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  Humboldt Project
Framing project lands are the West Humboldt and Stillwater ranges to the east and the Trinity and Hot Springs Mountains to the west, the landscape of the lower river valley gently slopes from north to south, but it is almost flat in the lower reaches of the district.
Entirely contained within the borders of the state, the Humboldt River rises in the Ruby Mountains of northeastern Nevada, winding and meandering 280 miles in a southwesterly direction until it is eventually swallowed by the desert.
Demands on the Humboldt River grew as the population increased from the 1880s to the 1920s.
www.usbr.gov /dataweb/html/humboldt.html   (1389 words)

  
 Humboldt River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It receives the North Fork of the Humboldt River in Elko County, approximately 15 miles (24 km) upstream from Elko, and the South Fork approximately 7 miles (11 km) downstream.
The river is highly variable in flow, generally decreasing in volume downstream to the west, in part due to the removal of water from the river for irrigation.
In 1869 the river was used as part of the route of the Central Pacific segment of the Transcontinental Railroad.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Humboldt_River   (736 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Humboldt, river, United States, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
Humboldt, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in several branches in the mountains of NE Nev. It meanders generally west to disappear in Humboldt Sink, W Nevada.
Most of the towns of N Nevada are located on the river in a valley used by a major highway and railway as an east-west route.
Near Lovelock the Humboldt project of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is served by the Rye Patch Dam (completed 1936), which impounds water for irrigation.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/HumboldtR.html   (258 words)

  
 USGS Nevada -- Humboldt Hydrology: Summary of Progress -- Oct. 1996
Streamflow of the Humboldt River and its tributaries and ground water are used by diverse, and sometimes competing, interests in the basin.
Increases in the flow of the Humboldt River and one of its tributaries, Maggie Creek.
The purpose of this study is to describe ground-water conditions in the middle Humboldt River Basin in spring 1982 and spring 1996.
nevada.usgs.gov /humb/prog96.htm   (2378 words)

  
 Nev Humboldt
The Humboldt River, the largest watershed in Nevada, terminates in the Humboldt Sink in Pershing and Churchill Counties, except in years when the Humboldt Sink floods and discharges into the Carson Sink, such as in 1998.
Early detection of potential biological effects is critical because of the terminal nature of the Humboldt River system, the persistence of trace elements in the environment, and the previous identification of adverse biological effects caused by inorganic contaminants in wetlands at the terminus of the river.
Problems may be further worsened if the period of increased loading is followed by an extended period of decreased flows in the Humboldt River, such as that which may occur with the cessation of mine dewatering.
www.fws.gov /pacific/ecoservices/envicon/pim/reports/Reno/Humboldt.htm   (677 words)

  
 The Prairie Traveler - Itinerary V.
Humboldt River - Along the entire course of the Humboldt good grass is found in the bottoms.
On Humboldt River - Grass and water poor all the distance to the Sink of the Humboldt.
At the Big Meadows, 23 miles from the Sink of the Humboldt, travelers should make a halt of a day or two to rest and recruit their animals and to cut grass for crossing the desert, as this is the last good camping-place until reaching Carson River.
www.kancoll.org /books/marcy/mai05txt.htm   (923 words)

  
 Humbold Area River Project (HARP) Concept Master Plan
The Humboldt River, the longest river in the state, punctuates the vast semi-arid landscape of northeastern Nevada.
Street to the north and to the south and the Humboldt River corridor to the east and to the west.
Due to constraints with the railroad mainline tracks on the north side of the river corridor, development concepts along the core areas are focused on the south side of the river.
www.ci.elko.nv.us /commdev/harp_plan.htm   (2107 words)

  
 HUMBOLDT PROJECT DRAFT 2
The contractor workers' camp was half mile east of the damsite on the rim of a canyon overlooking the river.
After damming the Humboldt, local farmers, buoyed by their perceived command of the river, and a sense of experimentation, branched out to introduce new crops to the valley.
In 1991, historian James Hulse wrote the Humboldt is a "very small river by national standards," but "it has had an importance far beyond its size." For 150 years, the lives, struggles, and small victories of the inhabitants of the Lovelock Valley have confirmed that statement.
www.usbr.gov /dataweb/html/humboldt1.html   (5926 words)

  
 Salt River - Humboldt County, California
The Salt River is a tributary of the Eel River.
The Salt River is a remnant channel of a former course of the Eel River.
The late history of the Eel River involves a progressive moving of the channel from the northern edge of its valley, north of Metropolitan, to its present course between Metropolitan and the mouth of the Van Duzen River.
ebeltz.net /fieldtrips/saltriver.html   (2276 words)

  
 Oregon-California Trails Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The emigrants, used to the rivers of the east, expected their rivers to gain size and strength until they discharged their waters into the ocean.
The reader should not imagine the Humboldt to be a rapid mountain stream, with its cool and limpid waters rushing down the rocks of steep inclines, with here and there beautiful cascades and shady pools...
And, besides the scarcity of the grass, the emigrants hated this river because it often snaked away into impassable canyons, forcing the travelers to follow waterless, sage-covered bluffs (known as dry jornadas) for considerable distances before re-joining the river with its increasingly miserable water.
www.octa-trails.org /JumpingOffToday/VirtualTour/HumboldtRiver.asp   (759 words)

