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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.


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