ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07093740 BADGER CREEK, UPPER STATION, NEAR HOWARD, CO-Continued

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1981 to September 1986, October 1986 to current year (seasonal records only). Prior to March 1989, at site 1,000 ft downstream, not equivalent because of seepage inflow between sites. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07093740

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.--

WATER TEMPERATURE: March 1995 to current year (seasonal records only).

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: June 1981 to current year (seasonal records only).

INSTRUMENTATION.--Pumping sediment sampler and water-temperature probe with satellite telemetry.

REMARKS.--Daily water temperature records are good. Daily water-temperature data that are not published during period of operation are either missing or of unacceptable quality.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

WATER TEMPERATURE (seasonal only): Maximum, 30.7°C, July 28, 1995, July 18, 1998; minimum, 0.0°C, on many days.

SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION (seasonal only): Maximum daily mean, 25,800 mg/L, Aug. 20, 1982; minimum daily mean, 4 mg/L, Aug. 31,
Sept. 1, 4, 1988, Aug. 31, 1990.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE (seasonal only): Maximum daily, 15,600 tons, Aug. 14, 1983; minimum daily, 0.0 ton, on many days during 1989-90, 2002, 2003.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

WATER TEMPERATURE (seasonal only): Maximum, 28.9°C, July 17; minimum, 0.0°C, on many days.

SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION (seasonal only): Maximum daily mean, 1,680 mg/L, Aug. 23; minimum daily mean, 6 mg/L, May 12, 14.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE (seasonal only): Maximum daily, 9.8 tons (estimated) Apr. 1; minimum daily, 0.0 ton, on many days.

MISCELLANEOUS FIELD AND SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE DATA,

WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

Date	Time	Instan- taneous dis- charge, cfs (00061)	Specif. conduc- tance, wat unf uS/cm 25 degC (00095)	Temper- ature, water, deg C (00010)	Sus- pended sedi- ment concen- tration mg/L (80154)	Sus- pended sedi- ment load, tons/d (80155)
OCT
16...	1145	0.28	397	3.5	11	0.01
NOV
04...	1500	0.23	389	4.3	12	0.01
APR
01...	1800	2.6	344	6.2	637	4.5
09...	1200	0.36	388	7.0	49	0.05
19...	1230	0.38	388	--	--	--
21...	1330	0.65	399	9.9	24	0.04
MAY
06...	1430	0.17	373	--	--	--
06...	1500	0.17	373	15.0	8	0.00
19...	1300	0.41	407	--	--	--
22...	1200	0.15	--	--	18	0.01
JUN
13...	1200	0.10	402	--	--	--
13...	1245	0.11	402	14.0	28	0.01
24...	1630	0.08	378	20.7	52	0.01
JUL
10...	1315	0.04	390	--	--	--
10...	1400	0.04	396	26.0	244	0.03
28...	1130	0.06	416	--	--	--
28...	1200	0.06	416	18.5	117	0.02
AUG
05...	1445	0.04	371	--	--	--
21...	1130	0.06	403	--	--	--
21...	1145	0.07	403	14.5	85	0.02
SEP
11...	1130	0.25	430	--	--	--
11...	1200	0.24	430	8.5	101	0.07

