Little Truckee River

The upper Little Truckee River

The Little Truckee River is a 30.6-mile-long (49.2 km)[1] river that is a tributary to its larger counterpart, the Truckee River, located in Nevada County in eastern California.

Description

The Little Truckee River begins at Webber Lake within the Tahoe National Forest in the Sierra Nevada. The river flows in a general southeastern route to Stampede Reservoir, then Boca Reservoir, and terminates at its confluence with the Truckee River.

History

The Boca Dam was completed in 1939 during the Truckee Storage Project.[2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 17, 2011
  2. ↑ "Truckke Storage Project". p. 1. Archived from the original on 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-07-23.


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