EAGLE RIVER BASIN

09063900 MISSOURI CREEK NEAR GOLD PARK, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°23'25", long 106°28'10", Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010003, on left bank 50 ft downstream from road culvert, 0.6 mi upstream from Fancy Creek, 2.2 mi southwest of Gold Park, and 10 mi southwest of Red Cliff.

DRAINAGE AREA.--6.39 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1972 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09063900

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-88-2: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and concrete control. Elevation of gage is 9,980 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.-- Records good except for the period Apr. 9-12 , which is fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Transmountain diversion upstream from station to Arkansas River basin through Homestake Tunnel. 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	13	e2.5	e1.7	e1.1	e0.72	e0.66	e1.3	7.2	96	e7.0	8.5	3.4
2	10	e2.5	e1.6	e0.95	e0.72	e0.67	e1.4	6.0	49	e6.4	8.1	3.0
3	10	e2.5	e1.4	e0.98	e0.72	e0.66	e1.5	5.8	34	5.4	9.5	3.1
4	9.3	e2.5	e1.5	e0.98	e0.72	e0.66	e1.3	5.8	24	5.6	11	3.2
5	8.8	e2.5	e1.5	e0.96	e0.72	e0.65	e1.2	5.6	16	5.5	8.4	2.9
6	7.9	e2.6	e1.4	e0.96	e0.71	e0.66	e1.1	5.1	11	5.3	7.2	3.6
7	7.9	e2.5	e1.4	e0.92	e0.64	e0.66	e1.1	4.5	9.9	5.1	6.8	4.9
8	7.5	e2.3	e1.3	e0.93	e0.65	e0.69	e1.1	4.2	9.7	5.0	6.6	5.2
9	6.6	e2.2	e1.3	e0.94	e0.68	e0.73	1.3	4.0	19	4.9	5.9	9.7
10	5.8	e2.2	e1.3	e0.98	e0.68	e0.74	1.8	3.8	35	4.8	5.6	14
11	5.0	e2.2	e1.3	e0.95	e0.68	e0.79	2.7	3.8	29	4.6	5.6	14
12	4.4	e2.2	e1.3	e0.95	e0.67	e0.82	3.4	4.7	25	4.6	5.8	15
13	4.2	e2.2	e1.3	e0.95	e0.69	e0.83	3.7	7.1	29	4.5	5.2	17
14	3.6	e2.2	e1.3	e0.98	e0.69	e0.93	5.4	9.0	20	4.6	4.8	12
15	3.4	e2.2	e1.3	e0.92	e0.69	e1.00	6.8	11	24	4.1	4.2	9.5
16	2.9	e2.2	e1.3	e0.83	e0.69	e0.99	6.5	14	17	4.0	4.1	7.7
17	3.0	e2.2	e1.3	e0.83	e0.69	e0.98	5.5	19	12	3.9	5.7	6.5
18	2.7	e2.1	e1.3	e0.86	e0.69	e0.98	4.9	20	13	3.8	8.9	6.0
19	3.0	e2.1	e1.1	e0.89	e0.69	e0.93	4.3	19	12	3.7	7.2	5.4
20	2.5	e2.0	e1.1	e0.85	e0.69	e0.92	3.8	16	21	3.6	5.4	4.8
21	2.0	e2.0	e1.2	e0.83	e0.69	e0.98	3.4	16	12	3.5	4.7	4.2
22	2.1	e2.0	e1.2	e0.81	e0.65	e0.97	3.2	24	12	3.5	4.4	3.8
23	2.3	e1.9	e1.1	e0.81	e0.64	e1.1	3.3	41	10	4.2	4.7	3.4
24	2.5	e1.9	e1.1	e0.78	e0.64	e1.2	4.1	43	7.2	13	4.4	3.1
25	2.7	e1.8	e1.2	e0.79	e0.66	e1.1	4.7	46	6.1	12	5.0	2.8
26	2.8	e1.6	e1.1	e0.79	e0.67	e1.1	5.2	47	5.9	14	4.6	2.6
27	2.6	e1.6	e1.1	e0.76	e0.68	e1.1	5.8	65	e7.0	14	3.9	2.5
28	2.5	e1.6	e1.1	e0.75	e0.69	e1.1	6.5	77	e7.5	13	4.0	2.4
29	2.5	e1.7	e1.1	e0.73	---	e1.1	7.2	89	e8.1	12	3.4	2.2
30	2.5	e1.7	e1.1	e0.72	---	e0.99	8.2	80	e8.1	10	3.9	2.0
31	e2.5	---	e1.1	e0.74	---	e1.1	---	68	---	9.0	4.2	---
TOTAL	148.5	63.7	39.4	27.22	19.15	27.79	111.7	771.6	589.5	204.6	181.7	179.9
MEAN	4.79	2.12	1.27	0.88	0.68	0.90	3.72	24.9	19.6	6.60	5.86	6.00
MAX	13	2.6	1.7	1.1	0.72	1.2	8.2	89	96	14	11	17
MIN	2.0	1.6	1.1	0.72	0.64	0.65	1.1	3.8	5.9	3.5	3.4	2.0
AC-FT	295	126	78	54	38	55	222	1,530	1,170	406	360	357
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1972 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	3.27	1.84	1.12	0.81	0.69	0.84	2.87	15.5	30.5	19.4	8.89	4.95
MAX	7.29	3.59	2.73	1.66	1.47	1.75	7.02	41.7	79.0	78.6	29.1	9.46
(WY)	(1985)	(1997)	(1996)	(1996)	(1998)	(1998)	(1974)	(1984)	(1984)	(1984)	(1983)	(1984)
MIN	0.84	0.61	0.35	0.31	0.28	0.37	0.71	4.00	8.72	5.77	2.22	1.65
(WY)	(1980)	(1977)	(1977)	(1976)	(1977)	(1979)	(1983)	(1983)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(1974)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1972 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	1,532.07	2,364.76
ANNUAL MEAN	4.20	6.48	7.59
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			20.6 1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			3.82 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	25 May 6	96 Jun 1	172 Jul 10, 1984
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	e0.48 Feb 20	e0.64 Feb 7	e,a0.24 Feb 12, 1977
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.48 Feb 17	0.66 Mar 1	0.25 Feb 7, 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		150 May 29	b300 Jul 4, 1975
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		3.15 May 29	c3.19 Jul 4, 1975
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	3,040	4,690	5,500
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	9.7	13	19
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2.4	2.9	2.3
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.53	0.72	0.56

e Estimated. a Also occurred Feb 13, 1977. b From rating curve extended above 35 ft3/s. c Maximum gage height, 3.83 ft, Jul 30, 1983.