ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07103700 FOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°51'17", long 104°52'39", in SE14SW14 sec.3, T.14 S., R.67 W., El Paso County, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on left bank 200 ft upstream from diversion to city of Colorado Springs, 0.5 mi east of bridge on U.S. Highway 24, 1.0 mi downstream from Sutherland Creek, and 3.3 mi northwest of courthouse in Colorado Spring.

DRAINAGE AREA.--103 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1958 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07103700

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-99-1: 1997(M).

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, crest-stage gage, and V-notch weir. Elevation of gage is 6,110 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Feb. 4 to Apr. 15, 1992, gage temporarily located 80 ft upstream, at same datum.

REMARKS.--No estimated daily discharges. Records fair. Natural flow of stream affected by storage reservoirs, power developments, transmountain diversions, diversions for irrigation and municipal use, ground-water withdrawals, and return flows from irrigated areas.

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	4.2	5.4	4.6	4.1	4.4	5.0	8.0	10	14	12	5.3	9.8
2	5.3	5.5	4.7	4.0	4.5	5.7	9.1	10	12	10	14	8.9
3	4.9	5.4	4.6	4.2	4.6	5.8	9.1	10	11	9.2	8.8	15
4	4.2	5.4	4.7	3.8	3.5	5.1	8.1	10	13	8.4	10	12
5	3.9	5.1	4.5	4.1	4.1	4.9	9.0	9.8	18	8.7	7.1	10
6	3.8	5.0	3.9	4.3	3.9	5.0	9.7	9.3	14	8.3	6.6	10
7	3.8	4.7	3.6	4.3	3.3	5.3	8.0	9.9	13	8.1	5.3	14
8	3.8	4.7	4.0	4.4	3.6	5.3	8.0	9.7	11	7.5	5.3	11
9	3.8	5.0	4.1	4.3	4.2	5.1	8.2	9.4	13	6.7	6.7	9.9
10	3.6	5.0	3.4	2.8	4.9	5.2	9.0	9.3	10	6.3	8.7	9.7
11	3.6	4.9	3.3	4.5	4.9	5.3	10	8.8	10	6.1	9.3	8.1
12	3.6	4.6	3.5	4.8	4.9	5.4	10	8.7	12	7.0	11	8.5
13	3.9	5.5	3.5	4.4	5.0	5.5	11	8.9	13	7.7	8.4	8.1
14	3.9	5.4	4.4	4.3	5.4	5.6	12	8.0	11	6.6	7.4	8.6
15	4.2	5.5	5.2	4.3	5.0	5.9	12	9.1	10	8.7	6.9	8.3
16	3.8	5.3	4.6	3.9	4.8	6.1	11	10	11	10	6.2	7.4
17	4.1	5.5	4.5	3.6	4.8	6.9	11	9.5	13	8.1	6.0	7.1
18	4.2	5.3	4.3	3.5	4.7	8.1	11	10	13	7.0	7.2	6.2
19	3.8	5.0	3.2	4.6	5.1	6.1	11	11	17	6.9	7.6	7.4
20	3.8	4.9	2.7	4.7	4.3	7.0	10	11	21	8.7	6.6	7.2
21	4.2	4.5	3.8	4.3	4.7	7.1	10	11	15	6.8	5.0	6.9
22	4.0	4.3	3.4	4.4	4.8	6.3	12	10	13	5.8	5.0	6.2
23	4.4	4.4	3.5	4.3	4.3	6.7	14	9.8	13	8.2	4.8	6.3
24	4.7	4.5	3.3	4.4	3.1	9.1	13	11	13	7.8	5.8	6.3
25	4.5	4.3	3.3	4.3	4.5	12	11	12	12	6.3	8.3	7.5
26	5.7	2.8	3.2	4.3	5.2	11	11	13	23	6.3	6.9	7.0
27	8.4	3.1	3.9	4.4	5.3	12	11	12	12	7.2	11	6.7
28	5.9	4.0	4.6	4.5	5.2	11	12	11	11	7.1	8.0	6.6
29	5.3	5.4	4.7	4.4	---	10	12	11	15	9.0	8.9	6.3
30	4.7	4.8	4.3	4.3	---	11	11	11	14	8.1	12	5.8
31	5.2	---	4.1	4.3	---	9.2	---	14	---	5.8	14	---
TOTAL	137.2	145.2	123.4	130.8	127.0	219.7	312.2	318.2	401	240.4	244.1	252.8
MEAN	4.43	4.84	3.98	4.22	4.54	7.09	10.4	10.3	13.4	7.75	7.87	8.43
MAX	8.4	5.5	5.2	4.8	5.4	12	14	14	23	12	14	15
MIN	3.6	2.8	2.7	2.8	3.1	4.9	8.0	8.0	10	5.8	4.8	5.8
AC-FT	272	288	245	259	252	436	619	631	795	477	484	501
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1958 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	12.7	10.8	8.84	8.13	7.71	9.08	14.7	32.9	31.2	21.3	20.4	14.4
MAX	44.0	34.6	18.8	18.5	13.6	16.9	65.1	172	198	108	90.5	43.2
(WY)	(1985)	(1985)	(1985)	(1985)	(1986)	(1998)	(1999)	(1980)	(1997)	(1995)	(1999)	(1999)
MIN	4.43	4.84	3.98	4.22	4.44	4.91	5.90	6.37	4.08	3.31	3.48	4.34
(WY)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(1972)	(1965)	(1963)	(1989)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1958 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	1,939.2	2,652.0
ANNUAL MEAN	5.31	7.27	16.0
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			46.3 1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			5.72 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	16 Sep 10	23 Jun 26	813 Apr 30, 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	1.9 Jul 3	2.7 Dec 20	1.9 Jul 3, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	2.3 Jun 28	3.3 Dec 19	2.3 Jun 28, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		211 Aug 2	a2,630 Aug 4, 1964
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		4.32 Aug 2	b5.27 Aug 4, 1964
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	3,850	5,260	11,620
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	8.2	12	29
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5.0	6.3	9.8
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2.9	3.9	5.4

a From slope-area measurement of peak flow. b Maximum gage height, 7.81 ft, Apr 29, 1999, from floodmark.