Trout Creek (Lake Tahoe)
Trout Creek | |
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Sierra Nevada | |
• coordinates | 38°50′01″N 119°54′49″W / 38.83361°N 119.91361°W[1] |
• elevation | 8,630 ft (2,630 m) |
Mouth | Lake Tahoe |
• location | South Lake Tahoe, California |
• coordinates | 38°56′28″N 119°59′48″W / 38.94111°N 119.99667°W[1] |
• elevation | 6,224 ft (1,897 m)[1] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Saxon Creek |
• right | Cold Creek,[3] Heavenly Valley Creek[4] |
Trout Creek is a northward-flowing stream originating on the west side of Armstrong Pass on the Carson Range in El Dorado County, California, United States.
History
Trout Creek was an important fall camp for the
Watershed
Trout Creek originates south of
Ecology
The Trout Creek Stream Restoration and Wildlife Enhancement Project in South Lake Tahoe was completed in 2001. Over 3000 m of channel were reconstructed with enhanced sinuosity, a raised channel elevation, reduced slope, and an overall increase in channel length. The purpose was to improve stream habitat, raise the water table and to allow for increased hydrologic connectivity between the stream channel and the floodplain.[7] Trout Creek is being studied by the U. S. Forest Service for the effectiveness of the stream restoration effectiveness, particularly total and fine sediment load reductions with a final report due in 2012.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Trout Creek
- ^ ISBN 978-0-944220-01-6. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cold Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Heavenly Valley Creek
- ^ WRIR (Report). Retrieved 2012-12-28.
- ^ "Cold Creek Watershed Ecosystem Assessment and Restoration Plan". United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-08-03. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- . Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ^ Nicole Beck. "Quantification and Characterization of Trout Creek Restoration Effectiveness". U. S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ^ Dan Keenan (December 2008). South Lake Tahoe Monitoring Project (PDF) (Report). Sierra Nevada Alliance. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ^ a b Michael Benson Ayers (October 1997). Aerial Multispectral Videography for Vegetation Mapping and Assessment of Beaver Distribution within Selected Riparian Areas of the Lake Tahoe Basin (Thesis). University of Nevada at Reno. p. 71. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
- JSTOR 3797848.
- hdl:2148/264.