ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07104905 MONUMENT CREEK AT BIJOU STREET AT COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°50'14", long 104°49'44", in NW14NW14 sec.18, T.14 S., R.66 W., El Paso County, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on left bank 250 ft downstream from bridge on Bijou Street at Colorado Springs, 250 ft east of Interstate 25, and 0.7 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA.--235 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April to September 2003. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07104905

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,980 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges and those above 300 ft3/s, 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.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 2,850 ft3/s, Aug. 31, 2003, gage height, 8.19 ft, from rating curve extended above
309 ft3/s; minimum daily, 4.0 ft3/s, July 21, 2003.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge during period April to September, 2,850 ft3/s, Aug. 31, gage height, 8.19 ft, from rating curve extended above 309 ft3/s; minimum daily, 4.0 ft3/s, July 21.

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	---	---	---	---	---	---	e20	56	69	16	16	36
2	---	---	---	---	---	---	e20	56	24	12	19	44
3	---	---	---	---	---	---	19	54	32	13	25	76
4	---	---	---	---	---	---	18	53	87	16	31	20
5	---	---	---	---	---	---	37	52	99	12	12	21
6	---	---	---	---	---	---	59	44	33	14	9.8	31
7	---	---	---	---	---	---	20	42	45	15	9.1	35
8	---	---	---	---	---	---	23	39	28	12	10	20
9	---	---	---	---	---	---	25	40	26	8.7	35	20
10	---	---	---	---	---	---	22	56	23	8.5	8.8	20
11	---	---	---	---	---	---	20	29	19	9.4	10	20
12	---	---	---	---	---	---	19	33	28	15	17	22
13	---	---	---	---	---	---	20	32	27	15	7.5	22
14	---	---	---	---	---	---	20	30	22	10	7.0	22
15	---	---	---	---	---	---	34	40	16	14	6.5	e20
16	---	---	---	---	---	---	49	45	16	14	6.2	e17
17	---	---	---	---	---	---	36	28	266	11	6.0	e16
18	---	---	---	---	---	---	28	30	76	9.7	9.3	e15
19	---	---	---	---	---	---	39	30	135	20	8.7	e17
20	---	---	---	---	---	---	37	33	52	17	7.1	e17
21	---	---	---	---	---	---	38	31	26	4.0	6.4	e17
22	---	---	---	---	---	---	111	29	25	4.1	5.8	18
23	---	---	---	---	---	---	168	45	29	5.1	6.0	16
24	---	---	---	---	---	---	170	33	28	7.0	7.5	16
25	---	---	---	---	---	---	67	36	41	5.7	17	16
26	---	---	---	---	---	---	55	26	86	5.8	11	21
27	---	---	---	---	---	---	37	22	33	32	52	18
28	---	---	---	---	---	---	47	20	30	43	28	14
29	---	---	---	---	---	---	73	21	40	13	120	14
30	---	---	---	---	---	---	60	20	28	9.4	89	16
31	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	55	---	14	565	---
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	---	1,391	1,160	1,489	405.4	1,168.7	677
MEAN	---	---	---	---	---	---	46.4	37.4	49.6	13.1	37.7	22.6
MAX	---	---	---	---	---	---	170	56	266	43	565	76
MIN	---	---	---	---	---	---	18	20	16	4.0	5.8	14
AC-FT	---	---	---	---	---	---	2,760	2,300	2,950	804	2,320	1,340

e Estimated.