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PINEY RIVER BASIN

09059500 PINEY RIVER NEAR STATE BRIDGE, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°48'00", long 106°35'00", in SW14NE14 sec.16, T.3 S., R.82 W., Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010001, on left bank at old bridge crossing, 1.2 mi downstream from Rock Creek, and 6.0 mi southeast of State Bridge.

DRAINAGE AREA.--86.2 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1944 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09059500

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 2124: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 7,272.35 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to July 29, 1944, nonrecording gage, and July 29, 1944 to Oct. 24, 1947, water-stage recorder, at datum 2.38 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions upstream from station for irrigation of about 400 acres of hay meadows upstream and downstream 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

21

e20

e15

e10

e10

e12

16

133

e1,280

145

28

25

2

19

e20

e15

e10

e10

e12

18

119

e828

143

26

22

3

21

e20

e14

e10

e10

e13

18

121

e593

134

25

21

4

23

e20

e14

e10

e10

e12

17

131

e505

123

26

20

5

24

e21

e14

e9.8

e10

e12

17

113

e444

111

25

19

6

24

e19

e13

e9.8

e10

e12

16

100

e409

100

23

23

7

24

e19

e12

e9.8

e10

e12

18

97

e341

88

23

32

8

26

e18

e12

e10

e10

14

18

100

e304

75

28

37

9

25

e20

e12

e10

e11

14

18

95

e326

72

24

45

10

23

e19

e12

e10

e11

15

22

95

e349

66

22

52

11

21

e21

e12

e10

e11

16

31

87

395

65

20

54

12

19

e18

e12

e10

e11

17

40

105

385

61

21

51

13

17

e21

e12

e9.9

e11

18

48

158

356

58

21

58

14

16

e21

e11

e9.8

e11

20

80

211

347

55

19

48

15

16

e20

e12

e9.8

e11

20

98

307

334

52

17

39

16

15

e20

e12

e9.6

e11

21

83

397

343

52

19

33

17

14

e21

e11

e9.9

e11

20

78

495

309

53

48

31

18

14

e19

e11

e10

e11

21

74

572

306

56

63

29

19

13

e19

e11

e10

e11

19

66

572

298

64

51

28

20

13

e18

e11

e10

e12

20

60

579

306

56

36

27

21

12

e18

e11

e10

e12

20

65

578

275

49

30

24

22

13

e17

e11

e10

e11

20

78

584

254

44

27

23

23

16

e16

e11

e10

e11

21

84

618

247

41

27

21

24

17

e16

e11

e10

e11

22

76

568

226

39

28

20

25

17

e16

e11

e10

e12

22

74

e599

201

38

26

19

26

15

e16

e11

e10

e12

21

106

e596

176

37

28

19

27

17

e16

e11

e10

e12

21

141

e595

173

38

26

18

28

16

e16

e11

e10

e12

21

156

e928

173

35

25

18

29

17

e15

e11

e10

---

25

159

e981

165

35

23

18

30

e17

e15

e10

e10

---

20

155

e975

153

34

25

17

31

e18

---

e11

e10

---

16

---

e1,110

---

31

29

---

TOTAL

563

555

368

308.4

306

549

1,930

12,719

10,801

2,050

859

891

MEAN

18.2

18.5

11.9

9.95

10.9

17.7

64.3

410

360

66.1

27.7

29.7

MAX

26

21

15

10

12

25

159

1,110

1,280

145

63

58

MIN

12

15

10

9.6

10

12

16

87

153

31

17

17

AC-FT

1,120

1,100

730

612

607

1,090

3,830

25,230

21,420

4,070

1,700

1,770

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN

19.9

17.8

15.0

13.5

13.2

15.7

54.7

264

339

108

31.6

18.4

MAX

62.9

34.1

24.6

20.0

24.5

35.3

167

495

656

379

94.9

46.1

(WY)

(1962)

(1985)

(1985)

(1966)

(1986)

(1986)

(1962)

(1958)

(1957)

(1983)

(1983)

(1984)

MIN

6.72

8.68

7.19

7.44

7.86

9.18

16.8

99.0

74.1

14.8

6.22

4.00

(WY)

(1978)

(1980)

(1980)

(1980)

(1980)

(1980)

(1961)

(1977)

(1954)

(1977)

(1954)

(1944)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR
FOR 2003 WATER YEAR
WATER YEARS 1944 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL
12,970.4
31,899.4
ANNUAL MEAN
35.5
87.4
76.0
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
127 1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
27.2 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
229 May 31
e1,280 Jun 1
e1,300 May 25, 1984
LOWEST DAILY MEAN
5.8 Sep 3
e9.6 Jan 16
1.9 Sep 1, 1954
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
6.1 Aug 31
e9.9 Jan 11
2.3 Sep 17, 1954
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
1,400 Jun 1
1,400 Jun 1, 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
a5.66 Jun 1
a,b5.66 Jun 1, 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
25,730
63,270
55,070
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
110
300
251
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
15
21
19
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
9.7
10
11

e Estimated.
a From crest-stage gage.
b Maximum gage height, 5.82 ft, Jun 27, 1983, from peak stage indicator, but may have been higher May 25, 1984.


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