ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07105900 JIMMY CAMP CREEK AT FOUNTAIN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°41'04", long 104°41'17", in NW14SE14 sec.5, T.16 S., R.65 W., El Paso County, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on right bank 110 ft downstream of bridge on county road, 0.2 mi east of Fountain, and 1.5 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA.--65.6 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 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=07105900

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,530 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Aug. 14, 1991, at site 110 ft upstream on downstream side of bridge; Jan. 1976 to Sept. 3, 1986, at datum 4.0 ft higher and Sept. 4, 1986 to Aug. 13, 1991, at present datum.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by storage reservoirs, ground-water withdrawals, diversions for irrigation, and return flows from irrigated areas. 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 June 17, 1965, reached an estimated discharge of 124,000 ft3/s, gage height, 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	0.89	1.5	1.2	0.96	0.90	e1.0	1.3	1.5	2.6	0.52	0.48	0.82
2	0.88	1.5	1.2	0.93	0.91	e1.0	1.3	1.4	2.2	0.45	0.51	0.54
3	1.1	1.4	1.2	0.98	0.91	1.1	1.3	1.3	2.1	0.42	0.47	0.41
4	1.0	1.4	1.2	1.0	e0.91	1.0	1.4	1.4	3.2	0.39	0.46	0.39
5	0.84	1.4	1.1	1.0	e0.90	1.1	1.4	1.4	3.0	0.39	0.43	0.33
6	0.77	1.4	1.1	1.0	e0.90	1.0	1.5	1.6	2.3	0.40	0.43	0.34
7	0.80	1.4	1.1	1.0	e0.91	1.0	1.4	1.5	2.2	0.42	0.42	0.34
8	0.79	1.3	1.1	1.0	e0.93	1.0	1.4	1.3	1.9	0.42	0.40	0.44
9	0.87	1.3	1.2	1.0	e0.95	1.0	1.5	1.3	1.7	0.38	0.36	0.63
10	0.81	1.3	1.2	e1.0	e1.0	1.0	1.4	1.3	1.7	0.35	0.33	0.80
11	0.79	1.2	1.2	1.0	e1.1	1.0	1.6	1.4	1.6	0.29	0.31	0.92
12	0.80	1.2	1.2	0.97	1.1	1.1	1.6	1.4	1.4	0.30	0.32	0.94
13	0.87	1.3	1.2	0.94	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.5	1.5	0.28	0.30	0.96
14	0.91	1.2	1.2	0.98	1.1	1.0	1.7	1.5	1.7	0.23	0.31	0.97
15	0.94	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.9	1.9	4.0	0.23	0.31	0.89
16	0.98	2.1	1.2	e1.0	1.0	1.0	1.9	1.4	1.1	0.25	0.30	0.77
17	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.98	1.0	2.3	1.9	1.4	1.8	0.25	0.30	0.71
18	1.1	1.1	1.1	e1.0	1.0	1.9	2.0	1.4	2.5	0.19	0.33	0.64
19	1.2	1.1	1.1	e1.0	1.2	1.8	2.3	1.4	5.0	0.23	0.33	0.70
20	1.2	1.2	e1.1	1.0	1.0	1.8	1.8	1.5	e30	0.27	0.30	0.57
21	1.3	1.3	1.1	0.94	1.0	1.7	1.9	1.5	2.8	0.27	0.28	0.49
22	1.3	1.2	e1.1	0.91	1.1	1.5	1.9	1.4	0.95	0.22	0.28	0.47
23	1.4	1.2	1.0	0.90	1.0	1.5	2.1	1.4	0.71	0.25	0.27	0.45
24	1.4	1.2	1.2	0.90	e1.0	1.8	1.8	1.5	0.59	0.21	0.29	0.40
25	1.4	1.2	e1.1	0.89	e1.0	1.5	1.8	1.7	0.56	0.16	0.29	0.42
26	1.9	1.2	e1.1	e0.90	1.0	1.3	2.0	1.9	0.56	0.52	0.29	0.40
27	1.9	1.2	e1.1	0.90	1.0	1.3	2.1	1.4	0.56	0.31	0.27	0.41
28	1.3	1.2	1.1	0.90	e1.0	1.3	2.0	1.5	0.82	0.53	0.29	0.44
29	1.5	1.2	1.1	0.90	---	1.2	1.8	1.5	0.89	0.75	0.33	0.43
30	1.4	1.1	1.0	0.90	---	1.2	1.7	1.6	0.63	0.47	0.51	0.41
31	1.4	---	1.1	0.90	---	1.3	---	2.1	---	0.43	2.9	---
TOTAL	34.74	38.5	35.3	29.68	27.82	39.7	51.3	46.3	82.57	10.78	13.40	17.43
MEAN	1.12	1.28	1.14	0.96	0.99	1.28	1.71	1.49	2.75	0.35	0.43	0.58
MAX	1.9	2.1	1.2	1.0	1.2	2.3	2.3	2.1	30	0.75	2.9	0.97
MIN	0.77	1.0	1.0	0.89	0.90	1.0	1.3	1.3	0.56	0.16	0.27	0.33
AC-FT	69	76	70	59	55	79	102	92	164	21	27	35
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1976 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	2.05	2.22	1.79	1.67	1.61	1.73	2.05	2.59	3.53	3.50	4.34	1.76
MAX	3.55	6.49	3.17	2.74	2.39	3.54	9.33	10.1	27.8	27.9	13.4	5.12
(WY)	(1985)	(1982)	(1995)	(1986)	(1977)	(1980)	(1999)	(1995)	(1995)	(1985)	(1984)	(1994)
MIN	1.12	1.28	0.87	0.96	0.79	1.05	0.56	0.91	0.98	0.35	0.33	0.58
(WY)	(2003)	(2003)	(1988)	(2003)	(1990)	(1990)	(1990)	(1986)	(1989)	(2003)	(2002)	(2003)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1976 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	471.60	427.52
ANNUAL MEAN	1.29	1.17	2.40
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			5.12 1995
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			1.17 2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	3.8 Apr 1	30 Jun 20	700 Jul 28, 1985
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.23 Aug 17	0.16 Jul 25	a0.00 Apr 12, 1990
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.25 Aug 12	0.23 Jul 19	0.07 Apr 10, 1990
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		233 Jun 20	b4,810 Jun 3, 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		c6.31 Jun 20	c9.51 Jun 3, 1994
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	935	848	1,740
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.9	1.8	2.8
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.3	1.0	1.7
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.39	0.33	0.93

e Estimated. a Also occurred Apr 13, 15, 1990. b From contracted-opening measurement of peak flow. c From floodmarks.