ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07134990 WILD HORSE CREEK ABOVE HOLLY, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°03'24", long 102°08'16", in NE14NE14 sec. 16, T.23 S., R.42 W., Prowers County, Hydrologic Unit 11020009, on left bank 1,000 ft downstream from County Road No. 34, 0.7 mi northwest of Holly, and 0.7 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA.--270 mi2, approximately, of which about 60 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1995 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=07134990

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-01-1: Drainage area

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 3,405 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Apr. 29, 1997, at site 1,050 ft upstream at datum 3.00 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges and those below 0.75 ft3/s, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by diversions for irrigation, ground-water withdrawals, and return flows from irrigated areas, the Buffalo Canal, and the Amity Canal. 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 FOR PERIOD OF RECORD (seasonal only).--Maximum discharge, 1,270 ft3/s, May 26, 1996, from slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height, 6.90 ft, from floodmark, site and datum then in use; maximum gage height, 8.63 ft, Aug. 7, 1997, from floodmark; no flow, Aug. 20-21, 2002.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR (seasonal only).--Maximum discharge, 104 ft3/s, June 9, gage height, 4.45 ft; minimum daily, 0.08 ft3/s, July 20.

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	1.4	27	---	---	---	---	1.1	2.9	11	0.55	0.98	1.2
2	1.4	27	---	---	---	---	e1.1	1.9	29	0.91	0.91	0.84
3	1.2	27	---	---	---	---	e1.1	1.6	35	1.0	0.75	0.62
4	0.82	26	---	---	---	---	e1.0	1.4	34	1.6	0.62	0.55
5	0.72	28	---	---	---	---	e1.0	1.4	82	0.94	0.71	0.56
6	0.67	26	---	---	---	---	e0.80	1.2	48	2.0	0.92	0.41
7	0.64	26	---	---	---	---	e0.50	1.1	65	3.5	1.7	0.71
8	0.76	25	---	---	---	---	e0.50	0.85	77	0.89	2.2	0.59
9	0.96	23	---	---	---	---	e0.40	0.84	71	0.42	1.1	6.9
10	0.82	16	---	---	---	---	e0.30	0.84	40	0.50	1.0	12
11	1.1	2.0	---	---	---	---	e0.30	0.88	6.2	0.58	1.0	0.61
12	1.3	1.9	---	---	---	---	e0.30	0.97	1.8	0.28	1.0	0.47
13	1.3	1.8	---	---	---	---	e0.30	1.0	1.0	0.50	0.98	0.75
14	1.0	1.5	---	---	---	---	e0.30	1.0	0.76	0.43	0.97	0.95
15	1.1	1.6	---	---	---	---	e0.30	1.2	0.56	0.34	1.1	1.1
16	0.70	1.8	---	---	---	---	3.4	1.4	4.5	0.20	0.90	0.71
17	0.73	1.6	---	---	---	---	0.79	1.0	13	0.11	0.81	0.52
18	1.0	1.0	---	---	---	---	3.0	0.98	2.1	0.26	0.81	0.49
19	1.1	0.90	---	---	---	---	1.4	3.0	2.2	0.11	0.75	0.49
20	0.87	0.79	---	---	---	---	6.5	0.90	1.8	0.08	0.71	0.44
21	1.1	0.75	---	---	---	---	5.0	0.78	1.7	0.39	0.67	0.46
22	1.4	0.75	---	---	---	---	3.0	0.69	1.7	0.68	0.71	0.52
23	1.4	0.74	---	---	---	---	3.4	0.54	1.5	0.63	0.48	0.51
24	1.3	0.50	---	---	---	---	3.9	0.81	1.5	0.59	0.54	0.44
25	1.3	0.50	---	---	---	---	4.0	1.1	1.4	0.48	0.74	0.63
26	1.2	0.50	---	---	---	---	3.8	1.7	1.2	0.48	0.68	0.64
27	1.3	0.50	---	---	---	---	2.0	1.2	1.2	0.61	0.59	0.81
28	8.4	0.50	---	---	---	---	1.5	13	1.9	0.81	0.12	0.89
29	17	0.50	---	---	---	---	0.94	23	1.4	0.92	9.6	0.78
30	24	0.50	---	---	---	---	2.8	24	0.75	0.97	12	0.75
31	20	---	---	---	---	---	---	15	---	0.93	1.2	---
TOTAL	97.99	271.63	---	---	---	---	54.73	108.18	540.17	22.69	47.25	37.34
MEAN	3.16	9.05	---	---	---	---	1.82	3.49	18.0	0.73	1.52	1.24
MAX	24	28	---	---	---	---	6.5	24	82	3.5	12	12
MIN	0.64	0.50	---	---	---	---	0.30	0.54	0.56	0.08	0.12	0.41
AC-FT	194	539	---	---	---	---	109	215	1,070	45	94	74

e Estimated.