ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

391504106225200 DINERO MINE DRAINAGE TUNNEL BELOW TURQUOISE LAKE NEAR LEADVILLE, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°15'04", long 106°22'52", in NW14SW14 sec.19, T.9 S., R.80 W., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 11020001, on left bank 8 ft downstream from mine drainage tunnel, 0.5 mi southwest of Sugarloaf Dam, and 4.5 mi west of Leadville.

DRAINAGE AREA.--Indeterminate.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March to September 2003 (seasonal records only). For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=391504106225200

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 9,800 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records poor. Flow consists entirely of discharge from the Dinero Mine Drainage Tunnel.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR (seasonal only).--Maximum discharge, 0.24 ft3/s, Aug. 2, 3, gage height, 10.39 ft; minimum daily, 0.11 ft3/s, on many days in April.

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	---	---	---	---	---	e0.12	0.13	0.12	0.16	0.17	0.21	0.18
2	---	---	---	---	---	e0.12	0.13	0.12	0.16	0.17	0.22	0.18
3	---	---	---	---	---	e0.12	0.12	0.13	0.15	0.16	0.22	0.17
4	---	---	---	---	---	e0.12	0.12	0.13	0.14	0.16	0.21	0.17
5	---	---	---	---	---	e0.12	0.12	0.12	0.14	0.16	0.21	0.17
6	---	---	---	---	---	e0.12	0.12	0.12	0.15	0.16	0.21	0.16
7	---	---	---	---	---	e0.12	0.11	0.13	0.15	0.16	0.21	0.16
8	---	---	---	---	---	e0.12	0.11	0.13	0.15	0.15	0.21	0.17
9	---	---	---	---	---	e0.12	0.12	0.13	0.15	0.15	0.21	0.17
10	---	---	---	---	---	e0.12	0.12	0.13	0.16	0.16	0.21	0.17
11	---	---	---	---	---	e0.12	0.12	0.12	0.16	0.16	0.21	0.16
12	---	---	---	---	---	e0.12	0.12	0.13	0.16	0.17	0.20	0.17
13	---	---	---	---	---	e0.12	0.12	0.13	0.16	0.17	0.19	0.17
14	---	---	---	---	---	0.13	0.12	0.13	0.15	0.17	0.19	0.17
15	---	---	---	---	---	0.13	0.12	e0.13	0.14	0.17	0.19	0.16
16	---	---	---	---	---	0.13	0.11	e0.12	0.14	0.18	0.18	0.17
17	---	---	---	---	---	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.14	0.17	0.17	0.16
18	---	---	---	---	---	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.14	0.18	0.17	0.16
19	---	---	---	---	---	0.12	0.11	0.12	e0.16	0.20	0.17	0.16
20	---	---	---	---	---	0.12	0.11	0.12	0.17	0.19	0.17	0.16
21	---	---	---	---	---	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.17	0.19	0.18	0.17
22	---	---	---	---	---	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.17	0.19	0.18	0.17
23	---	---	---	---	---	0.13	0.12	0.13	0.17	0.19	0.18	0.17
24	---	---	---	---	---	0.13	0.12	0.13	0.17	0.19	0.18	0.17
25	---	---	---	---	---	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.17	0.19	0.18	0.17
26	---	---	---	---	---	0.13	0.12	0.13	0.17	0.19	0.18	0.17
27	---	---	---	---	---	0.13	0.11	0.13	0.17	0.19	0.19	0.17
28	---	---	---	---	---	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.17	0.18	0.17	0.17
29	---	---	---	---	---	0.12	0.12	0.14	0.17	0.19	0.17	0.17
30	---	---	---	---	---	0.12	0.12	0.14	0.18	0.20	0.17	0.17
31	---	---	---	---	---	0.13	---	0.15	---	0.21	0.17	---
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	3.82	3.56	3.95	4.74	5.47	5.91	5.04
MEAN	---	---	---	---	---	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.16	0.18	0.19	0.17
MAX	---	---	---	---	---	0.13	0.13	0.15	0.18	0.21	0.22	0.18
MIN	---	---	---	---	---	0.12	0.11	0.12	0.14	0.15	0.17	0.16
AC-FT	---	---	---	---	---	7.6	7.1	7.8	9.4	11	12	10

e Estimated.