EAGLE RIVER BASIN

09064600 EAGLE RIVER NEAR MINTURN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°33'14", long 106°24'07", in SW14SE14 of unsurveyed sec. T.6 S., R.81 W., Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010003, on left bank 500 ft upstream from U.S. Highway 24 bridge and 2.5 miles southeast of Minturn.

DRAINAGE AREA.--186 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1989 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09064600

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Datum of gage is 8,078.37 ft above NGVD of 1929, from levels by private engineering firm.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Transmountain diversions upstream from station by Columbine, Ewing, and Wurtz Ditches. Transmountain diversion from Robinson Reservoir (capacity 2,520 acre-ft), for use in Tenmile Creek basin. Several small diversions for irrigation upstream from station. No regulation.

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	57	44	e32	e26	e23	e25	e37	195	1,150	200	69	53
2	54	42	e32	e26	e23	e24	e42	173	981	189	66	48
3	61	e40	e33	e25	e23	e25	e42	172	809	179	65	45
4	59	e40	e32	e25	e23	e24	38	188	722	170	75	47
5	55	e42	e31	e24	e23	e24	37	163	650	161	65	44
6	52	e39	e30	e24	e23	e24	34	141	572	153	60	50
7	49	e39	e30	e24	e22	e24	32	135	544	146	57	64
8	50	e37	e30	e25	e23	e25	32	133	488	137	58	64
9	50	e42	e30	e25	e24	e26	35	130	482	129	56	77
10	49	e41	e29	e25	e23	e26	46	132	523	122	53	102
11	48	e46	e29	e25	e23	e27	61	119	514	112	49	111
12	46	e43	e29	e25	e23	e27	69	131	491	106	53	91
13	43	e45	e28	e24	e23	e29	79	177	518	103	56	95
14	42	e43	e28	e23	e24	e30	106	215	465	99	55	83
15	41	e43	e28	e22	e23	e31	116	278	442	97	48	71
16	40	e42	e29	e24	e23	e31	99	325	433	98	49	64
17	39	e41	e28	e24	e24	e31	109	437	392	94	62	59
18	38	e39	e28	e26	e24	e30	112	489	381	92	89	55
19	38	e39	e28	e26	e24	e28	98	507	373	91	79	55
20	37	e38	e28	e25	e26	e27	91	432	404	86	64	55
21	36	e38	e28	e23	e25	e27	95	424	362	85	55	52
22	36	e37	e28	e23	e25	e27	109	482	325	81	53	50
23	38	e37	e27	e23	e24	e28	118	575	306	77	60	49
24	39	e35	e27	e23	e24	e31	99	644	282	76	66	52
25	39	e35	e27	e23	e25	e31	105	699	258	84	84	54
26	37	e33	e27	e23	e25	e31	141	663	249	96	78	52
27	42	e33	e26	e23	e26	e30	178	716	239	103	69	51
28	41	e33	e26	e22	e26	e29	196	881	229	97	64	51
29	39	e33	e26	e22	---	e28	216	958	221	88	56	50
30	36	e32	e26	e22	---	e31	229	1,050	211	85	54	50
31	41	---	e26	e23	---	e34	---	939	---	75	56	---
TOTAL	1,372	1,171	886	743	667	865	2,801	12,703	14,016	3,511	1,923	1,844
MEAN	44.3	39.0	28.6	24.0	23.8	27.9	93.4	410	467	113	62.0	61.5
MAX	61	46	33	26	26	34	229	1,050	1,150	200	89	111
MIN	36	32	26	22	22	24	32	119	211	75	48	44
AC-FT	2,720	2,320	1,760	1,470	1,320	1,720	5,560	25,200	27,800	6,960	3,810	3,660
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1990 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	45.1	38.2	30.7	27.8	27.4	32.5	93.0	394	500	186	82.4	54.8
MAX	68.8	47.8	44.6	41.8	42.3	54.4	175	726	962	661	186	73.8
(WY)	(1998)	(1996)	(1996)	(1996)	(1996)	(1997)	(1996)	(1996)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)
MIN	27.6	25.3	21.2	17.9	18.4	21.0	50.4	151	124	49.4	31.1	34.1
(WY)	(1990)	(1990)	(1990)	(1990)	(1990)	(2002)	(1991)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1990 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	20,445	42,502
ANNUAL MEAN	56.0	116	126
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			197 1995
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			54.2 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	212 May 16	1,150 Jun 1	1,540 Jun 18, 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	17 Sep 7	e22 Jan 15	11 Dec 9, 1994
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	18 Sep 2	e23 Jan 24	16 Jan 4, 1990
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		1,310 Jun 1	1,810 Jun 18, 1995
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		6.13 Jun 1	6.75 Jun 18, 1995
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	40,550	84,300	91,450
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	139	340	358
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	38	46	46
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	20	24	25

e Estimated.