Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 445A - Water Controls › WATER POLLUTION CONTROL › Standards for Water Quality › Section 445A.1432 - Humboldt Region: Designated beneficial uses

Current through June 11, 2024
The designated beneficial uses for select bodies of water
				  within the Humboldt Region are prescribed in this section:
Water Body Name
Segment Description
Beneficial Uses
Aquatic Life Species of Concern
Water Quality Standard NAC Reference
Livestock
Irrigation
Aquatic
Contact
Noncontact
Municipal
Industrial
Wildlife
Aesthetic
Enhance
Marsh
Humboldt River near Osino
From the upstream source of the main stem to
								Osino.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Warm-water fishery
NAC
								445A.1436
Humboldt River at
Palisade
From Osino to the Palisade Gage.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Warm-water fishery
NAC
								445A.1438
Humboldt River at Battle Mountain
From the Palisade Gage to the Battle Mountain
								Gage.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Warm-water fishery
NAC
								445A.1442
Humboldt River at
State Highway 789
From the Battle Mountain Gage to where State
								Highway 789 crosses the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Warm-water fishery
NAC
								445A.1444
Humboldt River at Imlay
From where State Highway 789 crosses the Humboldt
								River to Imlay.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Warm-water fishery
NAC
								445A.1446
Humboldt River at
Woolsey
From Imlay to Woolsey.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Warm-water fishery
NAC
								445A.1448
Humboldt River at
Rodgers Dam
From Woolsey to Rodgers Dam.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1452
Humboldt River at the Humboldt Sink
From Rodgers Dam to the Humboldt
								Sink.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1454
The Humboldt Sink
The entire sink.
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1455
Humboldt River, North Fork and tributaries at the
								national forest boundary
From their origin in the Independence Mountain
								Range to the national forest boundary.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1456
Humboldt River, North Fork at Beaver
								Creek
From the national forest boundary to its confluence
								with Beaver Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1458
Humboldt River, North Fork at the Humboldt
								River
From its confluence with Beaver Creek to its
								confluence with the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1462
Humboldt River, South Fork at South Fork Reservoir,
								including tributaries above Lee
From its origin to South Fork Reservoir, including
								its tributaries above Lee, except for the length of the river and the lengths
								of its tributaries within the exterior borders of the South Fork Indian
								Reservation.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1464
South Fork Reservoir
The entire reservoir.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1465
Humboldt River, South Fork at the Humboldt
								River
From South Fork Reservoir to its confluence with
								the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1466
Little Humboldt River
The entire length.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1468
Little Humboldt River, North Fork at the national
								forest boundary
From its origin to the national forest
								boundary.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1472
Little Humboldt River, North Fork at the South Fork
								of the Little Humboldt River
From the national forest boundary to its confluence
								with the South Fork of the Little Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1474
Little Humboldt River, South Fork at the
								Elko-Humboldt county line
From its origin to the Elko-Humboldt county
								line.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1476
Little Humboldt River, South Fork at the North Fork
								of the Little Humboldt River
From the Elko-Humboldt county line to its
								confluence with the North Fork of the Little Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1478
Marys River, upper
From its origin to the point where the river
								crosses the east line of T. 42 N., R. 59 E., M.D.B. &M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1482
Marys River at the Humboldt River
From the east line of T. 42 N., R. 59 E., M.D.B.
								& M., to its confluence with the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1484
Tabor Creek
From its origin to the east line of T. 40 N., R. 60
								E., M.D.B. &M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1486
Maggie Creek Tributaries
From their origin to the point where they become
								Maggie Creek or the point of their confluence with Maggie
								Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1488
Maggie Creek at Jack Creek
From where it is formed by the Maggie Creek
								tributaries to its confluence with Jack Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1492
Maggie Creek at Soap Creek
From its confluence with Jack Creek to its
								confluence with Soap Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1494
Maggie Creek at the Humboldt River
From its confluence with Soap Creek to its
								confluence with the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1496
Secret Creek at the national forest
								boundary
From its origin to the national forest
								boundary.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1498
Secret Creek at the Humboldt River
From the national forest boundary to its confluence
								with the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1502
Lamoille Creek at the gaging
								station
From its origin to gaging station number 10316500,
								located in the NE 1/4 of section 6, T. 32 N., R. 58 E., M.D.B.
