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STATION.--10348200 TRUCKEE RIVER NEAR SPARKS, NV
LOCATION.--Lat 39°31'11", long 119°44'27", in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.16, T.19 N., R.20 E., Washoe County, Hydrologic Unit 16050102, on left bank, 400 ft upstream from McCarran Boulevard bridge, 1 mi south of Southern Pacific Railroad in Sparks, 2.5 mi upstream from Steamboat Creek, and at mi 56.15 upstream from Marble Bluff Dam. DRAINAGE AREA.--1,070 mi2, approximately. PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1977 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 4,382.41 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers benchmark). 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 powerplants. Many diversions above station. EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, about 18,000 ft3/s (comparison with upstream and downstream stations), January 2, 1997, recorded gage height, 17.06 ft (flow overbank and around gage); no flow many days August, September, and October 1992. FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage is 11.5 ft, accessed on September 16, 2002, at URL http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic/current/river_flooding/NV.shtml |
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