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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)

Cache Creek at Rumsey, California

Field measurements, total hardness, and suspended sediment

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

Method reporting levels of all analytes

[mg/L - milligrams per liter, µS/cm - microsiemens per centimeter]


Date Time Water Temperature (Degrees Celsius) Instantaneous Discharge (cubic meters per second) Specific Conductance (µS/cm) Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) Dissolved Oxygen, Percent of Saturation (percent) pH (standard units) Alkalinity (mg/L As CaCO3) Total Hardness (mg/L as CaCO3) Suspended Sediment (mg/L)
2/9/96 1150 11 116.68 297 11.2 103 8 120 130 311
3/7/96 1340 11 144.15 297 11.5 105 8.3 130 130 333
4/25/96 1230 16.3 34.55 344 10.2 104 8.3 150 140 51
5/29/96 1100 21.5 16.85 367 10.2 117 8.3 150 150 29
6/26/96 1200 22.2 23.14 300 9.4 110 8.4 130 120 30
7/9/96 1230 27 25.12 304 8.7 111 8.4 95 120 32
8/28/96 1230 21.8 16.03 263 10 114 8.2 110 110 14
9/17/96 1230 17.6 12.55 257 10.4 110 8.3 100 110 10
10/22/96 1230 13.4 7.31 350 11.4 110 8.3 150 140 19
11/18/96 1500 13.3 0.74 1040 9.8 95 8.6 250 250 14
12/13/96 1240 12.1 6.77 435 11 103 8.5 110 160 54
1/15/97 1100 7 68.53 313 12 100 8.5 150 130 155
2/19/97 1050 10.5 56.07 325 11.2 101 8.4 140 130 91
3/19/97 1120 14.6 14.02 422 10.8 106 8.5 160 160 25
4/21/97 1030 16.7 17.53 318 9.6 100 8.5 120 120 37
5/27/97 1350 21.4 15.55 284 9.3 106 8.5 87 110 23
6/24/97 1100 20.4 19.43 261 10 113 8.5 81 110 35
7/22/97 1030 22 23.22 258 9.2 107 8.4 100 110 25
8/20/97 1130 21.9 18.04 284 8.9 103 8.2 120 120 25
9/16/97 1150 19.2 15.24 295 10.2 112 8.6 110 120 18
10/16/97 1030 13.2 6.88 294 10.5 101 8.3 120 120 8
11/18/97 1300 11.1 1.9 928 10.1 93 8.5 230 240 136
12/7/97 1400   14.3             498
12/18/97 1030 9.1 9.37 660 11.4 100 8.6 200 210 30
1/4/98 1015   45.03             663
1/4/98 1200   47.86             1140
1/4/98 1400   41.91             1600
1/12/98 1010   72.78             1030
1/12/98 1200   78.73             1040
1/12/98 1320   88.92             1340
1/20/98 1300 7.6 102.8 315 10.2   8.4 130 120 307
1/29/98 1110   209.28             2100
2/3/98 1230 10.2 410.64 206 11.6 108 8.4 65 84 3820
3/26/98 1040 12.4 139.05 283 10.9 104 8.2 120 120 174
4/14/98 1100 11.1 113 289 11.4 105 8.3 120 120 186

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