Drought in the West A Photographic Essay     
Reno/Truckee Meadows
Interactive Cartograph: Clickable place names, horizontally scrollable.
Bucks Lake ↓ ↓ Whites, Thomas Creeks & Alexander Lake
Webber Lake Cold Stream/Sierraville Creek → Sierra Valley (Alfalfa) → Feather River (North Fork) → Lake Oroville Brown, Davis & Franktown Creeks
↘ ↗ ↓
Little Truckee River
Little Truckee River
Steamboat Creek ← Washoe Lake ← Ophir Creek ← Tahoe Meadows
Independence Lake → Independence Creek ↗ ↘
↓ Davis/Davies & Merrill Creeks Lake Tahoe ↓
↙ ↖ Rock Lake ← (Upper) Price Lake
Stampede Reservoir → Little Truckee River 3 → Boca Reservoir → Little Truckee River 4 → Truckee River ← Donner Creek ← Donner Lake
↖
Prosser Creek ← Prosser Dam
Little Truckee River 2: 2.2015
The Little Truckee River high in the northern Sierra after the sources of Webber Lake (which is often diverted to alfalfa farms in Sierra Valley via the Cold Stream/Sierraville diversion) and Independence Lake via Independence Creek.

Little Truckee River is on its way to Stampede Reservoir from here.

These images were taken in February, 2015, when the area should be covered in snow that would slowly thaw into the meadows and river providing riverflow for months to come.





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