GUNNISON RIVER BASIN

09134000 MINNESOTA CREEK NEAR PAONIA, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°52'12", long. 107°30'13", in NW14NE14 of sec.1 (revised), T.14 S., R.91 W., Delta County, Hydrologic Unit 14020004, on right bank 0.25 mi downstream from South Fork, 6 mi upstream from mouth, and 4.5 mi east of Paonia.

DRAINAGE AREA.--41.3 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1936 to September 1947, October 1985 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09134000

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 6,200 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Apr. 1936 to Oct. 1941, staff gages at different datums. Oct. 1941 to Sept. 1947, water-stage recorder at different datum. Dec. 1985 to present, water-stage recorder, at datum 2.0 ft lower.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by two small storage reservoirs, one of which obtains water from the East Muddy Creek Basin. Small trans-basin diversions from Coal Creek into Minnestota Creek. Diversions upstream from station for irrigation of about 100 acres. 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	4.0	4.0	e1.9	e1.9	2.6	2.5	5.6	21	153	28	19	8.2
2	3.7	3.8	e1.7	e1.7	2.6	2.4	6.4	20	149	28	18	7.7
3	4.8	3.1	e1.6	e1.8	e2.6	2.7	6.0	20	131	27	18	7.4
4	4.4	3.3	e1.5	e1.9	e2.5	2.4	5.0	22	112	26	18	7.1
5	4.3	3.2	e1.7	e1.8	e2.4	2.7	4.7	21	95	25	18	7.2
6	4.0	3.2	e1.6	e1.6	e1.5	2.4	4.6	20	70	25	17	6.4
7	3.9	3.3	e1.5	e1.7	e1.7	2.8	4.4	18	63	25	17	3.7
8	3.8	e2.6	e1.4	e1.7	e2.0	3.0	4.1	17	57	25	17	2.2
9	3.7	e3.7	e1.3	e1.8	e2.2	3.2	5.1	19	54	23	17	4.0
10	3.6	4.2	e1.3	e2.2	e2.1	3.5	7.3	17	50	23	17	11
11	3.6	3.6	e1.4	e1.9	e2.2	4.4	9.8	16	46	22	17	6.5
12	3.4	e2.6	e1.8	e1.7	e1.9	6.1	12	16	42	20	17	4.6
13	3.4	e1.9	e2.0	e2.0	e3.0	6.4	13	20	37	20	16	3.5
14	3.2	e2.6	e1.7	e2.2	e4.0	5.9	16	24	35	20	16	3.3
15	3.2	e2.2	e1.8	e2.1	e3.0	6.2	17	31	35	18	17	3.1
16	3.4	e1.6	e1.7	e1.7	e2.6	6.3	13	38	36	18	17	2.8
17	3.4	e1.8	e1.8	e2.2	e2.1	5.5	16	46	36	19	16	2.6
18	3.5	e1.7	e1.7	e2.0	e2.1	4.7	20	52	35	18	16	2.6
19	3.4	e1.6	e1.6	e2.8	e2.4	4.0	18	61	35	17	16	2.6
20	3.4	e1.5	e1.5	e2.9	e2.5	4.0	17	66	35	17	15	2.6
21	3.3	e1.6	e1.9	e2.8	e2.6	4.7	19	76	34	17	15	3.1
22	2.9	e1.6	e1.6	e2.9	2.6	4.5	22	76	31	17	15	2.6
23	3.7	e1.7	e1.3	e2.9	e2.5	5.5	22	89	31	18	15	2.4
24	4.0	e1.7	e1.8	2.6	e2.6	6.3	20	117	30	19	14	2.5
25	3.6	e1.7	e1.8	2.5	2.5	5.3	21	114	29	19	11	7.3
26	3.6	e1.6	e1.6	e2.6	2.5	5.0	24	120	28	19	5.2	13
27	4.6	e1.5	e1.7	e2.7	2.5	5.4	25	122	27	19	8.9	13
28	4.3	e1.8	e1.7	2.5	2.5	4.5	25	124	27	19	11	12
29	4.6	e1.8	e1.8	2.4	---	4.5	24	129	28	20	8.7	5.1
30	3.9	e1.7	e1.8	2.4	---	4.5	23	125	28	19	5.1	3.4
31	4.2	---	e1.7	2.5	---	4.4	---	126	---	19	2.2	---
TOTAL	116.8	72.2	51.2	68.4	68.3	135.7	430.0	1,783	1,599	649	450.1	163.5
MEAN	3.77	2.41	1.65	2.21	2.44	4.38	14.3	57.5	53.3	20.9	14.5	5.45
MAX	4.8	4.2	2.0	2.9	4.0	6.4	25	129	153	28	19	13
MIN	2.9	1.5	1.3	1.6	1.5	2.4	4.1	16	27	17	2.2	2.2
AC-FT	232	143	102	136	135	269	853	3,540	3,170	1,290	893	324
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1937 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	5.73	5.01	4.15	3.43	3.82	7.03	26.3	87.9	69.5	27.4	14.9	7.80
MAX	16.6	12.9	9.08	5.80	8.62	19.2	89.6	199	194	88.2	29.7	19.8
(WY)	(1942)	(1987)	(1987)	(1942)	(1986)	(1986)	(1942)	(1993)	(1993)	(1995)	(1993)	(1993)
MIN	2.64	1.84	1.65	1.70	1.89	2.57	7.18	15.1	15.5	5.05	2.05	2.91
(WY)	(2000)	(2000)	(2003)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(1990)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1937 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	2,029.2	5,587.2
ANNUAL MEAN	5.56	15.3	22.0
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			46.9 1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			5.73 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	22 May 30	153 Jun 1	340 May 28, 1993
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	e1.3 Dec 9	e1.3 Dec 9	1.0 Nov 14, 1936
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	1.5 Dec 5	e1.5 Dec 5	a1.4 Feb 17, 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		159 Jun 1	359 May 28, 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		2.01 Jun 1	b3.24 May 28, 1993
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	4,020	11,080	15,930
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	15	34	62
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3.2	4.5	6.8
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.7	1.7	2.6

e Estimated. a Also occurred Jan 16, 1990. b Maximum gage height, 3.70 ft, May 22, 1942, site and datum then in use.