BULLETIN 61, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
List of Quaternary lakes — Continued. 
Name. 
Elevation. 
Remarks. 
Feet. 
4,559 
4,700 
3,500 
5,190 
4,200 
4,600 
4,600 
4,400 
4,300 
4,400 
5,945 
4,340 
Shallow lake 50 to 60 feet deep. 
Highest shore line 300 feet above flat. 
Railroad Valley 2 
Dixie 2 
Highest beach line 150 feet above floor. 
Surprise Valley: 8 
Upper, lower, and middle 
alkali lakes. 
Highest beach line 550 feet above present level. Two 
high-water lines. 
Highest beach line 100 feet. Four well-marked and 2 faint 
Catlow Valley 4 
lines. 
Highest beach 75 feet. Three well-marked beach lines. 
Highest beach line 225 feet. 
Beach line 260 feet above Chewaucan Marsh. 
Abert Lake: 3 
Chewaucan Marsh 
Jumper Lake 
Two shore lines 30 and 60 feet above present lake. 
Shore line 250 feet above present level. 
Beach line 100 feet above present level. 
Long Valley 
Christmas Lake 
Madeline Plains 
5,400 
Overflowed. 
Ruby and Franklin Lakes, Nev.; Danby and Bristol Lakes, Cal.; and Diamond Valley, Nev., doubtful. 
Tahoe Lake reported by Diller to show old shore lines above the present lake level, 
i H. S. Gale (?) 
a E. E. Free. 
8 4th Annual Report, U. S. Geol. Survey. Russell. 
< Water Supply Paper 231. 
Ratios of basin area to lake area, and of Quaternary lake area to present lake area. 
Lake. 
Basin 
area. 
Quater- 
nary 
lake 
area. 
Ratio of 
basin area 
to Quater- 
nary lake 
area. 
Present 
lake area. 
Ratio of 
Quater- 
nary area 
to pres- 
ent area. 
Bonneville 
52,000 
47,600 
19,750 
8,422 
2.63 
5.65 
2,498 
734.6 
7.9 
Lahontan 
11.4 
Total 
99,600 
28,172 
3.53 
3,232.6 
8.71 
Total present area of all the lakes in the Great Basin, 4,196 square miles. 
Total area of all the Quaternary lakes, estimated, 36,547 square miles. 
Ratio of total area of Great Basin to total Quaternary lake area, =5.74; to total present lake 
rea, 21 ^^ 
' A1CU2 OU. 
The present lakes, occupying in many instances the lowest depressions in the 
Quaternary lake basins, are given in the next section. The chemical data con- 
cerning both the Quaternary and the recent lakes and their basins will be given in 
another section of this report. 
SURFACE WATERS. 
Complete data are not available for the determination of the total run-off in the 
basin region. From the Water Supply Papers of the United States Geological Survey 
it is possible to secure data for the principal streams, but many small streams of local 
importance are to be found in the mountains of the Great Basin, and for these we have 
practically no data. These streams contribute to the underground-water supply, but 
seldom do their waters reach the surface of the playas except in periods of unusual 
rainfall. The ponds and shallow lakes resulting are quickly evaporated. 
The principal streams are: In western Utah, the Weber, Bear, Logan, Spanish Fork, 
Sevier, and Provo; in Nevada, the Humboldt, Truckee, Carson, Walker, Reese, 
Quinn, and Amargosa; in California, Susan River, Owens River and tributaries, 
Leevining Creek, Mill Creek, and Mojave River; in Oregon, small creeks and streams 
which contribute to the lakes in southern Oregon. Such data as are available for 
the above streams are given in Tables V, VI, VII (Appendix). 
