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ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07105490 CHEYENNE CREEK AT EVANS AVENUE AT COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°47'26", Long 104°51'49", in SW14NW14 sec.35, T.14 S., R.67 W., El Paso County, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on right bank 23 ft upstream from Evans Avenue at Colorado Springs, 30 ft downstream from the confluence of North and South Cheyenne Creeks, and 3.1 mi upstream from the mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA.--21.7 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1992 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07105490

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-93-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 6,280 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to June 13, 2000, at datum 1.00 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records good except for July 8-9 and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by several small reservoirs and diversions. 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

0.48

0.49

0.51

0.42

0.41

0.43

2.1

5.0

5.1

4.9

1.0

1.5

2

0.46

0.51

0.52

0.44

0.41

0.45

3.2

7.0

3.7

4.4

1.0

0.82

3

0.47

0.50

0.54

0.45

0.42

0.44

4.1

7.1

3.7

4.3

1.1

1.2

4

0.45

0.52

0.54

0.45

0.41

0.45

2.5

7.2

2.1

6.5

1.1

1.4

5

0.44

0.54

0.54

0.45

0.41

0.45

1.7

6.7

4.9

10

1.1

1.1

6

0.45

0.54

0.55

0.45

0.40

0.46

1.6

6.8

6.1

10

1.2

1.1

7

0.47

0.51

0.54

0.45

e0.40

0.47

1.4

7.5

6.0

9.7

1.2

1.5

8

0.49

0.51

0.54

0.45

0.40

0.47

1.3

8.2

7.8

8.0

1.2

1.5

9

0.48

0.48

0.54

0.44

0.41

0.47

1.4

8.0

8.8

0.69

1.1

1.2

10

0.45

0.49

0.51

0.44

0.41

0.47

1.3

8.4

9.0

1.5

1.1

1.0

11

0.45

0.49

0.49

0.42

0.41

0.48

1.3

8.0

8.7

1.7

1.8

0.93

12

0.48

0.50

0.50

0.43

0.40

0.50

1.6

7.8

6.6

1.7

1.3

0.79

13

0.49

0.52

0.49

0.42

0.41

0.49

2.9

7.7

2.5

1.9

0.88

0.78

14

0.49

0.49

0.47

0.41

0.41

0.49

3.3

7.8

2.8

1.7

0.86

0.81

15

0.50

0.50

0.46

0.41

0.41

0.49

3.1

8.1

2.7

4.1

0.88

0.77

16

0.50

0.54

0.46

0.41

0.41

0.43

4.1

8.6

2.8

1.0

0.90

0.80

17

0.51

0.54

0.46

0.42

0.45

0.36

6.7

8.9

4.2

0.53

0.87

0.82

18

0.51

0.50

0.45

0.41

0.45

0.38

6.9

7.4

3.0

0.74

0.91

0.82

19

0.51

0.50

0.45

0.42

0.45

0.40

6.9

6.7

e5.0

0.76

0.82

0.82

20

0.52

0.51

0.45

0.42

0.46

0.42

6.3

6.9

e9.0

0.81

0.76

0.83

21

0.53

0.53

0.45

0.41

0.45

0.42

5.9

6.5

5.9

0.76

0.69

0.78

22

0.55

0.54

0.45

0.41

0.45

0.44

4.7

6.4

2.3

0.88

0.68

0.81

23

0.58

0.54

0.45

0.41

0.45

0.45

2.9

6.1

5.5

0.81

0.74

0.78

24

0.56

0.54

0.45

0.41

e0.44

0.56

1.7

5.5

11

0.92

0.67

0.77

25

0.52

0.54

0.45

0.41

e0.42

1.3

1.4

5.8

13

1.2

0.65

0.74

26

0.46

0.53

0.45

0.42

0.41

3.1

1.4

6.0

10

1.3

0.67

0.70

27

0.54

0.51

0.44

0.42

0.41

5.2

1.3

5.2

7.5

2.0

0.68

0.70

28

0.51

0.50

0.45

0.43

0.41

4.4

2.1

4.4

5.1

1.2

0.73

0.82

29

0.47

0.50

0.45

0.41

---

3.7

1.9

1.8

5.1

1.2

0.70

0.95

30

0.47

0.49

0.45

0.41

---

3.4

1.7

2.8

6.4

1.5

0.76

0.60

31

0.46

---

0.44

0.41

---

2.8

---

2.8

---

0.97

1.1

---

TOTAL

15.25

15.40

14.94

13.16

11.78

34.77

88.7

203.1

176.3

87.67

29.15

28.14

MEAN

0.49

0.51

0.48

0.42

0.42

1.12

2.96

6.55

5.88

2.83

0.94

0.94

MAX

0.58

0.54

0.55

0.45

0.46

5.2

6.9

8.9

13

10

1.8

1.5

MIN

0.44

0.48

0.44

0.41

0.40

0.36

1.3

1.8

2.1

0.53

0.65

0.60

AC-FT

30

31

30

26

23

69

176

403

350

174

58

56

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1992 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN

3.61

3.15

2.45

2.32

2.17

2.59

8.80

31.2

23.8

7.66

10.9

4.39

MAX

7.31

5.56

5.15

4.54

5.20

7.34

25.5

86.4

93.1

30.5

39.7

11.2

(WY)

(1997)

(1998)

(1998)

(1996)

(1998)

(1998)

(1999)

(1994)

(1995)

(1995)

(1999)

(1997)

MIN

0.49

0.51

0.46

0.42

0.42

0.53

0.81

0.47

0.37

0.59

0.40

0.51

(WY)

(2003)

(2003)

(1993)

(2003)

(2003)

(1993)

(2002)

(2002)

(2002)

(2001)

(2002)

(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR
FOR 2003 WATER YEAR
WATER YEARS 1992 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL
239.15
718.36
ANNUAL MEAN
0.66
1.97
8.89
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
21.8 1995
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
0.72 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
15 Jul 2
13 Jun 25
453 Apr 30, 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN
0.28 Jul 20
0.36 Mar 17
0.10 Apr 8, 1993
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
0.31 Jun 7
0.40 Feb 6
0.23 Mar 6, 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
57 Jul 15
a595 Jun 10, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
2.14 Jul 15
b3.51 Jun 10, 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
474
1,420
6,440
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
1.0
6.5
18
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.50
0.69
3.1
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.37
0.42
0.51

e Estimated.
a From rating curve extended above 437 ft3/s.
b Datum then in use.


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