PLATEAU CREEK BASIN

09097900 PLATEAU CREEK BELOW COLLBRAN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°14'23", long 107°58'15", in NE14NE14 sec.34, T.9 S., R.95 W., Mesa County, Hydrologic Unit 14010005, on right bank 15 ft downstream from private bridge, 0.3 mi downstream from Grove Creek, and 0.6 mi west of Collbran.

DRAINAGE AREA.--328 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April to September 2003. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09097900

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,920 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by storage reservoirs and diversions for irrigation. 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 CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge during period April to September, 780 ft3/s, May 22, gage height, 5.27 ft; minimum daily,
5.9 ft3/s, July 8.

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	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	140	274	8.9	8.0	7.4
2	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	117	277	9.3	8.0	6.8
3	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	126	151	7.4	e9.6	6.7
4	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	184	114	6.9	e9.2	6.1
5	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	183	89	6.9	e8.2	6.7
6	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	164	69	6.8	8.0	8.4
7	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	151	58	6.4	7.9	15
8	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	138	50	5.9	8.4	19
9	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	147	42	6.1	7.8	18
10	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	155	39	6.6	e7.6	67
11	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	135	43	6.7	e8.2	45
12	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	132	39	7.1	e11	33
13	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	169	38	6.6	e14	29
14	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	193	33	6.5	e12	26
15	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	286	29	6.5	e44	25
16	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	343	27	6.7	e23	23
17	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	444	24	7.7	e16	22
18	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	425	25	8.3	e14	23
19	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	399	24	7.3	e10	24
20	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	406	31	8.1	e8.2	23
21	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	422	28	8.0	e8.4	23
22	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	505	22	7.9	e7.8	22
23	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	488	20	8.2	7.0	18
24	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	379	19	6.6	8.6	18
25	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	356	17	7.0	8.6	17
26	---	---	---	---	---	---	137	318	14	8.8	6.9	16
27	---	---	---	---	---	---	198	397	12	7.2	6.9	16
28	---	---	---	---	---	---	218	426	11	7.8	8.7	15
29	---	---	---	---	---	---	202	379	9.2	7.3	7.9	15
30	---	---	---	---	---	---	166	325	7.8	7.8	7.0	16
31	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	241	---	8.1	8.4	---
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	8,673	1,636.0	227.4	329.3	610.1
MEAN	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	280	54.5	7.34	10.6	20.3
MAX	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	505	277	9.3	44	67
MIN	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	117	7.8	5.9	6.9	6.1
AC-FT	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	17,200	3,250	451	653	1,210

e Estimated.