PLATTE RIVER BASIN

06713300 CHERRY CREEK AT GLENDALE, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°42'22", long 104°56'13", in SW14NW14 sec.18, T.4 S., R.67 W., Denver County, Hydrologic Unit 10190003, on left bank 900 ft upstream from Colorado Boulevard, on Cherry Creek South Drive and Ash Court, in the City of Glendale, and 6 mi downstream from Cherry Creek Reservoir.

DRAINAGE AREA.--404 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1985 to September 2003 (discontinued). For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=06713300

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-96-1: 1995 (M).

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 5,320 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. From Feb. 24 to Aug. 2, 2000, at site 0.5 mi upstream at different datum.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated by Cherry Creek Lake (see station 06712990). 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	34	2.8	1.9	2.5	e1.8	2.2	95	170	37	43	14	e52
2	28	2.7	e2.2	e2.2	e2.0	2.2	92	167	15	45	13	e38
3	6.0	2.7	e2.8	e1.9	5.8	2.1	93	167	14	42	22	e40
4	5.1	2.6	e2.8	e1.6	2.6	2.1	100	169	15	39	e20	e16
5	3.6	2.6	2.3	e1.7	2.3	2.5	93	168	35	38	e14	e15
6	3.5	2.9	2.2	e3.0	2.2	2.3	115	168	36	37	e13	e15
7	3.4	2.4	e2.0	e1.9	2.1	2.1	93	146	44	31	e12	e22
8	2.6	2.3	e2.0	e1.9	2.1	2.1	85	68	15	14	e92	e16
9	2.1	e2.2	e2.0	e1.9	2.1	2.0	69	73	18	12	e48	e27
10	2.1	e2.0	e2.0	e1.8	2.2	2.2	66	189	15	11	e15	e27
11	2.3	e2.0	e2.0	e1.9	2.2	2.1	53	112	13	11	e20	e29
12	2.2	1.9	e2.2	e1.7	2.1	2.0	33	47	13	9.3	e20	e33
13	2.2	1.9	e2.1	e1.9	2.2	2.1	34	37	13	8.9	e14	e34
14	2.2	2.2	e2.1	e2.0	2.1	2.1	30	25	13	8.6	e13	e35
15	2.2	2.3	e2.1	1.8	2.2	2.0	38	37	13	8.4	e13	e36
16	2.3	2.1	e2.1	1.8	2.0	2.0	41	37	14	8.4	e13	e34
17	2.3	2.0	e2.1	e1.8	2.0	25	33	35	72	8.2	e13	e32
18	2.2	2.0	e2.0	1.8	1.9	14	31	37	161	93	e25	e31
19	2.2	2.0	e2.0	1.8	1.9	10	71	36	38	160	e11	26
20	2.0	2.0	e2.2	e1.8	1.8	47	32	35	45	25	e11	34
21	2.1	e2.1	e2.5	e1.8	1.8	70	34	35	38	16	e10	34
22	1.9	e2.0	e2.4	e1.8	1.8	64	35	30	38	14	e10	33
23	1.9	e2.0	e2.4	1.9	2.1	78	143	19	39	15	e9.5	16
24	2.0	2.1	e2.4	1.9	1.7	25	173	20	40	16	e8.4	26
25	2.0	2.5	e2.4	1.9	1.7	87	42	20	40	17	e7.8	25
26	2.0	2.3	e2.4	1.8	3.1	133	22	19	40	33	e8.4	23
27	3.0	2.1	e2.4	e1.8	2.5	116	20	17	41	e53	e7.8	21
28	1.9	2.1	e2.5	e1.8	2.5	92	77	17	47	e17	e7.2	21
29	9.5	2.0	2.4	e1.9	---	89	165	16	43	e16	e12	20
30	4.6	1.9	2.5	e1.9	---	98	171	15	43	e15	e149	20
31	2.8	---	2.7	e1.8	---	e97	---	16	---	14	e111	---
TOTAL	146.2	66.7	70.1	59.0	62.8	1,079.1	2,179	2,147	1,048	878.8	757.1	831
MEAN	4.72	2.22	2.26	1.90	2.24	34.8	72.6	69.3	34.9	28.3	24.4	27.7
MAX	34	2.9	2.8	3.0	5.8	133	173	189	161	160	149	52
MIN	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.6	1.7	2.0	20	15	13	8.2	7.2	15
AC-FT	290	132	139	117	125	2,140	4,320	4,260	2,080	1,740	1,500	1,650
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1985 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	14.4	13.3	12.5	14.1	18.7	30.8	45.0	48.7	37.2	28.2	28.1	19.8
MAX	38.0	33.8	29.8	45.7	53.2	75.2	104	147	101	55.9	72.0	43.0
(WY)	(1986)	(1998)	(1988)	(1985)	(1988)	(1985)	(1998)	(1999)	(1999)	(1995)	(1998)	(1995)
MIN	4.65	2.22	1.94	1.90	2.24	4.41	9.81	9.69	13.7	5.37	4.30	3.90
(WY)	(1995)	(2003)	(1995)	(2003)	(2003)	(1995)	(1991)	(2002)	(1990)	(2002)	(2002)	(1994)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1985 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	4,173.97	9,324.8
ANNUAL MEAN	11.4	25.5	25.4
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			46.8 1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			10.9 1994
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	96 May 24	189 May 10	461 May 17, 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.32 Jul 20	e1.6 Jan 4	0.32 Jul 20, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.51 Jul 15	1.8 Jan 15	0.51 Jul 15, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		1,850 Jul 18	a2,720 Jul 8, 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		8.31 Jul 18	b9.36 Jul 8, 2001
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	8,280	18,500	18,420
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	23	75	58
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	6.4	11	15
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.8	1.9	3.9

e Estimated. a From rating curve extended above 800 ft3/s. b Also occurred Jul 28, 1997.