PLATTE RIVER BASIN

06709530 PLUM CREEK AT TITAN ROAD NEAR LOUVIERS, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°30'27", long 105°01'26", on line between sec.20 and sec.29, T.6 S., R.68 W., Douglas County, Hydrologic Unit 10190002, on left bank, on downstream side of bridge on Titan Road, 2.4 mi north of Louviers.

DRAINAGE AREA.--315 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1984 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=06709530

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-86-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 5,520 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to July 10, 1996, at same site, but different datum.

REMARKS.--No estimated daily discharges. 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.

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	0.00	2.4	4.0	4.8	5.0	4.4	139	37	25	8.8	2.2	1.4
2	0.00	2.3	3.8	5.7	5.2	5.1	147	58	22	8.3	1.7	1.2
3	0.00	2.2	3.3	5.3	5.9	4.8	152	73	16	7.8	0.99	1.0
4	0.00	2.1	3.3	4.5	6.4	4.2	150	105	15	7.1	2.0	0.96
5	0.00	1.9	3.4	4.6	6.8	4.5	166	118	38	6.4	1.9	0.90
6	0.00	1.8	3.9	5.2	6.5	4.3	189	125	29	6.0	1.2	0.79
7	0.00	1.7	4.1	5.2	7.2	4.2	159	115	29	5.3	0.52	0.88
8	0.00	1.4	4.5	4.8	6.8	4.0	134	120	19	4.6	0.03	0.85
9	0.00	1.6	5.1	4.4	7.0	4.7	130	128	17	3.5	0.00	0.73
10	0.00	1.9	4.9	4.7	9.6	4.8	135	144	15	2.9	0.00	0.64
11	0.00	2.0	4.9	5.7	11	4.4	141	126	15	2.3	0.00	0.54
12	0.00	2.1	5.2	5.2	9.8	4.3	189	111	16	1.9	3.5	0.50
13	0.00	2.4	6.1	5.0	9.2	4.4	214	104	15	1.5	2.3	0.22
14	0.00	2.7	6.2	4.8	7.3	4.8	240	93	14	0.93	1.8	0.54
15	0.00	2.8	6.8	4.8	7.0	4.7	280	108	13	0.55	1.2	0.72
16	0.00	2.9	8.2	4.5	6.1	5.5	281	106	13	0.34	0.39	0.58
17	0.00	3.0	8.0	4.8	5.4	7.7	227	98	13	0.28	0.00	0.24
18	0.00	3.1	6.6	4.9	5.2	11	180	91	15	0.22	0.00	0.00
19	0.00	3.2	6.6	5.1	4.9	7.9	197	80	13	0.16	0.00	0.00
20	0.53	3.2	6.9	5.2	4.7	15	155	69	13	7.5	0.00	0.00
21	0.86	3.4	7.9	5.5	4.7	41	114	72	13	4.8	0.00	0.00
22	1.1	3.4	7.8	5.3	4.7	28	97	61	12	4.0	0.00	0.00
23	1.5	3.3	8.6	5.2	4.5	27	120	58	11	3.3	0.00	0.00
24	1.9	3.4	7.0	5.6	4.4	32	251	52	11	2.4	0.00	0.00
25	2.1	3.7	7.2	5.1	4.8	33	124	54	11	1.6	0.00	0.00
26	2.2	3.7	5.6	5.2	5.2	55	57	48	11	0.83	0.00	0.00
27	2.7	4.3	7.2	5.6	4.7	65	41	41	11	0.29	0.00	0.00
28	2.9	4.3	9.6	5.2	4.4	58	26	32	11	2.3	0.00	0.00
29	2.9	3.8	6.8	5.1	---	54	13	26	10	3.1	0.00	0.00
30	3.0	3.8	5.7	4.7	---	65	13	23	9.9	2.9	0.00	0.00
31	2.7	---	6.5	4.9	---	104	---	20	---	2.6	1.8	---
TOTAL	24.39	83.8	185.7	156.6	174.4	676.7	4,461	2,496	475.9	104.50	21.53	12.69
MEAN	0.79	2.79	5.99	5.05	6.23	21.8	149	80.5	15.9	3.37	0.69	0.42
MAX	3.0	4.3	9.6	5.7	11	104	281	144	38	8.8	3.5	1.4
MIN	0.00	1.4	3.3	4.4	4.4	4.0	13	20	9.9	0.16	0.00	0.00
AC-FT	48	166	368	311	346	1,340	8,850	4,950	944	207	43	25
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1984 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	11.3	16.3	14.1	13.6	16.1	25.5	73.0	155	45.5	15.0	14.9	5.77
MAX	71.8	75.9	44.3	32.1	42.7	62.1	184	779	135	66.5	63.4	31.1
(WY)	(1985)	(1985)	(1985)	(1998)	(1988)	(1988)	(1998)	(1984)	(1984)	(1995)	(1984)	(1984)
MIN	0.000	2.15	4.40	4.86	5.14	6.55	8.76	8.15	3.75	0.002	0.000	0.000
(WY)	(1995)	(1995)	(1996)	(1991)	(1990)	(1995)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(1993)	(1993)	(1990)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1984 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	2,154.46	8,873.21
ANNUAL MEAN	5.90	24.3	30.3
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			73.6 1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			7.26 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	33 Jun 20	281 Apr 16	1,770 May 15, 1984
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Jun 1	0.00 Oct 1	a0.00 Jul 2, 1989
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Jun 26	0.00 Oct 1	0.00 Jul 2, 1989
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		391 Apr 16	b2,900 Apr 30, 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		7.89 Apr 16	c8.05 Apr 30, 1999
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	4,270	17,600	21,980
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	15	104	65
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4.0	4.8	13
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00	0.00	0.00

a No flow many days, most years. b From rating curve extended above 450 ft3/s. c Maximum gage height, 10.63 ft, Jun 28, 1995, datum then in use.