1 e1.9 36 e8.5 15 14 41 117 11 1.0 1.3
18 1.8 2.1 e1.9 29 e8.5 17 16 40 139 9.7 .93 1.2
19 1.9 3.1 e1.9 e27 e8.0 17 21 45 150 8.6 1.0 1.2
20 2.1 2.3 e2.0 e25 e8.0 21 28 54 133 7.5 .94 1.2
21 2.0 2.1 e1.8 e23 e7.5 23 40 53 131 6.2 1.0 1.2
22 1.8 2.1 1.8 21 e7.5 34 53 48 119 5.5 .99 1.2
23 1.8 2.1 1.8 19 e7.0 52 61 58 103 5.2 1.2 1.3
24 2.0 1.8 e1.9 18 e7.0 117 56 61 98 4.7 1.2 1.5
25 2.5 3.0 e1.9 18 e6.5 72 49 90 112 4.4 1.4 1.8
26 2.5 5.4 e1.9 15 6.4 62 44 67 97 5.4 1.7 3.6
27 2.0 3.0 e1.9 14 6.0 46 49 51 84 7.2 1.7 6.3
28 1.8 2.5 e2.0 14 5.5 35 61 47 84 5.1 1.7 4.0
29 1.8 2.2 e2.0 14 --- 30 75 58 81 3.5 1.7 3.3
30 1.8 1.9 e2.1 13 --- 29 91 52 72 2.8 1.8 3.7
31 1.8 --- 2.1 12 --- 28 --- 72 --- 2.4 1.9 ---
TOTAL 60.3 67.6 57.04 393.0 255.4 701.9 935 1965 3617 647.2 38.20 75.6
MEAN 1.95 2.25 1.84 12.7 9.12 22.6 31.2 63.4 121 20.9 1.23 2.52
MAX 4.2 5.4 2.4 36 12 117 91 100 243 62 2.1 6.7
MIN 1.3 1.8 .77 2.1 5.5 5.5 13 40 72 2.4 .51 1.1
AC-FT 120 134 113 780 507 1390 1850 3900 7170 1280 76 150
e Estimated.
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 2.21 7.48 9.80 10.6 13.5 19.2 38.7 61.7 37.9 7.55 1.36 1.36
MAX 15.5 45.4 58.7 68.9 64.2 60.1 70.4 114 158 49.6 4.72 4.36
(WY) 1983 1982 1982 1997 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 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL 7591.54 8813.24
ANNUAL MEAN 20.8 24.1 17.6
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 34.7 1982
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 4.96 1988
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 600 Jan 1 243 Jun 7 600 Jan 1 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .77 Dec 6 .51 Aug 11 .29 Jul 28 1994
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.3 Sep 6 .71 Aug 7 .31 Aug 15 1994
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 303 Jun 7 797 Jan 2 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 3.24 Jun 7 7.86 Jan 2 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 15060 17480 12750
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 53 82 52
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.6 6.2 3.3
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.6 1.4 .80
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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 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
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... 1240 3.2 70 -- 10.5 11.0 -- 7.7 89
09... 1530 4.1 66 -- 6.5 8.0 -- -- --
29... 1450 1.8 65 -- 9.0 6.5 -- 9.1 93
NOV
29... 1520 2.1 63 -- 2.0 3.0 -- 10.2 95
DEC
31... 1600 2.1 52 -- 3.0 0.5 -- 10.8 94
JAN
15... 1730 20 34 -- 1.0 0 -- -- --
16... 1815 27 23 -- 4.0 0 -- -- --
17... 1730 35 20 -- 1.5 0 -- -- --
FEB
24... 1245 30 36 -- 2.5 0 -- -- --
MAR
22... 1655 41 25 -- 6.0 0.5 -- -- --
23... 1850 62 21 -- .5 0 -- -- --
24... 1755 45 20 -- 0 0 -- -- --
30... 1815 34 23 -- -1.0 1.5 -- 11.1 98
APR
22... 1855 57 21 -- 3.5 2.5 -- 10.7 99
30... 2040 108 16 -- 2.5 1.0 -- -- --
MAY
12... 1440 54 16 7.1 3.0 2.0 591 10.6 99
15... 1740 42 22 -- 7.0 6.0 -- 9.8 99
25... 1525 93 16 -- 3.5 3.0 -- 10.5 99
29... 1725 57 19 -- 4.5 4.5 -- -- --
JUN
01... 2145 146 13 -- 8.5 2.0 -- 11.2 104
07... 0025 241 13 -- -- -- -- -- --
07... 1900 216 11 -- 9.0 3.5 -- -- --
12... 1600 101 13 -- 14.5 7.0 -- 9.8 102
12... 2325 203 11 -- 6.0 3.0 -- -- --
20... 0740 118 11 -- 9.0 2.5 -- -- --
26... 2025 109 11 -- 10.0 7.5 -- 9.6 101
JUL
02... 2035 58 14 -- 11.0 10.5 -- -- --
13... 1600 19 23 -- 24.0 16.0 -- 7.7 97
AUG
11... 1735 .51 52 -- 24.5 17.5 -- 6.9 91
SEP
18... 1635 1.1 61 -- 16.0 14.0 -- 7.6 93
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WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
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... .007 .005 .10 .067 .018 285 7 .06
09... .011 .004 .15 .049 .016 842 4 .04
29... .009 .007 .20 .030 .014 447 3 .01
NOV
29... .008 .002 .06 .020 .013 413 6 .03
DEC
31... .004 <.001 .07 .020 .009 287 2 .01
JAN
15... .021 .001 .27 .061 .009 1230 16 .86
16... .029 .001 .26 .044 .009 367 7 .51
17... .020 .001 .15 .034 .006 251 6 .57
FEB
24... .011 <.001 .06 .015 .005 109 1 .08
MAR
22... .013 <.001 .15 .028 .004 375 18 2.0
23... .014 .002 .18 .033 .004 435 26 4.4
24... .013 .002 .22 .012 .013 645 133 16
30... .008 <.001 .08 .009 .003 170 4 .37
APR
22... .011 .001 .09 .014 .004 112 14 2.2
30... .009 <.001 .15 .017 .003 357 46 13
MAY
12... .005 .003 .05 .016 .002 83 5 .73
15... .003 .001 .04 .014 .002 106 5 .57
25... .007 .004 .09 .016 .002 218 12 3.0
29... .006 .003 .05 .016 .002 85 13 2.0
JUN
01... .008 .003 .20 .052 .004 878 75 30
07... .008 .002 .28 .096 .005 1410 138 90
07... .005 <.001 .12 .039 .002 547 80 47
12... .005 .001 .05 .015 .002 139 25 6.8
12... .005 <.001 .07 .026 .003 453 39 21
20... .005 .001 .08 .015 .002 147 10 3.5
26... .005 .001 .08 .021 .003 284 18 5.3
JUL
02... .005 <.001 .07 .019 .001 84 10 2.0
13... .007 <.001 .06 .036 .002 85 2 .10
AUG
11... .009 .006 .10 .040 .015 222 2 .00
SEP
18... .004 <.001 .09 .026 .014 262 3 .01
1998 California Hydrologic Data Report Index
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