MUDDY CREEK BASIN

09041090 MUDDY CREEK ABOVE ANTELOPE CREEK NEAR KREMMLING, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 40°12'09", long 106°25'19", in SE14SE14 sec.23, T.3 N., R.81 W., Grand County, Hydrologic Unit 14010001, on left bank at upstream side of box culverts on U.S. Highway 40, 10.9 mi north of Kremmling.

DRAINAGE AREA.--145 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1990 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09041090

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 7,520 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

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	3.9	e4.8	e4.0	e2.2	e2.8	e6.1	45	137	468	12	13	8.5
2	4.4	e5.0	e4.1	e2.2	e3.1	e6.0	50	116	392	12	12	6.7
3	4.7	e5.2	e4.1	e2.2	e3.2	e6.0	53	132	288	10	12	5.9
4	e4.7	e5.3	e4.1	e2.2	e3.6	e6.2	37	180	235	10	12	5.6
5	e4.8	e5.3	e3.9	e2.2	e3.8	e6.4	31	157	189	12	12	5.2
6	e4.9	e5.4	e3.7	e2.3	e3.8	e7.2	29	135	156	13	11	5.4
7	e5.0	e5.4	e3.4	e2.2	e3.8	e8.8	25	131	167	9.5	11	6.3
8	e5.1	e5.4	e3.3	e2.2	e3.7	e10	25	137	136	9.0	11	6.4
9	5.0	e5.5	e3.1	e2.1	e3.6	e12	25	142	112	9.7	10	5.9
10	4.6	e5.6	e2.8	e2.0	e3.6	e13	36	146	107	11	9.5	5.6
11	4.2	e5.7	e2.7	e1.9	e3.7	e16	49	124	107	10	8.7	8.0
12	3.9	e5.9	e2.6	e1.8	e3.6	e22	63	115	88	11	7.5	8.8
13	3.6	e6.0	e2.6	e1.7	e3.6	e34	74	163	71	9.5	9.0	7.2
14	3.6	e6.0	e2.6	e1.7	e3.7	e32	107	231	69	9.8	8.2	5.8
15	3.5	e6.1	e2.6	e1.7	e3.8	e32	115	322	65	9.7	7.6	5.1
16	3.5	e6.0	e2.7	e1.6	e3.9	e29	90	354	62	11	7.7	4.7
17	3.4	e6.0	e2.7	e1.7	e3.9	e27	83	456	59	12	8.2	e5.0
18	3.5	e6.0	e2.7	e1.7	e4.1	e26	81	542	48	13	11	e5.2
19	3.7	e5.9	e2.8	e1.8	e4.1	e21	63	503	43	13	9.8	e5.4
20	e3.7	e5.8	e2.9	e1.9	e4.1	e33	61	456	45	20	8.9	e5.6
21	e3.7	e5.8	e2.9	e1.9	e4.1	e38	64	456	53	17	7.5	e5.8
22	e3.8	e5.7	e2.8	e1.9	e4.6	e40	80	459	47	15	7.1	e5.9
23	e4.0	e5.5	e2.7	e2.0	e5.0	e43	96	505	37	12	8.2	e6.2
24	e4.3	e5.3	e2.7	e2.0	e5.5	e46	77	551	26	10	8.0	e6.4
25	e4.3	e5.0	e2.6	e2.1	e5.8	e42	92	563	21	9.9	7.7	e6.6
26	e4.4	e4.8	e2.5	e2.1	e5.9	e42	114	473	22	12	7.9	e6.8
27	e4.4	e5.0	e2.3	e2.1	e6.0	e40	152	493	22	11	8.9	e6.9
28	e4.5	e4.7	e2.3	e2.2	e6.1	e37	163	535	19	11	8.2	e7.1
29	e4.6	e4.6	e2.3	e2.3	---	e42	183	527	17	19	7.4	e7.2
30	e4.6	e4.2	e2.3	e2.4	---	e44	181	546	14	18	7.0	e7.4
31	e4.8	---	e2.2	e2.6	---	e44	---	438	---	15	8.5	---
TOTAL	131.1	162.9	91.0	62.9	116.5	811.7	2,344	10,225	3,185	377.1	286.5	188.6
MEAN	4.23	5.43	2.94	2.03	4.16	26.2	78.1	330	106	12.2	9.24	6.29
MAX	5.1	6.1	4.1	2.6	6.1	46	183	563	468	20	13	8.8
MIN	3.4	4.2	2.2	1.6	2.8	6.0	25	115	14	9.0	7.0	4.7
AC-FT	260	323	180	125	231	1,610	4,650	20,280	6,320	748	568	374
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1990 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	8.95	9.18	8.27	7.54	8.15	19.8	94.0	359	146	14.6	11.1	9.16
MAX	38.2	26.4	21.8	20.3	18.7	53.4	152	659	366	52.2	27.5	45.2
(WY)	(1998)	(1998)	(1998)	(1998)	(1998)	(1998)	(2000)	(1997)	(1995)	(1995)	(1997)	(1997)
MIN	4.23	4.36	2.82	2.03	3.00	9.86	40.8	76.8	6.09	2.69	2.63	2.06
(WY)	(2003)	(1995)	(1991)	(2003)	(1991)	(2001)	(1995)	(2002)	(2002)	(1994)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1990 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	5,679.18	17,982.3
ANNUAL MEAN	15.6	49.3	59.7
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			109 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			16.1 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	153 May 8	563 May 25	908 May 18, 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.80 Sep 8	e1.6 Jan 16	0.80 Sep 8, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.95 Sep 4	e1.7 Jan 12	0.95 Sep 4, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		719 May 30	955 Jun 20, 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		6.47 May 30	a7.36 Jun 20, 1994
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	11,260	35,670	43,260
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	56	136	184
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5.2	7.2	10
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2.3	2.6	3.9

e Estimated. a Maximum gage height, 7.43 ft, May 18, 1996 and May 17, 1997.