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USGS 10351600 TRUCKEE R BL DERBY DAM NR WADSWORTH, NV

 

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  STATION.--10351600 TRUCKEE RIVER BELOW DERBY DAM, NEAR WADSWORTH, NV
LOCATION.--Lat 39°35'05", long 119°26'25", in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.19, T.20 N., R.23 E., Storey County, Hydrologic Unit 16050102, on right bank, 1,500 ft downstream from Derby Dam, 3.2 mi downstream from Clark, 9 mi southwest of Wadsworth, and at mi 34.49 upstream from Marble Bluff Dam.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,676 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1909 to December 1910, January to December 1916, January 1918 to July 1958, October 1958 to current year. Records prior to January 1918 not equivalent, due to site location above Derby Dam.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1714: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 4,200 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
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, several powerplants, many diversions for irrigation, and by Derby Dam. Truckee Canal diverts water at Derby Dam out of basin to Lahontan Reservoir into the Carson River basin.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 19,700 ft3/s, January 3, 1997, gage height, 14.57 ft; no flow some days, some years.
 
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 26   11-19-2004  16:15
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 01
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 85 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
26  .00 182 2,810 4.14 21.0 297

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: 1.30   11-19-2004  16:15
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 02
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