ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07105500 FOUNTAIN CREEK AT COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°48'59", long 104°49'20", in NE14SW14 sec.19, T.14 S., R.66 W., El Paso County, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on left bank 10 ft downstream from Cheyenne Creek, 31 ft upstream from Nevada Avenue bridge at Colorado Springs, and 1.3 mi downstream from Monument Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA.--392 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1921 to September 1924, January 1976 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1311. Statistical summary computed for 1976 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07105500

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,900 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for Oct. 1-4 and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by storage reservoirs, power developments, transmountain diversions, diversions for irrigation and municipal use, ground-water withdrawals, return flows from irrigated areas, and flows from sewage-treatment plants.

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	27	22	16	18	16	39	29	52	112	19	14	55
2	81	36	17	15	14	e39	30	54	37	17	20	56
3	23	26	16	19	15	e25	26	52	32	15	22	115
4	17	21	15	18	e14	e14	22	51	118	14	38	47
5	14	19	14	17	19	e13	33	49	162	13	13	30
6	11	19	14	17	14	e16	61	44	51	14	11	38
7	11	18	16	16	14	19	27	44	51	13	11	62
8	13	16	19	17	14	22	28	42	33	12	12	42
9	13	15	15	16	14	15	29	43	44	11	48	25
10	13	17	16	e12	19	14	28	67	42	9.4	16	28
11	12	18	19	16	21	14	26	37	33	9.7	15	26
12	11	19	19	18	24	14	25	39	38	12	20	26
13	12	19	17	16	24	15	25	38	50	13	11	28
14	13	19	18	15	28	15	26	37	52	10	10	31
15	12	18	18	14	18	13	33	46	30	19	9.9	22
16	11	18	19	e12	16	11	42	56	31	17	10	18
17	13	18	18	16	17	16	37	36	236	13	10	17
18	16	17	17	e14	19	93	33	33	74	10	13	16
19	14	16	15	17	56	46	36	33	269	19	15	18
20	15	16	e11	16	25	78	36	35	158	35	13	18
21	14	17	17	13	18	46	36	34	53	9.2	13	18
22	16	17	17	12	16	32	128	31	32	9.3	12	19
23	24	16	17	e13	14	32	156	42	26	11	13	19
24	19	16	18	14	e10	93	144	32	25	10	13	18
25	16	17	14	14	e12	69	56	89	43	8.7	20	16
26	38	16	14	15	18	26	45	50	184	9.6	15	19
27	138	17	19	14	20	29	34	30	32	38	90	18
28	31	18	21	13	30	28	36	22	29	62	31	16
29	23	18	20	13	---	26	66	26	43	25	122	18
30	21	17	18	15	---	26	55	24	31	14	163	19
31	21	---	17	15	---	28	---	87	---	13	622	---
TOTAL	713	556	521	470	539	966	1,388	1,355	2,151	504.9	1,445.9	898
MEAN	23.0	18.5	16.8	15.2	19.2	31.2	46.3	43.7	71.7	16.3	46.6	29.9
MAX	138	36	21	19	56	93	156	89	269	62	622	115
MIN	11	15	11	12	10	11	22	22	25	8.7	9.9	16
AC-FT	1,410	1,100	1,030	932	1,070	1,920	2,750	2,690	4,270	1,000	2,870	1,780
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1976 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	46.0	40.4	32.7	30.2	28.5	39.6	89.2	192	126	77.1	86.4	46.8
MAX	212	143	81.3	68.1	57.8	92.6	486	944	555	268	341	116
(WY)	(1985)	(1985)	(1985)	(2000)	(2000)	(1998)	(1999)	(1999)	(1997)	(1995)	(1999)	(1999)
MIN	10.6	11.4	11.8	5.12	6.27	11.4	14.8	23.5	16.3	12.9	9.54	7.98
(WY)	(1978)	(1979)	(1979)	(1979)	(1979)	(1976)	(1978)	(1976)	(1976)	(1976)	(2002)	(1978)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1976 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	9,157.0	11,507.8
ANNUAL MEAN	25.1	31.5	71.4
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			228 1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			23.2 1978
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	761 Jul 5	622 Aug 31	7,510 Apr 30, 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	5.1 Sep 7	8.7 Jul 25	2.0 Aug 19, 1978
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	7.1 Jul 27	11 Jul 8	3.3 Jan 3, 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		3,540 Aug 31	a10,100 Sep 2, 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		6.19 Aug 31	b12.12 Sep 2, 1994
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	18,160	22,830	51,710
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	27	53	147
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	19	19	36
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	9.7	13	15

e Estimated. a From slope-area measurement of peak flow. b From floodmark.