PLATTE RIVER BASIN

06714800 LEAVENWORTH CREEK AT MOUTH NEAR GEORGETOWN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°41'14", long 105°41'59", in NE14SW14 sec.20, T.4 S., R.74 W., Clear Creek County, Hydrologic Unit 10190004, on left bank 400 ft upstream from confluence of South Clear Creek, 0.3 mi south of Georgetown Reservoir, and 1.3 mi south of Georgetown.

DRAINAGE AREA.--12.0 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1994 to September 2000. October 2000 to current year (seasonal records only). For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=06714800

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 9,280 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Vidler tunnel (transmountain diversion) imports water from Peru Creek. There is seasonal diversion into Green Lake. 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.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 168 ft3/s, July 12, 1995, gage height, 4.79 ft; minimum daily, 1.2 ft3/s, Feb. 12, 1995.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR (seasonal only).--Maximum discharge, not determined; minimum daily, 1.8 ft3/s, Apr. 20.

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	4.0	e2.0	---	---	---	---	e2.9	2.9	e136	46	e12	9.3
2	5.8	e2.0	---	---	---	---	e2.6	2.7	e113	42	e12	8.9
3	5.5	e2.0	---	---	---	---	e2.1	2.9	e99	36	e12	11
4	4.6	e2.0	---	---	---	---	e2.1	3.0	e87	34	e12	11
5	4.7	e2.0	---	---	---	---	e1.9	2.7	e81	31	13	9.7
6	4.8	e2.0	---	---	---	---	e2.0	2.6	77	29	13	12
7	5.3	e2.0	---	---	---	---	e2.0	2.8	78	27	12	14
8	5.4	e2.0	---	---	---	---	e2.0	2.9	79	25	12	12
9	5.3	e2.0	---	---	---	---	e2.0	2.7	76	24	13	16
10	5.0	e2.0	---	---	---	---	e2.1	2.8	75	22	12	13
11	4.7	e2.0	---	---	---	---	e2.1	2.7	73	21	11	12
12	4.4	e2.0	---	---	---	---	e2.2	3.5	68	20	11	11
13	4.0	e2.0	---	---	---	---	e2.5	5.7	68	18	9.9	11
14	4.2	e2.0	---	---	---	---	2.6	7.4	68	17	9.2	11
15	4.2	e2.0	---	---	---	---	2.5	9.1	68	16	8.8	10
16	4.0	e2.0	---	---	---	---	2.2	10	64	16	9.5	9.5
17	3.9	e2.0	---	---	---	---	2.1	15	65	15	10	9.0
18	3.8	e2.0	---	---	---	---	2.1	16	63	14	12	8.7
19	3.9	e2.0	---	---	---	---	1.9	17	62	17	10	8.6
20	3.5	e1.9	---	---	---	---	1.8	18	58	16	8.5	8.3
21	3.6	e1.9	---	---	---	---	1.9	19	56	13	7.8	8.0
22	e3.5	e1.9	---	---	---	---	2.0	25	54	12	7.6	7.7
23	e3.4	e1.9	---	---	---	---	2.0	36	54	11	7.9	7.2
24	e3.2	e1.9	---	---	---	---	1.9	47	53	e11	8.5	6.9
25	e3.0	e1.9	---	---	---	---	2.0	54	51	e12	9.9	6.5
26	e2.9	e2.1	---	---	---	---	2.4	56	49	e12	8.3	6.4
27	e2.7	e2.2	---	---	---	---	2.8	68	49	e12	7.0	6.3
28	e2.5	e2.2	---	---	---	---	2.9	93	48	e12	6.6	6.0
29	e2.2	e2.4	---	---	---	---	3.2	e112	48	e12	6.8	5.9
30	e2.1	e2.4	---	---	---	---	3.3	e123	47	e12	15	5.5
31	e2.1	---	---	---	---	---	---	e137	---	e12	12	---
TOTAL	122.2	60.7	---	---	---	---	68.1	902.4	2,067	617	320.3	282.4
MEAN	3.94	2.02	---	---	---	---	2.27	29.1	68.9	19.9	10.3	9.41
MAX	5.8	2.4	---	---	---	---	3.3	137	136	46	15	16
MIN	2.1	1.9	---	---	---	---	1.8	2.6	47	11	6.6	5.5
AC-FT	242	120	---	---	---	---	135	1,790	4,100	1,220	635	560

e Estimated.