ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07103960 KETTLE CREEK ABOVE U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°58'34", long 104°47'55", in NW14SE14 sec.29, T.12 S., R.66 W., El Paso County, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on right bank 70 ft downstream from State Highway 83, 0.5 mi upstream from flood-retention dam, 0.6 mi east of Interstate 25, 2.7 mi upstream from mouth, and 5.4 mi southeast of U.S. Air Force Academy Chapel.

DRAINAGE AREA.--16.0 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 2000 to September 2003 (seasonal records only). October 2003 converted to crest-stage partial-record station. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07103960

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,620 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, those above 5.0 ft3/s, and those below 0.30 ft3/s, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by erosion-control and livestock-watering reservoirs and ground-water withdrawals.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD (seasonal only).--Maximum discharge, 202 ft3/s, July 5, 2002, from rating curve extended above 5.0 ft3/s, gage height, 5.52 ft, from floodmarks; no flow on many days during 2002 and 2003.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR (seasonal only).--Maximum discharge, 123 ft3/s, Aug. 30, gage height, 5.28 ft, from rating curve extended above
5.0 ft3/s on the basis of step-backwater analysis of flow; 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	0.08	e0.09	---	---	---	---	1.1	0.47	1.5	0.13	0.08	3.1
2	0.12	0.12	---	---	---	---	0.93	0.53	0.86	0.11	0.04	3.0
3	0.09	0.10	---	---	---	---	0.95	0.45	0.37	0.11	0.06	e2.0
4	0.11	0.13	---	---	---	---	1.0	0.52	1.1	0.03	0.08	e1.0
5	0.12	0.12	---	---	---	---	1.00	0.73	1.8	0.02	0.10	1.4
6	0.10	0.12	---	---	---	---	0.52	0.65	1.5	0.02	0.06	1.6
7	0.09	0.10	---	---	---	---	0.40	0.55	1.2	0.02	0.01	1.7
8	0.09	0.07	---	---	---	---	0.45	0.51	0.84	0.01	0.00	1.4
9	0.12	0.06	---	---	---	---	0.47	0.62	0.81	0.00	0.57	0.98
10	0.12	0.03	---	---	---	---	0.45	e0.50	0.59	0.00	0.46	0.68
11	0.09	0.02	---	---	---	---	0.46	e0.45	0.64	0.00	0.25	0.44
12	0.13	0.02	---	---	---	---	0.44	0.42	0.65	0.00	0.16	0.51
13	0.12	0.08	---	---	---	---	0.42	0.55	0.48	0.00	0.57	0.34
14	0.08	0.13	---	---	---	---	0.42	0.35	0.27	0.00	0.03	0.23
15	0.08	0.10	---	---	---	---	0.49	0.43	0.21	0.00	0.01	0.21
16	0.10	0.05	---	---	---	---	0.33	0.46	0.36	0.00	0.00	0.20
17	0.12	0.06	---	---	---	---	0.48	0.45	0.31	0.00	0.00	0.18
18	0.12	0.03	---	---	---	---	0.43	0.44	0.13	0.00	0.20	0.16
19	0.12	0.02	---	---	---	---	0.53	0.66	1.3	0.14	0.01	0.18
20	0.13	0.03	---	---	---	---	0.36	0.72	0.63	0.05	0.01	0.20
21	0.14	0.06	---	---	---	---	0.45	0.40	0.24	0.01	0.01	0.18
22	0.14	0.06	---	---	---	---	1.4	0.33	0.19	0.00	0.04	0.33
23	0.16	0.14	---	---	---	---	1.1	0.25	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.39
24	0.13	0.14	---	---	---	---	2.9	0.21	0.17	0.00	0.05	0.30
25	0.12	0.09	---	---	---	---	1.5	0.19	0.35	0.00	0.13	0.24
26	0.24	0.04	---	---	---	---	0.68	0.17	1.6	0.02	0.08	0.20
27	0.19	e0.03	---	---	---	---	0.55	0.15	0.54	0.11	0.56	0.15
28	0.09	e0.03	---	---	---	---	0.48	0.18	0.34	0.11	0.18	0.20
29	0.09	0.09	---	---	---	---	0.52	0.24	0.26	0.07	7.2	0.25
30	0.10	0.09	---	---	---	---	0.50	0.16	0.14	0.04	8.8	0.14
31	0.08	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.09	---	0.03	6.0	---
TOTAL	3.61	2.25	---	---	---	---	21.71	12.83	19.58	1.03	25.75	21.89
MEAN	0.12	0.075	---	---	---	---	0.72	0.41	0.65	0.033	0.83	0.73
MAX	0.24	0.14	---	---	---	---	2.9	0.73	1.8	0.14	8.8	3.1
MIN	0.08	0.02	---	---	---	---	0.33	0.09	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.14
AC-FT	7.2	4.5	---	---	---	---	43	25	39	2.0	51	43

e Estimated.