EAGLE RIVER BASIN

09067200 LAKE CREEK NEAR EDWARDS, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°38'51", long 106°36'31", in SE14NE14 sec.6, T.5 S., R.82 W., Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010003, on right bank 30 ft upstream from U.S. Highway 6, and 1.0 mi west of Edwards.

DRAINAGE AREA.--49.0 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1993 to current year. Published as station number 09066980 during the 1994-96 water years. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09067200

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 7,160 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by diversions for irrigation, and return flow from irrigated areas. 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	46	22	13	9.5	8.4	9.2	12	39	650	143	42	23
2	38	21	13	9.7	8.4	8.9	13	35	644	158	38	21
3	39	18	12	9.3	8.2	9.4	13	33	539	150	33	22
4	37	17	e12	9.2	8.5	8.9	12	38	453	134	30	19
5	35	19	12	9.2	8.3	9.1	12	38	347	121	28	20
6	33	16	11	9.2	8.8	8.9	12	37	221	107	26	22
7	32	16	e11	e9.0	e7.7	9.3	11	32	191	97	26	29
8	32	15	e11	e9.0	e8.6	9.8	11	30	174	95	29	36
9	31	17	e11	e9.0	8.5	10	12	27	215	94	27	43
10	27	17	e11	9.1	8.2	10	14	27	340	90	26	58
11	26	18	e11	9.0	8.3	11	16	25	366	84	23	58
12	23	15	11	9.0	8.4	11	18	25	344	77	23	54
13	21	17	11	8.5	8.3	12	20	35	336	72	22	69
14	20	16	10	8.0	8.8	12	23	44	271	68	23	56
15	18	16	11	7.7	8.5	12	28	72	353	62	21	49
16	17	15	11	8.4	8.7	12	29	106	384	69	21	43
17	16	16	11	8.3	8.9	12	30	142	279	62	26	38
18	17	15	10	9.5	8.8	12	28	190	268	62	71	35
19	18	14	10	9.4	8.9	11	24	181	228	63	58	34
20	16	14	e10	9.2	9.6	11	22	149	239	58	42	32
21	15	14	11	8.3	9.0	12	22	159	230	54	32	29
22	16	13	10	8.3	8.9	12	23	214	232	52	28	28
23	18	13	e10	8.3	8.8	12	26	286	235	50	29	24
24	18	13	11	8.2	8.8	13	24	303	205	47	30	22
25	17	14	10	8.2	9.1	12	28	307	171	50	30	22
26	17	e13	10	8.2	9.3	12	31	315	135	67	30	23
27	20	e14	9.8	8.3	9.3	12	35	493	165	56	26	22
28	19	e13	9.7	8.2	9.2	11	41	570	174	54	29	21
29	19	e13	9.5	8.0	---	11	45	733	173	52	25	21
30	18	e13	9.4	8.0	---	11	44	609	155	51	24	21
31	20	---	9.5	8.4	---	11	---	546	---	45	26	---
TOTAL	739	467	332.9	269.6	243.2	338.5	679	5,840	8,717	2,444	944	994
MEAN	23.8	15.6	10.7	8.70	8.69	10.9	22.6	188	291	78.8	30.5	33.1
MAX	46	22	13	9.7	9.6	13	45	733	650	158	71	69
MIN	15	13	9.4	7.7	7.7	8.9	11	25	135	45	21	19
AC-FT	1,470	926	660	535	482	671	1,350	11,580	17,290	4,850	1,870	1,970
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1994 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	28.1	20.7	13.8	11.8	11.1	12.5	23.7	130	240	116	55.0	33.6
MAX	44.8	28.4	19.0	16.0	13.3	14.9	36.1	197	418	293	125	56.0
(WY)	(1998)	(1996)	(1996)	(1997)	(1998)	(1997)	(2000)	(2000)	(1997)	(1995)	(1995)	(1997)
MIN	16.1	13.7	10.6	8.70	8.14	8.92	15.4	43.8	90.5	22.2	14.5	19.8
(WY)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)	(1995)	(1995)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2001)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1994 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	10,288.6	22,008.2
ANNUAL MEAN	28.2	60.3	58.2
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			87.3 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			27.4 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	181 May 21	733 May 29	845 Jun 16, 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	5.4 Sep 5	7.7 Jan 15	a5.4 Sep 5, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	5.6 Sep 2	8.2 Jan 24	5.6 Sep 2, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		1,180 May 29	1,290 Jun 16, 1995
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		3.30 May 29	3.63 Jun 16, 1995
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	20,410	43,650	42,160
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	65	174	170
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	15	21	23
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	8.1	8.9	10

e Estimated. a Also occurred Sep 6,7, 2002.