ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07126415 RED ROCK CANYON CREEK AT MOUTH NEAR THATCHER, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 37°30'55", long 103°43'30", Las Animas County, Hydrologic Unit 11020010, on left bank 200 ft downstream from Welsh Canyon Creek, 0.3 mi upstream from mouth, and 21 mi east of Thatcher.

DRAINAGE AREA.--48.9 mi2 (revised).

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1983 to September 1990, October 1990 to April 2000 (annual maximum only), April 2000 to current year (seasonal records only). For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07126415

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gages. Elevation of gage is 4,510 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by erosion-control and
livestock-watering reservoirs.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 3,430 ft3/s, June 13, 2002, from slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height,
11.46 ft, from floodmarks; no flow on many days most years.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR (seasonal only).---Maximum discharge, 555 ft3/s, May 30, (gage height 7.90 ft, from floodmarks) from rating curve extended above 292 ft3/s on basis of step-backwater analysis and slope-area measurements of peak flow at gage heights, 7.54 ft, 8.40 ft, and 11.46 ft;
no flow on most days.

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	0.00	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2	e0.00	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
3	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
4	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
5	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
6	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
7	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
8	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
9	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
10	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
11	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
13	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	2.9	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00
15	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
16	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
17	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
18	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
19	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
20	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
21	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
22	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
24	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
25	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
26	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
27	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
28	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	3.4	0.00	0.00	0.00
29	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	e0.09	0.00	0.00	0.00
30	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
31	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.26	---	0.00	0.00	---
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	17.26	6.40	0.00	0.00	0.00
MEAN	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.56	0.21	0.000	0.000	0.000
MAX	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	17	3.4	0.00	0.00	0.00
MIN	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
AC-FT	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	34	13	0.00	0.00	0.00

e Estimated.