EAGLE RIVER BASIN

09066000 BLACK GORE CREEK NEAR MINTURN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°35'47", long 106°15'52", T.5 S., R.79 W., Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010003, on right bank 200 ft from U.S. Highway 6, 0.3 mi upstream from Timber Creek, 2.5 mi upstream from mouth, and 9 mi east of Minturn.

DRAINAGE AREA.--12.6 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=09066000

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

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 9,150 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to October 1963, at site 15 ft upstream, at present datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. No diversions upstream from station. Natural regulation by two small recreation lakes 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	3.0	e2.3	e1.9	e2.2	e2.8	e3.3	e4.3	e14	275	e30	6.4	3.8
2	3.2	e2.3	e1.9	e2.2	e2.8	e3.3	e5.5	e13	223	26	6.1	3.6
3	3.8	e2.3	e1.9	e2.2	e2.8	e3.3	e6.1	e13	190	24	6.0	3.6
4	3.5	e2.3	e1.9	e2.2	e2.8	e3.2	e6.4	e15	159	22	7.4	3.5
5	3.8	e2.3	e1.9	e2.2	e2.9	e3.2	e6.8	e14	141	21	6.6	3.3
6	3.6	e2.3	e1.9	e2.2	e2.9	e3.3	e6.1	e14	125	20	e6.4	4.9
7	3.3	e2.3	e1.9	e2.2	e3.0	e3.3	e5.6	e13	116	18	e6.2	5.6
8	3.0	e2.2	e1.9	e2.3	e3.0	e3.3	e5.6	e12	105	17	e6.0	4.9
9	2.8	e2.2	e1.9	e2.3	e3.0	e3.4	e5.8	e12	105	16	e5.8	6.5
10	2.8	e2.3	e1.9	e2.3	e3.2	e3.4	e5.9	e11	106	15	e5.6	7.9
11	2.5	e2.3	e1.9	e2.4	e3.2	e3.4	e6.1	e10	103	14	e5.4	7.0
12	2.4	e2.3	e1.8	e2.4	e3.3	e4.3	e6.8	e10	99	13	5.1	6.0
13	2.4	e2.3	e1.8	e2.5	e3.3	e4.3	e7.1	e11	96	13	4.9	5.3
14	2.3	e2.3	e1.7	e2.5	e3.3	e4.7	e8.3	e13	92	12	4.7	4.6
15	2.3	e2.3	e1.7	e2.5	e3.4	e5.5	e8.8	e23	88	11	4.5	4.2
16	2.2	e2.1	e1.7	e2.7	e3.4	e5.8	e9.4	e33	83	12	5.2	3.8
17	2.2	e2.3	e1.7	e2.6	e3.4	e5.3	e9.4	38	75	11	6.8	3.6
18	2.1	e2.2	e1.6	e2.6	e3.4	e4.8	e9.0	38	71	10	9.8	3.7
19	2.1	e2.1	e1.8	e2.6	e3.4	e4.7	e8.2	43	70	9.7	6.1	3.5
20	2.1	e2.1	e1.8	e2.6	e3.4	e4.7	e7.9	43	71	9.1	5.2	3.4
21	2.0	e2.1	e1.8	e2.6	e3.4	e5.1	e8.1	50	61	8.8	4.7	3.2
22	2.0	e2.2	e2.0	e2.6	e3.4	e5.1	e8.2	68	55	9.2	4.6	3.1
23	2.2	e2.2	e2.0	e2.7	e3.4	e5.1	e8.9	103	51	8.0	4.7	3.3
24	2.4	e2.2	e2.0	e2.7	e3.4	e5.7	e9.7	118	47	7.7	4.6	3.0
25	2.3	e2.2	e2.0	e2.7	e3.3	e5.4	e10	125	43	7.5	5.0	3.1
26	2.3	e2.2	e2.0	e2.7	e3.3	e5.2	e10	125	40	7.9	4.5	2.8
27	2.7	e2.1	e2.0	e2.7	e3.4	e5.2	e9.7	149	37	8.0	4.2	2.6
28	2.5	e2.1	e2.0	e2.7	e3.4	e4.8	e11	183	35	7.3	4.4	2.6
29	2.3	e2.1	e2.1	e2.7	---	e4.1	e13	204	e33	7.5	3.9	2.6
30	e2.3	e2.0	e2.1	e2.7	---	e4.0	e14	205	e32	7.4	4.4	3.0
31	e2.2	---	e2.1	e2.8	---	e4.3	---	202	---	6.8	4.2	---
TOTAL	80.6	66.5	58.6	77.3	89.7	134.5	241.7	1,925	2,827	409.9	169.4	122.0
MEAN	2.60	2.22	1.89	2.49	3.20	4.34	8.06	62.1	94.2	13.2	5.46	4.07
MAX	3.8	2.3	2.1	2.8	3.4	5.8	14	205	275	30	9.8	7.9
MIN	2.0	2.0	1.6	2.2	2.8	3.2	4.3	10	32	6.8	3.9	2.6
AC-FT	160	132	116	153	178	267	479	3,820	5,610	813	336	242
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	3.85	3.35	2.82	2.53	2.48	3.03	7.66	55.4	89.2	21.4	7.10	4.29
MAX	10.7	10.7	9.57	8.08	9.09	14.5	22.8	130	160	69.2	21.4	12.0
(WY)	(1985)	(1985)	(1985)	(1986)	(1986)	(1986)	(1985)	(1948)	(1978)	(1995)	(1984)	(1984)
MIN	1.90	1.84	1.35	1.01	0.91	1.40	2.86	15.0	21.2	4.08	2.37	2.43
(WY)	(1951)	(1964)	(1970)	(1979)	(1979)	(1971)	(1973)	(1995)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(1956)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1948 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	2,803.2	6,202.2
ANNUAL MEAN	7.68	17.0	16.9
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			30.3 1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			7.76 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	50 May 21	275 Jun 1	275 Jun 1, 2003
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	e1.1 Jan 2	e1.6 Dec 18	0.90 Feb 22, 1968
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	e1.5 Jan 8	e1.7 Dec 12	0.90 Feb 4, 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		310 Jun 1	370 Jun 17, 1995
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		5.21 Jun 1	a5.06 Jun 17, 1995
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	5,560	12,300	12,270
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	22	43	52
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3.2	3.9	3.8
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.8	2.1	2.0

e Estimated. a Maximum gage height, 6.00 ft, Mar 30, 1968, backwater from ice.