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USGS 10351650 TRUCKEE R AT WADSWORTH, NV

 

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  STATION.--10351650 TRUCKEE RIVER AT WADSWORTH, NV
LOCATION.--Lat 39°37'56", long 119°16'56", in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.3, T.20 N., R.24 E., Washoe County, Hydrologic Unit 16050102, in Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, on left bank, 10 ft upstream from bridge on Nevada Highway 427, 0.2 mi southeast of Wadsworth and at mi 23.69 upstream from Marble Bluff Dam.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,728 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1965 to September 1986, September 1993 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR NV-79-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 4,070 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to September 1986 at site 0.5 mi downstream at different datum.
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, 19,100 ft3/s, January 3, 1997, gage height, 19.64 ft; minimum daily, 0.46 ft3/s, October 11, 1994.
 
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 34   11-19-2004  16:30
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 31 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
34  11 404 2,990 32.0 226 497

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: 3.24   11-19-2004  16:30
Graph of  Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 05

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