DOLORES RIVER BASIN

09168730 DOLORES RIVER NEAR SLICK ROCK, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°02'40", long 108°54'17", in NE14SE14 sec.25, T.44 N., R.19 W., San Miguel County, Hydrologic Unit 14030002, on left bank 15 ft downstream from county road S-8 bridge, 0.7 mi upstream from Summit Canyon, 1.2 mi northwest of Slick Rock Post Office, and 2 mi downstream from Colo. Hwy. 141 at Slick Rock Bridge.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,432 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1997 to June 1999 (seasonal records only), October 1999 to September 2000, October 2000 to June 2003 (seasonal records only), discontinued. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09168730

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 5,400 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions for several hundred acres upstream for irrigation and municipal water supply for city of Dove Creek. Also diversions upstream from station for irrigation in the San Juan River basin amount to about 74,760 acres. Flow regulated since Mar. 19, 1984, by McPhee Reservoir, capacity 381,000 acre-ft. 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.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 3,740 ft3/s, May 7, 1998, gage height, 10.18 ft; minimum daily, 1.0 ft3/s, June 11, 2002.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Major flows occurred in Oct. 1911, Sept. 1970, and Apr. 1973. Minimum flow not determined.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR (seasonal only).--Maximum discharge, 474 ft3/s, Apr. 12, gage height, 5.83 ft; minimum daily, 1.8 ft3/s, June 22.

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	---	---	---	---	---	18	72	39	40	---	---	---
2	---	---	---	---	---	17	154	39	26	---	---	---
3	---	---	---	---	---	e17	147	38	21	---	---	---
4	---	---	---	---	---	e13	112	35	18	---	---	---
5	---	---	---	---	---	e12	90	36	14	---	---	---
6	---	---	---	---	---	e13	99	32	10	---	---	---
7	---	---	---	---	---	e12	90	26	7.9	---	---	---
8	---	---	---	---	---	e12	75	21	6.4	---	---	---
9	---	---	---	---	---	e12	67	19	6.6	---	---	---
10	---	---	---	---	---	e13	173	17	7.7	---	---	---
11	---	---	---	---	---	e18	280	15	5.7	---	---	---
12	---	---	---	---	---	18	286	16	4.9	---	---	---
13	---	---	---	---	---	42	183	15	4.2	---	---	---
14	---	---	---	---	---	52	166	22	4.4	---	---	---
15	---	---	---	---	---	50	127	35	6.0	---	---	---
16	---	---	---	---	---	48	117	43	6.0	---	---	---
17	---	---	---	---	---	59	97	41	4.7	---	---	---
18	---	---	---	---	---	78	83	49	4.1	---	---	---
19	---	---	---	---	---	57	71	48	4.3	---	---	---
20	---	---	---	---	---	41	60	45	3.8	---	---	---
21	---	---	---	---	---	33	52	42	2.7	---	---	---
22	---	---	---	---	---	29	47	43	1.8	---	---	---
23	---	---	---	---	---	32	49	41	4.2	---	---	---
24	---	---	---	---	---	40	47	42	21	---	---	---
25	---	---	---	---	---	80	43	40	22	---	---	---
26	---	---	---	---	---	105	39	39	23	---	---	---
27	---	---	---	---	---	115	43	36	23	---	---	---
28	---	---	---	---	---	99	50	35	24	---	---	---
29	---	---	---	---	---	76	47	34	22	---	---	---
30	---	---	---	---	---	e63	40	34	23	---	---	---
31	---	---	---	---	---	e56	---	30	---	---	---	---
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	1,330	3,006	1,047	372.4	---	---	---
MEAN	---	---	---	---	---	42.9	100	33.8	12.4	---	---	---
MAX	---	---	---	---	---	115	286	49	40	---	---	---
MIN	---	---	---	---	---	12	39	15	1.8	---	---	---
AC-FT	---	---	---	---	---	2,640	5,960	2,080	739	---	---	---

e Estimated.