ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07096250 FOURMILE CREEK BELOW CRIPPLE CREEK NEAR VICTOR, CO

LOCATION (REVISED).--Lat 38°39'50", long 105°13'39", in SW14SE14 sec.9, T.16 S., R.70 W., Teller County, Hydrologic Unit 11020002, on left bank 500 ft from Teller County Route 88, 0.2 mi downstream from Cripple Creek, and 5.5 mi southwest of Victor.

DRAINAGE AREA.--272 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1992 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07096250

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 6,870 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by small diversions for irrigation, flows from Cripple Creek sewage treatment plant, and releases from Wrights Reservoir.

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	0.23	0.85	0.56	0.91	0.20	0.55	17	12	18	26	11	5.6
2	0.40	0.92	0.55	0.86	0.20	0.61	24	13	19	24	14	5.5
3	0.33	1.2	0.56	0.67	0.18	0.61	26	14	26	23	15	5.9
4	0.28	0.98	0.52	0.42	0.17	0.55	20	15	31	21	13	6.2
5	0.27	0.81	0.42	0.35	0.20	0.58	13	14	41	21	11	5.4
6	0.28	0.78	0.42	0.21	0.31	0.56	8.9	13	37	22	10	6.5
7	0.29	0.81	0.42	0.15	0.30	0.60	6.4	12	35	23	10	8.7
8	0.25	0.93	0.44	0.15	0.48	0.64	4.9	11	32	23	9.8	9.0
9	0.25	1.1	0.38	0.15	0.52	0.72	7.7	11	30	21	11	7.1
10	0.26	1.2	0.36	0.16	0.51	0.81	10	11	30	20	15	6.6
11	0.25	0.82	0.33	0.19	0.38	1.0	12	11	29	18	13	6.3
12	0.27	0.65	0.28	0.20	0.38	1.2	9.5	10	27	19	13	6.1
13	0.33	0.82	0.26	0.19	0.46	1.4	8.3	10	30	23	11	6.2
14	0.33	0.88	0.27	0.14	0.54	1.6	9.6	11	30	22	11	6.6
15	0.32	0.83	0.31	0.15	0.61	1.7	7.9	10	28	22	9.8	5.9
16	0.31	0.61	0.33	0.15	0.56	1.4	6.9	15	28	24	9.4	5.3
17	0.31	0.69	0.30	0.18	0.60	1.2	8.7	9.4	35	23	7.3	5.0
18	0.31	0.65	0.24	0.21	0.63	1.2	10	8.2	41	22	6.0	5.0
19	0.32	0.58	0.21	0.25	0.63	1.0	11	9.8	47	16	5.6	5.0
20	0.35	0.62	0.22	0.28	0.54	1.2	11	15	51	13	4.9	4.9
21	0.34	0.61	0.22	0.28	0.55	2.2	12	14	46	12	4.5	4.7
22	0.34	0.62	0.19	0.23	0.58	2.0	13	12	40	10	4.3	4.5
23	0.44	0.63	0.17	0.23	0.51	3.4	14	11	36	10	7.8	4.3
24	0.44	0.54	0.17	0.20	0.44	5.5	16	10	33	10	8.0	4.2
25	0.38	0.58	0.25	0.21	0.56	8.3	15	12	29	10	6.4	4.2
26	0.37	0.35	0.57	0.23	0.52	e8.4	13	14	35	11	6.7	4.1
27	0.55	0.39	0.62	0.27	0.51	e8.0	11	12	33	13	5.5	4.2
28	1.0	0.48	0.59	0.25	0.54	6.9	9.5	9.7	30	16	6.7	4.3
29	1.2	0.56	0.82	0.21	---	5.2	11	11	29	16	7.8	4.1
30	0.99	0.54	1.1	0.23	---	4.7	12	12	27	13	6.7	4.1
31	0.88	---	1.2	0.20	---	5.2	---	17	---	12	6.1	---
TOTAL	12.87	22.03	13.28	8.51	12.61	78.93	359.3	370.1	983	559	281.3	165.5
MEAN	0.42	0.73	0.43	0.27	0.45	2.55	12.0	11.9	32.8	18.0	9.07	5.52
MAX	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.91	0.63	8.4	26	17	51	26	15	9.0
MIN	0.23	0.35	0.17	0.14	0.17	0.55	4.9	8.2	18	10	4.3	4.1
AC-FT	26	44	26	17	25	157	713	734	1,950	1,110	558	328
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1993 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	12.9	9.83	7.17	6.64	6.11	7.94	19.1	52.9	42.2	25.3	26.8	17.1
MAX	21.5	21.8	16.6	15.4	12.1	17.1	40.2	149	128	75.8	101	44.9
(WY)	(2000)	(1995)	(1996)	(1996)	(2000)	(2000)	(1994)	(1994)	(1995)	(1995)	(1999)	(1998)
MIN	0.42	0.73	0.43	0.27	0.45	2.55	9.11	1.45	11.8	11.2	0.19	0.25
(WY)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)	(1996)	(1993)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1993 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	1,762.14	2,866.43
ANNUAL MEAN	4.83	7.85	19.6
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			38.2 1995
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			6.54 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	34 Jun 26	51 Jun 20	373 May 11, 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Sep 6	0.14 Jan 14	a0.00 Sep 6, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.05 Sep 2	0.17 Jan 8	0.05 Sep 2, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		183 Jun 18	b647 Jun 17, 1995
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		3.82 Jun 18	4.62 Jun 17, 1995
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	3,500	5,690	14,180
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	11	23	45
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2.0	4.3	11
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.22	0.25	3.9

e Estimated. a Also occurred Sept. 7-8, 2002. b From rating curve extended above 187 ft3/s.