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PLATTE RIVER BASIN

06709000 PLUM CREEK NEAR SEDALIA, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°26'18", long 104°58'57", in NE14SE14 sec.15, T.7 S., R.68 W., Douglas County, Hydrologic Unit 10190002, on right bank, on south side of County Road No. 20 bridge over Plum Creek, 1.0 mi west of Sedalia, and 1.4 mi downstream from the confluence of East and West Plum Creeks.

DRAINAGE AREA.--274 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1942 to September 1947. August 1990 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=06709000.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 5,720 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Aug. 1942 to Sept. 1947, water-stage recorder at site 150 ft upstream at different datum. Prior to Aug. 1942, nonrecording gage at bridge.

REMARKS.--Records poor. Diversions upstream from station for irrigation. 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.

COOPERATION.--U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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

4.8

8.1

4.9

6.2

5.6

4.0

55

156

39

12

4.2

13

2

12

9.4

4.7

6.4

5.3

4.5

68

124

32

7.4

2.7

10

3

10

10

4.8

6.6

5.1

4.3

69

102

24

7.0

9.0

6.4

4

12

9.8

5.3

6.3

4.5

3.5

62

91

22

4.4

9.2

8.7

5

8.9

7.1

5.4

6.9

3.8

4.1

65

83

57

4.6

3.1

8.8

6

5.0

7.6

4.7

7.0

3.3

4.6

65

74

42

3.8

2.5

7.0

7

3.4

4.9

5.1

7.3

4.1

4.1

52

64

47

3.5

2.1

7.3

8

4.7

4.3

5.2

6.9

4.7

3.6

48

61

38

3.0

3.6

8.1

9

5.2

6.3

5.1

5.0

4.2

3.8

48

53

34

2.2

3.7

6.9

10

4.3

7.2

3.8

5.8

4.8

3.2

49

62

34

3.8

3.5

6.9

11

4.0

5.4

5.0

5.3

4.1

2.8

54

51

35

2.1

61

4.3

12

3.7

6.8

5.1

5.8

4.8

2.4

69

46

33

2.9

28

3.6

13

5.5

7.6

4.5

6.3

5.7

3.2

89

42

32

2.6

6.6

2.6

14

5.8

7.6

5.8

6.0

6.1

2.7

112

40

30

1.8

4.2

4.6

15

3.9

7.0

6.6

5.5

6.2

2.8

137

43

27

1.6

2.6

5.5

16

5.0

6.7

e6.4

4.0

5.7

3.5

133

48

26

3.2

2.0

4.8

17

5.8

5.3

e6.0

5.2

5.7

3.6

122

43

35

2.6

3.1

3.3

18

4.1

5.8

e5.8

5.8

4.6

5.9

132

39

38

2.0

4.9

3.2

19

5.9

4.9

5.4

6.1

3.6

112

146

36

35

26

4.8

3.7

20

4.5

5.4

6.2

6.6

3.4

56

116

38

39

76

4.7

3.9

21

4.1

5.9

5.6

6.3

3.3

26

100

37

33

11

3.6

3.8

22

4.9

5.4

6.1

4.8

3.5

27

98

36

27

5.0

2.3

4.3

23

5.8

6.6

6.1

5.5

3.1

40

123

34

22

2.1

2.3

3.9

24

4.9

5.8

7.3

6.6

3.1

30

182

33

20

1.9

2.7

2.8

25

4.5

5.3

5.8

6.3

3.3

32

147

42

24

2.8

2.6

3.0

26

4.6

3.6

7.0

6.1

3.8

51

152

40

26

3.4

2.0

2.3

27

6.6

4.0

6.0

6.5

3.5

41

182

37

19

3.8

2.5

2.2

28

7.0

4.3

6.6

5.2

4.1

23

184

34

16

12

2.3

2.3

29

9.6

4.1

7.3

4.6

---

16

182

31

22

6.6

2.6

4.2

30

8.8

4.7

6.6

4.9

---

25

175

30

19

5.8

21

3.9

31

7.3

---

6.4

5.3

---

44

---

30

---

6.2

68

---

TOTAL

186.6

186.9

176.6

183.1

123.0

589.6

3,216

1,680

927

233.1

277.4

155.3

MEAN

6.02

6.23

5.70

5.91

4.39

19.0

107

54.2

30.9

7.52

8.95

5.18

MAX

12

10

7.3

7.3

6.2

112

184

156

57

76

68

13

MIN

3.4

3.6

3.8

4.0

3.1

2.4

48

30

16

1.6

2.0

2.2

AC-FT

370

371

350

363

244

1,170

6,380

3,330

1,840

462

550

308

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1942 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN

9.65

14.9

12.7

12.2

15.0

19.2

54.1

100

37.9

14.9

18.2

7.16

MAX

31.8

30.6

29.1

23.3

27.8

38.5

155

332

134

71.2

147

24.5

(WY)

(1943)

(1943)

(1943)

(2000)

(1944)

(1998)

(1998)

(1944)

(1947)

(1947)

(1945)

(2000)

MIN

1.32

3.34

5.00

4.09

4.39

6.62

12.3

5.06

2.70

1.59

0.020

0.000

(WY)

(1945)

(1945)

(1944)

(1997)

(2003)

(1995)

(2002)

(1946)

(1946)

(1996)

(1996)

(1943)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR
FOR 2003 WATER YEAR
WATER YEARS 1942 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL
3,014.53
7,934.6
ANNUAL MEAN
8.26
21.7
26.4
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
58.3 1947
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
8.69 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
68 Jun 20
184 Apr 28
915 Aug 8, 1945
LOWEST DAILY MEAN
0.27 Sep 4
1.6 Jul 15
a0.00 Jul 11, 1943
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
0.41 Sep 2
2.4 Jul 12
0.00 Aug 29, 1943
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
658 Aug 11
b,c7,700 Aug 8, 1945
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
2.80 Aug 11
d6.52 Aug 8, 1945
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
5,980
15,740
19,160
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
15
61
53
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
6.6
6.0
13
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
2.1
3.1
2.0

e Estimated.
a No flow many days, also during most years.
b Site and datum then in use, from rating curve extended above 350 ft3/s on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow.
c Highest flood of actual record probably occurred Jun 16, 1965. Discharge computed at Plum Creek near Louviers was 154,000 cfs.
d Maximum gage height, 7.07 ft, Jan 15, 1993, backwater from ice.


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