ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07086000 ARKANSAS RIVER AT GRANITE, CO-Continued

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1967 to June 1969, October 1993 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07086000

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.--

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 1993 to current year.

WATER TEMPERATURE: October 1993 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION.--Water-quality monitor with satellite telemetry.

REMARKS.--Daily specific-conductance records are fair. Daily water-temperature records are good. Daily data that are not published are either missing or of unacceptable quality.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 288 microsiemens/cm, May 25, 2003; minimum, 63 microsiemens/cm, June 10, 2000.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 21.8°C, July 31, 2002; minimum, 0.0°C, on many days.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 288 microsiemens/cm, May 25; minimum, 74 microsiemens/cm, June 1, 16.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 19.9°C, Aug. 20; minimum 0.0°C, on many days.

Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius 

WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

DAY	MAX	MIN	MEAN	MAX	MIN	MEAN	MAX	MIN	MEAN	MAX	MIN	MEAN
	OCTOBER			NOVEMBER			DECEMBER			JANUARY
1	169	164	167	153	148	151	177	165	170	---	---	---
2	172	166	169	153	148	151	177	167	171	---	---	---
3	170	159	165	158	147	152	176	165	169	---	---	---
4	168	162	165	161	146	154	181	165	173	---	---	---
5	168	161	164	161	152	155	174	162	170	---	---	---
6	169	163	166	159	143	152	179	161	170	---	---	---
7	170	163	166	159	143	152	188	162	171	---	---	---
8	173	165	168	161	153	157	191	167	176	---	---	---
9	178	171	174	157	146	150	193	168	181	173	158	167
10	177	152	170	---	---	---	189	160	178	171	161	166
11	156	150	153	---	---	---	179	158	167	168	161	165
12	155	149	153	---	---	---	175	165	169	167	161	165
13	155	148	151	159	143	150	184	166	174	177	149	165
14	155	150	153	162	147	153	208	169	186	170	159	165
15	161	152	155	157	149	153	200	176	184	170	161	166
16	162	155	158	166	149	156	210	165	185	181	153	168
17	162	150	155	175	146	157	186	174	181	171	161	166
18	154	147	150	171	156	163	---	---	---	186	156	168
19	154	147	151	179	155	166	---	---	---	171	157	167
20	155	149	152	177	157	166	---	---	---	173	160	167
21	155	148	152	175	158	166	---	---	---	171	159	165
22	155	148	151	175	159	168	---	---	---	168	161	165
23	153	146	150	178	163	170	---	---	---	165	157	162
24	158	151	154	173	168	171	---	---	---	166	157	163
25	155	149	152	177	166	171	---	---	---	164	158	162
26	154	147	150	181	164	173	---	---	---	173	144	161
27	157	151	153	185	163	174	---	---	---	166	157	162
28	157	152	155	179	162	171	---	---	---	165	157	162
29	156	148	151	174	162	168	---	---	---	169	150	162
30	154	146	149	178	154	166	---	---	---	171	154	164
31	154	149	151	---	---	---	---	---	---	168	161	165
MONTH	178	146	157	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	FEBRUARY			MARCH			APRIL			MAY
1	167	159	164	167	155	160	128	122	125	137	126	132
