BLUE RIVER BASIN

09050100 TENMILE CREEK BELOW NORTH TENMILE CREEK AT FRISCO, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°34'31", long 106°06'36", in SE 14 NW 14 sec.34, T.5 S., R.78 W., Summit County, Hydrologic Unit 14010002, on right bank 220 ft upstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 6, 160 ft downstream from North Tenmile Creek, and 0.6 mi west of Frisco.

DRAINAGE AREA.--93.3 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1957 to current year. Prior to October 1971, published as "below North Fork, at Frisco." For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09050100

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 9,100 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Apr. 21, 1981 at site 720 ft downstream at different datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by a few small diversions upstream from station for irrigation and municipal use, and transbasin diversion from Robinson Reservoir, capacity 2,520 acre-ft, in Eagle River basin. 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	32	e24	e23	e23	e23	e20	e20	62	1,250	294	66	58
2	40	e24	e23	e23	e23	e20	e20	59	1,020	285	61	57
3	45	e24	e23	e23	e23	e20	e21	60	900	274	70	59
4	43	e24	e23	e23	e23	e20	e23	64	815	260	92	58
5	42	e24	e23	e23	e23	e20	e23	60	730	244	70	58
6	42	e24	e23	e23	e22	e20	e22	61	610	226	63	69
7	42	e24	e23	e23	e22	e20	e20	61	557	214	60	78
8	42	e24	e23	e23	e22	e20	e20	67	507	206	62	77
9	41	e25	e23	e23	e22	e19	e20	66	543	196	56	92
10	38	e25	e23	e23	e22	e20	e28	69	607	183	56	90
11	30	e26	e23	e23	e22	e20	28	66	614	171	61	86
12	28	e26	e23	e23	e22	e20	30	75	584	161	57	78
13	26	e26	e23	e23	e22	e20	33	99	579	153	52	74
14	26	e25	e23	e23	e22	e20	42	124	545	143	50	66
15	26	e24	e23	e23	e22	e20	47	159	560	136	46	63
16	26	e24	e23	e23	e22	e20	43	199	536	139	51	59
17	25	e24	e23	e23	e21	e20	42	290	499	131	71	55
18	25	e23	e23	e23	e21	e20	40	324	511	127	95	53
19	23	e23	e23	e23	e21	e20	37	321	506	126	74	49
20	22	e23	e23	e23	e21	e20	35	330	518	119	60	47
21	21	e23	e23	e23	e21	e20	35	371	468	116	54	44
22	22	e23	e23	e23	e21	e20	37	473	450	109	52	42
23	e22	e23	e23	e23	e21	e20	39	572	429	101	56	39
24	e22	e23	e23	e23	e21	e20	41	644	404	90	60	39
25	e22	e23	e23	e23	e21	e20	44	682	370	87	64	42
26	e22	e23	e23	e23	e21	e20	52	682	343	85	56	37
27	e23	e23	e23	e23	e20	e20	59	785	337	82	50	37
28	e23	e23	e23	e23	e20	e20	62	963	330	80	49	36
29	e22	e23	e23	e23	---	e20	65	1,100	322	84	48	35
30	e22	e23	e23	e23	---	e20	66	1,120	307	80	55	33
31	e22	---	e23	e23	---	e20	---	1,030	---	71	61	---
TOTAL	907	716	713	713	607	619	1,094	11,038	16,751	4,773	1,878	1,710
MEAN	29.3	23.9	23.0	23.0	21.7	20.0	36.5	356	558	154	60.6	57.0
MAX	45	26	23	23	23	20	66	1,120	1,250	294	95	92
MIN	21	23	23	23	20	19	20	59	307	71	46	33
AC-FT	1,800	1,420	1,410	1,410	1,200	1,230	2,170	21,890	33,230	9,470	3,730	3,390
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1958 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	32.5	25.1	19.9	17.4	17.7	19.6	38.9	256	473	190	73.4	44.7
MAX	77.7	76.2	34.5	34.0	33.8	46.0	95.0	493	818	607	251	127
(WY)	(1985)	(1985)	(1994)	(1994)	(1983)	(1983)	(1962)	(1996)	(1997)	(1995)	(1984)	(1984)
MIN	13.0	9.83	11.7	11.0	9.55	9.20	13.7	96.5	138	40.4	25.3	21.8
(WY)	(1978)	(1978)	(1978)	(1963)	(1978)	(1976)	(1973)	(1995)	(2002)	(2002)	(1977)	(1977)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1958 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	17,514	41,519
ANNUAL MEAN	48.0	114	101
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			183 1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			47.0 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	289 May 31	1,250 Jun 1	1,480 Jun 17, 1965
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	16 Sep 1	e19 Mar 9	5.3 Oct 14, 1994
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	16 Sep 1	e20 Mar 3	7.9 Mar 8, 1960
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		1,510 May 29	a1,910 Jun 16, 1965
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		4.84 May 29	6.15 Jun 16, 1965
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	34,740	82,350	73,100
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	119	354	314
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	24	30	31
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	20	20	14

e Estimated. a From rating curve extended above 750 ft3/s.