PLATTE RIVER BASIN

06753990 LONETREE CREEK NEAR GREELEY, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 40°26'33", long 104°35'18", in NE14NW14 sec.31, T.6 N., R.64 W., Weld County, Hydrologic Unit 10190008, on right bank 50 ft downstream from bridge on Weld County Road 62 12, 5.5 mi east of Greeley.

DRAINAGE AREA.--567 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1993 to September 1995, April 2001 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=06753990

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-95-1: 1994.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 4,630 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records poor. Natural flow effected by diversions upstream to New Poudre Irrigation Company. Water-quality data has been collected at this site as part of the South Platte River Basin National Water-Quality Assessment Program and is available at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=06753990

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	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10	2.5	1.9	6.9
2	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	26	2.5	1.6	4.7
3	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	37	2.3	1.3	4.1
4	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	33	3.1	1.0	3.2
5	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	30	3.2	1.8	2.6
6	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11	3.1	2.2	2.5
7	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	21	3.1	2.3	2.5
8	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13	2.8	2.3	2.5
9	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12	2.8	2.4	2.2
10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.9	13	3.1	2.6	1.9
11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.45	10	2.8	2.5	1.7
12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.5	2.1	2.9	1.8
13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.8	2.2	3.2	1.6
14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.8	2.0	3.3	1.6
15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.6	1.5	2.9	1.7
16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.4	1.2	2.8	1.5
17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	23	1.3	2.5	1.5
18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	56	1.1	2.3	1.2
19	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	46	1.3	2.3	0.98
20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	15	45	1.5	2.2	0.88
21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	15	41	1.3	2.0	0.73
22	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.7	29	1.8	2.1	0.66
23	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.46	2.1	26	2.5	1.9	0.57
24	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10	6.0	18	2.9	e1.3	0.46
25	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	8.0	25	2.5	e1.0	0.82
26	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.8	28	2.1	e1.0	0.87
27	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.5	10	2.0	e1.0	0.71
28	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.8	6.5	1.6	e0.95	0.70
29	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	5.1	4.8	1.7	e1.7	0.67
30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	2.9	4.3	1.9	14	0.36
31	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	---	5.3	---	2.0	11	---
TOTAL	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.47	85.55	619.7	67.8	84.25	54.11
MEAN	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.35	2.76	20.7	2.19	2.72	1.80
MAX	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10	15	56	3.2	14	6.9
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.3	1.1	0.95	0.36
AC-FT	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	21	170	1,230	134	167	107
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1993 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	4.89	5.15	3.99	3.44	3.03	3.10	3.02	15.0	23.5	19.9	5.50	9.88
MAX	11.8	9.97	8.10	6.79	6.52	7.27	5.63	35.0	52.2	70.7	12.7	28.7
(WY)	(1994)	(1994)	(1994)	(1994)	(1994)	(1994)	(1993)	(1993)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)
MIN	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.35	0.30	3.44	2.19	0.099	0.000
(WY)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1993 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	450.79	921.88
ANNUAL MEAN	1.24	2.53	7.96
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			17.9 1995
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			1.81 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	e167 Jul 6	56 Jun 18	250 May 29, 1993
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	e,a0.00 May 8	0.00 Oct 1	a0.00 May 8, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Aug 30	0.00 Oct 1	0.00 Aug 30, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		152 Jun 17	b429 May 28, 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		7.54 Jun 17	10.85 May 28, 1993
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	894	1,830	5,770
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.6	6.6	14
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.25	0.00	3.6
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00	0.00	0.00

e Estimated. a No flow many days in 2002, 2003. b On basis of indirect measurement of peak flow.