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00054 Reservoir storage(Obs.)  
00062 Elevation, reservoir(Obs.)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
10336710 Marlette Lake Near Carson City, NV
LOCATION - Lat 39°10'22.71", long 119°54'19.84" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.12, T.15 N., R.18 E., Washoe County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 16050101, in Toiyabe National Forest, on west shore, about 1,000 ft east from left side of dam on Marlette Creek, and 7.5 mi west of Carson City.
DRAINAGE AREA - 2.86 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR NV-80-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Nov. 1973 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (spillway elevation furnished in written communication, 1971).
REMARKS - Lake is formed by earthfill dam across the outlet of a small natural lake (at one time called Goodwin Lake) on Marlette Creek, built in 1873 to provide water for fluming lumber from Spooner Summit to Carson City. The dam was built higher in 1876 and used to divert water by flume and siphon to Virginia City, until the flume was abandoned prior to 1963. The dam was raised to its present elevation in 1959. Present capacity, 11,780 acre-ft at spillway; elevation, 7,838.0 ft. Figures given herein represent total contents. Stored water is used for spawning trout and in dry years is pumped over the mountain to the Hobart system for use outside the basin in Virginia City and Carson City. Lake freezes over in winter.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum recorded contents, 12,320 acre-ft, Feb. 19, 1986, elevation, 7,839.23 ft; minimum recorded, 9,901 acre-ft, Apr. 9 and May 11, 2017, elevation, 7,832.98 ft, but may have been less during period of no elevation record Apr. 9 to May 11, 2017.