Nevada Water Science Center
Carson River Basin
Basin Description Hydrologic Data Flood EventsWalker River Basin
Basin Description Hydrologic Data Flood Events
Toby Welborn
Geographer
Phone: (775) 887-7671
Email: tlwelbor@usgs.gov
Mailing Address
USGS
Nevada Water Science Center
2730 N. Deer Run Rd.
Carson City, NV 89701
The snowpack in the Carson River basin as in much of the northern Sierra Nevada for May 1, 1983, was, on average, greater than 200 percent of normal. Rapid warming with temperatures exceeding 80 degrees by the last week of May triggered rapid snowmelt. Flooding was accentuated by floodwater releases from Lahontan Reservoir.
No hydrologic data available.
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://nevada.usgs.gov/water/Historic_Floods/Carson/june_1983.htm
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Page Last Modified: September 25, 2013
