USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
10348520 Ophir Creek near Steamboat, NV
LOCATION - Lat 39°17'26.98", long 119°49'51.30" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.34, T.17 N., R.19 E., Washoe County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 16050102,
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Jun. 2017 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 5,110 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - 210 ft3/sec, Jan. 2, 1997; Largest events (1983) are debris flows caused by landslides on Slide Mountain as detailed in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1617
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 183 ft3/s, Jun. 10, 2023, gage height, 4.52 ft; maximum gage height, 4.80 ft, Jun. 16, 2017; no flow at times, some years.