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PINEY RIVER BASIN

09058500 PINEY RIVER BELOW PINEY LAKE NEAR MINTURN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°42'29", long 106°25'34", Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010001, on left bank 1.4 mi upstream from Dickson Creek, 2.0 mi downstream from Piney Lake, and 8.5 mi north of Minturn.

DRAINAGE AREA.--13.0 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1947 to September 1954, October 1963 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09058500

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 9,145.25 ft above NGVD of 1929, levels by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Prior to October 1963, water-stage recorder at site 15 ft upstream at present datum.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for the period May 23 to June 12 and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. No diversions upstream from station. 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

11

e7.5

e4.7

e2.4

e2.3

e2.1

e2.9

28

422

88

11

8.8

2

11

e6.2

e4.7

e2.4

e2.3

e2.1

e3.1

25

243

88

10

7.3

3

11

e5.8

e4.5

e2.4

e2.3

e2.1

e3.1

24

169

84

9.7

6.8

4

12

e5.4

e4.4

e2.3

e2.3

e2.1

e3.2

24

140

78

10

6.7

5

12

e6.1

e4.3

e2.3

e2.3

e2.1

e3.1

21

123

70

9.0

6.3

6

11

e5.9

e4.3

e2.2

e2.3

e2.1

e3.0

19

115

65

8.0

8.9

7

13

e5.9

e4.2

e2.2

e2.3

e2.2

e3.1

18

92

59

7.5

14

8

15

e5.7

e4.1

e2.1

e2.3

e2.2

e3.3

18

80

54

8.3

18

9

14

e6.8

e4.0

e2.1

e2.2

e2.2

e4.2

17

91

54

7.5

27

10

12

e6.5

e4.0

e2.1

e2.2

e2.3

e4.6

16

107

50

6.8

28

11

11

e6.9

e3.8

e2.1

e2.2

e2.4

e5.2

15

120

44

6.0

31

12

9.2

e6.1

e3.7

e2.1

e2.2

e2.5

e7.1

e18

132

41

6.4

32

13

8.1

e7.2

e3.6

e2.1

e2.2

e2.6

13

e28

128

40

6.3

43

14

7.4

e6.8

e3.3

e2.1

e2.2

e2.6

26

e39

136

38

5.4

31

15

6.9

e6.5

e3.4

e2.2

e2.1

e2.7

33

e58

143

35

4.7

22

16

6.3

e6.5

e3.4

e2.2

e2.1

e2.7

e28

e86

150

36

5.8

18

17

5.8

e6.9

e3.2

e2.2

e2.1

e2.7

e27

e125

126

34

24

15

18

5.5

e6.2

e3.1

e2.3

e2.1

e2.6

24

e156

135

34

36

13

19

5.3

e6.1

e3.0

e2.3

e2.1

e2.6

20

e180

134

47

25

13

20

5.0

e5.9

e2.9

e2.3

e2.1

e2.6

17

e195

157

37

17

11

21

4.8

e5.7

e2.8

e2.3

e2.1

e2.6

17

e211

130

30

12

10

22

4.6

e5.5

e2.8

e2.3

e2.1

e2.6

20

e223

130

26

10

9.1

23

e4.8

e5.4

e2.7

e2.3

e2.1

e2.7

19

268

129

23

9.9

8.4

24

e4.7

e5.3

e2.5

e2.3

e2.1

e2.8

17

252

116

20

9.1

7.7

25

e4.4

e5.3

e2.5

e2.3

e2.1

e2.8

18

259

97

18

10

7.2

26

e4.6

e5.1

e2.5

e2.3

e2.1

e2.7

22

255

86

19

11

6.8

27

e6.3

e5.0

e2.4

e2.3

e2.1

e2.6

27

250

93

19

8.9

6.4

28

e5.8

e5.0

e2.5

e2.3

e2.1

e2.6

31

311

101

16

8.7

6.1

29

e6.1

e4.9

e2.4

e2.3

---

e2.5

32

320

103

15

7.8

5.9

30

e5.9

e4.8

e2.5

e2.3

---

e2.6

32

299

94

15

8.0

5.6

31

e6.8

---

e2.4

e2.3

---

e2.7

---

345

---

13

10

---

TOTAL

251.3

178.9

104.6

69.7

61.0

76.7

468.9

4,103

4,022

1,290

329.8

434.0

MEAN

8.11

5.96

3.37

2.25

2.18

2.47

15.6

132

134

41.6

10.6

14.5

MAX

15

7.5

4.7

2.4

2.3

2.8

33

345

422

88

36

43

MIN

4.4

4.8

2.4

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.9

15

80

13

4.7

5.6

AC-FT

498

355

207

138

121

152

930

8,140

7,980

2,560

654

861

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN

6.28

4.09

2.83

2.25

2.04

2.59

11.5

68.6

123

55.5

14.5

7.50

MAX

15.1

8.82

6.41

4.00

4.01

5.52

23.0

132

202

146

45.3

14.8

(WY)

(1985)

(1985)

(1999)

(1952)

(1996)

(1995)

(1952)

(2003)

(1952)

(1995)

(1984)

(1984)

MIN

1.71

1.23

1.04

0.79

0.83

0.84

2.12

26.6

40.9

5.82

3.69

2.16

(WY)

(1980)

(1980)

(1980)

(1975)

(1975)

(1975)

(1973)

(1968)

(2002)

(2002)

(1954)

(1974)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR
FOR 2003 WATER YEAR
WATER YEARS 1948 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL
4,504.7
11,389.9
ANNUAL MEAN
12.3
31.2
25.1
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
41.2 1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
11.8 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
122 May 31
422 Jun 1
422 Jun 1, 2003
LOWEST DAILY MEAN
1.5 Sep 2
e2.1 Jan 8
0.40 Oct 6, 1975
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
1.5 Sep 2
e2.1 Jan 8
0.62 Mar 28, 1975
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
542 May 31
560 Jun 8, 1985
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
5.17 May 31
a5.12 Jun 8, 1985
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
8,940
22,590
18,210
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
32
105
85
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
5.0
6.7
4.9
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
2.2
2.2
1.6

e Estimated.
a Maximum gage height for period of record, 6.44 ft, Apr 13, 1977.


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