GREEN RIVER BASIN

09304200 WHITE RIVER ABOVE COAL CREEK NEAR MEEKER, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 40°00'18", long 107°49'29", in NW14NW14 sec.3, T.1 S., R.93 W., Rio Blanco County, Hydrologic Unit 14050005, on left bank 15 ft downstream from county road bridge, 2.3 mi upstream from Coal Creek, and 5.0 mi southeast of Meeker.

DRAINAGE AREA.--648 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1961 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09304200

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-79-3: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,400 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Oct. 1, 1961 to Sept. 30, 1976, at site 76 ft upstream at datum 2.00 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversion upstream from station for irrigation of about 8,000 acres and about 4,000 acres downstream from station.

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	154	266	251	e245	e257	211	322	672	3,410	533	137	70
2	146	284	e254	e225	233	209	336	582	3,730	511	130	58
3	e187	247	e232	e260	228	232	334	560	3,410	528	127	61
4	e210	250	e231	e251	211	239	302	640	3,180	522	116	78
5	e203	255	e244	e243	221	236	304	583	2,890	497	96	78
6	e193	262	e236	e253	184	231	302	492	2,580	490	74	93
7	e196	275	e225	e251	186	233	282	470	2,260	470	72	118
8	230	293	e220	e247	173	232	270	462	2,000	432	76	131
9	235	307	e207	e245	e180	233	293	488	1,920	419	75	127
10	230	288	e200	e247	e191	246	322	439	1,900	391	66	226
11	216	284	e224	e241	e201	254	370	387	1,780	368	59	237
12	231	257	e245	e245	e206	261	421	365	1,710	364	56	225
13	212	266	e240	e232	e212	e265	474	449	1,590	355	51	241
14	218	285	e228	e234	e209	e261	584	658	1,460	341	55	242
15	217	273	e239	e237	e219	e268	631	893	1,440	305	38	209
16	211	244	e232	e219	224	e264	553	1,140	1,370	296	30	225
17	211	261	e248	e227	239	e273	514	1,530	1,220	294	34	212
18	218	278	e240	e210	227	267	493	1,810	1,170	296	49	214
19	234	248	e242	e224	215	253	456	1,740	1,150	308	61	209
20	212	263	226	e220	224	246	433	1,720	1,410	290	46	213
21	221	264	282	e258	260	247	435	1,870	1,200	264	35	206
22	225	257	278	e259	253	246	455	2,030	1,060	247	37	204
23	239	263	200	e253	229	256	471	2,330	982	236	39	204
24	278	268	218	e250	225	283	472	2,440	896	232	74	208
25	258	259	e251	e243	235	297	447	2,490	853	221	65	201
26	259	218	e225	e237	240	288	545	2,440	772	212	51	197
27	260	215	e229	e243	229	304	665	2,720	699	189	55	195
28	242	232	e281	e239	238	282	740	2,920	641	160	77	196
29	261	259	e270	e232	---	269	770	3,160	588	165	58	212
30	257	259	e238	e236	---	302	780	3,290	559	157	50	217
31	269	---	e226	e235	---	291	---	3,140	---	137	67	---
TOTAL	6,933	7,880	7,362	7,441	6,149	7,979	13,776	44,910	49,830	10,230	2,056	5,307
MEAN	224	263	237	240	220	257	459	1,449	1,661	330	66.3	177
MAX	278	307	282	260	260	304	780	3,290	3,730	533	137	242
MIN	146	215	200	210	173	209	270	365	559	137	30	58
AC-FT	13,750	15,630	14,600	14,760	12,200	15,830	27,320	89,080	98,840	20,290	4,080	10,530
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1962 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	351	339	305	292	287	307	514	1,501	1,699	565	284	253
MAX	616	488	426	405	387	448	1,034	2,785	3,526	1,924	759	586
(WY)	(1998)	(1987)	(1998)	(1998)	(1986)	(1986)	(1985)	(1985)	(1984)	(1995)	(1984)	(1997)
MIN	141	229	184	181	208	225	319	397	86.7	22.5	21.5	41.3
(WY)	(1978)	(1978)	(1977)	(1977)	(1978)	(1977)	(1991)	(1977)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1962 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	83,920.0	169,853
ANNUAL MEAN	230	465	559
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			966 1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			208 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	798 May 8	3,730 Jun 2	5,360 Jun 26, 1983
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	8.3 Jul 7	30 Aug 16	6.5 Jul 19, 1977
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	10 Sep 5	42 Aug 16	8.8 Jul 16, 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		3,950 Jun 2	5,740 Jun 26, 1983
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		6.05 Jun 2	7.07 Jun 26, 1983
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW		30 Aug 16
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	166,500	336,900	404,700
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	477	1,140	1,360
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	255	247	328
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	17	127	210

e Estimated.