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FRASER RIVER BASIN

09032100 CABIN CREEK NEAR FRASER, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°59'09", long 105°44'40", in NW14SE14 sec.2. T.1 S., R.75 W., Grand County, Hydrologic Unit 14010001, on left bank 200 ft downstream from concrete diversion dam, 2.7 mi upstream from mouth, and 4.6 mi northeast of Fraser.

DRAINAGE AREA.--4.87 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1983 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09032100

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 9,560 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Transmountain diversions upstream from station to Moffat water tunnel, amount unknown. 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.

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

2.4

e3.2

e1.3

e1.2

e1.0

e1.1

e1.1

e2.9

77

8.6

6.8

6.8

2

2.4

e3.0

e1.3

e1.2

e1.0

e1.1

e1.2

e3.1

50

8.8

6.5

6.8

3

2.6

e2.9

e1.3

e1.2

e1.0

e1.1

e1.3

e3.5

36

9.2

6.8

6.8

4

2.5

e2.8

e1.3

e1.2

e1.1

e1.0

e1.4

e3.8

28

8.8

7.1

6.7

5

2.6

e2.8

e1.3

e1.2

e1.2

e0.95

e1.3

e4.1

28

8.1

6.4

6.5

6

2.8

e2.8

e1.3

e1.2

e1.2

e0.90

e1.2

e3.8

27

8.9

6.2

6.7

7

3.1

e2.8

e1.3

e1.2

e1.2

e0.90

e1.2

e4.0

24

9.5

6.4

11

8

3.2

e2.2

e1.3

e1.2

e1.2

e0.90

e1.1

e4.2

22

8.0

6.0

9.8

9

2.9

e2.1

e1.3

e1.2

e1.2

e0.90

e1.0

e4.3

23

6.2

6.0

9.5

10

2.6

e2.0

e1.5

e1.2

e1.2

e0.90

e1.0

e4.5

20

6.5

5.7

9.6

11

2.5

e1.8

e1.6

e1.2

e1.2

e0.90

e1.3

e4.8

15

7.0

5.2

9.4

12

2.3

e1.5

e1.6

e1.2

e1.2

e0.90

e1.4

e5.2

11

7.1

6.1

8.7

13

2.2

e1.4

e1.4

e1.1

e1.2

e0.90

e1.5

e5.8

10

6.6

5.5

8.2

14

2.2

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.2

e0.90

e1.4

e6.0

9.3

6.7

5.0

7.8

15

2.1

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.2

e0.90

e1.4

e7.0

9.6

7.2

4.7

4.8

16

2.0

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.1

e0.90

e1.3

e8.0

8.6

7.3

7.0

2.5

17

1.9

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.0

e0.90

e1.3

e10

11

7.3

9.6

2.5

18

2.0

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.0

e0.90

e1.3

e23

19

7.1

9.6

2.4

19

1.9

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.0

e0.90

e1.2

e21

18

7.0

7.0

2.0

20

2.0

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.0

e0.90

e1.2

e20

8.8

7.3

6.4

1.9

21

e2.9

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.0

e0.90

e1.3

e30

8.2

7.0

6.3

1.7

22

e2.6

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.0

e0.90

e1.4

e33

7.9

6.9

6.1

1.6

23

e2.5

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.0

e0.90

e1.5

e32

7.6

6.9

6.6

1.7

24

e2.5

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.0

e0.90

e1.6

e31

7.7

7.0

6.5

1.5

25

e2.6

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.0

e0.90

e1.7

e33

7.6

6.9

7.2

1.5

26

e2.7

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.0

e0.90

e1.7

e35

7.4

6.7

6.4

1.6

27

e2.4

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.0

e0.90

e1.7

e37

7.6

6.8

5.6

1.6

28

e2.3

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

e1.0

e0.90

e1.8

e40

7.7

6.9

5.3

1.6

29

e2.5

e1.4

e1.4

e1.0

---

e0.88

e2.0

e45

7.3

8.2

5.4

1.6

30

e3.0

e1.3

e1.3

e1.0

---

e0.90

e2.5

e80

7.8

7.2

11

1.5

31

e3.1

---

e1.2

e1.0

---

e1.0

---

76

---

7.0

7.7

---

TOTAL

77.3

55.0

42.7

33.5

30.4

28.73

42.3

621.0

532.1

230.7

204.1

146.3

MEAN

2.49

1.83

1.38

1.08

1.09

0.93

1.41

20.0

17.7

7.44

6.58

4.88

MAX

3.2

3.2

1.6

1.2

1.2

1.1

2.5

80

77

9.5

11

11

MIN

1.9

1.3

1.2

1.0

1.0

0.88

1.0

2.9

7.3

6.2

4.7

1.5

AC-FT

153

109

85

66

60

57

84

1,230

1,060

458

405

290

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1984 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN

2.76

2.19

1.59

1.31

1.10

1.13

1.97

10.7

29.4

12.2

4.77

3.22

MAX

6.11

3.49

2.40

2.33

1.67

1.60

3.83

25.5

70.3

46.6

8.05

5.12

(WY)

(1997)

(1997)

(2000)

(2000)

(2000)

(1997)

(2002)

(1996)

(1997)

(1995)

(1984)

(1984)

MIN

1.67

0.48

0.47

0.59

0.30

0.12

0.079

1.60

3.34

2.85

1.91

1.48

(WY)

(1990)

(1985)

(1985)

(1985)

(1985)

(1985)

(1985)

(1985)

(2002)

(2002)

(1994)

(1994)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR
FOR 2003 WATER YEAR
WATER YEARS 1984 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL
778.96
2,044.13
ANNUAL MEAN
a2.13
a5.60
a6.03
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
11.2 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
2.18 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
5.9 Jun 25
80 May 30
112 Jun 7, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN
e0.76 Feb 21
e0.88 Mar 29
0.04 May 7, 1985
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
e0.84 Feb 16
e0.90 Mar 23
0.07 Apr 12, 1985
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
145 May 31
162 Jun 8, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
2.33 May 31
b2.38 Jun 8, 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
a1,550
a4,050
a4,370
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
3.5
9.6
12
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
2.1
2.0
2.2
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.93
1.0
1.0

e Estimated.
a Significantly affected by upstream diversions into the Moffat water tunnel.
b Maximum gage height, 2.39 ft, Jun 17, 1995.


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