EAGLE RIVER BASIN

09066200 BOOTH CREEK NEAR MINTURN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°38'54", long 106°19'21", in NE14SE14 of sec.3, T.5 S., R.80 W., Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010003, on right bank, downstream side of old Highway 6 bridge pier, 100 ft upstream from frontage road to I-70, 0.2 mi upstream from mouth, 3.0 mi northeast of Vail, and 7.0 mi northeast of Minturn.

DRAINAGE AREA.--6.02 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1964 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09066200

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

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 8,325 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to June 4, 1984, gage at site 1,000 ft upstream at different datum (gage destroyed by rock slide).

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. No diversion or regulation 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	2.3	e1.6	e1.2	e1.1	e1.0	e2.3	11	e215	33	4.6	4.2
2	3.0	2.2	e1.6	e1.2	e1.1	e1.0	e2.6	9.6	e144	32	4.1	3.6
3	3.5	2.1	e1.5	e1.2	e1.1	e1.0	e2.8	8.8	e87	30	4.0	3.2
4	3.4	2.2	e1.5	e1.2	e1.1	e1.0	e2.5	9.2	70	28	4.4	3.1
5	3.5	2.0	e1.5	e1.2	e1.0	e1.0	e2.4	8.5	66	26	3.8	3.0
6	3.7	2.0	e1.5	e1.2	e1.0	e1.0	e2.4	7.6	57	22	3.4	3.7
7	4.5	2.1	e1.4	e1.2	e1.0	e1.0	e2.2	7.1	49	19	3.3	4.8
8	4.8	2.1	e1.4	e1.2	e1.00	e1.1	e1.9	6.9	49	17	3.5	4.9
9	4.4	2.1	e1.4	e1.2	e0.99	e1.1	e1.7	6.5	55	17	3.2	9.4
10	4.0	e2.1	e1.4	e1.2	e0.98	e1.1	e2.2	6.4	60	15	3.0	9.6
11	3.6	e2.1	e1.4	e1.2	e0.98	e1.2	e3.0	6.0	63	13	2.8	11
12	3.1	e2.0	e1.3	e1.2	e0.96	e1.2	e3.7	6.8	58	12	2.7	14
13	2.7	e2.0	e1.3	e1.2	e0.97	e1.3	e4.8	10	54	11	2.5	15
14	2.5	e2.0	e1.2	e1.2	e0.96	e1.6	e8.8	16	57	11	2.3	11
15	2.3	e2.0	e1.2	e1.2	e0.96	e2.0	e12	26	59	11	2.1	9.1
16	2.1	e2.0	e1.2	e1.2	e0.97	e2.2	e10	33	61	10	3.0	7.8
17	2.0	e1.9	e1.2	e1.2	e0.97	e2.1	9.2	45	59	9.5	7.2	6.7
18	1.9	e1.9	e1.2	e1.2	e0.98	e1.9	7.9	47	57	9.9	11	6.2
19	1.8	e1.9	e1.2	e1.2	e0.98	e1.6	6.7	43	57	9.4	6.3	e5.7
20	1.7	e1.9	e1.2	e1.2	e0.98	e1.5	5.8	43	57	8.3	5.0	5.2
21	1.6	e1.9	e1.2	e1.2	e0.98	e1.4	5.5	e48	53	7.7	4.2	4.8
22	1.6	e1.8	e1.2	e1.2	e0.99	e1.4	5.9	e58	52	7.1	3.9	4.2
23	1.9	e1.8	e1.2	e1.2	e0.99	e1.6	6.9	e68	49	6.4	4.1	3.7
24	1.8	e1.8	e1.2	e1.2	e0.99	e1.9	13	e80	44	6.0	5.0	3.3
25	1.7	e1.8	e1.2	e1.1	e0.99	e1.6	6.2	e84	39	5.8	7.1	2.9
26	1.7	e1.7	e1.2	e1.1	e0.99	e1.6	8.0	e85	37	6.1	5.4	2.7
27	1.9	e1.7	e1.2	e1.1	e0.99	e1.5	10	e87	38	6.1	4.8	2.6
28	1.9	e1.7	e1.2	e1.1	e1.0	e1.3	12	e101	39	5.6	4.9	2.4
29	1.7	e1.6	e1.2	e1.1	---	e1.1	13	e119	38	5.8	4.1	2.3
30	1.8	e1.6	e1.2	e1.1	---	e1.4	13	e131	35	5.4	4.6	2.2
31	2.0	---	e1.2	e1.1	---	e1.9	---	e132	---	5.0	5.1	---
TOTAL	81.1	58.3	40.4	36.5	28.00	43.6	188.4	1,350.4	1,858	411.1	135.4	172.3
MEAN	2.62	1.94	1.30	1.18	1.00	1.41	6.28	43.6	61.9	13.3	4.37	5.74
MAX	4.8	2.3	1.6	1.2	1.1	2.2	13	132	215	33	11	15
MIN	1.6	1.6	1.2	1.1	0.96	1.0	1.7	6.0	35	5.0	2.1	2.2
AC-FT	161	116	80	72	56	86	374	2,680	3,690	815	269	342
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1965 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	2.83	1.97	1.25	1.00	0.95	1.36	5.65	32.6	62.8	23.8	5.63	3.03
MAX	8.30	7.17	3.54	2.48	2.97	5.72	14.2	58.0	123	70.4	14.4	7.29
(WY)	(1985)	(1985)	(1985)	(1985)	(1985)	(1986)	(1986)	(2001)	(1982)	(1983)	(1984)	(1984)
MIN	0.88	0.64	0.67	0.37	0.39	0.41	1.39	10.0	16.8	2.03	1.07	0.97
(WY)	(1975)	(2000)	(1975)	(1977)	(1981)	(1981)	(1973)	(1995)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(1974)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1965 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	2,151.54	4,403.50
ANNUAL MEAN	5.89	12.1	11.9
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			19.0 1982
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			5.84 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	54 May 31	e215 Jun 1	218 Jun 15, 1978
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.48 Sep 4	e0.96 Feb 12	0.20 Feb 8, 1967
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.50 Sep 1	e0.97 Feb 11	0.33 Feb 7, 1967
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		a	355 Jun 15, 1978
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		a	b,c4.07 Jun 15, 1978
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	4,270	8,730	8,640
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	20	44	40
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.8	2.5	2.3
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.80	1.1	0.76

e Estimated. a Not determined. b Maximum gage height, 4.62 ft, Jun 18, 1983, backwater from debris. c Site and datum then in use.