PINEY RIVER BASIN

09058700 FREEMAN CREEK NEAR MINTURN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°41'54", long 106°26'42", Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010001, on right bank 0.8 mi upstream from mouth and 7.5 mi north of Minturn.

DRAINAGE AREA.--2.94 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1964 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09058700

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 9,335 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. No regulation or diversion 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	0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.12	e1.4	30	1.1	0.36	0.17
2	0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.13	e1.3	20	1.0	0.35	0.17
3	0.09	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.13	e1.2	15	0.96	0.28	0.21
4	0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.11	e1.2	11	0.87	0.42	0.14
5	0.11	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.10	e1.1	9.3	0.85	0.28	0.14
6	0.10	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.10	e1.1	7.9	0.82	0.26	0.27
7	0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.10	e1.0	7.9	0.79	0.27	0.43
8	0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.10	e0.88	6.3	0.75	0.31	0.33
9	0.07	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.11	e0.88	6.0	0.75	0.23	0.55
10	0.07	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.14	e0.88	6.0	0.71	0.20	0.78
11	0.07	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.08	e0.19	e0.87	5.8	0.69	0.18	0.64
12	0.06	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.08	e0.28	e0.99	5.4	0.63	0.27	0.41
13	0.06	e0.09	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.08	e0.45	e1.2	5.0	0.65	0.18	0.26
14	0.05	e0.09	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.09	e0.85	e2.4	4.4	0.59	0.15	0.25
15	0.05	e0.09	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.10	e0.88	e4.6	4.0	0.61	0.14	0.21
16	0.04	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.10	e0.75	e7.2	3.6	0.50	0.28	0.19
17	0.04	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.10	e0.73	e11	3.3	0.63	0.54	0.17
18	0.04	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.10	e0.70	e14	3.0	0.58	0.84	0.27
19	0.04	e0.08	e0.08	e0.09	e0.07	e0.09	e0.67	e15	4.0	0.54	0.46	0.24
20	0.03	e0.08	e0.08	e0.09	e0.07	e0.09	e0.67	e15	3.3	0.48	0.24	0.23
21	0.03	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.09	e0.67	16	2.6	0.49	0.21	0.18
22	0.03	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.09	e0.76	17	2.2	0.42	0.19	0.20
23	0.06	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.10	e0.88	17	2.0	0.42	0.18	0.18
24	0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.10	e0.76	17	1.8	0.41	0.27	0.21
25	0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.10	e0.76	16	1.7	0.46	0.23	0.17
26	0.07	e0.08	e0.07	e0.08	e0.07	e0.10	e0.84	15	1.5	0.68	0.18	0.20
27	0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.08	e0.07	e0.09	e1.0	16	1.4	0.61	0.18	0.19
28	0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.07	e0.10	e1.3	18	1.3	0.45	0.18	0.17
29	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	---	e0.10	e1.4	19	1.2	0.48	0.17	0.17
30	e0.07	e0.08	e0.08	e0.08	---	e0.09	e1.5	19	1.2	0.43	0.33	0.18
31	e0.08	---	e0.08	e0.08	---	e0.10	---	17	---	0.37	0.29	---
TOTAL	2.06	2.43	2.46	2.50	2.06	2.67	17.18	270.20	178.1	19.72	8.65	7.91
MEAN	0.066	0.081	0.079	0.081	0.074	0.086	0.57	8.72	5.94	0.64	0.28	0.26
MAX	0.11	0.09	0.08	0.09	0.08	0.10	1.5	19	30	1.1	0.84	0.78
MIN	0.03	0.08	0.07	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.10	0.87	1.2	0.37	0.14	0.14
AC-FT	4.1	4.8	4.9	5.0	4.1	5.3	34	536	353	39	17	16
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1965 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	0.27	0.18	0.12	0.10	0.094	0.13	0.66	6.84	6.30	0.94	0.34	0.26
MAX	0.78	0.45	0.26	0.24	0.21	0.29	1.73	18.0	23.2	3.50	1.25	0.70
(WY)	(1985)	(1985)	(1983)	(1983)	(1983)	(1986)	(1971)	(1984)	(1983)	(1995)	(1983)	(1984)
MIN	0.066	0.030	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1.26	0.30	0.12	0.065	0.079
(WY)	(2003)	(1965)	(1965)	(1965)	(1965)	(1991)	(1991)	(1977)	(1977)	(2002)	(1981)	(1977)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1965 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	155.17	515.94
ANNUAL MEAN	0.43	1.41	1.36
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			3.54 1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			0.31 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	4.8 Apr 30	30 Jun 1	63 May 25, 1984
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.03 Aug 17	0.03 Oct 20	a0.00 Nov 10, 1964
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.04 Oct 16	0.04 Oct 16	0.00 Nov 10, 1964
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		46 Jun 1	82 May 25, 1984
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		2.42 Jun 1	b2.21 May 25, 1984
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	308	1,020	983
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.5	3.1	3.3
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.13	0.10	0.20
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.06	0.07	0.06

e Estimated. a No flow some days some years. b Maximum gage height, 3.51 ft, May 18, 1973, backwater from ice.