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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
10351650 Truckee River At Wadsworth, NV
LOCATION - Lat 39°37'56", long 119°16'56" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.03, T.20 N., R.24 E., Washoe County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 16050103, 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.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR NV-79-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1965 to Sep. 1986, Sep. 1993 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 4,070 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Sep. 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. 10/01/2013-09/30/2014: Records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2014-09/30/2015: Records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. 10/01/2015-09/30/2016: Records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor.  10/01/2016-09/30/2017: Records fair. 10/01/2017-09/30/2018: Records fair. 10/01/2017-09/30/2018: Records fair. 10/01/2018-09/30/2019: Records fair. 10/01/2019-09/30/2020: Records good. 10/01/2020-09/30/2021: Records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. 
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 19,100 ft³/s, Jan. 03, 1997, gage height, 19.64 ft; minimum daily, 0.46 ft³/s, Oct. 11, 1994.