GUNNISON RIVER BASIN

09107000 TAYLOR RIVER AT TAYLOR PARK, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°51'37", long 106°33'58", in NW14NE14 sec.5, T.14 S., R.82 W., Gunnison County, Hydrologic Unit 14020001, on left bank 0.2 mi upstream from Taylor Park Reservoir waterline, 2.7 mi north of Taylor Park, and 21 mi northeast of Almont.

DRAINAGE AREA.--128 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1929 to September 1934, October 1987 to current year. Records for 1929-1934 provided by Colorado Division of Water Resources, published in WSP 1313. Statistical summary computed for 1988 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09107000

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1313: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 9,340 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
June 1929 to Sept. 1934 water-stage recorder at different datum at site flooded by waters of Taylor Park Reservoir since 1937.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. 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	62	e49	e44	e29	e29	e22	e40	87	722	133	75	51
2	62	e47	e40	e31	e29	e21	e39	83	577	128	65	47
3	66	e41	e42	e28	e27	e22	e34	86	521	122	64	51
4	59	e43	e40	e28	e25	e23	e32	87	476	118	62	51
5	58	e42	e42	e29	e25	e22	e31	86	421	113	57	46
6	55	e41	e40	e28	e24	e22	e31	78	363	107	53	49
7	53	e42	e40	e28	e23	e23	e30	77	328	102	53	72
8	52	e43	e40	e30	e24	e25	e30	77	311	98	55	67
9	51	e50	e37	e29	e22	e28	e35	74	328	92	52	80
10	50	e47	e35	e28	e23	e32	42	73	338	89	51	117
11	49	e44	e35	e30	e24	e35	51	69	329	87	51	92
12	48	e38	e35	e28	e23	e35	57	83	314	84	51	77
13	46	e34	e36	e27	e25	e33	63	104	332	80	51	88
14	46	e41	e36	e28	e29	e34	74	114	284	78	49	75
15	47	e40	e37	e28	e28	e30	71	161	280	79	44	68
16	46	e36	e35	e27	e26	e29	62	172	270	87	49	64
17	45	e41	e38	e25	e26	e29	67	223	243	82	60	61
18	45	e41	e39	e25	e28	e26	65	241	237	80	60	57
19	45	e41	e37	e25	e27	e25	61	232	238	77	58	56
20	44	e44	e33	e24	e26	e24	62	230	228	76	47	54
21	44	e48	e37	e23	e26	e28	69	260	210	78	44	52
22	45	e50	e35	e23	e25	e26	73	303	192	73	51	51
23	51	e51	e34	e24	e23	e31	63	374	183	70	58	50
24	52	e50	e34	e25	e26	e35	59	461	172	74	57	49
25	49	e46	e33	e25	e25	e34	74	519	164	70	64	48
26	48	e42	e34	e24	e22	e33	98	493	158	68	66	47
27	53	e39	e30	e24	e23	e31	105	625	153	71	58	46
28	50	e41	e31	e25	e24	e27	105	741	149	77	74	46
29	51	e42	e32	e25	---	e26	101	699	143	81	62	46
30	e50	e42	e32	e25	---	e29	100	743	138	68	62	44
31	e51	---	e28	e27	---	e34	---	639	---	67	58	---
TOTAL	1,573	1,296	1,121	825	707	874	1,824	8,294	8,802	2,709	1,761	1,802
MEAN	50.7	43.2	36.2	26.6	25.2	28.2	60.8	268	293	87.4	56.8	60.1
MAX	66	51	44	31	29	35	105	743	722	133	75	117
MIN	44	34	28	23	22	21	30	69	138	67	44	44
AC-FT	3,120	2,570	2,220	1,640	1,400	1,730	3,620	16,450	17,460	5,370	3,490	3,570
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1988 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	58.3	47.6	39.9	34.4	33.2	38.2	76.2	261	379	174	86.3	64.8
MAX	91.3	71.6	53.8	41.9	38.2	50.5	119	447	767	719	236	122
(WY)	(1996)	(1996)	(1996)	(1997)	(1995)	(1997)	(1996)	(1996)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)
MIN	39.6	34.5	30.0	26.6	25.2	28.2	39.4	148	94.9	38.0	28.5	32.6
(WY)	(1989)	(1989)	(1989)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(1995)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1988 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	20,207	31,588
ANNUAL MEAN	55.4	86.5	108
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			197 1995
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			56.3 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	196 May 21	743 May 30	1,120 Jun 17, 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	19 Sep 6	e21 Mar 2	19 Sep 6, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	20 Sep 1	22 Mar 1	20 Sep 1, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		946 May 28	1,400 Jun 18, 1995
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		3.33 May 28	4.08 Jun 18, 1995
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	40,080	62,650	78,150
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	120	199	260
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	40	49	53
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	27	25	33

e Estimated.