. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey. the VerdiValley, the Reno or Truckee Valley, and the Wadsworth Valley. Allthree have a rich, productive soil. The total length of the Truckee isabout 110 miles and its total fall is about 2,350 feet. Donner Creek, the natural outlet of Donner Lake, is the firstimportant tributary of the Truckee, which it enters at the town ofTruckee. Prosser Creek, the second tributary, and the natural outletof several small lakes, enters about 5 miles northeast of Truckee, andLittle Truckee River, the natural outlet of Webber and Ind
. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey. the VerdiValley, the Reno or Truckee Valley, and the Wadsworth Valley. Allthree have a rich, productive soil. The total length of the Truckee isabout 110 miles and its total fall is about 2,350 feet. Donner Creek, the natural outlet of Donner Lake, is the firstimportant tributary of the Truckee, which it enters at the town ofTruckee. Prosser Creek, the second tributary, and the natural outletof several small lakes, enters about 5 miles northeast of Truckee, andLittle Truckee River, the natural outlet of Webber and Independencelakes, comes in at Boca, Cal., about 2 miles farther along. Each ofthese tributaries rises at an elevation of 6,000 feet above sea level, andeach flows from a lake whose capacity can be enlarged by building adam across its outlet. The region about the lakes is thickly forestedand receives during the winter months very heavy snowfall. Duringthe season of thaw this snow affords an immense run-off, almost allof which could be stored by enlarging the natural TRUCK EE RIVEB BASIN. 101 Three power plants have been installed on the Truckee: TheFarad (Mystic), Fleish, and Washoe plants, with an emergencyplant near Reno, Nev. (See PI. V, B.) The plants have an averagecapacity of about 2,500 horsepower each and they supply practi-cally all the power used by the towns of Verdi, Reno, Carson City,Yerington, Gardnerville, Sparks, and Virginia City, Nev. Thereare many falls on the headwaters of the small tributaries. (See PLV, .4.) Almost all of the minimum flow of the river is appropriated forirrigation, but further storage development would make more wateravailable for both irrigation and power. Within the period covered by the records, 1907 was by far thewettest year and 1900 the driest year. The ratio in the two yearsfor the state line station was about to 1. The following gaging stations have been maintained in the TruckeeRiver basin: Lake Tahoe at Tahoe, Cal., 1900
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