  
 Dramatic rescue saves life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Humboldt County Deputy Sheriff Chris Janssen dove into the icy cold waters of the west branch of the Des Moines River on Thursday afternoon to rescue Larry Davidson, who had been hanging onto the ice.
Humboldt County Sheriff Dean Kruger (left) and Deputy Sheriff Brian Ricklefs are shown pulling the two to shore at Sheldon Park.
A near tragedy had a happy ending as the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department rescued a person from the icy cold waters of the west branch of the Des Moines River on Thursday afternoon.
www.humboldtnews.com /news/2006/0202/Front_Page/0100.html   (1373 words)

  
 Reggae On The River® Festival : http://www.reggaeontheriver.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Humboldt County contains more than 100 miles of unspoiled coastline, hundreds of thousands of acres of coast redwood trees, several wild rivers, as well as bustling seaports, quaint farming communities and historical areas.
North of Scotia is the sunny inland town of Fortuna, known as the jewel of the Eel River Valley.
In northern Humboldt County are the coastal jewels of Trinidad, which overlooks a beautiful sheltered harbor and Orick, the gateway to Redwood National Park.
www.reggaeontheriver.com /general.land.htm   (603 words)

  
 Carlin Canyon, Elko County, Nevada
Humboldt County was created on November 25, 1861 as one of the original nine counties of the Territory of Nevada.
The river was named by soldier-explorer John C. Fremont for Alexander von Humboldt, the German explorer and scientist, who was much admired by Fremont, but who never saw or came within 1,000 miles of the river, mountains or county which now bear his name.
The Unknown, Mary's, or Ogden's River was renamed by Frémont for the famous German geographer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt.
www.elkorose.com /carlincanyon.html   (1529 words)

  
 Oregon-California Trails Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Here we see our last of the famous Humboldt and I must agree with the majority of the Emigrants in nicknaming it "Humbug River." The stream itself does not deserve the name of river being only a good sized creek....
By the time the emigrants reached the Humboldt Sink, most were happy to bid the hated river goodbye, despite the fact that they knew they now faced a long haul across the desert and then the final climb over the Sierra Nevada.
It is usually the last water found on the Humboldt, or where it loses itself in the sand, hence its name, but this year the water is so high that it runs down several mules further before it entirely sinks.
www.octa-trails.org /JumpingOffToday/VirtualTour/HumboldtSink.asp   (322 words)

  
 Hardly a High School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Almost three hundred miles long, the Humboldt River was a major part of the trail when thousands of hardy souls made the tough journey following their dreams to striking it rich in California.
Humboldt is its name today but there for awhile no one really knew what to call it.
Joseph Paul, one of the trappers, died on December 18, 1828 and was buried on the banks of the river.
www.outbacknevada.us /howh/Humboldt.html   (451 words)

  
 Nevada State Historic Preservation - Nevada Historical Markers
Ogden explored hundreds of square miles of the Humboldt's course, left records of his trailblazing in his journal and first map of the area.
Ogden gave the name "Unknown River" to the Humboldt at this time, as he was unsure where it went.
Ogden's or Mary's River were commonly used names for the Humboldt prior to the publication of John C. Fremont's map in 1848.
dmla.clan.lib.nv.us /docs/shpo/markers/mark_22.htm   (195 words)

  
 Humboldt, river, United States — Infoplease.com
Embedded in the "Battle of the Lakes": a report from the textual frontlines of the 1833 Humboldt Sink massacre.
A case study of river temperature response to agricultural land use and environmental thermal patterns.
Mineral and elemental distribution in soils formed on the River Niger floodplain, eastern Nigeria.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0824513.html   (273 words)

  
 The Trail Through Nevada
The Humboldt River was first seen by non native Americans on November 9, 1828 when Peter Skene Ogden and his party of fur tappers stumbled upon the river in the vicinity of present day Winnemucca.
First taken in 1833 by a rough and tumble group of trappers under the command of Joseph Walker, the route along the Humboldt was both salvation and damnation — salvation for the water and feed along its banks; damnation for the poor water, meandering channel and alkali dust.
The trail on the north side of the river was by far the best, for ahead, the river would swing far to the south and then cross the alkali flats formed by the Reese River sink.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/trailofthe49ers/trail.htm   (2410 words)

