ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07126480 BENT CANYON CREEK AT MOUTH NEAR TIMPAS, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 37°35'21", long 103°38'52", in SE14SE14 sec.23, T.28 S., R.65 W., Las Animas County, Hydrologic Unit 11020010, on Comanche National Grassland, on left bank 0.5 mi upstream from mouth, 0.6 mi southwest of Rourke Ranch house, 0.9 mi upstream from Iron Canyon, and 17 mi southeast of Timpas.

DRAINAGE AREA.--56.2 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1983 to September 1990, October 1990 to May 2000 (annual maximum only), June 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=07126480

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gages. Elevation of gage is 4,402 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records poor. Natural flow of stream affected by erosion-control and livestock-watering reservoirs.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 2,640 ft3/s, Aug. 21, 1984, from slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height,
12.56 feet, from floodmark; no flow on many days during most years.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR (seasonal only).--Maximum discharge, 138 ft3/s, July 15, gage height, 6.04 ft, from rating curve extended above
0.50 ft3/s on the basis of step-backwater analysis of flow and slope-area measurements of peak flow at gage heights 4.67 ft, 8.70 ft, 8.93 ft, 11.61 ft,
and 12.56 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	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
10	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	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	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
15	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.8	0.00	0.00
16	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.0	0.00	0.00
17	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.01	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	9.9	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
26	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	e0.05	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	1.4	0.00	0.00	0.00
29	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	e0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
30	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
31	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	---
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	9.95	1.46	11.81	0.00	0.00
MEAN	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.32	0.049	0.38	0.000	0.000
MAX	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	9.9	1.4	8.8	0.00	0.00
MIN	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
AC-FT	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	20	2.9	23	0.00	0.00

e Estimated.