USDA Report on Water and Related Land Resources, Central Lahontan Basin, Nevada-California
Creators: name: Economic Research Service
name: Service, Forest
name: Soil Conservation Service
name: Economic Research Service
name: Service, Forest
name: Soil Conservation Service
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1975
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Community/Rural/Urban Development
Crop Production/Industries
Environmental Economics and Policy
Labor and Human Capital
Land Economics/Use
Livestock Production/Industries
Productivity Analysis
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Excerpts from the report: The Central Lahontan River Basin is located in Eastern California and Western Nevada. Its boundary encompasses an area of approximately 16,658 square miles, with 5,352 in California and 11,306 in Nevada. The Basin drains part of Alpine, Eldorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, and Sierra Counties in California and Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, and Washoe Counties in Nevada. It is approximately 216 miles long from north to south and 129 miles from west to east at the widest point. It is bound on the west by the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range crests to various mountains and ranges on the east. The Basin covers the Walker, Carson, Truckee, Honey Lake Valley, Eagle Lake, Smoke Creek Desert, and Madeline Plains drainage systems in California and Nevada as shown on Map 1. For ease of identification, the Honey Lake, Eagle Lake, Smoke Creek Desert, and Madeline Plains systems collectively comprise the Calvada Subbasin. The Walker, Carson, and Truckee systems are each described as separate subbasins. The primary objective of USDA participation in the Central Lahontan Type IV Investigation is to facilitate the coordinated and orderly conservation, development, utilization, and management of the Basin’s water and related land resources. As indicated by the stated objective, output from this investigation will be utilized within USDA to evaluate resource development possibilities relative to established programs such as Public Law 83-566 and multiple use planning and management of the National Forest System lands. The information developed during this study will also assist the management and planning on state and private lands and to assess the possibility of new programs. Output from this investigation will also be provided to other agencies for use in their resource development planning efforts. USDA procedures for planning water and related land resources have been utilized in displaying USDA potential opportunities or plans for each of the four subbasins. Each plan presents opportunities that primarily fulfill one or more of the multiple objectives. The discussions also include a detailed physical description of the identified projects and programs.
description: This study deals with the use and development of water and related land resources of the Central Lahontan Basin in Eastern California and Western Nevada. The information presented is based on a cooperative study by the Resources Agency of the State of California, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Nevada, and the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The two state agencies jointly requested the U. S. Department of Agriculture to undertake the study in 1965. The U. S. Department of Agriculture participation in this study is authorized under provision of Section 6, Public Law 83-566. This law authorizes the Department to cooperate with other Federal, State, and local agencies in making investigations and surveys of watersheds of rivers as a basis for development of coordinated programs.