HYDROLOGIC-DATA STATION RECORDS

PLATTE RIVER BASIN

06614800 MICHIGAN RIVER NEAR CAMERON PASS, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 40°29'46", long 105°51'52", in S12 sec.12, T.6 N., R.76 W., (unsurveyed), Jackson County, Hydrologic Unit 10180001, on right bank
500 ft upstream from Michigan ditch, 2.2 mi southeast of Cameron Pass, 8 mi east of Gould, and 27 mi southeast of Walden.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1.53 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1973 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=06614800

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 10,390 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Several measurements of specific conductance and water temperature were obtained and are published in the "Supplemental Water-Quality Data For Gaging Stations" section of this report.

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	0.70	e0.49	e0.43	e0.28	e0.29	0.42	0.42	0.52	e33	14	2.3	1.5
2	0.76	e0.49	e0.43	e0.28	e0.29	0.43	0.42	0.49	e28	14	2.1	1.4
3	0.79	e0.49	e0.42	e0.28	e0.29	0.47	0.39	0.48	e22	13	2.3	1.3
4	0.91	e0.49	e0.41	e0.28	e0.29	0.48	0.39	0.48	17	12	2.7	1.3
5	0.87	e0.49	e0.41	e0.28	e0.29	e0.47	0.39	0.45	13	12	2.3	1.2
6	0.80	e0.49	e0.40	e0.28	e0.30	e0.47	0.38	0.45	10	11	2.0	1.2
7	0.85	e0.49	e0.39	e0.27	e0.30	e0.47	0.36	0.45	7.7	10	1.9	1.3
8	0.84	e0.49	e0.38	e0.27	e0.30	e0.47	0.36	0.44	6.9	9.7	1.8	1.3
9	0.81	e0.49	e0.38	e0.27	e0.30	e0.47	0.36	0.42	7.9	9.5	1.8	1.2
10	0.77	e0.49	e0.37	e0.27	e0.30	0.48	0.37	0.42	13	8.9	1.7	1.3
11	0.72	e0.49	e0.37	e0.27	e0.30	0.48	0.36	0.42	19	8.4	1.6	1.4
12	0.61	e0.49	e0.36	e0.27	e0.30	0.47	0.36	0.42	15	7.8	1.5	1.3
13	0.63	e0.49	e0.35	e0.27	e0.31	0.45	0.37	0.45	15	7.6	1.5	1.3
14	0.57	e0.49	e0.35	e0.27	e0.31	0.45	0.50	e0.57	22	7.2	1.4	1.2
15	0.54	e0.49	e0.34	e0.28	e0.31	0.42	0.50	e2.7	23	6.8	1.3	1.2
16	0.53	e0.49	e0.33	e0.28	e0.32	0.42	0.49	e3.8	20	6.3	1.4	1.1
17	0.53	e0.49	e0.33	e0.28	e0.32	0.41	0.48	e5.6	21	6.6	3.0	1.0
18	0.52	e0.49	e0.33	e0.28	e0.33	0.40	0.45	e9.3	27	6.6	3.2	1.1
19	0.51	e0.50	e0.32	e0.28	e0.34	0.44	0.45	e7.0	27	5.9	2.5	1.2
20	0.49	e0.49	e0.32	e0.28	e0.34	0.45	0.45	e8.7	24	5.8	2.1	1.1
21	0.49	e0.49	e0.31	e0.28	e0.35	0.45	0.45	e8.3	23	5.1	1.8	1.1
22	0.49	e0.49	e0.31	e0.28	e0.36	0.45	0.42	e9.1	22	4.5	1.8	1.0
23	0.48	e0.48	e0.31	e0.28	e0.37	0.43	0.42	e9.7	23	4.3	2.0	0.99
24	0.48	e0.47	e0.30	e0.28	e0.37	0.42	0.45	e11	20	3.8	1.9	0.97
25	0.48	e0.47	e0.30	e0.28	e0.40	0.42	0.48	e12	16	3.6	1.7	0.95
26	0.48	e0.46	e0.29	e0.28	0.44	0.42	0.52	e13	13	3.5	1.7	0.92
27	0.48	e0.46	e0.29	e0.28	0.44	0.42	0.56	e17	14	3.3	1.6	0.89
28	0.48	e0.45	e0.29	e0.29	0.42	0.42	0.56	e24	15	3.1	1.5	0.86
29	0.48	e0.45	e0.29	e0.29	---	0.42	0.55	e23	15	3.1	1.5	0.82
30	0.48	e0.44	e0.29	e0.29	---	0.42	0.53	e21	15	2.8	1.6	0.76
31	e0.48	---	e0.28	e0.29	---	0.42	---	e30	---	2.5	1.8	---
TOTAL	19.05	14.47	10.68	8.64	9.28	13.71	13.19	221.66	547.5	222.7	59.3	34.16
MEAN	0.61	0.48	0.34	0.28	0.33	0.44	0.44	7.15	18.2	7.18	1.91	1.14
MAX	0.91	0.50	0.43	0.29	0.44	0.48	0.56	30	33	14	3.2	1.5
MIN	0.48	0.44	0.28	0.27	0.29	0.40	0.36	0.42	6.9	2.5	1.3	0.76
AC-FT	38	29	21	17	18	27	26	440	1,090	442	118	68
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1974 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	0.91	0.56	0.42	0.35	0.32	0.33	0.41	4.09	16.3	8.64	2.68	1.42
MAX	2.25	1.11	0.88	0.57	0.55	0.86	0.80	9.50	27.1	24.8	6.83	4.82
(WY)	(1998)	(1996)	(1996)	(1988)	(1986)	(1986)	(1994)	(1974)	(1990)	(1995)	(1983)	(1997)
MIN	0.32	0.20	0.25	0.17	0.16	0.17	0.22	0.70	9.69	1.56	0.79	0.49
(WY)	(1980)	(1979)	(1979)	(1991)	(1977)	(1974)	(1982)	(1995)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(1988)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1974 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	580.04	1,174.34
ANNUAL MEAN	1.59	3.22	3.04
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			4.61 1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			1.59 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	e21 May 31	e33 Jun 1	69 Jul 14, 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.17 Mar 28	e0.27 Jan 7	0.08 Nov 16, 1989
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.18 Mar 25	e0.27 Jan 7	0.14 Jan 9, 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		unknown	a,b115 Jul 12, 1995
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		unknown	b,c3.69 Jul 12, 1995
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	1,150	2,330	2,200
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3.9	12	9.6
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.49	0.49	0.60
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.20	0.29	0.26

e Estimated. a From rating curve extended above 82 ft3/s. b Also occurred Jul 13, 1995. c Maximum gage height, 3.70 ft, Jun 20, 1997.