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Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5012

**U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY  Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5012**

# Bathymetry of Walker Lake, West-Central Nevada

**Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation  By Thomas J. Lopes and J. LaRue Smith**

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## Table of Contents

Conversion Factors, Datums, and Acronyms

Abstract

Introduction

Methods

Bathymetry of Walker Lake

Summary

References Cited

Appendix A. Lake-Surface Altitude,   Surface Area, and Storage Volume of Walker Lake, Nevada (Excel, 40 KB)

Appendix B. Locations and Heights   of Mounds and Anomalies Detected in Walker Lake, Nevada (Excel, 24 KB)

## Figures

Figure 1. Selected features of the   Walker River basin, California and Nevada.

Figure 2. Dissolved-solids concentration   and lake-surface altitude versus time for Walker Lake, Nevada.

Figure 3. Locations of survey transects,   side-scan sonar survey, and the 4,120-foot contour which is the extent of surface-area   and storage-volume calculations for Walker Lake, Nevada.

Figure 4. Example of survey transect (*A*) before removal of outliers   and (*B*) after removal of outliers and averaging depth every 328 feet, Walker   Lake, Nevada.

Figure 5. Errors in (*A*) surface-area and (*B*)   storage-volume estimates versus lake-surface altitude of Walker Lake, Nevada.

Figure 6. Bathymetry along transects   at select locations in Walker Lake, Nevada.

Figure 7. Example of anomalies detected   by the single-beam echosounder.

Figure 8. Tufa towers along the shore   of Mono Lake, California.

Figure 9. Lake bottom along the cliffs   north of the town of Walker Lake, Nevada.

Figure 10. Locations and estimated   heights of mounds, anomalies, and faults in and around Walker Lake, Nevada.

Figure 11. Lake-surface altitude versus   surface area and storage volume for Walker Lake, Nevada.

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**The digital elevation model of Walker Lake, West-Central Nevada can be download from the USGS Water Resource NSDI Node at http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/metadata/usgswrd/XML/sir2007-5012_bathymetry.xml**

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Send questions or comments about this report to the authors, **T.J. Lopes**, (775) 887-7688, and **J.L. Smith**, (775) 887-7630.

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