2	168	158	165	173	157	165	122	113	116	129	123	125
3	168	163	166	174	151	164	116	105	111	128	125	127
4	171	161	166	170	150	163	115	108	111	130	126	128
5	172	160	166	176	154	166	113	106	110	132	120	126
6	168	157	161	173	155	167	113	111	112	122	118	120
7	172	148	164	170	158	167	112	108	110	120	117	119
8	173	149	164	170	165	168	117	98	107	122	119	120
9	174	164	171	174	165	170	118	104	111	121	119	120
10	173	151	166	177	165	171	119	108	111	122	118	120
11	170	152	164	179	170	174	115	107	110	119	116	118
12	171	163	168	181	170	174	115	109	112	121	116	118
13	170	163	166	183	169	175	122	113	117	125	116	119
14	168	159	162	177	168	173	125	119	121	126	112	119
15	166	158	162	180	170	175	133	121	125	122	112	117
16	171	154	165	180	173	176	133	126	129	131	115	121
17	171	157	165	178	173	176	130	124	127	143	130	138
18	166	158	162	173	170	172	130	124	127	142	100	127
19	179	156	167	172	168	170	129	121	125	101	96	99
20	173	146	164	168	162	165	129	122	126	108	96	101
21	165	154	162	167	156	162	131	115	125	130	106	119
22	163	156	159	165	157	161	123	108	114	130	117	123
23	167	155	162	162	151	156	133	118	127	152	115	129
24	163	155	159	157	151	155	141	126	135	262	150	178
25	161	153	157	154	146	150	140	132	136	288	127	191
26	162	153	156	147	139	142	132	118	122	144	98	116
27	161	148	156	139	129	134	123	119	121	98	92	94
28	166	151	157	129	123	126	126	118	121	97	88	93
29	---	---	---	125	122	124	144	116	124	88	79	84
30	---	---	---	126	121	123	144	131	136	87	77	81
31	---	---	---	130	121	125	---	---	---	81	74	77
MONTH	179	146	163	183	121	160	144	98	120	288	74	119
	JUNE			JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER
1	79	74	76	102	94	99	98	90	95	160	154	157
2	76	75	75	105	99	101	93	90	92	156	151	153
3	80	75	77	105	97	102	93	90	92	152	150	151
4	84	79	82	99	95	97	143	91	112	154	150	152
5	85	83	84	98	95	96	148	143	145	153	150	151
6	85	84	84	98	95	96	151	144	148	173	151	165
7	92	84	89	97	90	93	150	140	144	186	168	178
8	92	91	92	96	90	93	143	109	133	178	168	173
9	93	90	92	97	93	95	109	106	107	179	166	172
10	93	85	89	98	94	96	116	109	113	181	170	175
11	88	80	84	95	91	94	121	114	117	180	150	164
12	83	78	81	92	91	91	124	116	119	150	141	146
13	88	78	82	92	91	92	142	120	131	141	138	139
14	79	76	78	92	91	91	162	140	150	139	137	138
15	77	76	77	96	91	94	163	154	160	186	135	150
16	77	74	76	103	96	98	154	147	150	196	186	191
17	81	77	79	103	93	98	161	148	156	211	144	190
18	88	80	84	94	91	93	169	159	163	144	131	136
19	92	81	87	95	92	94	170	163	166	131	129	130
20	84	80	82	95	92	93	172	161	165	130	129	129
21	82	80	81	97	92	95	166	160	162	130	127	128
22	82	78	80	97	93	95	161	156	158	142	127	131
23	83	78	80	97	95	96	158	152	155	168	141	149
24	98	81	91	96	94	95	157	152	154	192	168	174
25	100	95	99	95	90	93	157	153	154	192	184	189
26	107	98	103	92	89	91	161	151	155	192	189	190
27	108	103	105	96	90	93	161	155	157	191	186	189
28	107	103	105	102	94	97	161	155	157	189	185	187
29	106	102	104	107	102	104	159	151	156	190	186	188
30	106	93	99	104	99	103	158	152	154	203	187	193
31	---	---	---	100	94	98	162	157	159	---	---	---
MONTH	108	74	87	107	89	96	172	90	141	211	127	162

