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This 14,500-acre (59 km 2) set aside is managed as a nonwilderness, nonmotorized roadless recreation area and is second only to nearby Desolation Wilderness in popularity in the Lake Tahoe region. Often called "Meiss Country" after the local ranching family whose historic Meiss cabin, built in 1878, still stands in the Upper Truckee Basin area.
Truckee's existence began in 1863 as Gray's Station, named for Joseph Gray's Roadhouse on the trans-Sierra wagon road. [6] A blacksmith named Samuel S. Coburn was there almost from the beginning, and by 1866 the area was known as Coburn's Station. [6]
Boca Reservoir is an artificial lake in Nevada County, California, United States, located in the perimeter covered by Tahoe National Forest.It was created by the construction of Boca Dam across Little Truckee River, approximately 10 km northeast of Truckee.
The Truckee Meadows is a valley in western Nevada located within the western Great Basin. Named for the Truckee River, which flows through the valley from west to east, this area contains archaeological evidence of aboriginal human occupation. [2] The Truckee Formation, is the oldest deposit of the valley and yields very little water to wells.
The dam was built between 1909 and 1913 and stands 18.2 ft (5.5 m) high and 109 ft (33 m) long, raising Lake Tahoe by up to 10.1 ft (3.1 m). [4] Outflows from the dam are regulated by a gated spillway with 17 bays, with a maximum release capacity of 2,100 cubic feet per second (59 m 3 /s).
Lake Tahoe. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) was formed in 1969 through a bi-state compact between California and Nevada which was ratified by the U.S. Congress. The agency is mandated to protect the environment of the Lake Tahoe basin through land-use regulations and is one of only a few watershed-based regulatory agencies in the United States.
The earthen and rockfill dam was constructed from 1959 to 1962 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation with a height of 163 feet (50 m) feet and a crest length of 1,830 feet (560 m). [2] It impounds Prosser Creek (a tributary of the Truckee River ) for irrigation storage and winter and spring flood control, part of the Bureau's larger Washoe ...
12.65 square miles (32.8 km 2) [5] Discharge • location: Prosser Creek • average: 15.55 cu ft/s (0.440 m 3 /s) at mouth with Prosser Creek [5] Basin features; Progression: Prosser Creek → Truckee River → Pyramid Lake: River system: Truckee River: Tributaries • left: unnamed tributaries • right: unnamed tributaries: Bridges