GUNNISON RIVER BASIN

09132995 TERROR CREEK AT MOUTH NEAR BOWIE, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°54'14", long 107°33'41", in NW14SE14 sec.21, T.13 S., R.91 W., Delta County, Hydrologic Unit 14020004, on right downstream end of box culvert, 450 ft upstream from mouth, and 1.6 mi southwest of Bowie.

DRAINAGE AREA.--29.5 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 2001 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09132995

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,740 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions upstream from station 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.

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	0.02	0.17	e0.17	0.12	0.07	0.46	12	67	37	0.37	0.10	0.07
2	0.03	0.20	e0.09	0.10	e0.06	0.46	14	79	23	0.24	0.10	0.09
3	0.11	0.20	e0.07	0.13	e0.06	0.41	10	110	22	0.83	0.13	0.07
4	0.05	0.17	0.07	0.13	e0.06	0.46	7.0	101	3.5	1.2	0.12	0.10
5	0.04	0.16	0.03	0.11	e0.05	0.64	6.0	59	1.3	1.1	0.14	0.11
6	0.04	0.15	0.03	0.10	e0.05	0.72	5.5	58	0.81	0.87	0.11	0.68
7	0.04	0.10	0.02	0.09	e0.05	0.53	4.2	59	0.61	0.44	0.12	0.22
8	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.09	e0.04	0.64	2.5	52	1.3	0.42	0.15	0.10
9	0.04	0.23	0.02	0.11	e0.05	1.0	6.2	48	1.4	0.48	0.17	0.09
10	0.04	0.05	0.02	0.12	e0.08	1.5	24	51	5.3	0.28	0.13	1.5
11	0.03	0.32	0.02	e0.06	e0.12	2.1	54	39	3.8	0.24	0.19	1.4
12	0.03	0.44	0.02	e0.06	e0.16	4.2	74	82	2.3	0.19	0.29	0.44
13	0.03	0.70	0.02	0.14	0.31	6.3	100	114	1.5	0.17	0.33	0.14
14	0.04	0.63	0.02	0.14	e0.50	7.5	128	130	1.1	0.15	0.34	0.02
15	0.03	0.61	0.02	0.16	e0.60	7.4	97	166	1.00	0.15	0.31	0.02
16	0.03	0.49	0.02	e0.06	e0.60	6.4	49	151	0.99	0.20	0.33	0.01
17	0.03	0.65	e0.01	0.13	0.59	4.8	50	159	0.79	0.18	0.34	0.01
18	0.03	0.57	0.04	e0.05	0.54	3.7	30	206	0.56	0.19	0.36	0.01
19	0.03	0.68	0.03	0.14	0.51	3.3	21	224	0.64	0.21	0.34	0.01
20	0.03	0.69	e0.02	e0.06	e0.40	2.8	18	200	0.92	0.21	0.31	0.01
21	0.02	0.66	e0.03	e0.08	e0.40	2.8	21	195	0.57	0.18	0.27	0.01
22	0.02	0.79	e0.02	0.12	0.44	4.0	37	188	0.70	0.19	0.30	0.01
23	0.08	0.98	e0.03	0.10	0.56	7.9	36	175	0.72	36	0.32	0.00
24	0.09	0.96	e0.05	e0.07	e0.60	11	24	124	0.48	0.40	0.29	0.00
25	0.09	0.85	0.17	e0.06	0.53	8.5	59	94	0.43	0.29	0.31	0.00
26	0.07	0.55	0.14	e0.05	0.50	8.7	123	73	0.31	0.15	0.25	0.00
27	0.28	0.69	0.12	0.06	0.48	7.8	143	53	0.36	0.13	0.18	0.00
28	0.28	e0.60	0.14	0.07	0.46	5.8	144	51	0.40	0.13	0.07	0.00
29	0.27	e0.50	0.16	0.07	---	5.6	106	46	0.40	0.12	0.07	0.00
30	0.19	e0.25	0.12	0.06	---	5.9	66	44	0.37	0.14	0.07	0.00
31	0.19	---	0.12	0.06	---	6.4	---	33	---	0.12	0.11	---
TOTAL	2.34	14.08	1.86	2.90	8.87	129.72	1,471.4	3,231	114.56	45.97	6.65	5.12
MEAN	0.075	0.47	0.060	0.094	0.32	4.18	49.0	104	3.82	1.48	0.21	0.17
MAX	0.28	0.98	0.17	0.16	0.60	11	144	224	37	36	0.36	1.5
MIN	0.02	0.04	0.01	0.05	0.04	0.41	2.5	33	0.31	0.12	0.07	0.00
AC-FT	4.6	28	3.7	5.8	18	257	2,920	6,410	227	91	13	10
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2001 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	0.065	0.33	0.052	0.066	0.21	2.83	32.2	52.8	2.00	0.54	0.12	0.096
MAX	0.075	0.47	0.060	0.094	0.32	4.18	49.0	104	3.82	1.48	0.21	0.17
(WY)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)
MIN	0.055	0.19	0.043	0.039	0.11	1.47	15.3	1.32	0.19	0.063	0.039	0.012
(WY)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 2001 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	577.35	5,034.47
ANNUAL MEAN	1.58	13.8	7.67
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			13.8 2003
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			1.56 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	35 Apr 9	224 May 19	224 May 19, 2003
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Aug 26	0.00 Sep 23	a0.00 Aug 26, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Aug 26	0.00 Sep 23	0.00 Aug 26, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		335 May 18	335 May 18, 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		4.23 May 18	4.23 May 18, 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	1,150	9,990	5,560
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.81	51	15
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.08	0.29	0.13
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.02	0.03	0.02

e Estimated. a No flow several days, most years.