GREEN RIVER BASIN

09304500 WHITE RIVER NEAR MEEKER, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 40°02'01", long 107°51'42", in NE14NE14 sec.30, T.1 N., R.93 W., Rio Blanco County, Hydrologic Unit 14050005, on left bank at downstream abutment of private bridge, 1.0 mi upstream from Curtis Creek and 2.5 mi east of Meeker.

DRAINAGE AREA.--755 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1901 to December 1906, October 1909 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1313. Published as "at Meeker" 1901-13. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09304500

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

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,300 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Oct. 31, 1906, and May 7 to Aug. 13, 1910, nonrecording gage, and Aug. 14, 1910 to Oct. 19, 1913, water-stage recorder, at site 2.5 mi downstream, at different datum. Oct. 20, 1913 to Sept. 30, 1971, water-stage recorder at present site, at datum 3.00 ft higher, prior to Oct. 1, 1933, and at datum 2.00 ft higher, thereafter.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions upstream from station for irrigation of about 12,000 acres upstream from station, and about 3,000 acres downstream from station. 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	239	289	250	e255	e215	230	296	723	3,500	600	223	177
2	244	283	257	e235	e220	229	322	613	3,820	578	220	162
3	311	268	242	e271	e215	251	335	574	3,330	583	225	166
4	300	243	242	e268	e210	262	311	671	2,940	556	218	181
5	290	267	254	e253	e210	248	298	627	2,610	525	203	173
6	275	254	246	e263	204	248	302	515	2,320	516	197	187
7	280	264	235	e261	212	248	294	485	2,050	507	200	236
8	277	277	228	e257	e223	247	280	485	1,840	474	207	237
9	274	291	214	e264	e240	254	298	524	1,800	451	205	228
10	269	282	208	e255	e254	260	320	490	1,800	440	207	339
11	260	282	234	e251	e270	268	361	436	1,700	423	210	353
12	264	253	255	e255	276	e290	404	398	1,630	419	211	328
13	255	258	250	e242	305	e275	451	459	1,530	415	205	341
14	261	277	238	e244	297	e271	562	709	1,400	403	208	343
15	261	270	249	e247	282	e278	645	1,040	1,390	370	189	312
16	255	243	242	e229	252	e280	569	1,350	1,340	360	176	317
17	255	258	258	e237	267	e274	512	1,870	1,190	351	177	301
18	257	268	250	227	255	e283	494	2,200	1,130	348	208	306
19	264	248	252	e234	240	287	472	2,090	1,140	364	192	299
20	250	259	223	e230	232	279	440	2,020	1,430	352	172	298
21	250	254	276	e225	263	281	436	2,170	1,240	324	152	291
22	256	253	274	e225	253	276	450	2,320	1,060	314	160	291
23	278	258	214	e220	243	278	469	2,610	978	297	172	291
24	303	261	240	e220	247	304	479	2,660	920	299	209	290
25	276	261	261	e220	254	292	461	2,630	883	283	196	288
26	272	223	235	e215	248	285	546	2,530	813	280	171	282
27	268	213	239	e210	246	292	695	2,790	735	261	171	281
28	261	237	291	e215	245	271	791	3,010	682	232	199	278
29	275	264	e280	e215	---	264	828	3,100	643	240	175	289
30	274	259	e248	e210	---	279	854	3,290	623	243	152	283
31	279	---	e236	e215	---	288	---	3,150	---	221	175	---
TOTAL	8,333	7,817	7,621	7,368	6,878	8,372	13,975	48,539	48,467	12,029	5,985	8,148
MEAN	269	261	246	238	246	270	466	1,566	1,616	388	193	272
MAX	311	291	291	271	305	304	854	3,290	3,820	600	225	353
MIN	239	213	208	210	204	229	280	398	623	221	152	162
AC-FT	16,530	15,510	15,120	14,610	13,640	16,610	27,720	96,280	96,130	23,860	11,870	16,160
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1910 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	392	370	332	314	310	343	551	1,558	1,875	677	385	356
MAX	687	648	472	441	420	522	1,094	2,829	4,091	2,524	866	735
(WY)	(1998)	(1929)	(1998)	(1998)	(1930)	(1986)	(1962)	(1985)	(1921)	(1957)	(1984)	(1997)
MIN	215	255	233	225	232	261	313	499	230	116	132	152
(WY)	(1978)	(1978)	(1978)	(1981)	(1935)	(1935)	(1944)	(1977)	(2002)	(1977)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1910 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	104,645	183,532
ANNUAL MEAN	287	503	622
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			1,044 1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			274 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	940 May 8	3,820 Jun 2	6,320 May 25, 1984
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	91 Jul 15	152 Aug 21	78 Jul 16, 1977
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	99 Jul 13	169 Aug 30	86 Jul 13, 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		4,110 Jun 2	6,950 May 25, 1984
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		5.44 Jun 2	a6.12 May 25, 1984
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	207,600	364,000	450,800
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	526	1,130	1,470
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	268	274	370
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	120	210	268

e Estimated. a Maximum gage height, 7.60 ft, Jun 16, 1921, present datum.