1998 California Hydrologic Data Report
10336780 TROUT CREEK NEAR TAHOE VALLEY, CA
- 1998 WY
10336780 TROUT CREEK NEAR TAHOE VALLEY, CA
LOCATION.-Lat 38°55'12", long 119°58'17", in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.3, T.12 N., R.18 E., El Dorado County, Hydrologic Unit 16050101, on left bank 5 ft upstream from Martin Avenue Bridge, 500 ft upstream from Heavenly Valley Creek, and 1.8 mi east of Tahoe Valley.
DRAINAGE AREA.-36.7 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.-October 1960 to current year.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: March 1981 to September 1983.
WATER TEMPERATURE: October 1971 to June 1974, October 1977 to June 1978, March 1980 to September 1985, October 1987 to September 1988.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: October 1971 to June 1974, October 1977 to June 1978, March 1980 to September 1985, October 1987 to September 1988.
GAGE.-Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 6,241.57 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.-Records good. Minor diversions for local water supply upstream from station. See schematic diagram of Truckee River Basin.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-Maximum discharge, 535 ft3/s, Feb. 1, 1963, gage height, 11.14 ft, and Jan. 2, 1997, gage height, 9.33 ft, from rating curve extended above 250 ft3/s on basis of computation of peak flow (weir formula); minimum daily, 2.5 ft3/s, Sept. 7, 1988.
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 1430 217 8.13 June 22 0215 229 8.21
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 20 21 19 19 21 e23 42 95 88 200 78 34
2 20 21 18 19 e21 e23 40 97 93 198 75 33
3 21 21 e18 19 e30 e23 39 95 92 199 72 33
4 19 20 19 e19 e25 e23 37 91 92 192 69 35
5 19 21 19 e19 e21 e23 36 90 95 189 67 35
6 20 21 19 e19 e22 e23 35 100 108 188 65 36
7 20 20 18 e19 e22 e23 33 92 166 182 63 35
8 20 20 21 e19 e22 e23 33 95 132 178 60 33
9 22 20 e22 19 e22 e21 36 97 131 175 59 43
10 21 21 e22 19 e22 19 38 88 136 169 58 36
11 21 21 e21 19 e23 20 36 83 139 158 56 33
12 21 21 e20 23 e23 21 34 80 144 150 55 35
13 21 20 e19 22 e23 20 33 77 168 143 53 33
14 21 20 19 21 e23 21 32 72 168 136 52 32
15 21 19 e19 42 e23 23 32 71 180 131 53 31
16 21 21 19 38 e24 25 32 75 190 125 49 31
17 21 20 19 42 e24 26 33 70 184 121 47 30
18 21 20 18 32 e24 27 37 69 186 115 46 e29
19 21 21 e18 32 e24 28 44 73 200 110 45 e30
20 21 20 e18 30 e23 30 53 74 206 108 44 e31
21 21 20 e18 28 e23 33 63 71 209 108 43 e29
22 21 20 e18 24 e23 47 73 69 210 107 42 e29
23 21 20 e18 23 e23 77 77 72 206 108 41 e29
24 21 19 e18 23 e23 183 68 74 196 104 40 30
25 21 20 e19 e23 e23 121 65 84 206 101 39 30
26 21 e20 e19 22 e23 82 65 76 207 94 39 31
27 21 21 e19 22 e23 69 71 69 200 92 38 35
28 21 20 e19 22 e23 60 77 67 202 89 37 32
29 21 20 e19 21 --- 52 84 71 206 86 37 34
30 21 19 19 e21 --- 51 91 71 206 84 36 32
31 21 --- 18 21 --- 45 --- 80 --- 81 35 ---
TOTAL 643 608 589 741 646 1285 1469 2488 4946 4221 1593 979
MEAN 20.7 20.3 19.0 23.9 23.1 41.5 49.0 80.3 165 136 51.4 32.6
MAX 22 21 22 42 30 183 91 100 210 200 78 43
MIN 19 19 18 19 21 19 32 67 88 81 35 29
AC-FT 1280 1210 1170 1470 1280 2550 2910 4930 9810 8370 3160 1940
e Estimated.
