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Truckee River near Tahoe City (CEDEN-MTRTR01) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the California State Water Resources Control Board (identifier CEDEN), has the name "Truckee River near Tahoe City" and has the identifier CEDEN-MTRTR01. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)16050102.

This site is located in Placer County County, California at 39.1640000000 degrees latitude and -120.1680000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 6200 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "CEDEN-MTRTR01" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Microbiological 2004 - 2005
Nutrient 2004 - 2018
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier CEDEN
OrganizationFormalName California State Water Resources Control Board
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CEDEN-MTRTR01
MonitoringLocationName Truckee River near Tahoe City
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Truckee River downstream of Tahoe City
HUCEightDigitCode 16050102
LatitudeMeasure 39.1640000000
LongitudeMeasure -120.1680000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6200
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 061
ProviderName STORET