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Sacramento River Basin NAWQA Program

Water-Quality Assessment of the Sacramento River
Basin, California: Water-Quality, Sediment and Tissue
Chemistry, and Biological Data, 1995-1998
(Open-File Report 2000-391)

Arcade Creek near Del Paso Heights, California

Major Inorganic Constituents in filtered water (0.45 micrometer capsule filter)

Number of significant figures do not reflect analytical method
reporting levels.

Method reporting levels of all analytes

[mg/L - milligrams per liter, µg/L - micrograms per liter, < - less than]


Date Time Calcium (mg/L) Magnesium (mg/L) Sodium (mg/L) Potassium (mg/L) Chloride (mg/L) Sulfate (mg/L) Fluoride (mg/L) Silica as SiO2 (mg/L) Iron (µg/L) Total solids (mg/L)
2/6/96 0945 21 5.5 15 4.2 19 12 <.10 21 360 165
3/5/96 0910 8.9 2.2 4.9 2 5.1 3.7 <.10 8 80 66
4/26/96 1100 23 6.2 18 3.3 24 12 <.10 25 74 172
5/21/96 1040 18 5 12 3.4 14 8.1 0.1 24 93 134
6/20/96 1140 26 8.6 27 4.3 42 11 0.2 35 89 215
7/23/96 1430 21 7.6 19 4 26 9.6 0.2 36 110 181
8/26/96 1600 23 9 21 4.3 29 11 0.2 40 110 188
9/9/96 1330 21 8.8 20 4.2 29 10 0.2 40 54 201
10/17/96 1440 21 9.2 24 5 29 9.4 0.2 45 75 222
11/26/96 1000 17 4.6 10 4.5 15 9.6 0.1 16 180 139
12/10/96 1300 6.4 1.7 3.4 2.8 3.6 3.6 <.10 6.5 100 58
1/13/97 1100 18 4.6 11 2.5 12 13 <.10 13 61 125
1/29/97 0930 23 6.1 15 3.7 15 18 <.10 21 68 174
2/7/97 1030 34 10 26 3 30 24 <.10 29 27 233
2/21/97 0930 26 7 23 2.9 28 17 0.1 17 54 186
3/7/97 0940 19 5.4 15 3.4 16 14 0.1 13 70 147
3/21/97 1000 15 4.4 9.9 3 15 8.4 <.10 12 80 117
4/10/97 1030 28 9.2 26 5.4 37 14 0.1 33 150 237
4/23/97 1200 15 4.1 13 3.5 17 11 0.1 17 140 140
5/12/97 0900 28 9.4 29 5.1 44 12 0.21 42 140 231
5/23/97 1310 15 5 14 4.5 17 8.4 0.14 21 200 150
5/27/97 1020 20 6.4 14 4.3 17 7.9 0.13 31 200 164
6/13/97 1020 8.3 2.2 5.2 3 5.5 6.5 0.13 7.8 110 84
7/11/97 0900 25 8.7 20 4.5 28 9.7 0.15 38 100 220
7/21/97 0940 23 8.8 24 4.4 33 11 0.28 39 89 231
8/8/97 0910 24 8.8 20 4.1 29 7.5 0.17 38 81 207
8/29/97 1400 23 9 22 5 33 13 0.18 42 71 237
9/5/97 1000 22 8 21 4.4 27 9.2 0.17 38 80 207
9/26/97 1115 23 8.4 19 4.8 27 10 0.18 39 46 209
10/8/97 0930 20 7 18 4.4 27 8.7 0.16 33 120 190
10/17/97 1020 22 6.5 14 4.1 27 11 0.14 29 67 170
11/7/97 0940 26 10 21 5.5 37 10 0.16 40 81 233
11/14/97 0900 8 2.3 5 3.2 6.1 5.7 0.1 7.8 130 86
12/19/97 0950 22 6.4 14 4 19 15 <.10 22 78 172
1/9/98 0930 25 6.9 18 3.7 25 16 <.10 23 58 195
2/13/98 0930 13 3.3 6.3 2.4 5.5 5.8 <.10 12 75 97
3/9/98 1000 23 6.1 15 2.5 14 14 <.10 19 38 167
4/23/98 1000 29 8.1 25 3.5 31 16 0.13 22 87 214

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