ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07103785 DEADMANS CREEK ABOVE DEADMANS LAKE AT U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°01'27", long 104°54'03", in NE14NW14 sec.9, T.12 S., R.67 W., El Paso County, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on U.S. Air Force Academy, on left bank 100 ft upstream from Deadmans Lake, 1.2 mi northwest of the Air Force Academy Chapel, 3.7 mi west of Interstate-25, and 5.0 mi southwest of Monument.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1.55 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 2000 to September 2003 (discontinued). For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07103785

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 7,220 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Several measurements of specific conductance and water temperature were obtained and are published in the "Supplemental Water-Quality Data For Gaging Stations" section of this report.

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	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.14	0.40	0.06	0.05	0.00	0.00
2	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.19	0.36	0.06	0.05	0.00	0.00
3	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.21	0.33	0.06	0.04	0.00	0.00
4	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.19	0.30	0.05	0.03	0.00	0.00
5	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.18	0.26	0.07	0.03	0.00	0.00
6	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	e0.02	0.05	0.18	0.25	0.08	0.03	0.00	0.00
7	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	e0.02	0.04	0.15	0.23	0.08	0.02	0.00	0.00
8	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	e0.02	0.04	0.14	0.21	0.06	0.02	0.00	0.00
9	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	e0.02	0.04	0.17	0.22	0.06	0.02	0.00	0.00
10	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	e0.02	0.04	0.21	0.22	0.07	0.02	0.00	0.00
11	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	e0.03	0.05	0.24	0.20	0.06	0.02	0.00	0.00
12	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.04	0.26	0.19	0.06	0.01	0.00	0.00
13	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.05	0.29	0.17	0.06	0.01	0.00	0.00
14	0.00	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.32	0.16	0.06	0.01	0.00	0.00
15	0.00	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.32	0.20	0.06	0.01	0.00	0.00
16	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.31	0.21	0.06	0.01	0.00	0.00
17	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.30	0.16	0.06	0.01	0.00	0.00
18	0.00	0.02	0.02	e0.01	0.03	0.06	0.27	0.14	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
19	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.25	0.14	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
20	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.05	0.23	0.14	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
21	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.05	0.26	0.12	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
22	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.06	0.31	0.10	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	0.00	0.02	e0.01	0.01	e0.03	0.08	0.36	0.10	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
24	0.00	0.02	e0.01	0.01	e0.03	0.08	0.36	0.09	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
25	0.00	0.02	e0.01	0.02	e0.03	0.09	0.46	0.09	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
26	0.00	0.02	e0.01	0.02	0.03	0.12	0.64	0.09	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00
27	0.00	0.02	e0.01	0.02	0.03	0.12	0.61	0.08	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00
28	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.09	0.55	0.07	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00
29	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.02	---	0.09	0.51	0.07	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
30	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.02	---	0.09	0.46	0.07	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
31	0.00	---	0.01	0.02	---	0.11	---	0.07	---	0.00	0.00	---
TOTAL	0.00	0.32	0.53	0.40	0.72	1.89	9.07	5.44	1.82	0.39	0.00	0.00
MEAN	0.000	0.011	0.017	0.013	0.026	0.061	0.30	0.18	0.061	0.013	0.000	0.000
MAX	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.04	0.12	0.64	0.40	0.08	0.05	0.00	0.00
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.14	0.07	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00
AC-FT	0.00	0.6	1.1	0.8	1.4	3.7	18	11	3.6	0.8	0.00	0.00
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2000 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	0.051	0.068	0.061	0.063	0.059	0.099	0.46	0.35	0.097	0.028	0.017	0.025
MAX	0.10	0.12	0.11	0.12	0.10	0.16	1.02	0.58	0.16	0.050	0.040	0.072
(WY)	(2001)	(2001)	(2001)	(2001)	(2001)	(2001)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)
MIN	0.000	0.011	0.017	0.013	0.026	0.061	0.13	0.089	0.024	0.000	0.000	0.000
(WY)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 2000 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	13.73	20.58
ANNUAL MEAN	0.038	0.056	0.088
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			0.16 2001
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			0.051 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	0.17 Apr 7	0.64 Apr 26	1.3 Apr 14, 2000
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Jun 27	0.00 Oct 1	a0.00 Aug 2, 2000
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Jun 27	0.00 Oct 1	0.00 Aug 8, 2000
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		b0.81 Apr 26	b1.5 Apr 9, 2000
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		3.89 Apr 26	4.05 Apr 9, 2000
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	27	41	64
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.10	0.19	0.21
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.02	0.02	0.05
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00	0.00	0.00

e Estimated. a No flow on many days during most years. b From rating curve extended above 0.90 ft3/s.