EAGLE RIVER BASIN

09066400 RED SANDSTONE CREEK NEAR MINTURN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°40'58", long 106°24'03", in sec.25, T.4 S., R.81 W., (projected), Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010003, on left bank 150 ft upstream from road culvert, 1,400 ft upstream from Indian Creek, and 6.8 mi north of Minturn.

DRAINAGE AREA.--7.32 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--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=09066400

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

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, concrete control, and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 9,212 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, and discharges above 54 ft3/s, which are poor. 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	2.1	1.2	e1.0	0.99	1.0	0.90	1.4	6.5	215	16	2.6	1.7
2	e1.4	1.1	0.99	0.97	1.0	0.92	1.5	5.8	182	15	2.4	1.5
3	e1.6	e1.1	0.96	0.97	1.0	0.89	1.5	5.6	139	13	2.4	1.5
4	e1.6	e1.1	0.96	0.97	1.0	0.89	1.3	5.5	105	12	2.7	1.5
5	e1.6	1.1	0.98	0.98	e1.0	0.90	1.2	4.9	85	11	2.3	1.6
6	e1.6	1.2	0.96	0.99	e1.0	0.89	1.2	4.6	69	9.9	2.2	2.3
7	e1.5	1.1	0.94	0.98	e1.00	0.89	1.1	4.3	61	9.2	2.2	3.4
8	e1.5	1.0	0.95	0.98	e0.98	0.90	1.2	4.2	55	8.4	2.5	2.6
9	1.5	1.0	e0.95	0.99	e0.97	0.90	1.4	4.0	54	7.6	2.1	3.9
10	1.4	1.0	e0.96	0.97	e0.95	0.92	1.9	3.9	57	6.9	2.0	3.9
11	1.3	1.0	e0.96	0.97	0.92	0.96	2.6	3.9	58	6.4	1.9	4.4
12	1.2	e1.1	e0.96	0.97	0.90	0.99	3.1	5.1	55	6.0	2.0	4.5
13	1.2	e1.1	e0.96	0.96	0.89	1.1	3.5	7.7	54	5.7	1.9	4.1
14	1.1	1.0	e0.97	1.00	0.89	1.2	5.2	11	52	5.3	1.7	3.3
15	1.1	0.99	e0.97	1.0	0.90	e1.2	5.1	17	52	5.1	1.6	2.9
16	1.0	e1.0	0.96	1.0	0.90	e1.2	3.9	23	50	4.9	3.4	2.7
17	1.0	1.0	0.97	1.0	0.90	e1.2	3.8	36	47	5.0	5.1	2.5
18	1.00	0.98	0.97	1.2	0.89	e1.2	3.4	43	46	5.2	5.9	2.6
19	0.98	0.96	0.97	1.2	0.89	e1.1	3.0	50	47	4.9	3.2	2.5
20	e0.98	0.96	0.97	1.1	0.88	1.1	2.7	56	46	4.3	2.4	2.4
21	e0.97	0.95	0.96	1.1	0.89	1.2	2.8	62	41	4.0	2.1	2.2
22	0.97	0.97	0.96	1.1	0.90	1.1	3.4	72	39	3.8	2.0	2.0
23	1.1	0.96	0.96	1.0	0.90	1.2	e3.4	82	35	3.5	2.1	1.9
24	1.1	1.0	0.93	0.98	0.89	1.3	e3.3	92	29	3.4	1.9	1.9
25	1.1	e1.0	0.95	1.0	0.89	1.2	3.7	102	25	3.4	2.1	1.8
26	1.0	e1.0	0.92	0.98	0.89	1.2	5.2	106	22	3.7	2.0	1.7
27	1.1	e1.0	0.91	1.0	0.90	1.2	6.3	122	21	3.5	1.8	1.7
28	1.1	e1.0	0.95	1.0	0.90	1.1	6.6	128	20	3.1	1.9	1.6
29	1.0	e1.0	0.98	1.0	---	1.1	6.8	120	19	3.4	1.7	1.6
30	e1.0	e1.0	0.99	0.99	---	1.0	7.1	125	17	3.0	2.1	1.6
31	1.2	---	0.97	1.0	---	1.1	---	136	---	2.8	2.0	---
TOTAL	38.30	30.87	29.79	31.34	26.02	32.95	98.6	1,449.0	1,797	199.4	74.2	73.8
MEAN	1.24	1.03	0.96	1.01	0.93	1.06	3.29	46.7	59.9	6.43	2.39	2.46
MAX	2.1	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.3	7.1	136	215	16	5.9	4.5
MIN	0.97	0.95	0.91	0.96	0.88	0.89	1.1	3.9	17	2.8	1.6	1.5
AC-FT	76	61	59	62	52	65	196	2,870	3,560	396	147	146
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1964 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	1.98	1.52	1.23	1.07	1.00	1.13	3.52	30.3	48.8	11.6	3.51	2.19
MAX	5.14	3.80	2.60	2.14	2.14	1.90	6.60	69.9	92.0	44.0	15.0	5.57
(WY)	(1985)	(1985)	(1985)	(1985)	(1985)	(1985)	(1971)	(1996)	(1983)	(1983)	(1983)	(1984)
MIN	0.92	0.57	0.51	0.52	0.48	0.46	1.47	6.85	11.0	1.95	1.03	0.98
(WY)	(1989)	(1977)	(1977)	(1987)	(1987)	(1987)	(1973)	(1995)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(1987)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1964 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	1,292.31	3,881.27
ANNUAL MEAN	3.54	10.6	9.00
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			14.9 1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			3.60 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	26 May 31	215 Jun 1	215 Jun 1, 2003
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	e0.77 Aug 18	0.88 Feb 20	0.20 Jan 30, 1970
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.81 Aug 31	0.89 Feb 18	0.34 Jan 28, 1970
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		289 Jun 1	289 Jun 1, 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		a5.13 Jun 1	a,b5.13 Jun 1, 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	2,560	7,700	6,520
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	14	37	28
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.1	1.5	1.8
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.93	0.95	0.85

e Estimated. a From crest-stage gage. b Maximum gage height, 5.18 ft, Apr 17, 1987, backwater from ice.