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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.


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