ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07103970 MONUMENT CREEK ABOVE WOODMEN ROAD AT COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°56'02", long 104°49'00", in SW14NE14 sec.7, T.13 S., R.66 W., El Paso County, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on right bank 0.1 mi upstream from Woodmen Road at Colorado Springs, 0.2 mi west of Interstate 25, and 0.5 mi upstream from Cottonwood Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA.--181 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1996 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07103970

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and concrete control. Elevation of gage is 6,270 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by storage reservoirs, transmountain diversions, diversions for irrigation and municipal use, ground-water withdrawals, return flows from irrigated areas, and flows from sewage-treatment plants.

Discharge, cubic feet per second 

WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

DAILY MEAN VALUES

DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP
1	7.6	9.0	e7.0	6.9	8.2	12	16	44	42	11	5.6	22
2	10	11	7.2	e7.0	8.3	13	18	45	17	9.4	5.4	16
3	7.2	9.4	7.0	e7.4	e8.5	11	16	42	13	8.9	7.8	38
4	6.9	8.2	6.9	6.8	e7.8	8.8	15	41	25	9.1	17	18
5	6.9	7.6	6.8	6.7	e7.5	8.8	18	39	34	8.5	7.4	13
6	7.0	7.3	e7.3	6.3	e7.0	8.1	20	33	19	8.4	5.6	16
7	7.3	7.6	e7.5	6.8	e6.5	8.6	14	33	22	8.2	4.4	23
8	7.2	7.8	e7.2	7.2	e6.8	8.2	16	32	17	7.3	4.7	19
9	6.5	7.8	e7.4	6.8	e7.0	8.0	17	30	15	6.3	26	14
10	6.6	8.4	e7.6	e6.5	e7.8	8.0	16	35	13	5.6	5.2	12
11	6.9	9.0	e7.2	e6.8	e8.3	8.1	13	28	14	5.5	7.9	9.7
12	7.1	8.6	e6.8	e7.0	e8.8	8.1	11	26	17	5.5	7.3	9.9
13	8.8	9.8	e7.3	e7.5	8.9	7.9	13	24	19	5.1	6.1	10
14	8.8	9.5	e7.5	7.4	8.5	8.2	17	23	16	5.2	4.8	11
15	8.6	9.7	e7.7	e7.5	7.6	8.7	25	25	14	5.2	5.4	10
16	8.7	8.9	e7.5	e6.8	7.3	8.9	31	29	15	7.8	4.7	9.7
17	9.6	8.5	7.4	e6.7	6.9	12	29	23	64	5.8	4.3	8.5
18	8.6	8.1	e7.2	e6.5	6.7	20	26	24	39	5.0	7.7	9.3
19	8.4	8.0	e6.7	e8.0	11	13	27	24	70	13	6.8	11
20	8.7	7.6	e6.4	e7.8	7.5	28	27	24	52	9.2	4.6	9.7
21	8.5	7.6	e7.0	e7.2	7.1	24	27	21	27	5.3	3.8	9.1
22	8.7	7.6	e6.8	e6.8	7.1	19	53	18	16	5.4	3.8	10
23	9.2	7.2	e7.0	e7.3	6.7	21	58	21	14	5.6	3.7	11
24	9.6	6.9	e6.2	e7.4	5.8	29	71	16	13	5.6	8.3	10
25	10	7.2	e6.0	e7.6	e6.5	21	51	15	15	6.0	4.2	11
26	15	e6.7	e6.2	e7.8	e7.5	16	39	15	52	6.4	3.5	14
27	18	e6.5	e7.0	7.8	8.0	17	19	14	17	15	18	10
28	10	e6.3	e7.8	7.2	9.7	14	32	12	13	16	7.2	9.8
29	9.8	e7.0	7.6	7.6	---	13	58	11	20	8.1	32	10
30	8.4	6.8	6.5	7.8	---	12	47	11	14	5.8	79	11
31	8.5	---	e6.7	8.2	---	12	---	26	---	5.3	157	---
TOTAL	273.1	241.6	218.4	223.1	215.3	415.4	840	804	738	234.5	469.2	395.7
MEAN	8.81	8.05	7.05	7.20	7.69	13.4	28.0	25.9	24.6	7.56	15.1	13.2
MAX	18	11	7.8	8.2	11	29	71	45	70	16	157	38
MIN	6.5	6.3	6.0	6.3	5.8	7.9	11	11	13	5.0	3.5	8.5
AC-FT	542	479	433	443	427	824	1,670	1,590	1,460	465	931	785
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1997 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	18.0	17.8	15.4	15.6	15.7	19.8	53.4	98.2	55.4	25.1	32.3	16.1
MAX	30.3	30.1	22.1	23.2	22.1	35.5	124	383	152	66.0	100	29.3
(WY)	(2000)	(1998)	(2001)	(2000)	(2000)	(1998)	(1999)	(1999)	(1999)	(1999)	(1999)	(1999)
MIN	8.81	8.05	7.05	7.20	7.69	12.3	12.5	13.0	8.09	7.56	5.22	7.11
(WY)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(1997)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1997 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	3,723.1	5,068.3
ANNUAL MEAN	10.2	13.9	32.0
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			80.2 1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			11.2 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	63 Jul 5	157 Aug 31	2,000 Apr 30, 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	4.1 Aug 1	3.5 Aug 26	3.5 Aug 26, 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	4.4 Aug 9	4.6 Aug 20	4.4 Aug 9, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		963 Aug 30	a3,580 Apr 30, 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		6.74 Aug 30	b10.98 Apr 30, 1999
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	7,380	10,050	23,170
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	15	27	58
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	9.0	8.6	17
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5.0	6.3	8.1

e Estimated. a From rating curve extended above 636 ft3/s. b From floodmark.