EAGLE RIVER BASIN

09066300 MIDDLE CREEK NEAR MINTURN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°38'45", long 106°22'54", in sec.6, T.5 S., R.80 W., Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010003, on right bank 200 ft upstream from Interstate Highway 70, 0.2 mi upstream from mouth, and 5.0 mi northeast of Minturn.

DRAINAGE AREA.--5.94 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=09066300

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-88-2: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 8,200 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Oct. 1, 1977 at site 700 ft upstream, at different datum.

REMARKS.--Records good 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	0.39	e0.39	e0.35	e0.33	e0.31	e0.25	e1.2	e9.0	143	e16	2.7	2.1
2	0.39	e0.39	e0.35	e0.33	e0.31	e0.25	e1.6	e7.3	120	16	2.5	1.8
3	0.77	e0.39	e0.35	e0.33	e0.32	e0.25	e1.9	e5.3	e60	15	2.5	1.8
4	0.79	e0.38	e0.35	e0.33	e0.32	e0.25	e1.9	e9.0	e46	14	2.8	1.7
5	0.92	e0.38	e0.34	e0.33	e0.32	e0.25	e1.6	e7.3	e42	13	2.3	1.7
6	0.90	e0.38	e0.34	e0.33	e0.32	e0.25	e1.7	e7.2	e36	12	2.3	2.6
7	1.1	e0.38	e0.34	e0.32	e0.31	e0.24	e1.7	e7.0	e31	11	2.4	3.1
8	1.2	e0.37	e0.34	e0.32	e0.31	e0.24	e1.4	e7.0	e29	10	2.6	2.7
9	1.0	e0.37	e0.35	e0.32	e0.31	e0.24	e1.5	e6.8	e30	10	2.2	3.5
10	0.91	e0.37	e0.35	e0.32	e0.31	e0.24	e1.6	e6.5	e33	9.1	2.0	3.4
11	0.87	e0.37	e0.35	e0.32	e0.31	e0.24	e1.6	e6.2	e36	6.9	1.9	3.4
12	0.75	e0.37	e0.34	e0.32	e0.30	e0.27	e1.7	e5.8	e35	6.6	1.9	3.7
13	0.63	e0.37	e0.34	e0.31	e0.30	e0.32	e1.9	e5.6	e35	6.0	1.8	3.6
14	0.73	e0.37	e0.34	e0.31	e0.30	e0.42	e2.0	e5.9	e34	5.8	1.7	3.2
15	0.68	e0.37	e0.34	e0.31	e0.29	e0.48	e2.1	5.9	e36	5.8	1.5	2.9
16	0.62	e0.36	e0.34	e0.31	e0.29	e0.50	e1.9	7.8	e38	5.6	2.7	2.8
17	0.57	e0.36	e0.33	e0.32	e0.29	e0.50	e1.5	11	e35	5.3	5.5	2.6
18	0.54	e0.36	e0.33	e0.32	e0.29	e0.50	e1.5	13	e35	5.1	5.8	2.7
19	0.50	e0.37	e0.33	e0.32	e0.29	e0.47	e1.5	15	e35	5.6	3.5	2.5
20	0.44	e0.37	e0.33	e0.32	e0.28	e0.45	e1.2	17	e38	4.5	2.6	2.3
21	0.44	e0.37	e0.33	e0.32	e0.28	e0.54	e1.0	20	e34	4.0	2.3	2.2
22	0.46	e0.37	e0.33	e0.32	e0.27	e0.64	e1.0	23	e32	3.9	2.3	2.1
23	0.58	e0.35	e0.33	e0.32	e0.27	e0.75	e1.0	28	e30	3.6	2.4	2.0
24	0.57	e0.35	e0.33	e0.32	e0.26	e0.89	e1.0	30	e28	3.5	2.5	1.9
25	0.45	e0.35	e0.33	e0.32	e0.26	e0.89	e1.0	33	e24	3.4	3.6	1.7
26	0.41	e0.35	e0.33	e0.32	e0.26	e0.89	e2.2	35	e22	3.5	2.7	1.6
27	0.52	e0.35	e0.33	e0.32	e0.26	e0.76	e2.2	42	e20	3.6	2.3	1.5
28	0.41	e0.35	e0.33	e0.32	e0.25	e0.81	e3.3	55	e18	3.3	2.5	1.4
29	0.34	e0.35	e0.33	e0.32	---	e0.81	e4.8	70	e17	3.4	2.1	1.4
30	0.32	e0.35	e0.33	e0.32	---	e0.83	e6.2	75	e16	3.1	2.3	1.3
31	e0.39	---	e0.33	e0.31	---	e1.0	---	84	---	2.8	2.5	---
TOTAL	19.59	11.01	10.46	9.93	8.19	15.42	56.7	660.6	1,168	221.4	80.7	71.2
MEAN	0.63	0.37	0.34	0.32	0.29	0.50	1.89	21.3	38.9	7.14	2.60	2.37
MAX	1.2	0.39	0.35	0.33	0.32	1.0	6.2	84	143	16	5.8	3.7
MIN	0.32	0.35	0.33	0.31	0.25	0.24	1.0	5.3	16	2.8	1.5	1.3
AC-FT	39	22	21	20	16	31	112	1,310	2,320	439	160	141
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1965 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	1.18	0.80	0.49	0.40	0.36	0.40	1.38	12.4	34.2	12.4	3.11	1.64
MAX	3.90	3.10	1.75	2.45	2.34	2.16	6.53	25.5	53.1	39.5	14.0	7.18
(WY)	(1985)	(1983)	(1986)	(1986)	(1986)	(1985)	(1985)	(1984)	(1984)	(1995)	(1983)	(1979)
MIN	0.36	0.030	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.26	3.41	9.35	1.37	0.33	0.36
(WY)	(1965)	(1965)	(1965)	(1965)	(1965)	(1965)	(1976)	(1995)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1965 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	784.30	2,333.20
ANNUAL MEAN	2.15	6.39	5.73
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			11.3 1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			2.20 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	21 Jun 1	143 Jun 1	143 Jun 1, 2003
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Aug 28	e0.24 Mar 7	a0.00 Nov 10, 1964
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Aug 28	e0.24 Mar 5	0.00 Nov 10, 1964
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		180 Jun 1	180 Jun 1, 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		3.03 Jun 1	b3.03 Jun 1, 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	1,560	4,630	4,150
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	7.9	21	19
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.40	1.0	0.92
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.11	0.31	0.20

e Estimated. a No flow at times several years. b Maximum gage height, 3.28 ft, Jun 25, 1983, backwater from debris.