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 17.1 19.6 21.2 24.8 25.2 30.4 43.9 79.0 94.1 51.1 24.6 17.6
MAX 37.6 61.1 64.0 115 68.7 85.0 81.9 184 286 188 88.7 49.6
(WY) 1983 1984 1984 1997 1986 1986 1982 1969 1983 1995 1983 1983
MIN 5.19 7.43 8.18 8.00 8.02 11.0 15.7 14.2 10.9 5.21 3.43 3.71
(WY) 1989 1978 1991 1991 1991 1977 1988 1988 1988 1988 1977 1977
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1961 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL 21826 20208
ANNUAL MEAN 59.8 55.4 37.4
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 85.3 1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 10.2 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 501 Jan 2 210 Jun 22 501 Jan 2 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 18 Dec 2 18 Dec 2 2.5 Sep 7 1988
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 18 Dec 18 18 Dec 18 3.0 Sep 9 1977
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 229 Jun 22 535 Feb 1 1963
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 8.21 Jun 22 11.14 Feb 1 1963
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 43290 40080 27100
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 124 136 85
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 50 32 22
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 20 19 8.8
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WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.-Water years 1974, 1978, 1980-85, 1988, 1997 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: March 1981 to September 1983.
WATER TEMPERATURE: September 1997 to current year.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: October 1971 to June 1974, October 1977 to June 1978, March 1980 to September 1985, October 1987 to September 1988.
INSTRUMENTATION.-Water-temperature recorder since September 1997 to current year, two times per hour.
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. Water-temperature records represent water temperature probe within 0.5C. Interruptions in record due to loss of hydrologic with stream channel and(or) instrument malfunction. Water-temperature data for September 1997 were not published but are available from the U.S. Geological Survey. These data are reviewed and provided by the Nevada District Office, U.S. Geological Survey.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: March 1981 to September 1983.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 20.5C, July 25, 1988; minimum, freezing point on many days during winter months in most years.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: October 1971 to June 1974, October 1977 to June 1978, March 1980 to September 1985, October 1987 to September 1988.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 16.0C, Aug. 30; minimum, freezing point, many days November to May.
