FRASER RIVER BASIN

09033100 RANCH CREEK BELOW MEADOW CREEK NEAR TABERNASH, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°59'57", long 105°49'37", in NW14NW14 sec.6. T.1 S., R.75 W., Grand County, Hydrologic Unit 14010001, on right bank about 400 ft downstream from Meadow Creek, 0.75 mi northeast of Tabernash, and 0.85 mi above mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA.--65.7 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1997 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09033100

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 8,350 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversion upstream from station for irrigation of hay meadows in Fraser River Valley. Transmountain diversion upstream from station to Moffat Water Tunnel not known since 1959.

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	6.7	e6.8	e6.6	e6.8	e5.8	e6.8	e14	55	545	56	12	e16
2	6.6	e7.4	e6.6	e6.6	e5.8	e7.0	e24	54	448	30	12	e15
3	6.6	e8.6	e6.6	e6.6	e5.8	e6.4	e45	65	350	25	12	e15
4	7.4	e9.0	e6.6	e6.6	e5.8	e6.0	52	68	268	22	14	e16
5	7.4	e8.0	e6.6	e6.6	e5.8	e5.6	51	56	217	21	12	e15
6	7.3	e8.1	e6.6	e6.6	e6.2	e5.2	45	56	186	20	11	e17
7	6.7	e8.2	e6.6	e6.6	e6.4	e5.0	39	61	153	20	11	e18
8	6.7	e7.8	e6.6	e6.6	e6.6	e4.8	33	62	119	19	11	e24
9	6.5	e7.4	e6.6	e6.6	e6.6	e4.6	25	63	121	17	10	e26
10	5.8	e7.0	e7.0	e6.6	e6.6	e4.4	32	62	126	16	9.9	e20
11	5.7	e7.0	e7.4	e6.6	e6.6	e4.0	43	57	140	16	9.5	e15
12	5.9	e7.0	e7.5	e6.6	e6.6	e4.0	43	70	172	16	11	e15
13	6.0	e7.0	e7.4	e6.6	e6.6	e4.0	49	107	224	16	11	e13
14	6.1	e7.0	e7.2	e6.2	e6.2	e4.0	53	135	200	15	10	e12
15	6.0	e7.4	e7.0	e6.2	e5.8	e4.0	48	153	205	15	10	e11
16	6.1	e7.0	e6.8	e6.2	e5.8	e4.0	38	177	180	15	14	e11
17	5.8	e7.0	e6.8	e6.2	e5.8	e4.0	33	199	121	15	32	e14
18	6.0	e7.0	e6.8	e6.2	e5.9	e4.0	29	213	148	14	e26	e14
19	5.9	e7.0	e6.8	e6.2	e5.9	e4.0	24	218	166	14	e22	e14
20	5.5	e7.0	e6.8	e6.2	e5.9	e4.0	24	216	175	18	e19	e14
21	5.9	e7.0	e6.8	e6.2	e5.6	e4.0	27	198	168	17	e17	e14
22	e5.2	e7.0	e6.8	e6.2	e6.0	e4.0	31	201	146	15	e16	e14
23	e5.4	e7.0	e6.8	e6.2	e6.0	e4.0	31	220	143	14	e17	e14
24	e5.2	e7.0	e6.8	e6.2	e6.0	e4.0	27	247	137	14	e20	e14
25	e5.2	e7.0	e6.8	e6.2	e6.1	e4.0	38	266	112	14	e22	e15
26	e5.2	e7.0	e6.8	e6.0	e6.2	e4.0	42	269	92	15	e21	e14
27	e5.3	e7.0	e6.8	e6.0	e6.3	e3.9	58	285	84	16	e18	e14
28	e5.4	e7.0	e6.8	e6.0	e6.4	e3.8	63	381	77	14	e15	e15
29	e5.8	e7.0	e6.8	e6.0	---	e4.0	66	485	75	15	e15	e15
30	e6.2	e6.6	e6.8	e6.0	---	e5.0	61	557	71	15	e16	e15
31	e7.0	---	e6.8	e6.0	---	e8.0	---	513	---	13	e18	---
TOTAL	188.5	218.3	211.7	196.4	171.1	144.5	1,188	5,769	5,369	562	474.4	459
MEAN	6.08	7.28	6.83	6.34	6.11	4.66	39.6	186	179	18.1	15.3	15.3
MAX	7.4	9.0	7.5	6.8	6.6	8.0	66	557	545	56	32	26
MIN	5.2	6.6	6.6	6.0	5.6	3.8	14	54	71	13	9.5	11
AC-FT	374	433	420	390	339	287	2,360	11,440	10,650	1,110	941	910
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1997 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	10.7	9.95	10.5	9.63	8.39	9.04	28.7	112	146	22.9	13.8	12.0
MAX	16.0	13.8	15.8	13.3	11.0	11.9	39.6	187	429	56.2	23.9	25.9
(WY)	(2000)	(1999)	(1999)	(1999)	(2000)	(1998)	(2003)	(1997)	(1997)	(1997)	(1999)	(1999)
MIN	6.08	7.28	6.83	5.84	6.11	4.66	18.8	17.4	9.02	4.56	3.11	5.02
(WY)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2002)	(2003)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1997 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	3,038.8	14,951.9
ANNUAL MEAN	a8.33	a41.0	a27.3
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			41.0 2003
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			8.68 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	e26 Apr 15	557 May 30	718 Jun 7, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	2.0 Sep 3	e3.8 Mar 28	2.0 Sep 3, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	2.2 Sep 1	e4.0 Mar 22	2.2 Sep 1, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		621 May 30	763 Jun 9, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		6.88 May 30	7.18 Jun 9, 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	a6,030	a29,660	a19,780
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	17	138	62
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	6.8	9.5	12
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3.4	5.8	6.1

e Estimated. a Significantly affected by upstream diversions into the Moffat water tunnel.