As of fiscal year 2005,
the National Irrigation Water Quality Program
has been inactive.

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NIWQP Project/Study Area—

Humboldt River Area, Nevada

Location

The Humboldt River Area is about 70 miles northeast of Reno in the Lovelock Valley in west-central Nevada. (Detail map pdf)

Status

Based on the evaluation of the studies conducted at this Project, the NIWQP is no longer involved at this location.

Phases 2 and 3 Data

Chemical Data From Water:
ASCII - 25 KB .dat File or Microsoft Excel - 104 KB .xls File

Bottom Material:
ASCII - 8 KB .dat File or Microsoft Excel - 46 KB .xls File

Inorganic:
ASCII - 36 KB .dat File or Microsoft Excel - 143 KB .xls File

Organic:
ASCII - 7 KB .dat File or Microsoft Excel - 29 KB .xls File

Documents

Seiler, R.L., and Tuttle, P.L., 1997, Field Verification Study of Water Quality, Bottom Sediment, and Biota Associated with Irrigation Drainage in and near Humboldt Wildlife Management Area, Churchill and Pershing Counties, Nevada, 1996. USGS Open-File Report 97-586, 38 p.

Seiler, R.L., Ekechukwu, G.A., and Hallock, R.J., 1993, Reconnaissance investigation of water quality, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in and near Humboldt Wildlife Management area, Churchill and Pershing Counties, Nevada, 1990-91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4072, 115 p.

Rowe, T.G., Lico, M.S., Hallock, R.J., Maest, A.S., Hoffman, R.J., 1991, Physical, chemical, and biological data for detailed study of irrigation drainage in and near Stillwater, Fernley, and Humboldt Wildlife Management areas and Carson Lake, west-Central Nevada.