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STATION.--10348000 TRUCKEE RIVER AT RENO, NV
LOCATION.--Lat 39°31'49", long 119°47'41", in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.12, T.19 N., R.20 E., Washoe County, Hydrologic Unit 16050102, on left bank, adjacent to Scott Island, 700 ft downstream from Kirman Avenue bridge, 0.4 mi upstream from Kietzke Lane bridge, 5.4 mi upstream from Steamboat Creek, and at mi 59.52 upstream from Marble Bluff Dam. DRAINAGE AREA.--1,067 mi2, approximately. PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1906 to September 1921, June 1925 to September 1926, January 1930 to December 1934, January to December 1943, January 1946 to current year. REVISED RECORDS.--WDR NV-97-1: 1996. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 4,444.53 ft above NGVD of 1929. July 1906 to September 1946, staff gages at sites 0.5 mi to 1.0 mi upstream at different datums. January 1946 to July 1999 at site 0.5 mi downstream, at datum 12.56 ft lower. REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Lake Tahoe (station 10337000), Martis Creek Lake (station 10339380), Prosser Creek (station 10340300), Stampede (station 10344300) and Boca (station 10344490) Reservoirs, Donner (station 10338400) and Independence (station 10342900) Lakes, and several power plants. Many diversions above station. EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 20,800 ft3/s, December 23, 1955, gage height, 13.63 ft; maximum gage height 14.94 ft, January 2, 1997; no flow September 12, 14-24, 26-30, 1926. FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage is 11.0 ft, accessed on June 5, 2003, at URL http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/cnrfc/graphical_rvf/trrn2.html |
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