ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07099215 TURKEY CREEK NEAR FOUNTAIN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°36'42", long 104°53'39", in NW14SE14 sec.33, T.16 S., R.67 W., El Paso County, Hydrologic Unit 11020002, on Fort Carson Military Reservation, on left bank 100 ft downstream from State Highway 115 bridge, 0.7 mi downstream from Turkey Canyon, 0.8 mi upstream from Turkey Creek Ranch, and 9.4 mi southwest of Fountain.

DRAINAGE AREA.--13.0 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1978 to September 1989, May 1995 to September 1998, April 1999 to current year (seasonal records only). For a complete
listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07099215

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-80-1: 1978-79 (M). WDR CO-96-1: 1980 (M), 1982-86 (M).

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,420 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to June 14, 2001, at datum 1.00 ft higher.

REMARKS.--No estimated daily discharges. Records fair except for May 21 to June 30, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by upstream diversions for irrigation and livestock. Several measurements of specific conductance and water temperature, when obtained, are published in the "Supplemental Water-Quality Data For Gaging Stations" section of this report.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 850 ft3/s, June 10, 1997, from slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height, 6.56 ft, from floodmarks; no flow on many days during many years.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR (seasonal only).--Maximum discharge, 1.7 ft3/s, Apr. 2, gage height, 1.76 ft; no flow on many days.

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	---	---	---	---	---	0.61	0.29	0.09	0.26	0.00	0.00
2	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.82	0.27	0.10	0.25	0.00	0.00
3	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.62	0.26	0.09	0.25	0.00	0.00
4	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.51	0.26	0.09	0.25	0.00	0.00
5	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.48	0.23	0.10	0.22	0.00	0.00
6	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.43	0.21	0.09	0.22	0.00	0.00
7	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.32	0.20	0.11	0.21	0.00	0.00
8	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.27	0.19	0.17	0.20	0.00	0.00
9	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.25	0.18	0.15	0.18	0.00	0.00
10	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.22	0.16	0.12	0.04	0.00	0.00
11	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.31	0.15	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.38	0.15	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.00
13	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.43	0.15	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.48	0.14	0.18	0.00	0.00	0.00
15	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.45	0.15	0.18	0.02	0.00	0.00
16	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.39	0.15	0.18	0.00	0.00	0.00
17	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.42	0.17	0.19	0.00	0.00	0.00
18	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.37	0.17	0.19	0.00	0.00	0.00
19	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.31	0.17	0.21	0.00	0.00	0.00
20	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.25	0.19	0.20	0.02	0.00	0.00
21	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.23	0.20	0.22	0.00	0.00	0.00
22	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.25	0.19	0.22	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.21	0.16	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00
24	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.18	0.14	0.22	0.00	0.00	0.00
25	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.24	0.15	0.22	0.00	0.00	0.00
26	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.27	0.15	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.00
27	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.29	0.16	0.24	0.00	0.00	0.00
28	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.29	0.17	0.23	0.00	0.00	0.00
29	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.32	0.17	0.24	0.00	0.00	0.00
30	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.30	0.13	0.27	0.00	0.00	0.00
31	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.10	---	0.00	0.00	---
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	---	10.90	5.56	5.15	2.12	0.00	0.00
MEAN	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.36	0.18	0.17	0.068	0.000	0.000
MAX	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.82	0.29	0.27	0.26	0.00	0.00
MIN	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.18	0.10	0.09	0.00	0.00	0.00
AC-FT	---	---	---	---	---	---	22	11	10	4.2	0.00	0.00