GUNNISON RIVER BASIN

09132960 HUBBARD CREEK AT HIGHWAY 133 AT MOUTH NEAR BOWIE, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°55'32", long 107°31'04", in NE14NE14 sec.14, T.13 S., R.91 W., Delta County, Hydrologic Unit 14020004, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 133, 100 ft upstream from mouth, and 1.3 mi northeast of Bowie.

DRAINAGE AREA.--57.7 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 2001 to current year. Water-quality data available, May 1999 to March 2000, published as 385532107310501 Hubbard Creek at mouth near Bowie, CO. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09132960

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,880 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except May 7 to June 4, which are fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions upstream from station for irrigation. Most of the flow is diverted during irrigation season. 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	2.2	1.7	0.23	0.23	0.30	e0.11	18	73	144	0.26	0.38	0.13
2	1.4	2.3	e0.20	0.25	0.31	e0.12	22	69	120	0.26	0.20	0.09
3	2.7	1.1	0.29	0.24	0.41	e0.10	19	75	87	0.24	1.2	0.08
4	3.1	0.69	e0.23	0.22	e0.14	e0.09	13	89	68	0.26	0.42	0.12
5	2.0	0.98	0.29	0.21	e0.13	e0.10	11	83	57	0.25	0.33	0.49
6	2.0	0.88	e0.17	0.22	e0.11	e0.20	10	79	35	0.25	0.24	14
7	2.6	0.89	e0.16	0.23	e0.09	0.94	8.7	86	22	0.25	0.19	10
8	2.6	1.4	e0.16	0.25	e0.08	1.5	8.7	89	18	0.25	0.34	2.7
9	1.7	4.8	e0.15	0.25	e0.09	2.1	16	99	17	0.26	0.34	1.5
10	0.90	2.7	e0.15	0.22	e0.10	2.0	37	100	14	0.24	0.28	16
11	0.68	2.1	e0.14	0.23	e0.12	2.7	61	81	11	0.23	0.32	15
12	0.52	1.2	0.21	0.24	0.38	4.9	83	89	8.5	0.20	0.29	5.4
13	0.32	1.7	0.22	0.28	e0.20	6.4	104	104	7.3	0.17	0.42	e3.8
14	0.22	1.3	e0.13	0.30	e0.21	8.8	126	109	6.4	0.17	3.7	e2.5
15	0.19	1.2	0.22	0.25	e0.20	8.3	116	138	4.7	0.16	0.88	e1.7
16	0.18	1.4	e0.12	e0.11	e0.19	9.5	76	135	4.0	0.16	1.4	e1.4
17	0.17	1.6	e0.11	0.27	0.49	8.9	78	140	3.8	0.16	2.3	e0.99
18	0.18	1.3	e0.12	e0.11	0.41	6.4	66	225	3.4	0.14	0.90	e0.65
19	0.19	1.2	e0.13	e0.12	e0.14	5.3	53	219	3.6	0.13	0.35	e0.65
20	0.19	1.2	e0.14	e0.13	e0.14	5.2	49	156	3.6	0.16	0.15	e0.60
21	0.19	1.1	e0.13	e0.11	e0.13	6.3	58	146	2.9	0.17	0.09	e0.53
22	0.20	1.1	e0.13	0.27	e0.12	7.3	86	139	1.8	0.15	0.09	e0.48
23	0.89	1.1	e0.14	0.22	e0.13	12	82	137	1.6	0.15	0.09	e0.39
24	2.0	1.1	0.27	0.23	e0.14	15	58	123	0.80	0.17	0.08	e0.25
25	1.8	1.0	0.25	0.26	0.45	13	87	121	0.27	0.12	0.08	e0.30
26	1.1	e0.80	0.27	0.32	0.46	12	133	116	0.25	0.30	0.13	e0.29
27	2.1	e0.50	0.24	e0.09	0.38	12	150	119	0.25	0.75	0.16	e0.27
28	2.0	e0.30	0.25	0.29	0.39	7.9	138	133	0.24	0.22	0.35	e0.27
29	2.1	e0.20	0.24	e0.09	---	6.6	112	138	0.27	0.15	0.16	e0.27
30	1.3	e0.40	0.25	e0.10	---	7.4	86	141	0.27	0.15	0.14	e0.34
31	1.6	---	0.26	e0.11	---	7.8	---	132	---	0.14	0.16	---
TOTAL	39.32	39.24	6.00	6.45	6.44	180.96	1,965.4	3,683	646.95	6.67	16.16	81.19
MEAN	1.27	1.31	0.19	0.21	0.23	5.84	65.5	119	21.6	0.22	0.52	2.71
MAX	3.1	4.8	0.29	0.32	0.49	15	150	225	144	0.75	3.7	16
MIN	0.17	0.20	0.11	0.09	0.08	0.09	8.7	69	0.24	0.12	0.08	0.08
AC-FT	78	78	12	13	13	359	3,900	7,310	1,280	13	32	161
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	0.68	0.96	0.49	0.55	0.52	4.14	49.0	60.6	10.8	0.13	0.27	1.50
MAX	1.27	1.31	0.78	0.89	0.81	5.84	65.5	119	21.6	0.22	0.52	2.71
(WY)	(2003)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)
MIN	0.083	0.61	0.19	0.21	0.23	2.43	32.4	2.32	0.055	0.052	0.011	0.29
(WY)	(2002)	(2002)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 2002 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	1,266.51	6,677.78
ANNUAL MEAN	3.47	18.3	10.8
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			18.3 2003
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			3.36 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	58 Apr 11	225 May 18	225 May 18, 2003
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Aug 17	e0.08 Feb 8	a0.00 Aug 17, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Aug 22	0.10 Aug 20	0.00 Aug 22, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		355 May 18	355 May 18, 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		3.18 May 18	3.18 May 18, 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	2,510	13,250	7,840
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5.3	86	28
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.70	0.49	0.63
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.03	0.13	0.05

e Estimated. a Also occurred Aug 18, 19, Aug 22 to Sep 6, 2002.