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
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Prosser Creek ← Prosser Dam
Little Truckee River 3: 2.2015
The Little Truckee River flows from the newer Stampede Reservoir (1970) to to earlier Boca Reservoir (1939) which area had been used for water reservation since the turn of the century.



The Little Truckee River flowing from Stampede Reservoir to Boca Reservoir in June, 2012, as the drought entered its second year.
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