TEMPERATURE, WATER (DEG. C), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAY MAX MIN MEAN MAX MIN MEAN MAX MIN MEAN MAX MIN MEAN
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY
1 12.5 7.0 9.5 6.5 3.0 4.5 4.0 1.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 1.0
2 12.0 8.5 10.0 6.0 2.0 4.0 1.5 .0 1.0 1.0 .5 1.0
3 10.0 5.0 7.5 5.5 2.5 4.0 1.0 .0 .5 1.0 .5 .5
4 10.0 5.0 7.5 6.0 3.0 4.0 1.5 .5 1.0 .5 .0 .5
5 10.0 5.0 7.5 5.5 2.0 4.0 1.0 .5 .5 .5 .0 .0
6 8.5 5.0 6.5 6.0 2.5 4.0 1.5 1.0 1.5 .5 .0 .0
7 8.0 4.5 5.5 6.5 3.5 4.5 1.5 .5 1.0 .5 .0 .0
8 6.0 3.0 4.5 3.5 .5 2.0 .5 .0 .5 .5 .0 .5
9 7.5 4.5 5.5 3.0 .5 1.5 .5 .0 .5 1.5 .5 1.0
10 7.5 4.5 5.5 3.5 2.0 3.0 .5 .0 .0 1.5 1.0 1.0
11 5.5 3.5 4.5 4.0 2.5 3.0 .5 .0 .0 1.5 1.0 1.0
12 6.0 1.5 3.5 4.0 1.0 2.5 .0 .0 .0 1.0 .5 1.0
13 6.5 2.0 4.0 2.5 1.0 1.5 .5 .0 .0 1.0 .5 .5
14 6.5 2.5 4.5 2.5 .5 1.5 1.0 .5 .5 1.0 .5 1.0
15 7.5 3.0 5.0 1.5 .5 1.0 .5 .5 .5 1.0 1.0 1.0
16 8.0 3.5 5.5 1.0 .0 .5 1.5 .5 .5 1.5 1.0 1.0
17 7.5 3.5 5.5 3.0 .5 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 2.5 1.5 1.5
18 7.5 3.5 5.0 1.5 .5 1.0 1.5 .5 1.0 2.0 .5 1.5
19 7.0 3.0 5.0 4.0 1.5 3.0 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5
20 6.5 3.0 4.5 3.0 1.5 2.0 1.0 .5 .5 1.0 .5 .5
21 7.0 3.0 5.0 4.0 1.5 2.5 .5 .0 .0 1.0 .0 .5
22 6.5 3.0 4.5 4.0 1.5 3.0 .5 .0 .0 1.5 .0 .5
23 7.5 4.0 5.5 5.0 2.5 3.5 .5 .0 .0 2.5 .5 1.0
24 5.5 2.5 4.0 3.5 1.5 2.5 .0 .0 .0 2.5 .0 1.0
25 4.5 1.0 2.5 3.5 1.5 2.5 .0 .0 .0 1.5 .0 .5
26 4.5 .5 2.5 2.5 1.5 2.0 .0 .0 .0 1.5 .0 1.0
27 4.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 1.5 2.0 .0 .0 .0 4.5 1.0 2.0
28 4.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 .5 1.5 .5 .0 .0 3.5 .5 1.5
29 5.0 1.5 3.0 2.0 .5 1.0 1.0 .5 .5 1.5 .0 1.0
30 6.5 2.5 4.0 2.5 .5 1.5 1.5 .5 .5 1.0 .0 .0
31 7.0 3.0 5.0 --- --- --- 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 .0 .5
MONTH 12.5 .5 5.1 6.5 .0 2.5 4.0 .0 .5 4.5 .0 .8
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TEMPERATURE, WATER (DEG. C), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAY MAX MIN MEAN MAX MIN MEAN MAX MIN MEAN MAX MIN MEAN
FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY
1 .5 .0 .0 3.0 .0 1.5 3.0 .5 1.5 8.0 3.0 5.5
2 1.0 .0 .5 4.5 .5 2.0 6.0 1.0 3.0 7.0 3.5 5.0
3 1.5 .5 1.0 5.5 1.0 2.5 4.5 1.5 3.0 6.0 3.0 4.5
4 2.5 .0 1.0 3.5 .0 1.0 5.5 1.0 2.5 6.5 3.5 4.5
5 1.5 .0 .5 1.0 .0 .5 5.5 1.5 3.0 5.5 3.0 4.0
6 2.0 .5 1.5 1.0 .0 .0 4.5 1.0 2.5 3.5 2.0 2.5
7 1.5 .0 .5 .5 .0 .0 4.5 1.0 2.5 6.0 3.0 4.0
8 .0 .0 .0 4.0 .5 1.0 5.5 .5 2.5 7.0 3.5 5.0
9 1.5 .0 .5 3.0 .0 1.0 6.5 1.5 3.5 7.5 3.5 5.0
10 .5 .0 .0 4.0 .0 1.5 5.5 1.5 3.0 6.5 2.5 4.5
11 2.0 .0 .5 5.0 .5 2.5 3.5 1.5 2.5 5.5 2.0 4.0
12 1.5 .0 .5 4.0 .5 2.5 4.5 1.0 2.5 4.0 2.5 3.0
13 3.5 .5 1.5 3.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 .0 1.0 4.5 1.5 3.0
14 1.5 .0 .5 6.0 1.5 3.0 3.5 .0 1.5 6.0 2.5 4.0
