GREEN RIVER BASIN

09238900 FISH CREEK AT UPPER STATION, NEAR STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 40°28'30", long 106°47'11", in SE14SE14 sec.15, T.6 N., R.84 W., Routt County, Hydrologic Unit 14050001, on right bank 2.6 mi upstream from mouth, and 2.5 mi east of Steamboat Springs.

DRAINAGE AREA.--25.8 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1966 to September 1972, May 1982 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09238900

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR C0-00-2: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, and concrete control. Elevation of gage is 7,150 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair. Diversions upstream from station by Mount Werner Recreation District and City of Steamboat Springs for domestic use began in 1972 (see table below for figures of diversion). Natural flow of stream affected by storage in Fish Creek and Long lake Reservoir, combined capacity 2,237 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.

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	4.5	4.7	5.3	3.5	4.6	3.2	e10	92	877	134	6.8	4.6
2	3.8	4.8	5.2	3.5	4.9	2.9	e14	110	791	122	5.8	4.8
3	8.8	4.8	5.4	3.6	5.2	2.4	18	100	725	107	4.9	5.2
4	6.8	5.1	5.6	3.3	4.5	2.3	16	77	657	91	7.8	4.1
5	6.7	4.6	5.7	3.6	4.5	2.5	15	66	556	77	6.7	5.1
6	6.4	4.1	5.1	3.8	4.3	2.5	14	55	491	69	4.5	5.4
7	6.5	4.2	4.7	4.1	3.9	2.2	14	51	448	62	4.7	10
8	9.6	4.5	4.7	4.0	4.4	1.9	15	50	426	49	4.5	8.2
9	9.2	4.7	5.8	6.4	4.5	1.7	15	47	478	38	3.9	6.6
10	8.9	5.9	5.1	4.2	5.0	1.8	21	41	584	32	3.9	16
11	9.3	5.8	4.8	4.4	6.3	2.3	31	33	613	28	3.0	16
12	8.1	6.0	4.9	4.6	3.4	3.0	38	37	520	24	4.1	15
13	6.0	5.5	4.9	4.5	3.7	4.6	48	58	507	21	4.9	13
14	8.4	5.4	4.7	4.8	4.5	7.3	65	100	528	18	3.9	7.0
15	6.3	5.7	4.6	5.1	4.0	8.6	66	146	536	15	3.0	5.3
16	4.7	7.6	4.5	e5.0	3.8	10	50	213	482	13	3.3	4.4
17	4.9	5.6	4.5	e5.0	3.8	9.1	43	279	446	11	5.0	4.6
18	4.7	5.1	4.8	e5.0	4.0	8.0	37	284	440	13	8.2	5.3
19	4.6	3.3	5.1	e5.0	3.6	7.2	32	257	396	11	3.8	6.8
20	4.5	4.6	6.3	e5.0	3.9	6.6	30	271	354	18	4.8	5.0
21	4.2	5.3	4.7	e5.1	3.3	6.8	32	298	293	12	4.2	4.2
22	4.4	5.5	4.4	e5.3	3.6	6.5	36	346	282	5.8	4.8	3.8
23	5.2	5.9	5.5	e5.4	3.8	6.6	38	425	265	e5.8	4.7	3.3
24	4.8	6.4	4.1	5.6	3.7	8.1	34	518	223	e5.8	4.8	3.2
25	6.2	6.7	3.7	5.0	3.8	7.8	36	540	214	4.7	4.7	3.2
26	4.9	5.3	3.7	5.0	4.3	7.8	47	546	179	4.1	4.5	3.0
27	4.8	8.3	3.5	4.2	4.2	e7.6	62	622	171	3.8	4.6	3.2
28	4.5	7.0	3.7	4.1	3.8	e8.0	89	679	156	5.6	4.8	3.2
29	4.1	7.1	3.5	4.1	---	e9.0	100	956	137	10	4.6	3.7
30	4.6	6.1	3.4	4.3	---	e9.0	102	791	142	9.0	5.6	2.9
31	5.1	---	3.2	4.6	---	e9.0	---	803	---	7.1	6.9	---
TOTAL	185.5	165.6	145.1	141.1	117.3	176.3	1,168	8,891	12,917	1,026.7	151.7	186.1
MEAN	5.98	5.52	4.68	4.55	4.19	5.69	38.9	287	431	33.1	4.89	6.20
MAX	9.6	8.3	6.3	6.4	6.3	10	102	956	877	134	8.2	16
MIN	3.8	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.3	1.7	10	33	137	3.8	3.0	2.9
AC-FT	368	328	288	280	233	350	2,320	17,640	25,620	2,040	301	369
a	154	143	175	264	214	195	143	142	322	435	367	244
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	11.0	9.95	7.56	5.96	5.47	8.89	35.4	213	369	82.2	9.29	10.1
MAX	51.9	31.6	23.3	19.2	15.8	17.0	59.0	358	580	331	21.6	74.0
(WY)	(1998)	(1998)	(1998)	(1998)	(1998)	(1998)	(1987)	(1969)	(1997)	(1995)	(1997)	(1997)
MIN	2.52	3.07	2.43	2.29	1.88	3.59	8.21	85.5	102	3.27	0.86	0.73
(WY)	(1993)	(1989)	(2000)	(2001)	(2001)	(2002)	(1983)	(1983)	(2002)	(2002)	(1994)	(1994)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1967 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	10,854.0	25,271.4
ANNUAL MEAN	29.7	69.2	63.5
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			98.6 1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			29.8 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	477 May 31	956 May 29	956 May 29, 2003
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	1.8 Sep 24	1.7 Mar 9	0.01 Aug 7, 1972
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	2.4 Jul 10	2.1 Mar 4	0.11 Aug 7, 1972
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		1,240 May 29	1,240 May 29, 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		3.24 May 29	3.24 May 29, 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	21,530	50,130	46,020
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	93	267	235
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4.9	5.6	9.4
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2.8	3.7	3.2

e Estimated. a Diversions, in acre-feet, by Mount Werner Water and Sanitation District, and City of Steamboat Springs.