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	16.2	3.1	8.5	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
2	11.2	5.7	8.1	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
3	9.4	2.4	5.6	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
4	13.2	1.5	6.4	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
5	14.5	3.3	8.0	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
6	15.3	2.2	7.9	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
7	15.4	2.0	8.0	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
8	15.1	2.2	8.0	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
9	15.2	2.5	8.1	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
10	13.6	1.1	6.9	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
11	14.1	2.2	7.2	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
12	12.2	2.1	6.2	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
13	12.7	0.1	5.4	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
14	12.8	0.1	5.3	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
15	11.8	0.1	4.8	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
16	11.5	0.1	4.5	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
17	11.4	0.0	4.6	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
18	11.1	0.1	4.4	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
19	10.3	0.0	4.1	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
20	10.2	0.0	4.2	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
21	11.4	0.0	4.6	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
22	9.5	0.1	4.1	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
23	10.5	1.0	5.3	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
24	9.1	0.8	4.8	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
25	8.7	0.1	3.8	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
26	7.0	0.1	3.3	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
27	7.2	0.1	3.4	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
28	6.7	0.8	3.6	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
29	4.9	0.1	2.0	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
30	3.3	0.0	1.0	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
31	4.2	0.0	1.4	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
MONTH	16.2	0.0	5.3	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	FEBRUARY			MARCH			APRIL			MAY
1	---	---	---	---	---	---	6.7	0.0	2.6	13.6	0.0	6.2
2	---	---	---	---	---	---	6.4	0.0	2.3	13.7	2.3	7.7
3	---	---	---	---	---	---	6.6	0.0	2.6	14.7	1.6	7.4
4	---	---	---	---	---	---	6.4	0.0	2.6	15.4	0.9	6.9
5	---	---	---	---	---	---	7.3	0.0	2.9	15.8	0.5	6.9
6	---	---	---	---	---	---	7.8	0.1	3.0	17.5	0.2	7.7
7	---	---	---	---	---	---	6.5	0.1	2.7	14.5	0.0	6.7
8	---	---	---	---	---	---	10.5	0.1	4.0	17.6	0.1	7.7
9	---	---	---	---	---	---	12.9	0.1	5.9	15.4	0.7	7.0
10	---	---	---	---	---	---	14.5	0.4	7.0	13.5	0.0	4.9
11	---	---	---	---	---	---	14.8	1.4	7.5	17.4	0.0	6.9
12	---	---	---	---	---	---	12.2	1.7	6.5	20.3	0.0	8.9
13	---	---	---	---	---	---	16.5	1.0	7.7	17.7	0.5	8.4
