EAGLE RIVER BASIN

09065500 GORE CREEK AT UPPER STATION, NEAR MINTURN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°37'33", long 106°16'39", in NE14NW14 sec.18, T.5 S., R.79 W., Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010003, on right bank 20 ft downstream from bridge pier on Interstate 70, 0.2 mi upstream from Black Gore Creek, 4.4 mi east of Vail, and 8.4 mi northeast of Minturn.

DRAINAGE AREA.--14.4 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1947 to September 1956, October 1963 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09065500

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-89-2: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 8,600 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Oct. 1, 1947 to Sept. 30, 1956, Oct. 1, 1963 to Sept. 30, 1980, at various sites about 1200 ft upstream at different datums. See WDR CO-80-2, for history of changes prior to Oct. 1, 1980. Oct. 1, 1980 to Apr. 21, 1992, gage at site 10 ft upstream and at datum 2.0 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. No 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	9.0	e4.5	e4.5	e4.0	e4.5	e3.7	e5.2	19	447	100	16	13
2	9.2	e4.5	e4.3	e4.0	e4.5	e3.9	e6.4	16	301	99	15	11
3	10	e4.7	e4.2	e4.0	e4.5	e3.8	e7.6	15	287	93	15	11
4	9.5	e5.0	e4.2	e4.1	e4.5	e3.8	e9.1	16	245	86	16	10
5	9.3	e5.3	e4.1	e3.9	e4.6	e3.7	e8.4	15	212	80	14	9.8
6	9.2	e5.5	e4.0	e4.7	e4.7	e3.6	e7.7	14	172	73	13	12
7	9.6	e5.2	e4.0	e4.7	e4.7	e3.3	e7.2	13	148	65	14	13
8	9.6	e5.2	e4.0	e4.7	e3.9	e3.4	e6.9	13	134	61	16	13
9	8.7	e5.2	e3.8	e4.7	e3.5	e3.3	e8.5	12	175	60	13	23
10	8.0	e5.0	e3.9	e4.8	e3.6	e3.3	e9.9	12	235	54	12	24
11	7.4	e5.0	e3.7	e5.1	e4.0	e3.4	e11	11	253	50	11	26
12	6.7	e5.0	e3.9	e5.1	e4.3	e3.5	e16	13	215	45	11	28
13	6.2	e4.9	e3.9	e5.1	e4.5	e4.1	e19	20	201	43	9.9	32
14	6.0	e4.8	e3.9	e5.1	e4.7	e5.1	e28	32	216	41	9.2	29
15	5.6	e4.8	e3.9	e5.1	e5.1	e6.0	e29	47	228	38	8.7	24
16	5.6	e4.8	e3.9	e5.1	e4.9	e6.1	22	70	200	39	10	21
17	5.4	e4.8	e3.7	e5.1	e4.8	e5.7	19	111	177	38	22	19
18	5.3	e4.8	e3.8	e5.0	e4.5	e5.4	17	118	186	34	37	17
19	5.1	e4.8	e3.8	e4.9	e4.0	e5.0	14	111	186	32	25	16
20	4.9	e4.8	e3.8	e4.9	e3.7	e4.1	12	100	198	31	19	15
21	4.8	e4.8	e3.8	e4.8	e3.6	e4.1	12	116	172	29	16	14
22	4.8	e4.8	e3.8	e4.8	e3.6	e4.2	13	150	171	26	15	13
23	5.1	e4.8	e3.9	e4.7	e3.6	e4.9	13	184	162	23	15	12
24	5.2	e4.7	e3.9	e4.6	e3.7	e5.1	15	204	141	23	14	11
25	5.0	e4.6	e4.0	e4.6	e3.6	e5.5	12	236	121	23	19	10
26	4.8	e4.5	e4.1	e4.5	e3.6	e5.4	17	234	111	29	15	9.1
27	5.4	e4.5	e4.1	e4.5	e3.6	e5.0	22	278	114	26	14	8.6
28	5.0	e4.5	e4.1	e4.5	e3.6	e4.6	21	328	115	21	16	8.0
29	4.6	e4.5	e4.0	e4.5	---	e4.2	22	328	115	21	14	7.5
30	4.6	e4.5	e3.9	e4.5	---	e3.9	22	337	105	19	14	7.2
31	4.8	---	e3.9	e4.5	---	e4.7	---	377	---	18	15	---
TOTAL	204.4	144.8	122.8	144.6	116.4	135.8	432.9	3,550	5,743	1,420	473.8	467.2
MEAN	6.59	4.83	3.96	4.66	4.16	4.38	14.4	115	191	45.8	15.3	15.6
MAX	10	5.5	4.5	5.1	5.1	6.1	29	377	447	100	37	32
MIN	4.6	4.5	3.7	3.9	3.5	3.3	5.2	11	105	18	8.7	7.2
AC-FT	405	287	244	287	231	269	859	7,040	11,390	2,820	940	927
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	7.44	4.94	3.68	3.17	3.05	3.70	11.9	70.4	152	67.9	20.1	9.62
MAX	19.8	15.3	9.23	9.75	10.6	12.6	22.5	121	245	198	83.7	22.9
(WY)	(1985)	(1985)	(1986)	(1986)	(1986)	(1985)	(1969)	(1974)	(1978)	(1983)	(1983)	(1984)
MIN	3.12	2.50	1.94	1.86	1.55	1.57	3.81	23.4	52.4	10.2	5.44	3.52
(WY)	(1976)	(1976)	(1964)	(1964)	(1977)	(1977)	(1973)	(1968)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(1956)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1948 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	5,105.1	12,955.7
ANNUAL MEAN	14.0	35.5	29.9
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			48.3 1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			13.7 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	156 May 31	447 Jun 1	455 Jun 25, 1983
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	e1.5 Mar 16	e3.3 Mar 7	1.2 Mar 5, 1977
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	e1.9 Mar 4	e3.4 Mar 6	1.3 Feb 27, 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		526 May 31	a662 Jun 24, 1983
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		3.74 May 31	b2.60 Jun 24, 1983
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	10,130	25,700	21,640
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	36	117	100
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5.0	8.4	7.0
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2.4	3.9	2.5

e Estimated. a From rating curve extended above 140 ft3/s. b Maximum gage height, 6.65 ft, Jun 18, 1951, datum then in use.