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BLUE RIVER BASIN

09046490 BLUE RIVER AT BLUE RIVER, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°27'21", long 106°01'52", in NE14SE14 sec.7, T.7 S., R.77 W., Summit County, Hydrologic Unit 14010002 on left bank, 350 ft downstream from spillway of Goose Pasture Tarn Dam and 2.0 mi southeast of Breckenridge.

DRAINAGE AREA.--42.4 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=09046490

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-95-2: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and concrete control. Elevation of gage is 9,835 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--No estimated daily discharges. Records good. Transmountain diversions upstream from station by Boreas Pass ditch and Hoosier Pass tunnel. 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

15

22

10

2.5

2.4

1.8

3.8

20

213

100

43

33

2

17

21

10

2.6

2.4

1.8

3.9

19

186

102

40

28

3

19

21

10

2.6

2.3

1.9

3.8

18

167

113

40

27

4

17

20

10

2.7

2.0

1.9

3.9

21

151

116

49

27

5

16

20

9.7

5.5

1.9

1.9

3.6

18

145

113

44

24

6

15

19

9.9

6.5

1.9

1.8

4.0

15

125

104

39

26

7

15

20

10

6.4

1.9

1.8

4.1

16

124

93

36

30

8

15

21

10

6.4

1.8

1.8

4.0

19

109

87

34

33

9

15

24

10

6.4

1.8

1.7

3.9

18

100

84

35

41

10

16

21

10

4.3

1.9

1.8

4.2

20

98

59

35

44

11

13

20

10

2.9

1.9

1.7

4.6

18

98

85

36

41

12

13

16

10

2.3

2.0

1.8

5.0

23

131

89

34

37

13

24

13

11

2.1

2.0

1.8

5.1

35

107

87

31

31

14

22

16

11

2.3

1.9

1.8

6.3

41

104

87

31

27

15

21

16

11

2.9

1.8

1.8

7.7

57

133

82

48

25

16

21

14

10

2.8

1.8

2.1

7.8

61

141

83

41

24

17

21

13

9.7

2.9

1.9

2.3

7.2

84

126

90

33

21

18

21

14

9.6

2.9

2.0

3.9

7.3

95

127

96

45

20

19

21

14

8.8

2.9

2.0

4.5

6.6

96

142

94

41

20

20

20

14

6.7

3.0

2.1

3.4

6.4

90

143

87

32

18

21

20

15

4.6

2.6

1.9

3.8

6.6

90

137

80

22

18

22

20

15

3.7

2.0

1.9

3.3

7.4

79

128

68

16

17

23

21

14

3.7

2.1

1.9

3.1

9.1

89

125

32

18

17

24

21

14

3.7

4.8

4.0

3.3

10

104

120

55

24

17

25

20

15

3.8

2.2

3.2

3.5

7.5

123

113

60

33

17

26

20

11

3.1

1.7

2.0

3.3

9.3

123

102

58

40

16

27

22

12

2.7

1.8

2.0

4.2

12

130

99

57

34

15

28

21

13

2.6

2.0

2.0

3.5

15

155

95

59

31

15

29

22

11

2.5

1.5

---

3.0

18

177

99

56

28

15

30

20

10

2.6

1.8

---

3.6

21

221

101

53

32

14

31

22

---

2.6

2.4

---

3.5

---

201

---

46

38

---

TOTAL

586

489

233.0

97.8

58.6

81.4

219.1

2,276

3,789

2,475

1,083

738

MEAN

18.9

16.3

7.52

3.15

2.09

2.63

7.30

73.4

126

79.8

34.9

24.6

MAX

24

24

11

6.5

4.0

4.5

21

221

213

116

49

44

MIN

13

10

2.5

1.5

1.8

1.7

3.6

15

95

32

16

14

AC-FT

1,160

970

462

194

116

161

435

4,510

7,520

4,910

2,150

1,460

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

19.0

13.4

9.70

6.67

5.27

5.03

11.1

59.9

119

84.1

43.2

25.8

MAX

32.2

26.5

18.9

14.3

8.11

8.31

21.9

128

276

327

120

44.3

(WY)

(1985)

(1985)

(1985)

(1985)

(1985)

(2000)

(1989)

(1996)

(1995)

(1995)

(1995)

(1984)

MIN

13.5

8.62

6.96

3.15

2.09

2.63

5.53

12.5

11.7

13.9

11.5

10.6

(WY)

(1992)

(1992)

(1995)

(2003)

(2003)

(2003)

(1993)

(2002)

(2002)

(2002)

(2002)

(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR
FOR 2003 WATER YEAR
WATER YEARS 1984 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL
3,854.9
12,125.9
ANNUAL MEAN
10.6
33.2
33.6
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
70.4 1995
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
10.1 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
28 Aug 6
221 May 30
578 Jul 12, 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN
2.5 Dec 29
1.5 Jan 29
1.5 Jan 29, 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
2.8 Mar 25
1.8 Mar 6
1.8 Mar 6, 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
249 May 30
681 Jun 18, 1995
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
2.21 May 30
3.23 Jun 18, 1995
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
7,650
24,050
24,340
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
19
101
88
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
10
16
14
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
3.7
2.0
4.7


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