GREEN RIVER BASIN

09304115 WHITE RIVER BELOW NORTH ELK CREEK NEAR BUFORD, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°57'00", long 107°41'39", in SE14SE14 sec.22, T.1 S., R.92 W., Rio Blanco County, Hydrologic Unit 14050005, on left bank at County Road 8 bridge, 0.7 mi downstream from North Elk Creek, and 4.8 mi southwest of Buford.

DRAINAGE AREA.--529 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--January to September 2003. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09304115

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,780 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good 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.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge during period January to September, 4,180 ft3/s, June 2, gage height, 5.54 ft; minimum daily,
149 ft3/s, Feb. 7.

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	---	---	---	---	235	216	279	714	3,720	854	402	342
2	---	---	---	---	239	215	306	651	3,840	824	404	328
3	---	---	---	---	229	238	312	689	3,470	788	403	341
4	---	---	---	---	213	240	274	764	3,170	760	405	343
5	---	---	---	---	198	233	264	715	2,890	732	396	336
6	---	---	---	---	164	230	267	647	2,610	716	375	350
7	---	---	---	---	149	231	254	642	2,390	702	369	392
8	---	---	---	---	155	231	247	663	2,210	673	389	378
9	---	---	---	e225	212	231	273	669	2,160	650	378	343
10	---	---	---	e227	204	233	312	610	2,110	608	376	434
11	---	---	---	e221	224	239	375	578	2,000	567	375	422
12	---	---	---	e225	241	247	447	602	1,960	542	368	415
13	---	---	---	230	274	258	531	744	1,850	520	353	420
14	---	---	---	e223	284	271	644	910	1,730	499	390	407
15	---	---	---	e217	259	272	680	983	1,740	486	360	358
16	---	---	---	208	238	274	591	1,150	1,660	476	365	371
17	---	---	---	e186	245	274	549	1,690	1,520	472	366	359
18	---	---	---	e155	236	265	532	1,740	1,480	473	408	361
19	---	---	---	213	222	247	481	1,900	1,480	483	381	344
20	---	---	---	e200	216	242	451	1,940	1,720	470	342	348
21	---	---	---	237	240	246	470	2,030	1,490	466	343	341
22	---	---	---	245	235	244	517	2,140	1,360	461	339	337
23	---	---	---	e233	229	253	551	2,370	1,270	465	344	335
24	---	---	---	e230	230	280	538	2,300	1,190	465	406	330
25	---	---	---	e223	234	259	544	2,650	1,170	463	369	321
26	---	---	---	e217	234	261	625	2,670	1,080	449	341	317
27	---	---	---	e220	236	261	713	2,850	1,020	434	344	314
28	---	---	---	e219	230	232	768	3,050	964	417	373	316
29	---	---	---	233	---	229	796	3,070	924	427	346	315
30	---	---	---	230	---	248	805	3,270	892	419	341	303
31	---	---	---	236	---	252	---	3,350	---	402	356	---
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	6,305	7,652	14,396	48,751	57,070	17,163	11,507	10,621
MEAN	---	---	---	---	225	247	480	1,573	1,902	554	371	354
MAX	---	---	---	---	284	280	805	3,350	3,840	854	408	434
MIN	---	---	---	---	149	215	247	578	892	402	339	303
AC-FT	---	---	---	---	12,510	15,180	28,550	96,700	113,200	34,040	22,820	21,070

e Estimated.