14	---	---	---	---	---	---	15.2	2.4	7.7	20.0	1.2	10.0
15	---	---	---	---	---	---	8.8	2.0	5.3	11.6	4.4	7.4
16	---	---	---	---	---	---	16.9	0.0	6.7	22.2	4.1	11.9
17	---	---	---	---	---	---	13.7	1.2	6.5	20.8	4.8	11.9
18	---	---	---	---	---	---	15.6	0.9	7.0	18.9	5.6	11.2
19	---	---	---	---	---	---	6.6	1.4	3.6	16.2	3.8	9.5
20	---	---	---	---	---	---	17.8	0.8	6.7	10.7	3.4	6.5
21	---	---	---	---	---	---	13.9	2.6	6.8	20.8	1.6	10.3
22	---	---	---	---	---	---	14.0	3.3	7.6	23.3	3.2	12.2
23	---	---	---	---	---	---	6.9	0.0	3.5	23.5	4.1	12.8
24	---	---	---	---	---	---	14.0	0.0	5.6	19.8	5.3	11.5
25	---	---	---	---	---	---	19.5	0.0	8.0	17.3	5.5	10.1
26	---	---	---	---	---	---	19.2	0.8	8.8	19.8	4.9	11.7
27	---	---	---	---	---	---	16.8	0.2	7.2	23.1	6.8	13.8
28	---	---	---	---	---	---	16.3	0.1	7.3	24.5	6.8	14.7
29	---	---	---	---	---	---	16.8	1.6	8.3	26.1	6.8	14.7
30	---	---	---	---	---	---	17.5	0.7	7.9	23.5	8.3	14.1
31	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	20.1	7.8	12.4
MONTH	---	---	---	---	---	---	19.5	0.0	5.7	26.1	0.0	9.7
	JUNE			JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER
1	18.5	7.6	11.9	22.5	8.3	15.6	22.3	9.6	15.6	22.6	10.1	15.5
2	24.1	5.2	13.2	27.5	7.7	16.7	26.6	9.3	16.2	20.0	8.9	14.3
3	24.4	5.3	13.7	28.1	9.3	17.4	24.4	13.0	17.5	14.7	10.0	12.2
4	25.0	7.6	13.6	28.0	8.1	16.8	22.4	11.1	16.5	21.0	9.7	14.3
5	15.8	6.8	10.0	25.0	8.2	15.7	25.5	9.9	16.7	17.4	8.5	13.2
6	19.4	6.0	11.8	22.6	8.1	15.1	20.8	10.1	15.3	16.1	10.4	12.7
7	19.9	6.6	11.7	26.4	7.3	15.4	22.0	9.6	15.2	15.3	10.3	12.2
8	23.5	6.2	13.2	28.0	7.9	16.8	22.6	12.8	16.5	20.0	7.0	12.8
9	23.1	5.6	12.7	28.0	7.3	16.6	21.6	10.9	16.1	12.8	9.1	11.0
10	22.1	5.3	12.8	28.6	7.4	16.7	21.0	9.5	15.3	14.7	6.7	10.2
11	24.9	5.1	14.1	27.0	8.0	16.3	22.7	9.8	15.3	14.5	4.2	8.9
12	20.1	6.6	13.1	23.4	9.0	16.2	22.2	9.5	15.2	18.2	4.1	10.4
13	16.4	7.1	11.8	25.6	9.4	16.7	23.5	9.4	15.5	10.9	6.1	7.8
14	22.9	5.6	13.4	22.1	8.3	14.7	24.4	7.3	14.8	16.2	3.6	9.1
15	27.6	6.3	14.5	25.2	8.2	15.2	25.0	7.8	15.2	16.4	2.9	9.2
16	20.1	7.9	12.0	26.7	9.8	15.9	19.0	9.1	13.3	16.4	3.6	9.7
17	21.8	5.0	11.3	28.9	10.2	18.1	20.5	8.9	13.9	17.2	6.8	11.2
18	17.9	6.5	11.1	27.9	9.9	17.8	19.0	9.3	13.5	15.8	5.3	9.7
19	18.5	7.6	11.4	25.7	11.6	17.3	23.1	8.0	14.6	15.5	2.4	8.7
20	19.6	8.1	13.1	21.9	11.1	16.3	24.7	8.4	15.2	14.8	3.7	8.9
21	23.3	6.8	14.1	26.3	9.7	16.9	19.9	9.7	14.7	15.5	2.8	8.7
22	23.9	6.6	14.2	24.9	9.6	15.6	22.9	9.3	14.0	15.8	2.1	8.7
23	23.1	6.2	13.7	26.6	9.4	15.9	22.2	10.6	15.3	16.1	2.9	9.1
24	22.9	6.9	13.6	26.7	9.2	16.8	20.5	10.1	15.0	15.9	2.9	8.9
25	24.3	7.0	14.4	26.7	10.6	16.9	16.0	11.7	14.2	15.5	3.3	9.1
26	26.7	9.4	16.0	23.6	10.8	16.0	17.3	10.6	13.7	16.5	3.2	9.3
27	26.2	7.0	15.4	24.3	13.2	16.9	20.0	9.4	14.2	16.1	4.7	9.9
28	27.3	7.7	15.8	23.0	11.0	16.5	16.5	12.2	14.1	14.6	3.2	8.6
29	21.6	8.7	13.9	25.3	10.4	16.3	17.0	9.1	13.1	15.1	2.8	8.5
30	26.3	8.3	15.5	24.4	9.2	16.1	16.6	11.2	13.5	13.2	3.4	8.1
31	---	---	---	22.6	9.4	15.4	19.0	10.5	14.1	---	---	---
MONTH	27.6	5.0	13.2	28.9	7.3	16.3	26.6	7.3	14.9	22.6	2.1	10.4

SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY) 

WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

Day	Mean discharge (cfs)	Mean concen- tration (mg/l)	Load (tons/ day)	Mean discharge (cfs)	Mean concen- tration (mg/l)	Load (tons/ day)	Mean discharge (cfs)	Mean concen- tration (mg/l)	Load (tons/ day)
OCTOBER                           NOVEMBER                          DECEMBER
1	0.12	55	0.02	---	---	---	---	---	---
2	0.28	55	0.04	---	---	---	---	---	---
3	0.43	48	0.06	---	---	---	---	---	---
4	0.42	56	0.06	---	---	---	---	---	---
5	0.27	---	e0.04	---	---	---	---	---	---
6	0.25	36	0.02	---	---	---	---	---	---
7	0.22	30	0.02	---	---	---	---	---	---
8	0.22	29	0.02	---	---	---	---	---	---
9	0.23	39	0.02	---	---	---	---	---	---
10	0.23	---	e0.02	---	---	---	---	---	---
11	0.24	24	0.02	---	---	---	---	---	---
12	0.24	18	0.01	---	---	---	---	---	---
13	0.26	18	0.01	---	---	---	---	---	---
14	0.29	20	0.02	---	---	---	---	---	---
15	0.29	---	e0.02	---	---	---	---	---	---
16	0.30	16	0.01	---	---	---	---	---	---
17	0.30	24	0.02	---	---	---	---	---	---
18	0.31	34	0.03	---	---	---	---	---	---
19	0.31	42	0.04	---	---	---	---	---	---
20	e0.30	---	e0.03	---	---	---	---	---	---
21	e0.30	---	e0.02	---	---	---	---	---	---
22	e0.30	---	e0.02	---	---	---	---	---	---
23	e0.28	---	e0.03	---	---	---	---	---	---
24	e0.28	---	e0.02	---	---	---	---	---	---
25	e0.25	---	e0.02	---	---	---	---	---	---
26	e0.25	---	e0.03	---	---	---	---	---	---
27	e0.25	---	e0.03	---	---	---	---	---	---
28	e0.25	---	e0.03	---	---	---	---	---	---
29	e0.25	---	e0.04	---	---	---	---	---	---
30	e0.25	---	e0.04	---	---	---	---	---	---
31	e0.25	---	e0.05	---	---	---	---	---	---
TOTAL	8.42	---	0.86	---	---	---	---	---	---
	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH
1	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
2	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
3	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
4	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
5	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
6	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
7	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
8	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
9	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
10	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
11	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
12	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
13	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
14	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
15	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
16	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
17	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
18	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
19	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
20	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
21	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
22	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
23	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
24	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
25	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
26	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
