EAGLE RIVER BASIN

09066325 GORE CREEK ABOVE RED SANDSTONE CREEK, AT VAIL, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°38'28", long 106°23'39", in NW14NW14 sec.7, T.5 S., R.80 W., Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010003, on left bank 200 ft downstream of the water treatment plant at Vail, 0.1 mi upstream from Red Sandstone Creek, and 0.6 mi downstream from Middle Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA.--77.1 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1999 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09066325

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 8,055 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--No estimated daily discharges. Records fair. No regulation or 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	29	25	17	13	15	20	23	96	1,730	292	56	46
2	28	24	17	13	15	19	27	87	1,390	290	55	42
3	32	20	16	14	14	18	29	86	1,110	267	55	40
4	31	20	16	14	13	20	27	94	898	254	61	39
5	32	22	17	14	12	20	25	87	803	237	54	38
6	30	20	16	13	12	20	25	80	709	218	50	45
7	32	21	15	12	10	19	23	77	605	201	49	52
8	33	22	14	13	10	20	23	75	541	188	53	53
9	31	24	13	13	11	20	25	72	600	181	47	77
10	29	23	13	14	11	20	34	72	695	169	47	85
11	27	23	14	13	11	21	47	68	781	160	44	85
12	25	21	15	14	11	20	57	73	763	151	41	85
13	23	21	15	15	13	21	61	99	712	117	40	97
14	23	21	15	15	14	24	85	138	690	111	37	80
15	22	21	15	15	15	26	92	203	697	105	34	69
16	22	22	14	15	15	26	75	271	682	105	40	61
17	21	26	15	17	15	26	69	396	631	111	68	55
18	20	23	14	14	14	24	64	444	616	106	97	54
19	19	19	13	15	13	21	57	447	615	98	74	50
20	19	19	14	14	14	19	53	446	620	92	59	45
21	18	20	14	14	18	20	54	490	551	89	52	43
22	18	19	14	16	18	19	59	584	526	83	50	40
23	22	20	13	14	18	21	62	718	499	78	52	38
24	22	21	14	14	18	23	58	815	440	74	50	36
25	21	20	15	14	18	21	61	870	378	73	66	34
26	20	15	13	14	18	20	75	858	353	83	56	33
27	24	19	14	15	18	20	91	995	346	79	51	31
28	22	17	15	15	19	19	95	1,240	342	69	55	30
29	21	17	13	14	---	18	100	1,360	327	69	49	29
30	21	17	13	14	---	19	104	1,370	306	65	51	28
31	23	---	12	14	---	19	---	1,380	---	60	53	---
TOTAL	760	622	448	438	403	643	1,680	14,091	19,956	4,275	1,646	1,540
MEAN	24.5	20.7	14.5	14.1	14.4	20.7	56.0	455	665	138	53.1	51.3
MAX	33	26	17	17	19	26	104	1,380	1,730	292	97	97
MIN	18	15	12	12	10	18	23	68	306	60	34	28
AC-FT	1,510	1,230	889	869	799	1,280	3,330	27,950	39,580	8,480	3,260	3,050
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2000 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	25.6	19.9	17.6	15.7	15.3	18.9	62.7	400	437	92.5	40.6	34.7
MAX	27.9	22.1	20.0	19.2	19.1	22.4	74.6	531	665	138	53.1	51.3
(WY)	(2000)	(2001)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)
MIN	24.2	17.3	14.5	14.1	12.8	14.2	56.0	203	189	36.6	19.9	21.1
(WY)	(2002)	(2000)	(2003)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 2000 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	19,321.5	46,502
ANNUAL MEAN	52.9	127	98.5
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			127 2003
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			53.1 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	451 May 31	1,730 Jun 1	1,730 Jun 1, 2003
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	9.3 Sep 6	10 Feb 7	9.3 Sep 6, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	9.9 Sep 1	11 Feb 6	9.9 Sep 1, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		1,890 Jun 1	a1,890 Jun 1, 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		9.88 Jun 1	9.88 Jun 1, 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	38,320	92,240	71,390
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	155	445	286
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	21	29	25
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	13	14	14

a From rating curve extended above 700 ft3/s.