MUDDY CREEK BASIN

09041400 MUDDY CREEK BELOW WOLFORD MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR NEAR KREMMLING, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 40°06'31", long 106°24'48", in NW14SE14 sec.25, T.2 N., R.81 W., Grand County, Hydrologic Unit 14010001, on left bank 1,500 ft downstream from Wolford Mountain Reservoir, and 4 mi northwest of Kremmling.

DRAINAGE AREA.--270 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1995 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09041400

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 7,380 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--No estimated daily discharges. Records good. Flow is entirely regulated by Wolford Mountain Reservoir.

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	24	19	24	18	15	11	24	20	40	22	24	20
2	25	19	22	18	15	11	32	20	40	22	25	20
3	24	19	21	18	15	11	44	19	36	22	25	20
4	23	19	20	18	15	11	52	20	33	23	25	20
5	24	18	20	19	15	11	52	20	33	23	25	20
6	24	21	20	19	15	12	39	50	34	23	25	20
7	25	21	19	20	15	13	28	75	34	23	26	20
8	26	20	19	19	15	13	37	76	34	23	26	20
9	52	20	19	19	15	13	44	73	34	38	26	20
10	75	20	18	19	15	14	44	20	34	92	26	21
11	71	19	19	19	15	14	32	19	34	123	23	20
12	71	19	20	19	15	26	22	18	35	104	23	20
13	72	20	19	18	15	68	22	18	36	87	23	20
14	129	20	19	17	15	100	22	24	36	87	23	20
15	191	20	19	17	15	84	23	62	36	86	23	20
16	209	20	19	17	15	49	22	62	28	101	24	20
17	209	20	19	16	15	38	21	62	21	121	24	20
18	207	20	19	16	15	38	21	62	21	121	24	20
19	207	20	19	16	16	43	21	65	22	111	25	20
20	206	20	19	15	15	39	21	67	22	111	25	20
21	211	20	19	15	11	31	21	66	22	80	24	20
22	215	27	19	15	7.1	30	21	52	22	29	22	20
23	210	42	19	15	11	30	22	34	22	18	22	20
24	200	27	18	15	11	30	22	35	22	24	22	20
25	198	21	18	15	11	35	21	35	23	53	23	20
26	133	23	18	15	11	46	20	35	23	72	22	20
27	33	24	18	15	11	52	19	35	22	72	21	20
28	29	24	18	15	11	46	19	35	22	48	20	20
29	24	24	18	15	---	38	20	35	22	32	20	20
30	20	24	18	15	---	38	20	37	22	25	20	20
31	19	---	18	15	---	28	---	39	---	23	20	---
TOTAL	3,186	650	594	522	385.1	1,023	828	1,290	865	1,839	726	601
MEAN	103	21.7	19.2	16.8	13.8	33.0	27.6	41.6	28.8	59.3	23.4	20.0
MAX	215	42	24	20	16	100	52	76	40	123	26	21
MIN	19	18	18	15	7.1	11	19	18	21	18	20	20
AC-FT	6,320	1,290	1,180	1,040	764	2,030	1,640	2,560	1,720	3,650	1,440	1,190
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1995 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	74.3	28.0	21.5	22.0	23.5	37.8	86.1	230	183	70.6	92.4	104
MAX	172	46.5	32.7	32.3	34.4	75.8	249	454	492	99.6	153	189
(WY)	(1998)	(1998)	(1998)	(1998)	(1998)	(1997)	(1996)	(1998)	(1997)	(2000)	(1996)	(1998)
MIN	21.8	20.4	7.07	15.8	13.8	21.2	27.6	41.6	28.8	22.5	23.4	20.0
(WY)	(2001)	(2002)	(1996)	(1996)	(2003)	(2000)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2002)	(2003)	(2003)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1995 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	19,710	12,509.1
ANNUAL MEAN	54.0	34.3	82.5
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			129 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			34.3 2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	228 Sep 2	215 Oct 22	992 Jun 3, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	10 Sep 21	7.1 Feb 22	2.8 Dec 3, 1995
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	15 Sep 21	10 Feb 21	3.4 Dec 2, 1995
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		217 Oct 21	1,030 Jun 2, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		5.42 Oct 21	8.39 Jun 2, 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	39,090	24,810	59,730
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	128	69	193
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	23	22	36
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	19	15	20