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)

Feather River near Nicolaus, California

Field measurements, total hardness, and suspended sediment

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

[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)
2/23/96	1020	10.1	1973.9	74	10.7	94	7.8	29	30	88
3/19/96	1330	14.1	421.97	75	12	116	7.7	32	32	92
4/4/96	1520	13	455.95	73	11.1	104	7.4	30	32	45
5/14/96	0940	16.9	150.1	85	9.5	98	7.5	34	35	16
6/11/96	1030	19.6	213.53	78	9.2	101	7.6	34	33	17
7/26/96	1000	20.2	219.76	76	9.6	106	7.4	32	35	15
8/15/96	0930	20.5	223.73	79	9	100	7.6	35	33	11
9/11/96	1030	19.4	105.07	87	15.7	170	7.6	42	37	16
10/7/96	1040	18.3	100.54	87	9	96	7.6	34	33	8
11/5/96	1030	11.2	100.25	85	10.2	92	7.7	35	35	10
12/18/96	1430	10.5	583.39	79	10.7	95	7.8	36	31	23
1/28/97	1000	9.7	1214.93	56	11.2	99	7.5	22	22	123
2/13/97	1030	8.3	693.84	68	11.8	100	7.5	28	28	72
3/12/97	1050	10.5	197.39	89	10.7	95	7.5	33	37	61
4/15/97	1100	18	55.22	122	10.4	109	7.9	45	51	17
5/19/97	1050	25.8	57.49	110	9.9	122	8.4	41	43	18
6/19/97	1020	23.6	135.65	82	8.7	103	7.8	35	34	18
7/15/97	1100	20.5	253.18	81	9.2	102	7.5	33	32	24
8/14/97	1100	20.3	157.74	80	8.7	96	7.6	33	34	13
9/19/97	1000	20.3	64.29	96	9.3	103	7.8	38	39	9
10/28/97	1030	13.4	83.54	96	10	96	7.5	36	39	28
11/24/97	1000	12.1	99.69	93	10.6	98	7.6	37	38	15
12/8/97	1100	10.7	143.02	101	10	90	7.7	35	40	71
1/12/98	1100	10.3	244.97	98	10.6	95	7.6	36	39	78
2/17/98	1100	8.6	747.65	77	11	95	7.7	32	32	35
3/24/98	1100	11.1	583.39	78	11.2	103	7.7	34	33	18
4/20/98	1020	13.2	419.14	82	13.6	129	7.7	33	34	45