27	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
28	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
29	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
30	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
31	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	APRIL			MAY			JUNE
1	e4.0	---	e9.8	0.21	9	0.00	0.26	76	0.05
2	e3.0	---	e6.8	0.22	11	0.00	0.24	---	e0.04
3	2.5	259	1.9	0.22	---	e0.00	0.17	53	0.02
4	0.88	---	e0.28	0.20	10	0.00	0.15	42	0.02
5	0.53	---	e0.13	0.19	11	0.00	0.17	39	0.02
6	0.46	59	0.07	0.17	9	0.00	0.21	51	0.03
7	0.46	---	e0.07	0.15	13	0.00	0.16	---	e0.02
8	0.53	---	e0.07	0.17	---	e0.00	0.14	46	0.02
9	0.79	64	0.16	0.15	18	0.00	0.11	42	0.01
10	1.0	113	0.35	0.15	22	0.00	0.10	53	0.01
11	1.1	114	0.36	0.31	32	0.37	0.10	59	0.02
12	1.2	104	0.35	0.12	6	0.00	0.09	---	e0.01
13	0.96	---	e0.27	0.21	---	e0.00	0.10	36	0.00
14	1.1	91	0.26	0.20	6	0.00	0.12	37	0.01
15	0.96	69	0.18	0.36	21	0.03	0.12	51	0.02
16	0.69	75	0.14	0.80	88	0.21	0.13	60	0.02
17	0.67	69	0.13	0.38	46	0.05	0.20	---	e0.03
18	0.66	---	e0.10	0.32	---	e0.03	0.20	57	0.03
19	0.56	37	0.06	0.33	23	0.02	0.40	92	0.12
20	0.58	28	0.04	0.27	19	0.01	0.41	153	0.17
21	0.61	29	0.05	0.22	22	0.01	0.30	92	0.08
22	0.65	37	0.06	0.15	22	0.00	0.19	---	e0.03
23	0.62	---	e0.06	0.16	---	e0.01	0.14	46	0.02
24	0.54	37	0.05	0.16	37	0.02	0.11	43	0.01
25	0.44	44	0.05	0.18	35	0.02	0.10	56	0.02
26	0.40	29	0.03	0.34	82	0.07	0.09	59	0.01
27	0.32	23	0.02	0.20	85	0.04	0.08	---	e0.01
28	0.31	---	e0.01	0.18	---	e0.04	0.08	55	0.01
29	0.29	12	0.00	0.23	63	0.04	0.08	65	0.01
30	0.25	8	0.00	0.23	58	0.04	0.07	80	0.02
31	---	---	---	0.24	74	0.05	---	---	---
TOTAL	27.06	---	21.85	7.42	---	1.06	4.82	---	0.89
	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER
1	0.07	94	0.02	0.05	---	e0.02	0.20	130	0.07
2	0.06	---	e0.02	0.04	122	0.01	0.19	134	0.07
3	0.06	82	0.01	0.04	128	0.01	0.20	125	0.07
4	0.05	68	0.00	0.04	144	0.02	0.23	120	0.07
5	0.05	101	0.01	0.04	155	0.02	0.23	---	e0.06
6	0.05	122	0.02	0.04	---	e0.02	0.64	329	1.9
7	0.05	---	e0.01	0.05	108	0.01	0.49	260	0.79
8	0.04	95	0.01	0.05	110	0.02	0.31	145	0.12
9	0.04	120	0.01	0.06	117	0.02	0.25	115	0.08
10	0.04	235	0.02	0.05	121	0.02	0.25	---	e0.06
11	0.04	257	0.03	0.06	---	e0.02	0.23	94	0.06
12	0.04	---	e0.02	0.06	102	0.02	0.21	96	0.05
13	0.04	186	0.02	0.06	82	0.01	0.20	90	0.05
14	0.04	161	0.02	0.06	103	0.02	0.21	108	0.06
15	0.04	202	0.02	0.05	115	0.02	0.21	---	e0.06
16	0.05	211	0.03	0.06	---	e0.02	0.20	89	0.05
17	0.05	---	e0.03	0.07	72	0.01	0.19	95	0.05
18	0.04	180	0.02	0.07	64	0.01	0.19	146	0.07
19	0.04	169	0.02	0.07	92	0.02	0.19	144	0.07
20	0.05	196	0.02	0.06	117	0.02	0.19	---	e0.06
21	0.04	221	0.03	0.07	91	0.02	0.20	90	0.05
22	0.04	---	e0.02	0.44	1,030	6.4	0.21	---	e0.05
23	0.05	120	0.02	0.23	1,680	1.1	0.21	105	0.06
24	0.05	110	0.01	0.12	848	0.28	0.22	117	0.07
25	0.05	175	0.02	0.17	777	0.40	0.22	---	e0.06
26	0.05	218	0.03	0.18	---	e0.35	0.23	78	0.05
27	0.06	---	e0.03	0.15	394	0.16	0.22	91	0.05
28	0.06	118	0.02	0.15	184	0.08	0.24	185	0.12
29	0.06	133	0.02	0.15	143	0.06	0.25	140	0.10
30	0.05	160	0.02	0.17	119	0.06	0.25	---	e0.07
31	0.05	172	0.02	0.23	---	e0.07	---	---	---
TOTAL	1.50	---	0.60	3.14	---	9.32	7.26	---	4.55

e Estimated.