PINEY RIVER BASIN

09058800 EAST MEADOW CREEK NEAR MINTURN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°43'54", long 106°25'34", in T.4 S., R.81 W., Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010001, on left bank 1.4 mi upstream from mouth, and 10 mi north of Minturn.

DRAINAGE AREA.--3.61 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=09058800

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 9,455 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, and discharges above 25 cfs, 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	0.98	e0.69	e0.64	e0.64	e0.67	e0.62	e1.1	e4.9	52	10	2.2	1.5
2	0.94	e0.68	e0.64	e0.63	e0.68	e0.62	e1.3	e4.4	37	9.6	2.0	1.2
3	1.00	e0.67	e0.61	e0.62	e0.67	e0.62	e1.3	e4.4	33	9.0	1.9	1.1
4	0.97	e0.67	e0.61	e0.62	e0.67	e0.62	e1.1	e4.2	27	8.3	2.2	0.98
5	1.0	e0.67	e0.63	e0.63	e0.66	e0.62	e1.0	e3.9	25	7.9	1.9	0.87
6	1.1	e0.69	e0.62	e0.64	e0.66	e0.62	e0.98	e3.7	22	7.3	1.7	1.7
7	1.2	e0.67	e0.60	e0.63	e0.66	e0.62	e0.95	e3.5	22	6.7	1.8	3.0
8	1.2	e0.64	e0.61	e0.63	e0.66	e0.62	e0.97	e3.5	22	6.0	2.2	2.2
9	1.1	e0.63	e0.61	e0.64	e0.65	e0.62	e1.2	e3.4	23	5.5	1.7	3.4
10	1.0	e0.64	e0.61	e0.63	e0.64	e0.64	1.4	e3.4	26	5.2	1.4	3.2
11	0.97	e0.63	e0.61	e0.63	e0.63	e0.68	1.5	e3.5	28	4.9	1.4	3.9
12	0.91	e0.66	e0.61	e0.63	e0.62	e0.69	1.9	e4.4	28	4.6	1.5	4.9
13	e0.87	e0.66	e0.61	e0.62	e0.62	e0.75	2.3	e5.9	29	4.3	1.5	3.9
14	e0.84	e0.63	e0.62	e0.64	e0.62	e0.87	e2.9	e8.5	27	3.9	1.2	2.9
15	e0.85	e0.62	e0.62	e0.67	e0.62	e0.92	2.7	e12	27	3.9	1.1	2.4
16	e0.84	e0.63	e0.61	e0.68	e0.62	e0.92	2.0	e17	26	4.5	3.4	2.1
17	e0.81	e0.64	e0.62	e0.67	e0.62	e0.91	1.8	e23	25	5.4	5.7	1.9
18	e0.80	e0.62	e0.62	e0.70	e0.62	e0.87	1.6	e26	24	5.3	7.4	2.1
19	e0.79	e0.61	e0.62	e0.70	e0.62	e0.83	e1.5	e26	24	4.3	4.0	1.9
20	e0.81	e0.61	e0.62	e0.69	e0.61	e0.83	e1.7	e26	23	3.8	2.7	1.6
21	0.79	e0.60	e0.61	e0.68	e0.62	e0.88	e1.7	e26	21	3.4	2.1	1.5
22	0.79	e0.61	e0.61	e0.67	e0.62	e0.84	e2.2	e27	20	3.1	1.9	1.4
23	0.89	e0.61	e0.61	e0.66	e0.62	e0.90	e2.2	e29	20	2.9	1.9	1.2
24	0.77	e0.66	e0.59	e0.65	e0.62	e0.97	e2.2	e28	18	2.7	1.9	1.1
25	0.73	e0.66	e0.61	e0.66	e0.62	e0.91	e2.9	e28	17	2.8	2.1	1.0
26	0.65	e0.66	e0.59	e0.65	e0.62	e0.88	e4.2	e31	15	3.0	2.1	1.0
27	e0.68	e0.65	e0.58	e0.67	e0.62	e0.88	e4.7	e37	14	3.0	2.0	0.92
28	e0.65	e0.65	e0.61	e0.67	e0.62	e0.82	e4.7	e42	13	2.6	1.8	0.88
29	e0.64	e0.65	e0.63	e0.66	---	e0.82	e4.9	e37	12	2.9	1.4	0.83
30	e0.64	e0.65	e0.64	e0.66	---	e0.74	e5.2	34	11	2.7	2.2	0.79
31	e0.69	---	e0.62	e0.67	---	e0.86	---	38	---	2.4	2.1	---
TOTAL	26.90	19.36	19.04	20.24	17.78	23.99	66.10	548.6	711	151.9	70.4	57.37
MEAN	0.87	0.65	0.61	0.65	0.64	0.77	2.20	17.7	23.7	4.90	2.27	1.91
MAX	1.2	0.69	0.64	0.70	0.68	0.97	5.2	42	52	10	7.4	4.9
MIN	0.64	0.60	0.58	0.62	0.61	0.62	0.95	3.4	11	2.4	1.1	0.79
AC-FT	53	38	38	40	35	48	131	1,090	1,410	301	140	114
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1965 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	1.28	0.96	0.78	0.68	0.66	0.75	1.63	11.6	22.3	7.89	2.17	1.38
MAX	2.78	2.00	1.50	1.20	1.30	1.43	3.75	26.3	45.7	28.8	5.85	3.09
(WY)	(1966)	(1966)	(1966)	(1999)	(1999)	(1999)	(1987)	(1986)	(1983)	(1983)	(1965)	(1984)
MIN	0.73	0.55	0.44	0.35	0.40	0.40	0.66	2.97	4.76	0.90	0.58	0.75
(WY)	(1978)	(1979)	(1979)	(1979)	(1965)	(1965)	(1975)	(1975)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(1977)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1965 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	660.80	1,732.68
ANNUAL MEAN	1.81	4.75	4.35
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			8.05 1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			1.83 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	14 May 31	52 Jun 1	81 Jun 20, 1983
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.33 Sep 2	e0.58 Dec 27	0.32 Jan 7, 1979
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.34 Aug 31	e0.60 Dec 21	0.33 Jan 6, 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		69 Jun 1	107 Jun 17, 1995
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		1.81 Jun 1	a1.86 Jun 17, 1995
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	1,310	3,440	3,150
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	6.0	20	15
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.67	0.98	1.1
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.47	0.62	0.58

e Estimated. a Maximum gage height, 2.22 ft, May 12, 1970, backwater from ice.