ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07104000 MONUMENT CREEK AT PIKEVIEW, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°55'04", long 104°49'05", in NW14SE14 sec.18, T.13 S., R.66 W., El Paso County, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on right bank 0.1 mi west of Interstate 25 at Pikeview, 0.9 mi downstream from Cottonwood Creek, and 1.3 mi downstream from Woodmen Road.

DRAINAGE AREA.--204 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1938 to September 1949, January 1976 to current year. Daily record for suspended sediment available, May 1996 to September 1997 (seasonal peaks only). For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07104000

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-90-1: 1989 (M).

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 6,203.26 ft above NGVD of 1929. Oct. 1938 to Sept. 1949, nonrecording gage at present site at datum 2.10 ft higher. Jan. 1976 to June 6, 1994, at present site at datum 2.00 ft higher. Since Aug. 14, 2002, supplementary water-stage recorder on left bank 15 ft downstream at same datum.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by storage reservoirs, transmountain diversions, diversions for irrigation and municipal use, ground-water withdrawals, return flows from irrigated areas, and flows from sewage-treatment plants. 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.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of May 30, 1935, reached a stage of about 14 ft, former datum, discharge unknown.

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	13	15	14	e10	11	e16	17	45	71	14	8.7	e30
2	20	21	15	e10	12	18	18	47	23	12	8.3	e25
3	11	16	15	e11	12	14	17	44	21	12	13	50
4	11	15	14	e11	e11	12	16	44	55	12	28	22
5	11	13	13	e11	e10	12	23	41	66	11	12	20
6	11	12	e12	11	e10	11	31	35	24	11	7.1	30
7	11	12	e11	e12	e9.0	12	19	32	30	11	6.0	36
8	11	13	e11	13	e9.0	15	20	27	24	11	6.4	26
9	11	12	e11	e13	e9.0	11	20	25	23	9.3	37	e20
10	11	13	e11	e11	e10	11	22	42	20	8.8	12	e17
11	11	13	e11	e11	e11	11	19	29	17	9.3	13	e16
12	11	13	e11	e12	e13	11	17	27	18	10	12	e15
13	11	13	e12	e12	14	10	17	26	23	9.0	8.7	e17
14	11	12	e12	12	15	10	19	23	20	8.9	7.0	e18
15	11	12	e13	13	15	11	23	26	19	8.7	7.3	e17
16	12	13	14	e11	14	11	32	34	19	13	6.7	e15
17	12	13	15	e10	13	13	31	25	161	12	5.8	e14
18	e12	13	14	e10	13	31	30	25	52	8.5	11	13
19	e12	13	e13	e12	22	20	29	27	108	25	11	16
20	e12	13	e12	14	14	54	29	26	66	16	6.5	16
21	e12	12	e11	12	13	41	30	23	36	9.5	6.1	14
22	13	13	e11	14	11	25	70	19	24	8.9	6.4	14
23	14	13	e11	14	11	24	90	32	20	9.1	5.9	13
24	13	13	e11	14	e9.0	49	108	24	17	8.7	11	12
25	14	e13	e11	13	e10	47	67	23	19	10	13	12
26	24	e12	e11	12	e12	27	52	22	79	10	9.0	16
27	44	e12	e11	11	e12	22	26	19	28	36	34	13
28	19	e12	e12	11	13	16	33	16	21	61	13	12
29	17	e13	e12	10	---	15	62	18	27	17	85	14
30	15	14	e11	10	---	15	51	17	20	11	141	14
31	15	---	e11	11	---	15	---	33	---	9.1	237	---
TOTAL	436	397	377	362	338.0	610	1,038	896	1,151	422.8	788.9	567
MEAN	14.1	13.2	12.2	11.7	12.1	19.7	34.6	28.9	38.4	13.6	25.4	18.9
MAX	44	21	15	14	22	54	108	47	161	61	237	50
MIN	11	12	11	10	9.0	10	16	16	17	8.5	5.8	12
AC-FT	865	787	748	718	670	1,210	2,060	1,780	2,280	839	1,560	1,120
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1939 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	19.5	18.6	15.6	14.5	15.5	22.1	50.2	93.0	48.1	28.1	31.2	17.0
MAX	82.8	55.3	32.2	31.9	35.2	52.4	259	399	190	97.6	149	46.7
(WY)	(1985)	(1985)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(1998)	(1942)	(1999)	(1999)	(1999)	(1999)	(1985)
MIN	1.90	4.27	3.95	4.40	4.06	6.67	10.2	12.7	5.20	2.01	1.11	1.74
(WY)	(1940)	(1979)	(1979)	(1979)	(1940)	(1944)	(1978)	(1946)	(1976)	(1939)	(1940)	(1939)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1939 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	5,956.8	7,383.7
ANNUAL MEAN	16.3	20.2	31.7
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			100 1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			8.21 1978
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	251 Jul 5	237 Aug 31	2,950 Apr 30, 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	8.2 Aug 19	5.8 Aug 17	0.00 Jul 24, 1939
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	8.6 Aug 13	7.5 Aug 17	0.21 Jul 20, 1939
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		1,900 Aug 31	4,890 Apr 30, 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		9.44 Aug 31	11.10 Apr 30, 1999
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	11,820	14,650	22,970
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	22	34	64
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	14	13	18
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	9.7	10	5.4

e Estimated.