PLATEAU CREEK BASIN

09105000 PLATEAU CREEK NEAR CAMEO, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°11'00", long 108°16'02", in SW14SW14 sec.18, T.10 S., R.97 W., Mesa County, Hydrologic Unit 14010005, on left bank 300 ft from State Highway 65, 1.15 mi upstream from mouth, and 4.0 mi northeast of Cameo.

DRAINAGE AREA.--592 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1935 to September 1983. October 1985 to current year. Prior to May 1936, monthly discharges only, published in WSP 1313. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09105000

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 979: 1942. WSP 2124: Drainage area. WDR CO-83-2: 1973 (M), 1975 (M).

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 4,840 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Aug. 27, 1936, nonrecording gage.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by storage reservoirs, diversions for irrigation of about 25,000 acres, return flow from irrigated areas, and for power development.

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	47	76	47	e47	45	e46	73	173	324	32	30	29
2	42	53	46	e41	e46	48	94	149	425	31	28	27
3	102	49	45	e44	e45	46	92	149	209	29	29	27
4	77	46	42	e46	43	52	75	247	159	28	28	26
5	53	46	44	e43	43	52	70	238	125	28	27	35
6	46	44	41	e40	e40	47	66	211	100	28	27	39
7	43	45	41	e42	e37	49	65	189	88	28	27	44
8	42	49	41	e40	e39	53	62	168	79	26	29	55
9	40	135	39	e44	e45	54	65	207	68	26	30	82
10	38	72	42	e49	e42	56	81	195	59	27	29	237
11	37	58	44	e48	e45	60	113	174	60	26	29	129
12	37	50	43	e46	41	71	154	157	62	25	32	91
13	37	49	41	42	44	87	148	185	62	25	36	81
14	37	52	40	44	e55	100	183	211	54	24	34	78
15	37	51	42	44	e50	100	192	318	48	24	72	76
16	38	46	42	e39	e47	96	167	385	46	20	46	73
17	38	46	47	e44	e48	84	144	501	45	19	40	68
18	39	49	e45	e37	e47	79	144	474	48	20	39	71
19	40	45	e41	e44	e46	66	131	480	50	19	35	73
20	41	46	e39	e45	45	57	106	465	62	19	28	73
21	42	48	e49	46	49	64	97	494	73	20	28	71
22	43	47	e42	45	46	61	107	536	64	21	25	70
23	46	48	e35	45	44	65	138	690	55	22	24	65
24	50	49	e44	45	41	103	111	474	53	21	27	63
25	48	51	e46	46	49	85	91	431	51	21	26	61
26	46	45	e41	45	46	73	146	348	48	23	25	61
27	46	41	e42	45	e45	77	229	452	45	23	25	59
28	48	45	e41	46	e47	68	253	550	42	22	28	58
29	52	46	e44	44	---	57	237	485	38	23	29	58
30	48	46	e44	43	---	56	196	432	33	23	30	59
31	50	---	e41	44	---	62	---	310	---	23	31	---
TOTAL	1,430	1,573	1,321	1,363	1,260	2,074	3,830	10,478	2,675	746	973	2,039
MEAN	46.1	52.4	42.6	44.0	45.0	66.9	128	338	89.2	24.1	31.4	68.0
MAX	102	135	49	49	55	103	253	690	425	32	72	237
MIN	37	41	35	37	37	46	62	149	33	19	24	26
AC-FT	2,840	3,120	2,620	2,700	2,500	4,110	7,600	20,780	5,310	1,480	1,930	4,040
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1936 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	114	103	86.5	77.3	82.4	107	241	662	502	120	79.7	93.8
MAX	333	207	148	117	148	220	759	1,825	2,975	796	328	255
(WY)	(1942)	(1987)	(1942)	(1998)	(1958)	(1998)	(1942)	(1942)	(1983)	(1995)	(1983)	(1997)
MIN	25.2	37.3	42.1	41.4	42.8	58.3	71.9	33.8	15.6	10.2	13.4	17.4
(WY)	(1978)	(1978)	(1991)	(1961)	(1978)	(1964)	(1990)	(1977)	(2002)	(2002)	(1977)	(1977)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1936 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	16,754.9	29,762
ANNUAL MEAN	45.9	81.5	190
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			542 1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			48.8 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	135 Nov 9	690 May 23	4,100 Jun 25, 1983
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	7.4 Jul 21	19 Jul 17	a7.4 Jul 21, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	8.2 Jul 19	20 Jul 16	8.2 Jul 19, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		1,060 May 23	5,580 Jun 15, 1973
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		4.32 May 23	b7.99 Jun 15, 1973
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	33,230	59,030	137,700
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	85	173	408
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	44	46	96
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	11	28	46

e Estimated. a Also occurred Jul 24, 2002. b Maximum gage height, 8.73 ft, Jun 16, 1995.