ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07106500 FOUNTAIN CREEK AT PUEBLO, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°17'16", long 104°36'02", in SE14SW14 sec.19, T.20 S., R.64 W., Pueblo County, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 50 at Pueblo and 2.6 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA.--926 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1922 to September 1925, October 1940 to September 1965, February 1971 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1311. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07106500

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-79-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 4,705 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. See WSP 1711 or 1731 for history of changes prior to Oct. 1, 1940, and WSP 1921 for changes Oct. 2, 1940 to Sept. 30, 1965. Feb. 1, 1971 to Sept. 30, 1976, water-stage recorder at site 1.4 mi upstream at datum 4,725.30 ft above sea level (unadjusted).

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges and those above 1,000 ft3/s, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by storage reservoirs, power developments, ground-water withdrawals, transmountain diversions, diversions for irrigation and municipal use, return flows from irrigated areas, and flows from sewage-treatment plants.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of June 4, 1921, reached a discharge of 34,000 ft3/s, on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height unknown. Flood of May 30, 1935, reached a discharge of 35,000 ft3/s, on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow, 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	33	87	61	107	105	158	124	53	35	73	54	410
2	53	84	69	110	131	180	118	56	62	64	44	103
3	72	110	86	100	136	175	115	49	57	50	40	111
4	38	97	83	102	131	169	109	49	52	26	50	177
5	28	92	72	99	132	143	97	55	194	24	60	135
6	27	82	69	102	140	127	152	64	264	23	46	94
7	30	97	68	94	134	121	181	74	101	19	32	124
8	28	110	65	88	e132	119	136	71	100	16	34	112
9	34	103	72	83	133	125	132	75	98	13	42	104
10	43	92	72	72	132	118	112	69	198	13	69	93
11	51	88	72	71	128	108	99	77	111	17	70	82
12	44	83	70	70	122	103	59	78	90	35	51	70
13	44	79	66	72	145	100	51	83	135	45	49	71
14	59	92	75	72	138	99	47	66	139	37	30	81
15	52	108	80	69	151	88	48	101	279	38	23	86
16	58	80	76	62	138	91	43	108	133	43	26	83
17	54	68	74	64	138	99	42	98	137	34	29	75
18	53	64	90	65	146	180	38	72	337	27	94	75
19	63	54	105	74	147	260	129	69	181	27	50	77
20	50	63	90	92	167	183	88	62	1,810	144	e43	73
21	45	65	92	77	149	172	63	59	390	98	28	74
22	36	64	94	77	128	142	43	49	228	51	30	69
23	48	58	95	98	122	115	97	46	145	29	39	76
24	e80	59	109	93	121	130	189	49	128	26	31	69
25	89	64	109	93	111	310	179	130	116	29	38	68
26	84	72	103	101	130	137	85	150	285	29	63	65
27	178	84	95	96	147	110	59	66	148	52	44	65
28	184	65	106	99	142	100	46	48	95	117	88	62
29	138	67	106	102	---	96	46	41	101	478	106	56
30	83	61	107	87	---	96	50	29	75	133	285	53
31	84	---	104	101	---	111	---	27	---	88	1,270	---
TOTAL	1,963	2,392	2,635	2,692	3,776	4,265	2,777	2,123	6,224	1,898	2,958	2,893
MEAN	63.3	79.7	85.0	86.8	135	138	92.6	68.5	207	61.2	95.4	96.4
MAX	184	110	109	110	167	310	189	150	1,810	478	1,270	410
MIN	27	54	61	62	105	88	38	27	35	13	23	53
AC-FT	3,890	4,740	5,230	5,340	7,490	8,460	5,510	4,210	12,350	3,760	5,870	5,740
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1922 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	58.5	74.3	69.4	71.5	77.7	77.0	94.9	197	146	85.2	129	52.8
MAX	513	303	225	193	190	260	677	1,504	1,104	429	852	242
(WY)	(1985)	(1985)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(1999)	(1999)	(1997)	(1995)	(1999)	(1999)
MIN	0.61	0.90	1.10	1.90	1.40	1.00	1.10	0.28	0.71	0.96	0.71	0.37
(WY)	(1963)	(1955)	(1955)	(1954)	(1954)	(1954)	(1955)	(1950)	(1963)	(1964)	(1960)	(1978)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1922 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	29,540	36,596
ANNUAL MEAN	80.9	100	96.3
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			440 1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			4.42 1953
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	983 Jul 6	1,810 Jun 20	11,400 Apr 30, 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	e14 Jul 2	13 Jul 9	a0.00 May 12, 1923
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	24 Jun 27	18 Jul 5	0.00 Sep 9, 1945
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		3,580 Jun 20	b47,000 Jun 17, 1965
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		5.90 Jun 20	c19.00 Jun 17, 1965
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	58,590	72,590	69,800
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	139	147	198
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	65	83	44
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	33	38	1.1

e Estimated. a No flow at times many years. b From contracted-opening measurement of peak flow. c From floodmarks, site and datum then in use.