Temperature, water, degrees Celsius 

WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

DAY	MAX	MIN	MEAN	MAX	MIN	MEAN	MAX	MIN	MEAN	MAX	MIN	MEAN
	OCTOBER			NOVEMBER			DECEMBER			JANUARY
1	10.6	5.0	8.2	4.0	0.4	2.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	---	---	---
2	10.5	5.7	7.8	4.8	1.3	2.8	0.7	0.0	0.1	---	---	---
3	7.8	4.4	6.0	3.6	0.0	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	---	---	---
4	9.0	2.6	5.8	3.8	0.0	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	---	---	---
5	11.1	4.6	7.3	2.6	0.0	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.1	---	---	---
6	11.2	3.5	7.2	4.4	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	---	---	---
7	11.5	3.6	7.6	4.8	0.0	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	---	---	---
8	11.8	4.1	8.0	4.5	1.4	2.9	0.1	0.0	0.0	---	---	---
9	11.3	4.1	7.8	2.9	0.1	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
10	10.9	3.3	7.3	---	---	---	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.1
11	11.1	4.5	7.7	---	---	---	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.2
12	9.9	3.9	6.9	---	---	---	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.2
13	9.8	1.6	5.6	1.8	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.1
14	10.0	2.4	6.0	2.4	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.1
15	9.5	2.0	5.8	2.5	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
16	9.4	2.9	6.0	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
17	9.6	1.7	5.6	1.6	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
18	9.5	2.0	5.8	1.4	0.0	0.3	---	---	---	0.1	0.0	0.0
19	9.1	2.1	5.6	0.4	0.0	0.1	---	---	---	0.1	0.0	0.0
20	8.1	1.6	4.9	1.9	0.0	0.3	---	---	---	0.1	0.0	0.0
21	7.1	1.4	4.5	2.4	0.0	0.5	---	---	---	0.4	0.0	0.1
22	7.1	1.7	4.6	2.0	0.0	0.5	---	---	---	0.8	0.0	0.1
23	7.3	2.8	5.0	1.5	0.0	0.3	---	---	---	1.5	0.0	0.4
24	6.5	2.9	4.8	2.5	0.0	0.9	---	---	---	1.7	0.0	0.6
25	6.9	1.8	4.4	1.7	0.0	0.3	---	---	---	1.9	0.0	0.5
26	6.2	1.6	4.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	---	---	---	1.7	0.0	0.3
27	5.9	3.9	4.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	---	---	---	2.9	0.0	0.8
28	6.9	2.4	4.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	---	---	---	1.5	0.0	0.4
29	5.7	1.2	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.1	---	---	---	2.1	0.0	0.4
30	3.3	0.2	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.1	---	---	---	2.4	0.0	0.6
31	5.5	0.9	3.2	---	---	---	---	---	---	3.4	0.0	0.9
MONTH	11.8	0.2	5.7	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	FEBRUARY			MARCH			APRIL			MAY
1	3.4	0.0	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.1	8.3	0.8	4.4	10.8	2.2	6.5
2	2.1	0.0	0.6	0.7	0.0	0.1	7.0	1.0	3.8	10.1	3.5	7.0
3	1.6	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	0.2	5.9	0.6	3.1	9.6	4.5	7.4
4	0.1	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.4	5.7	0.3	2.7	10.9	4.3	7.1
5	0.1	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.5	5.0	0.7	2.6	11.2	4.0	6.9
6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.2	5.7	0.7	2.8	11.4	3.7	7.4
7	0.1	0.0	0.0	4.1	0.0	0.9	5.1	0.0	2.2	9.5	4.4	6.8
8	0.1	0.0	0.0	4.7	0.0	1.2	7.4	0.0	2.9	10.6	4.6	7.4
9	0.1	0.0	0.0	4.8	0.0	1.1	9.0	0.2	4.3	11.2	5.1	7.8
10	0.1	0.0	0.0	5.1	0.0	1.4	9.2	1.4	5.0	8.0	3.8	6.1
