DIVIDE CREEK BASIN

09089500 WEST DIVIDE CREEK NEAR RAVEN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°19'52", long 107°34'46", in NE14SW14 sec.29, T.8 S., R.91 W., Mesa County, Hydrologic Unit 14010005, on left bank 10 ft downstream from private road bridge, 0.8 mi upstream from Brook Creek, 8 mi south of Raven, and 16 mi south of Silt.

DRAINAGE AREA.--64.6 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1955 to September 1999. October 1999 to current year (seasonal records only). For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09089500

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 2124: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 7,050 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharge, which is fair. Natural flow of stream affected by water imported from Thompson Creek (Roaring Fork basin), Muddy Creek (Muddy Creek basin), and Buzzard Creek (Plateau Creek basin). 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.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 1,410 ft3/s, May 14, 1984, from rating curve extended above 670 ft3/s, gage height, 5.83 ft; no flow at times in most years.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR (seasonal only).--Maximum discharge, 324 ft3/s, May 18, gage height, 4.10 ft; minimum daily, 0.07 ft3/s, Aug. 12.

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	0.64	---	---	---	---	---	e12	82	161	15	0.32	0.35
2	0.61	---	---	---	---	---	11	69	143	14	0.24	0.26
3	2.0	---	---	---	---	---	11	80	120	13	0.22	0.17
4	1.6	---	---	---	---	---	8.1	107	125	11	0.64	0.14
5	1.4	---	---	---	---	---	6.6	78	115	9.4	1.1	0.18
6	1.3	---	---	---	---	---	6.1	67	102	8.2	0.54	0.77
7	1.1	---	---	---	---	---	5.8	66	116	7.4	0.31	2.3
8	0.85	---	---	---	---	---	5.3	69	104	6.2	0.33	1.3
9	0.76	---	---	---	---	---	7.4	70	93	5.3	0.25	1.4
10	0.67	---	---	---	---	---	14	63	97	4.5	0.16	4.5
11	0.60	---	---	---	---	---	22	56	92	3.8	0.10	5.2
12	0.54	---	---	---	---	---	28	63	82	3.2	0.07	2.4
13	0.46	---	---	---	---	---	31	97	77	2.6	0.19	1.7
14	0.46	---	---	---	---	---	41	122	70	2.3	0.09	1.3
15	0.45	---	---	---	---	---	38	164	66	2.0	0.37	0.91
16	0.44	---	---	---	---	---	29	183	61	1.8	0.81	0.68
17	0.42	---	---	---	---	---	32	215	57	1.8	0.90	0.57
18	0.43	---	---	---	---	---	34	232	54	2.9	1.7	0.52
19	0.37	---	---	---	---	---	25	215	50	1.8	1.7	0.53
20	0.39	---	---	---	---	---	22	206	50	1.3	0.85	0.55
21	0.43	---	---	---	---	---	27	203	41	1.2	0.63	0.53
22	0.47	---	---	---	---	---	36	210	35	1.0	1.1	0.47
23	0.80	---	---	---	---	---	41	185	31	0.86	0.54	0.41
24	0.97	---	---	---	---	---	32	182	29	0.67	0.42	0.37
25	1.0	---	---	---	---	---	38	182	27	0.51	0.39	0.36
26	0.86	---	---	---	---	---	66	169	25	0.45	0.30	0.34
27	0.75	---	---	---	---	---	87	178	22	0.46	0.30	0.32
28	0.76	---	---	---	---	---	100	168	20	0.41	0.27	0.31
29	0.92	---	---	---	---	---	101	171	19	0.44	0.22	0.32
30	0.86	---	---	---	---	---	93	167	17	0.43	0.30	0.30
31	0.99	---	---	---	---	---	---	152	---	0.40	0.33	---
TOTAL	24.30	---	---	---	---	---	1,010.3	4,271	2,101	124.33	15.69	29.46
MEAN	0.78	---	---	---	---	---	33.7	138	70.0	4.01	0.51	0.98
MAX	2.0	---	---	---	---	---	101	232	161	15	1.7	5.2
MIN	0.37	---	---	---	---	---	5.3	56	17	0.40	0.07	0.14
AC-FT	48	---	---	---	---	---	2,000	8,470	4,170	247	31	58

e Estimated.