GUNNISON RIVER BASIN

09124500 LAKE FORK AT GATEVIEW, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°17'56", long 107°13'46", in SE14NE14 sec.29, T.47 N., R.3 W., Gunnison County, Hydrologic Unit 14020002, on left bank at old village of Gateview, 25 ft downstream from private bridge, 0.2 mi upstream from Indian Creek, and 6.3 mi upstream from waterline of Blue Mesa Reservoir, at elevation
7,519 ft.

DRAINAGE AREA.--334 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1937 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1313. Water-quality data available, October 1990 to September 1993. Sediment data available, October 1998 to September 1999. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09124500

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 2124: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 7,827.66 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1938, at datum 2.00 ft higher, Oct. 1, 1938 to Sept. 30, 1945, at datum 1.00 ft higher, and Oct. 1, 1945 to Sept. 3, 1991, at datum 1.00 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation of about 1,600 acres upstream from station. 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	70	52	e57	e40	e40	e34	e57	195	1,200	311	162	169
2	72	51	e53	e42	e41	e33	e46	166	1,190	304	155	159
3	86	e45	e54	e39	e39	e34	41	154	1,120	295	151	158
4	84	e43	e52	e39	e37	e34	37	158	1,000	277	152	153
5	85	e46	e53	e40	e37	e34	35	151	936	266	155	144
6	85	e41	e51	e40	e35	e33	33	133	815	253	143	181
7	85	e42	e51	e39	e35	e35	32	125	743	241	137	182
8	85	e44	e51	e41	e36	e38	28	122	723	222	137	171
9	84	e55	e49	e41	e33	e45	36	112	744	206	126	184
10	81	e49	e48	e40	e34	e60	41	109	746	196	117	194
11	78	e46	e47	e40	e35	e73	50	103	709	181	113	281
12	76	e41	e47	e39	e34	e72	58	110	e649	174	108	258
13	72	e56	e48	e38	e37	e68	59	143	e592	166	131	294
14	71	e50	e47	e39	e40	e69	68	166	e532	150	151	313
15	67	e48	e48	e39	e39	e59	74	252	e541	114	141	313
16	65	e45	e47	e38	e37	e58	66	275	e525	113	148	309
17	64	e52	e50	e36	e37	e54	62	334	e490	119	147	305
18	62	e59	e51	e37	e39	e54	62	428	435	107	140	284
19	62	e57	e49	e37	e38	e52	62	422	433	108	131	271
20	60	e61	e45	e35	e38	e51	59	445	438	111	122	256
21	58	e65	e49	e34	e37	e57	62	461	410	114	117	233
22	59	e66	e46	e34	e36	e54	70	610	410	117	117	215
23	61	e68	e45	e34	e34	e65	71	846	408	116	120	196
24	61	e64	e45	e36	e37	e68	66	1,010	391	118	141	183
25	60	e55	e44	e37	e36	e67	64	974	366	120	134	173
26	58	e57	e45	e35	e34	e64	73	869	357	124	134	160
27	60	e48	e42	e36	e35	e48	93	1,090	350	122	150	149
28	58	e55	e42	e37	e35	e41	120	1,270	343	147	158	142
29	56	e56	e43	e36	---	e47	174	1,410	332	132	172	136
30	51	e56	e44	e36	---	e53	230	1,480	321	136	172	129
31	55	---	e39	e39	---	e62	---	1,260	---	143	177	---
TOTAL	2,131	1,573	1,482	1,173	1,025	1,616	2,029	15,383	18,249	5,303	4,359	6,295
MEAN	68.7	52.4	47.8	37.8	36.6	52.1	67.6	496	608	171	141	210
MAX	86	68	57	42	41	73	230	1,480	1,200	311	177	313
MIN	51	41	39	34	33	33	28	103	321	107	108	129
AC-FT	4,230	3,120	2,940	2,330	2,030	3,210	4,020	30,510	36,200	10,520	8,650	12,490
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1938 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	95.2	68.3	52.0	46.1	43.8	56.0	131	536	966	473	206	132
MAX	242	143	75.7	66.5	71.0	102	340	1,153	1,586	1,266	480	430
(WY)	(1942)	(1942)	(1984)	(1984)	(1986)	(1939)	(1952)	(1984)	(1944)	(1957)	(1999)	(1970)
MIN	40.3	42.7	32.9	29.9	30.4	30.5	53.3	205	176	63.2	48.1	45.5
(WY)	(1957)	(1940)	(2002)	(2002)	(1990)	(1977)	(1990)	(1977)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(1956)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1938 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	29,657	60,618
ANNUAL MEAN	81.3	166	234
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			413 1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			79.8 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	355 May 21	1,480 May 30	2,410 Jun 29, 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	e21 Jan 3	28 Apr 8	e,a21 Jan 3, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	e26 Jan 29	e34 Feb 28	23 Jan 19, 1976
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		1,700 May 30	2,720 Jul 10, 1983
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		4.04 May 30	b4.18 Jul 10, 1983
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	58,820	120,200	169,700
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	182	409	677
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	56	67	85
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	32	37	40

e Estimated. a Also occurred Feb 1, 2002. b At datum then in use. Maximum gage height, 4.77 ft, Jun 16, 1995, at present datum.