11	0.1	0.0	0.0	4.7	0.0	1.5	9.2	1.9	5.2	11.6	2.8	7.1
12	0.1	0.0	0.0	5.3	0.0	1.6	7.4	2.0	4.7	13.2	4.5	8.7
13	0.2	0.0	0.1	5.5	0.0	1.5	9.9	1.8	5.5	11.8	5.8	8.9
14	0.3	0.0	0.1	3.4	0.0	1.4	9.5	2.1	5.7	12.9	5.5	9.4
15	1.1	0.0	0.3	6.4	0.1	3.1	5.8	2.7	4.3	10.0	7.4	8.9
16	1.5	0.0	0.3	4.3	1.4	2.9	9.7	0.8	4.8	14.6	6.6	10.3
17	2.4	0.0	0.6	4.2	0.2	2.1	7.2	2.2	4.9	14.2	7.0	10.4
18	2.1	0.0	0.5	2.2	0.0	0.9	9.1	2.4	5.3	12.8	7.0	9.6
19	1.6	0.0	0.2	4.1	0.0	1.7	6.7	2.2	4.3	12.5	7.0	9.8
20	0.7	0.0	0.1	5.3	0.0	2.4	10.4	1.8	5.6	11.4	6.8	8.8
21	0.8	0.0	0.1	7.2	1.1	3.6	7.7	3.2	5.4	13.0	5.8	9.3
22	1.2	0.0	0.2	8.0	0.0	3.7	8.1	3.7	5.6	13.6	6.8	10.3
23	0.4	0.0	0.1	9.0	0.9	4.6	5.2	2.1	3.6	13.5	7.5	10.7
24	2.6	0.0	0.5	6.9	1.1	3.8	8.4	1.2	4.6	12.4	7.6	10.4
25	1.8	0.0	0.4	7.6	0.1	3.5	11.0	2.1	6.3	10.5	7.3	9.1
26	1.0	0.0	0.2	5.8	1.1	3.2	11.4	3.2	7.1	11.2	6.0	8.9
27	1.6	0.0	0.4	3.4	0.0	1.3	10.7	3.4	7.0	13.9	8.0	10.9
28	0.5	0.0	0.1	4.5	0.0	1.4	11.3	3.1	7.0	13.9	8.3	11.3
29	---	---	---	2.8	0.0	0.7	12.7	3.2	7.5	13.4	8.0	10.9
30	---	---	---	5.6	0.0	2.1	10.8	3.8	7.4	12.2	9.1	10.8
31	---	---	---	9.4	0.1	3.5	---	---	---	13.0	8.5	10.6
MONTH	3.4	0.0	0.2	9.4	0.0	1.8	12.7	0.0	4.9	14.6	2.2	8.9
	JUNE			JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER
1	11.5	9.3	10.2	16.0	11.4	13.6	19.0	14.3	16.4	18.9	11.3	15.0
2	12.5	8.1	10.3	17.6	11.3	14.3	19.4	14.7	16.7	17.6	11.0	14.4
3	13.2	8.8	11.0	17.2	11.4	14.3	18.7	15.5	17.0	15.8	11.6	13.5
4	12.9	8.7	10.9	17.3	11.6	14.4	19.3	15.1	16.9	16.9	10.6	13.6
5	11.2	9.0	10.2	15.6	11.5	14.0	19.3	12.2	15.8	16.3	10.4	13.3
6	11.7	7.7	9.8	15.4	11.7	13.8	17.3	12.4	15.2	15.6	11.5	13.2
7	12.7	8.5	10.4	16.3	11.6	14.2	17.7	11.9	14.8	13.2	11.1	12.1
8	13.4	7.6	10.6	17.4	12.5	14.9	19.8	12.9	15.6	16.5	8.6	12.3
9	12.1	8.8	10.7	17.6	12.7	15.3	18.3	15.1	16.6	12.6	10.2	11.4
10	13.8	8.8	11.1	17.6	12.5	15.1	18.5	14.9	16.5	12.7	8.7	10.3
11	14.0	9.3	11.7	17.2	12.4	15.0	18.3	15.1	16.3	11.9	7.7	9.8
12	13.0	10.0	11.5	17.1	13.2	15.2	17.8	14.2	15.8	15.1	8.0	11.2
13	12.1	8.8	10.5	16.9	13.3	15.3	18.1	13.4	15.4	12.9	9.7	11.0
14	13.5	9.5	11.6	16.7	13.3	14.9	19.5	11.5	15.2	14.3	7.4	10.6
15	14.1	10.3	12.2	16.5	12.9	14.5	19.8	11.1	15.2	14.4	7.4	10.8
16	12.1	10.3	11.2	17.2	13.0	14.6	16.9	11.9	14.3	13.9	6.0	9.9
17	12.6	9.0	10.9	17.9	12.8	15.0	16.5	11.7	13.8	14.3	8.0	11.0
18	12.9	9.9	11.2	18.4	13.5	15.7	16.0	11.6	13.6	13.4	7.2	10.1
19	12.1	9.8	10.9	17.9	13.9	15.7	18.1	10.1	13.8	13.8	7.4	10.5
20	12.3	9.7	11.1	17.0	13.6	15.4	19.9	11.0	15.2	14.0	8.2	10.8
21	14.1	9.5	11.8	18.3	13.6	15.8	17.0	12.2	14.8	14.0	7.8	10.7
22	14.6	10.3	12.5	18.7	13.9	16.2	16.3	12.4	14.5	14.5	7.8	10.8
23	14.0	10.8	12.5	18.2	14.2	15.8	16.1	12.6	14.4	14.6	7.2	10.7
24	14.3	9.7	11.9	18.0	14.0	16.0	17.6	10.9	14.2	14.5	6.5	10.2
25	14.5	9.5	11.9	18.0	14.6	16.2	17.0	12.4	14.6	13.3	5.6	9.4
26	16.0	9.6	12.6	18.6	14.7	16.4	18.5	11.4	14.6	13.5	5.4	9.4
27	16.4	9.7	13.1	18.1	15.0	16.3	17.4	12.2	14.8	13.7	5.7	9.7
28	15.3	10.1	12.9	18.9	14.4	16.2	16.3	12.7	14.2	14.0	6.0	9.9
29	15.7	10.5	13.1	18.3	13.8	15.7	18.4	10.8	14.3	13.5	5.7	9.6
30	15.2	10.9	13.2	18.5	14.0	16.3	15.7	11.7	13.5	13.5	6.4	9.7
31	---	---	---	17.4	14.4	15.9	18.7	11.5	14.5	---	---	---
MONTH	16.4	7.6	11.4	18.9	11.3	15.2	19.9	10.1	15.1	18.9	5.4	11.2