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Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
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Chapter445A Water Controls |
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WATER POLLUTION CONTROL |
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Standards for Water Quality |
NAC445A.1432. Humboldt Region: Designated beneficial uses.
- The designated beneficial uses for select bodies of water within the Humboldt Region are prescribed in this section:
Water Body Name
Segment Description
Beneficial Uses
Aquatic Life Species of Concern
Water Quality Standard NAC Reference
Livestock
Irrigation
Aquatic
Contact
Noncontact
Municipal
Industrial
Wildlife
Aesthetic
Enhance
Marsh
Humboldt River near Osino
From the upstream source of the main stem to Osino.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Warm-water fishery
Humboldt River at Palisade
From Osino to the Palisade Gage.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Warm-water fishery
Humboldt River at Battle Mountain
From the Palisade Gage to the Battle Mountain Gage.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Warm-water fishery
Humboldt River at State Highway 789
From the Battle Mountain Gage to where State Highway 789 crosses the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Warm-water fishery
Humboldt River at Imlay
From the Comus Gage to Imlay.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Warm-water fishery
Humboldt River at Woolsey
From Imlay to Woolsey.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Warm-water fishery
Humboldt River at Rodgers Dam
From Woolsey to Rodgers Dam.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Humboldt River at the Humboldt Sink
From Rodgers Dam to the Humboldt Sink.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
The Humboldt Sink
The entire sink.
X
X
X
X
X
X
Humboldt River, North Fork and tributaries at the national forest boundary
From their origin in the Independence Mountain Range to the national forest boundary.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Humboldt River, North Fork at Beaver Creek
From the national forest boundary to its confluence with Beaver Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
Humboldt River, North Fork at the Humboldt River
From its confluence with Beaver Creek to its confluence with the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Humboldt River, South Fork and tributaries at Lee
From their origin to Lee, except for the length of the river and the lengths of its tributaries within the exterior borders of the South Fork Indian Reservation.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Humboldt River, South Fork at the Humboldt River
From Lee to its confluence with the Humboldt River, except for the length of the river within the exterior borders of the South Fork Indian Reservation.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
Little Humboldt River
The entire length.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Little Humboldt River, North Fork at the national forest boundary
From its origin to the national forest boundary.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Little Humboldt River, North Fork at the South Fork of the Little Humboldt River
From the national forest boundary to its confluence with the South Fork of the Little Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Little Humboldt River, South Fork at the Elko-Humboldt county line
From its origin to the Elko-Humboldt county line.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Little Humboldt River, South Fork at the North Fork of the Little Humboldt River
From the Elko-Humboldt county line to its confluence with the North Fork of the Little Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Marys River, upper
From its origin to the point where the river crosses the east line of T. 42 N., R. 59 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Marys River at the Humboldt River
From the east line of T. 42 N., R. 59 E., M.D.B. & M., to its confluence with the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
Tabor Creek
From its origin to the east line of T. 40 N., R. 60 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Maggie Creek Tributaries
From their origin to the point where they become Maggie Creek or the point of their confluence with Maggie Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Maggie Creek at Jack Creek
From where it is formed by the Maggie Creek tributaries to its confluence with Jack Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
Maggie Creek at Soap Creek
From its confluence with Jack Creek to its confluence with Soap Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
Maggie Creek at the Humboldt River
From its confluence with Soap Creek to its confluence with the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Secret Creek at the national forest boundary
From its origin to the national forest boundary.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Secret Creek at the Humboldt River
From the national forest boundary to its confluence with the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
Lamoille Creek at the gaging station
From its origin to gaging station number 10-316500, located in the NE 1/4 of section 6, T. 32 N., R. 58 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Lamoille Creek at the Humboldt River
From gaging station number 10-316500, located in the NE 1/4 of section 6, T. 32 N., R. 58 E., M.D.B. & M., to its confluence with the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
J.D. Ponds
The entire area.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Denay Creek at Tonkin Reservoir
From its origin to Tonkin Reservoir.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Tonkin Reservoir
The entire reservoir.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Denay Creek below Tonkin Reservoir
Below Tonkin Reservoir.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Rock Creek at Squaw Valley Ranch
From its origin to Squaw Valley Ranch.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Rock Creek below Squaw Valley Ranch
Below Squaw Valley Ranch.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Willow Creek at Willow Creek Reservoir
From its origin to Willow Creek Reservoir.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Willow Creek Reservoir
The entire reservoir.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
North Antelope Creek
From its origin to its confluence with Antelope Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
Pole Creek
From its origin to the point of diversion of the Golconda water supply, near the north line of section 13, T. 35 N., R. 39 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Water Canyon Creek
From its origin to the point of diversion of the Winnemucca municipal water supply, near the west line of section 12, T. 35 N., R. 38 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Martin Creek at the national forest boundary
From its origin to the national forest boundary.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Martin Creek below the national forest boundary
From the national forest boundary to the first diversion in T. 42 N., R. 40 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
Dutch John Creek
The entire length.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Huntington Creek at the White Pine-Elko county line
From its origin to the White Pine-Elko county line.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Huntington Creek at Smith Creek
From the White Pine-Elko county line to its confluence with Smith Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
Huntington Creek at the South Fork of the Humboldt River
From its confluence with Smith Creek to its confluence with the South Fork of the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Green Mountain Creek at the national forest boundary
From its origin to the national forest boundary.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Green Mountain Creek at Corral Creek
From the national forest boundary to its confluence with Corral Creek.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
Toyn Creek
From its origin to the national forest boundary.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Reese River at Indian Creek
From its origin to its confluence with Indian Creek, except for the length of the river within the exterior borders of the Yomba Indian Reservation.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Reese River at State Route 722
From its confluence with Indian Creek to State Route 722 (old U.S. Highway 50), except for the length of the river within the exterior borders of the Yomba Indian Reservation.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
Reese River below State Route 722
North of State Route 722 (old U.S. Highway 50).
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
San Juan Creek
From its origin to the national forest boundary.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Big Creek at the forest service campground
From its origin to the east boundary of the United States Forest Service’s Big Creek Campground.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Big Creek below the forest service campground
From the east boundary of the United States Forest Service’s Big Creek Campground to the first diversion dam, near the west line of section 4, T. 17 N., R. 43 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
Mill Creek
From its origin to the first point of diversion, near the south line of section 22, T. 29 N., R. 44 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Lewis Creek
From its origin to the first point of diversion, near the center of section 23, T. 30 N., R. 45 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Iowa Canyon Reservoir
The entire reservoir.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
Starr Creek
From the confluence of Ackler and Herder Creeks to its confluence with the Humboldt River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
Irrigation
Irrigation
Livestock
Watering of livestock
Contact
Recreation involving contact with the water
Noncontact
Recreation not involving contact with the water
Industrial
Industrial supply
Municipal
Municipal or domestic supply, or both
Wildlife
Propagation of wildlife
Aquatic
Propagation of aquatic life
Aesthetic
Waters of extraordinary ecological or aesthetic value
Enhance
Enhancement of water quality
Marsh
Maintenance of a freshwater marsh
(Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R160-06, eff. 8-26-2008; A by R129-10, 1-13-2011; R130-12, 12-20-2012)