BLUE RIVER BASIN

09044800 MCCULLOUGH-SPRUCE-CRYSTAL DIVERSION NEAR HOOSIER PASS, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°22'51", long 106°04'14", in NE14SE14 sec.2, T.8 S., R.78 W., Summit County, Hydrologic Unit 14010002, on left bank at entrance to Hoosier Pass tunnel, 1.4 mi northwest of Hoosier Pass, 1.6 mi downstream from diversion point on McCullough Gulch, and 7 mi southwest of Breckenridge.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1957 to current year (seasonal records only). Prior to October 1961, Published as McCullough diversion near Hoosier Pass. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09044800

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, and Parshall flume. Elevation of gage is 10,986 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair. This is a transmountain diversion from McCullough Gulch and Spruce and Crystal Creeks in Blue River basin through Hoosier Pass tunnel to South Platte River basin from which it is again diverted to South Catamount Creek in the Arkansas River basin. Water is for municipal use by city of Colorado Springs. Diversion points are in secs.14, 23, and 26, T.7 S., R.78 W. The entire flow is regulated by diversion gates.

COOPERATION.--Gage-height record collected in cooperation with City of Colorado Springs.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum daily discharge, 142 ft3/s, May 30, 2003; no flow for most of each year.

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	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	107	11	e0.00	e0.00
2	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	69	e3.0	e0.00	e0.00
3	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	61	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
4	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	59	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
5	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	54	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
6	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	38	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
7	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	31	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
8	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	27	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
9	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	35	e9.5	e0.00	e0.00
10	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	58	12	e0.00	e0.00
11	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	58	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
12	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	50	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
13	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	66	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
14	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	36	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
15	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	32	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
16	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	32	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
17	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	27	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
18	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	29	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
19	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	18	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
20	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	e0.00	8.8	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
21	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	5.8	12	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
22	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	18	19	13	e0.00	e0.00
23	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	26	17	15	e0.00	e0.00
24	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	38	14	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
25	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	51	11	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
26	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	50	12	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
27	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	60	20	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
28	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	82	23	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
29	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	109	20	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
30	---	---	---	---	---	---	e0.00	142	16	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00
31	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	124	---	e0.00	e0.00	---
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	705.80	1,059.8	63.50	0.00	0.00
MEAN	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.000	22.8	35.3	2.05	0.000	0.000
MAX	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	142	107	15	0.00	0.00
MIN	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	0.00	8.8	0.00	0.00	0.00
AC-FT	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.00	1,400	2,100	126	0.00	0.00

e Estimated.