								&M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1504
Lamoille Creek at the Humboldt
								River
From gaging station number 10-316500, located in
								the NE 1/4 of section 6, T. 32 N., R. 58 E., M.D.B. & M., to its confluence
								with the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1506
J.D. Ponds
The entire area.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1508
Denay Creek at Tonkin Reservoir
From its origin to Tonkin
								Reservoir.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1512
Tonkin Reservoir
The entire reservoir.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1514
Denay Creek below Tonkin Reservoir
Below Tonkin Reservoir.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1516
Rock Creek at Squaw Valley Ranch
From its origin to Squaw Valley
								Ranch.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1518
Rock Creek below Squaw Valley Ranch
Below Squaw Valley Ranch.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1522
Willow Creek at Willow Creek
								Reservoir
From its origin to Willow Creek
								Reservoir.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1524
Willow Creek Reservoir
The entire reservoir.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1526
North Antelope Creek
From its origin to its confluence with Antelope
								Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1527
Pole Creek
From its origin to the point of diversion of the
								Golconda water supply, near the north line of section 13, T. 35 N., R. 39 E.,
								M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1528
Water Canyon Creek
From its origin to the point of diversion of the
								Winnemucca municipal water supply, near the west line of section 12, T. 35 N.,
								R. 38 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1532
Martin Creek at the national forest
								boundary
From its origin to the national forest
								boundary.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1534
Martin Creek below the national forest
								boundary
From the national forest boundary to the first
								diversion in T. 42 N., R. 40 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1536
Dutch John Creek
The entire length.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1538
Huntington Creek at the White Pine-Elko county
								line
From its origin to the White Pine-Elko county
								line.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1542
Huntington Creek at Smith Creek
From the White Pine-Elko county line to its
								confluence with Smith Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1544
Huntington Creek at the South Fork of the Humboldt
								River
From its confluence with Smith Creek to its
								confluence with the South Fork of the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1546
Green Mountain
Creek at Toyn Creek
From its origin to its confluence with Toyn
								Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1548
Toyn Creek at Corral Creek
From its confluence with Green Mountain Creek to
								its confluence with Corral Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1552
Toyn Creek at Green Mountain Creek
From its origin to its confluence with Green
								Mountain Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1554
Reese River at Indian Creek
From its origin to its confluence with Indian
								Creek, except for the length of the river within the exterior borders of the
								Yomba Indian Reservation.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1556
Reese River at State Route 722
From its confluence with Indian Creek to State
								Route 722 (old U.S. Highway 50), except for the length of the river within the
								exterior borders of the Yomba Indian Reservation.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1558
Reese River below State Route 722
North of State Route 722 (old U.S. Highway
								50).
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1562
San Juan Creek
From its origin to the national forest
								boundary.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1564
Big Creek at the forest service
								campground
From its origin to the east boundary of the United
								States Forest Service's Big Creek Campground.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1566
Big Creek below the forest service
								campground
From the east boundary of the United States Forest
								Service's Big Creek Campground to the first diversion dam, near the west line
								of section 4, T. 17 N., R. 43 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1568
Mill Creek
From its origin to the first point of diversion,
								near the south line of section 22, T. 29 N., R. 44 E., M.D.B. &
								M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1572
Lewis Creek
From its origin to the first point of diversion,
								near the center of section 23, T. 30 N., R. 45 E., M.D.B. &
								M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1574
Iowa Canyon Reservoir
The entire reservoir.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1576
Starr Creek
From the confluence of Ackler and Herder Creeks to
								its confluence with the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1578
Irrigation
Irrigation
Livestock
Watering of livestock
Contact
Recreation involving contact with the
								water
Noncontact
Recreation not involving contact with the
								water
Industrial
Industrial supply
Municipal
Municipal or domestic supply, or both
Wildlife
Propagation of wildlife
Aquatic
Propagation of aquatic life
Aesthetic
Extraordinary ecological, aesthetic or recreational
								value
Enhance
Enhancement of water quality
Marsh
Maintenance of a freshwater marsh
Added to
				  NAC by Environmental Comm'n by R160-06, eff. 8-26-2008; A by R129-10,
				  1-13-2011; R130-12, 12-20-2012; A by
				  R102-14,
				  eff. 10-24-2014; A by
				  R103-14,
				  eff. 12/22/2014; A by
				  R130-15,
				  eff. 4/4/2016; A by
				  R113-22A,
				  eff. 4/19/2024
NRS 445A.425,
					 445A.520