EAGLE RIVER BASIN

09065100 CROSS CREEK NEAR MINTURN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°34'05", long 106°24'43", in SW14SW14 sec.36, T.5 S., R.81 W., Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010003, on right bank 0.4 mi upstream from mouth, and 1.5 mi southeast of Minturn.

DRAINAGE AREA.--34.2 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1956 to September 1963, October 1967 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09065100

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-81-2: 1980 (M). WDR CO-88-2: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 7,992 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to July 18, 1956, nonrecording gage at site 0.3 mi downstream at different datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Bolts ditch exports water upstream from station to tailings ponds and recreation lake along Eagle River. Diversion 0.5 mi upstream from station for water supply of school and for municipal supply of Minturn. 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	e33	11	e6.4	e5.3	e4.8	e5.0	e15	47	547	151	31	23
2	e30	e10	e6.5	e5.3	e4.6	e4.9	e16	38	429	159	28	20
3	e30	e9.9	e6.2	e5.3	e4.4	e4.9	e13	38	320	154	27	18
4	e28	e9.9	e6.2	e5.2	e4.4	e4.8	e11	47	283	145	33	17
5	e26	e10	e6.0	e5.0	e4.4	e4.9	e11	38	251	135	27	16
6	e24	e9.9	e5.9	e5.0	e4.4	e4.8	e9.0	31	209	123	23	19
7	e24	e9.9	e5.7	e5.0	e4.5	e5.0	e8.3	27	194	113	23	28
8	e24	e10	e5.7	e5.0	e4.6	e5.4	e8.5	27	166	108	28	34
9	e24	e9.9	e5.8	e5.0	e4.6	e6.0	9.6	26	200	102	25	43
10	e22	e9.2	e6.0	e5.0	e4.6	e6.0	11	24	253	89	22	58
11	20	e9.6	e6.0	e5.0	e4.4	e6.3	17	22	236	82	20	63
12	18	e9.3	e6.0	e4.9	e4.5	e7.0	23	26	247	76	23	54
13	16	e9.2	e5.9	e4.6	e4.5	e7.5	30	48	249	72	22	74
14	15	e8.5	e5.6	e4.4	e4.6	e7.9	42	62	216	68	23	56
15	13	e8.1	e5.7	e4.1	e4.8	e8.1	41	102	251	65	19	43
16	13	e7.3	e5.6	e4.3	e4.6	e8.2	35	137	260	75	18	37
17	12	e7.5	e5.5	e4.4	e4.6	e8.5	35	186	212	67	27	32
18	11	e7.1	e5.5	e4.8	e4.6	e8.6	30	229	223	65	77	30
19	11	e6.8	e5.6	e4.9	e4.9	e8.3	25	222	206	63	64	27
20	10	e6.8	e5.5	e4.9	e5.0	e8.3	22	183	225	59	42	24
21	9.5	e6.9	e5.6	e4.4	e4.9	e8.3	21	180	203	55	33	22
22	9.2	e6.9	e5.7	e4.2	e4.8	e9.0	24	224	206	51	28	20
23	9.8	e7.0	e5.7	e4.4	e4.8	e9.1	27	278	210	48	29	18
24	10	e7.0	e5.6	e4.2	e4.9	e9.8	28	331	191	43	30	16
25	9.5	e7.2	e5.5	e4.2	e4.9	e9.5	26	396	161	41	29	15
26	8.7	e7.0	e5.5	e4.5	e5.0	e9.5	40	346	133	66	30	14
27	11	e6.7	e5.5	e4.4	e5.0	e9.5	51	415	162	60	29	13
28	9.6	e6.7	e5.5	e4.5	e4.9	e9.0	57	518	172	58	35	12
29	8.8	e6.7	e5.5	e4.4	---	e8.6	60	509	176	47	27	12
30	8.1	e6.5	e5.3	e4.5	---	e10	59	531	164	43	25	11
31	9.8	---	e5.3	e4.6	---	e14	---	457	---	35	28	---
TOTAL	508.0	248.5	178.0	145.7	131.0	236.7	805.4	5,745	6,955	2,518	925	869
MEAN	16.4	8.28	5.74	4.70	4.68	7.64	26.8	185	232	81.2	29.8	29.0
MAX	33	11	6.5	5.3	5.0	14	60	531	547	159	77	74
MIN	8.1	6.5	5.3	4.1	4.4	4.8	8.3	22	133	35	18	11
AC-FT	1,010	493	353	289	260	469	1,600	11,400	13,800	4,990	1,830	1,720
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1957 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	13.7	7.24	4.38	3.21	3.08	4.26	21.8	124	247	128	43.4	22.5
MAX	49.5	15.6	9.81	8.85	8.84	11.4	57.6	221	360	355	122	65.0
(WY)	(1962)	(1962)	(1997)	(1997)	(1997)	(1997)	(1962)	(1970)	(1980)	(1957)	(1983)	(1961)
MIN	3.39	1.99	0.99	0.17	0.48	1.09	6.35	57.8	90.8	20.0	12.1	6.68
(WY)	(1957)	(1957)	(1963)	(1963)	(1977)	(1977)	(1973)	(1995)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(1974)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1957 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	9,499.3	19,265.3
ANNUAL MEAN	26.0	52.8	52.0
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			83.2 1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			25.3 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	242 May 31	547 Jun 1	618 Jun 30, 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	e3.3 Feb 26	e4.1 Jan 15	a0.10 Dec 27, 1962
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	3.4 Feb 25	4.3 Jan 21	0.13 Dec 26, 1962
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		676 May 29	754 Jun 30, 1957
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		5.13 May 29	b5.45 Jun 30, 1957
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	18,840	38,210	37,700
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	67	184	175
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	9.9	15	11
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3.7	4.8	2.4

e Estimated. a Also occurred Dec 28-31, 1962, Jan 6-8, 11-15, 1963. b Maximum gage height, 6.14 ft, Aug 6, 1983.