  
 The Lovelock Review-Miner Newspaper Online - August 7, 2003 issue
Water commissioners in the course of doing their work were denied access to the Humboldt River, and were not allowed to cross tribal land to divert water from the Humboldt River.
Wagner’s order to allow access to the Humboldt River for the water commissioners was affirmed by the Supreme Court in late December, and now the appeals court, in this latest case, has ruled in the judge’s favor and laid to rest the issue of jurisdiction over the Humboldt River.
A federal district court in Reno held that the federal court had joint jurisdiction over the Humboldt River, but invoked what is known as the "abstention doctrine." Although claiming the federal court had joint jurisdiction over the Humboldt River, the federal judge remanded the case back to the state court.
nevadarancher.com /rminer/rm2003/rmaug7a.htm   (639 words)

  
 Northcoast Notes
Mad River, Humboldt County mining operators have compiled data confirming the Mad was not "degraded" by mining over the last 30 years as alleged in the Mad River PEIR.
Humboldt County's Board of Supervisors approved an additional extraction volume in 1998 after the operators filed an appeal and presented their data proving the Mad River is not degraded as alleged by the Scientific Committee.
Data or "evidence" of the rivers condition in the past and in the present is necessary to evaluating what if any role mining plays in the improvement, maintenance, or degradation of the river environment.
www.calawnet.com /environmental/northcoast.html   (2626 words)

  
 CALIFORNIA TRAIL
Following the Humboldt River to its sink, the party then sought to cross the Sierra Nevada by turning southwest, where they struggled over the mountains somewhere near present Sonora Pass into the San Joaquin Valley.
This wagon trail from the Raft River to the Humboldt River became the next permanent segment of the California Trail.
The improvements from the Humboldt River to Honey Lake near Susanville led to this section of trail being known as the Honey Lake Road.
www.emigranttrailswest.org /caltrail.htm   (2853 words)

  
 Humboldt River Ranch
Humboldt River Ranch is a 9,232-acre master planned community with ranchette lots from one and one-half to ten acres.
Humboldt River Ranch is across from the Humboldt River and the sprawling Rye Patch Reservoir with over 72 miles of shoreline.
The friendly casinos and night-life of Reno lies in close proximity (one and one-hours west) to Humboldt River Ranch giving you the choice of a country atmosphere or the action of the "Biggest Little City in the World".
www.classifiedclub.com /mall/ranch.html   (270 words)

  
 Living Lakes Partnership Lake of the Month--Holocene Remnants of Lake Lahontan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Humboldt Sink is often joined with the Carson Sink during wet periods, and is at the end of the Humboldt River, which drains much of central and western Nevada.
Walker Lake is at the terminus of the Walker River, which drains the watershed in-between the Mono Basin and the Carson River basin.
The Federal Newlands Irrigation Project dammed the Truckee and Carson Rivers and diverted the water to new farms, sometimes on marginal lands where the drainage water contained heavy metals and salts.
www.livinglakes.org /month/1-lahontan.htm   (1275 words)

  
 Trace the Watershed
Discuss the variations in water amount of to be found in the river and tributaries as a function of elevations and season of the year.
Use a topographic map of the area to compare the elevation at a source of a tributary of the Humboldt River to that at the Humboldt Sink, for example.
The Humboldt River system is important to more than just the people who use and enjoy the water.
www.nbmg.unr.edu /dox/e32/trace.htm   (866 words)

  
 Robert A. Allen Papers Collection NC97
He represented the Upper Carson River water users in the U.S. v Alpine Land and Reservoir case, 1925, and as state engineer, he filled the final order of determination for claimants to the waters of the Humboldt River, 1927, both leading to lengthy court proceedings.
A proposed decree was issued in July, 1951, appropriating waters of the Carson River, A final decree was not issued until October 28, 1980.
A decree was issued in 1897 which stipulated that the farmers could divert and use all the waters of the Carson River for irrigation, stock watering, and domestic purposes during the months of July, August, and September.
www.library.unr.edu /specoll/mss/NC97.html   (1755 words)

  
 The Des Moines River, Humboldt County Des Moines River Restoration
The Humboldt County Des Moines River Restoration Committee has launched its campaign to raise funds to restore the Rutland Dam Area.
This is being done by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors.
Humboldt County was awarded a Marine Gas Tax grant in the amount of $14,501.00 for ramp, dock, dredging creek area, security lighting, and parking lot and rocking entrance.
www.desmoinesriver.org /DM/humboldt.html   (389 words)

  
 REVIEW OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO FISHERIES RESOURCES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The climate of the Mad river basin is typical of north coast valleys and is characterized by heavy
The climate of the Trinity River basin corresponds to the warm temperate classification.
adversely alter the morphology of a river and consequently the habitat of anadromous fishes.
www.riverscene.com /theLibrary/cohoconsult.htm   (11118 words)

  
 1861 USPRR MAP #3 - NEVADA Humboldt River
This print is an illustration from the report of the survey at the 41st parallel under the leadership of Lt. Edward G.
Beckwith, in the region between the Green River Valley and the Sacramento River Valley, conducted in 1854.
~~~ This map is associated with the Panoramas of the Valley of the Humboldt River and the Valley of the Mud Lakes.
cprr.org /Museum/USPRR-Wm_Husson-PANZOOM/891368418.html   (401 words)

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