ROARING FORK RIVER BASIN

09083800 CRYSTAL RIVER BELOW CARBONDALE, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°24'29", long 107°13'47", in NE14NW14 sec.33, T.7 S., R.88 W., Garfield County, Hydrologic Unit 14010004, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on County Road 108, 1.0 mi upstream from mouth, and 1.0 mi northwest of Carbondale.

DRAINAGE AREA.--350 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 2000 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09083800

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 6,120 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation of about 4,000 acres upstream and downstream from station.

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	78	103	94	74	66	68	97	340	2,870	638	158	69
2	72	107	90	e66	68	66	103	316	2,620	651	126	67
3	81	104	88	72	67	66	105	310	2,230	602	119	69
4	83	106	84	74	62	73	102	368	2,060	550	124	71
5	82	103	87	72	62	70	101	315	1,820	502	118	69
6	76	98	84	70	e50	69	101	259	1,580	445	106	75
7	76	104	82	67	e48	68	100	233	1,360	407	100	89
8	76	107	81	70	e56	70	96	219	1,260	386	97	98
9	74	126	79	75	e64	74	98	210	1,400	364	91	126
10	73	122	80	71	e62	77	109	196	1,450	331	86	193
11	71	115	82	72	e66	81	141	175	1,310	310	83	184
12	70	105	84	68	e64	84	172	173	1,480	285	88	158
13	69	110	86	64	69	89	181	241	1,500	268	87	161
14	71	112	82	66	76	93	231	305	1,420	253	83	151
15	70	107	85	68	71	95	232	531	1,500	245	79	134
16	72	100	83	e60	67	96	209	751	1,580	248	82	124
17	76	104	86	e70	66	95	199	1,170	1,310	224	93	113
18	74	102	84	e58	64	93	202	1,530	1,250	218	94	107
19	74	96	79	e68	65	89	182	1,410	1,240	210	97	101
20	73	98	e68	e70	64	88	173	1,280	1,190	203	83	94
21	63	98	e78	75	70	92	173	1,320	1,020	195	76	87
22	65	98	e72	73	68	90	198	1,520	1,050	183	77	84
23	75	100	e60	72	66	93	220	1,790	1,040	169	77	74
24	75	98	71	71	65	98	205	1,890	964	174	75	65
25	78	97	76	71	71	97	212	2,030	756	169	72	59
26	81	90	82	69	69	96	255	1,980	709	176	68	49
27	83	81	71	68	68	98	304	2,230	750	246	59	44
28	85	85	75	70	69	92	350	2,540	768	192	60	40
29	81	91	74	68	---	87	393	2,800	745	167	57	33
30	84	91	75	68	---	92	369	2,850	697	145	61	32
31	94	---	71	67	---	93	---	2,780	---	131	73	---
TOTAL	2,355	3,058	2,473	2,147	1,823	2,632	5,613	34,062	40,929	9,287	2,749	2,820
MEAN	76.0	102	79.8	69.3	65.1	84.9	187	1,099	1,364	300	88.7	94.0
MAX	94	126	94	75	76	98	393	2,850	2,870	651	158	193
MIN	63	81	60	58	48	66	96	173	697	131	57	32
AC-FT	4,670	6,070	4,910	4,260	3,620	5,220	11,130	67,560	81,180	18,420	5,450	5,590
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2000 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	64.7	99.5	86.9	73.9	71.8	84.0	210	891	989	209	91.2	68.5
MAX	76.0	102	93.4	79.6	76.6	84.9	256	1,129	1,364	300	162	94.0
(WY)	(2003)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)	(2001)	(2003)	(2002)	(2001)	(2003)	(2003)	(2001)	(2003)
MIN	48.2	94.8	79.8	69.3	65.1	82.8	187	446	447	62.0	33.9	41.8
(WY)	(2002)	(2002)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2001)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 2000 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	54,202	109,948
ANNUAL MEAN	148	301	240
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			301 2003
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			147 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	1,190 Jun 1	2,870 Jun 1	2,980 May 30, 2000
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	28 Aug 19	32 Sep 30	28 Aug 19, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	29 Sep 1	46 Sep 24	29 Sep 1, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		3,490 May 29	3,510 May 30, 2000
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		4.56 May 29	a4.40 May 30, 2000
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	107,500	218,100	174,000
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	337	1,040	609
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	81	93	89
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	38	66	52

e Estimated. a Maximum gage height, 4.56 ft, May 29, 2003.