15 2.0 .0 .5 6.5 1.5 3.5 5.0 .0 2.0 8.5 2.5 5.0
16 .0 .0 .0 6.5 1.5 3.5 6.5 .0 3.0 5.0 2.0 3.0
17 1.5 .0 .5 6.5 .5 3.0 7.5 .5 3.5 7.5 1.5 4.0
18 2.0 .0 .5 6.0 1.0 3.0 8.0 1.5 4.0 8.5 2.0 5.0
19 1.5 .5 .5 6.5 1.0 3.0 9.0 2.0 5.0 9.0 3.0 5.5
20 1.5 .0 .5 6.5 1.5 3.5 9.0 2.0 5.0 8.0 3.0 5.5
21 .5 .0 .0 6.5 1.5 3.5 9.0 2.0 5.0 5.0 2.5 3.5
22 1.0 .0 .5 4.5 2.0 3.0 6.5 2.5 4.5 9.0 2.0 5.0
23 .5 .0 .0 4.5 1.5 2.5 5.0 3.0 4.0 6.5 3.5 5.0
24 .0 .0 .0 1.5 .0 .5 6.5 2.5 4.0 9.0 3.0 6.0
25 1.0 .0 .5 2.5 .5 1.5 7.5 2.0 4.5 6.5 3.5 5.0
26 1.5 .0 .5 4.5 1.5 3.0 8.0 2.0 4.5 4.5 2.0 3.0
27 3.0 .5 1.0 3.5 .5 2.0 8.0 2.5 5.0 5.5 2.0 3.5
28 3.5 .0 1.0 3.5 .0 1.5 8.5 2.5 5.0 9.0 3.5 5.5
29 --- --- --- 2.0 .5 1.0 8.5 2.5 5.0 7.0 2.0 4.5
30 --- --- --- 4.0 .0 1.5 8.0 2.5 5.0 8.5 2.5 5.5
31 --- --- --- 3.0 1.0 2.0 --- --- --- 9.5 3.5 6.5
MONTH 3.5 .0 .5 6.5 .0 2.0 9.0 .0 3.5 9.5 1.5 4.5
DAY MAX MIN MEAN MAX MIN MEAN MAX MIN MEAN MAX MIN MEAN
JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 9.0 4.0 6.5 10.5 5.5 8.0 13.5 7.5 10.5 15.5 9.5 12.0
2 7.0 4.5 5.5 11.0 6.5 9.0 14.0 8.0 11.0 15.0 9.0 12.0
3 6.5 4.0 5.0 10.5 5.5 8.5 14.5 8.5 11.5 14.5 9.0 11.5
4 9.5 4.0 6.5 11.0 6.5 9.0 14.5 8.5 11.5 13.5 10.0 11.5
5 8.0 4.0 6.0 11.0 6.5 9.0 14.5 9.5 12.0 16.0 10.5 12.5
6 8.0 4.5 6.0 --- --- --- 15.0 9.5 12.0 13.5 10.5 12.0
7 9.0 4.5 6.5 --- --- --- 15.0 10.0 12.5 15.5 10.0 12.0
8 8.0 4.0 6.0 --- --- --- 13.5 8.0 11.0 13.5 9.5 11.0
9 9.0 4.0 6.5 --- --- --- 13.5 8.0 10.5 12.0 9.5 11.0
10 6.5 4.5 5.0 11.5 7.0 9.5 14.0 8.0 11.0 11.5 6.5 9.0
11 6.0 4.5 5.0 11.5 6.5 9.0 14.5 9.0 11.5 12.5 7.0 9.5
12 9.0 4.5 6.0 12.0 7.0 9.5 15.0 9.5 12.0 13.0 8.0 10.0
13 9.5 4.5 6.5 12.0 7.5 10.0 13.5 10.0 12.0 14.0 8.5 10.5
14 10.0 4.5 7.0 12.0 7.0 9.5 13.5 10.5 12.0 14.0 8.5 11.0
15 9.0 4.5 6.5 12.0 6.5 9.5 15.0 9.0 12.0 12.5 9.0 10.5
16 9.5 4.5 7.0 13.0 8.0 10.5 14.5 9.0 11.5 14.0 8.5 11.0
17 9.0 3.5 6.0 14.0 9.0 11.5 14.0 8.5 11.0 14.0 9.0 11.0
18 10.0 4.5 7.0 14.0 9.0 11.5 12.5 7.5 10.0 13.0 8.0 10.0
19 10.0 4.5 7.0 14.0 9.0 11.5 13.0 8.5 10.5 11.5 6.0 8.5
20 9.0 4.5 7.0 13.5 9.0 11.5 13.0 7.5 10.0 11.5 6.5 8.5
21 9.0 5.0 7.0 13.5 9.0 11.5 12.5 6.5 9.5 11.0 6.0 8.0
22 10.0 4.5 7.0 12.0 10.5 11.0 12.5 6.5 9.5 10.0 5.5 7.5
23 9.0 4.0 6.5 12.0 10.0 11.0 13.0 7.0 10.0 9.5 6.5 8.0
24 9.5 4.5 7.0 11.0 9.0 10.0 13.5 7.0 10.0 9.5 6.5 8.0
25 10.0 5.5 7.5 13.5 8.5 11.0 13.5 7.5 10.0 8.5 6.0 7.0
26 9.5 4.5 7.0 12.0 8.5 10.5 13.0 7.5 10.0 9.0 6.0 7.0
27 10.5 4.5 7.5 13.0 8.5 10.5 14.0 7.5 10.5 7.5 5.5 6.0
28 10.5 5.5 8.0 13.5 8.5 11.0 14.5 8.5 11.5 9.0 4.5 6.5
29 10.5 5.5 8.0 14.0 8.5 11.0 15.5 9.5 12.0 9.0 4.5 6.5
30 10.5 5.5 8.0 12.5 8.0 10.0 16.0 10.0 12.5 10.0 6.0 8.0
31 --- --- --- 11.5 7.0 9.5 15.5 9.5 12.0 --- --- ---
MONTH 10.5 3.5 6.6 --- --- --- 16.0 6.5 11.1 16.0 4.5 9.6
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