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USGS 10312150 CARSON RIVER BLW LAHONTAN RESERVOIR NR FALLON, NV

 

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  STATION.--10312150 CARSON RIVER BELOW LAHONTAN RESERVOIR NEAR FALLON, NV
LOCATION.--Lat 39°27'50", long 119°02'45", in E 1/2 SE 1/4 sec.34, T.19 N., R.26 E., Churchill County, Hydrologic Unit 16050203, on right bank, 1.1 mi downstream from Lahontan Dam, 15 mi west of Fallon, and at mi 1.16 downstream from Lahontan Reservoir.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,801 mi2, excludes inflow from Truckee Canal.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1966 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR NV-79-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 4,040 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Lahontan Reservoir (station 10312100), capacity 295,500 acre-ft, and other upstream regulations. One diversion, approximately 2,500 acre-ft per year, between gage and Lahontan Reservoir.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 3,160 ft3/s, June 23, 1983, gage height, 8.34 ft; minimum daily, 0.24 ft3/s, October 18, 1994.
FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage is 7.3 ft, accessed on September 16, 2002, at URL http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic/current/river_flooding/NV.shtml
 
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 4.9   11-19-2004  12:15
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 02
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 37 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
4.9  .43 26.5 541 2.98 5.80 10.8

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 11/19 have been greater than the value shown.

Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 2.55   11-19-2004  12:15
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 03
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