GREEN RIVER BASIN

09304800 WHITE RIVER BELOW MEEKER, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 40°00'48", long 108°05'33", in SW14NE14 sec.31, T.1 N., R.95 W., Rio Blanco County, Hydrologic Unit 14050005, on left bank 30 ft downstream from county bridge, 4.5 mi downstream from Strawberry Creek, and 10 mi west of Meeker.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,024 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=09304800

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-79-3: Drainage area. WDR CO-86-2: 1985.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 5,928 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to July 22, 2002, at datum 2.00 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions upstream from station for irrigation of about 22,000 acres upstream and a few small hay meadows 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	299	326	323	306	e257	271	312	759	3,760	612	233	282
2	311	333	313	276	e279	293	347	680	4,240	593	245	255
3	405	313	298	319	e261	297	370	637	3,630	581	266	250
4	380	292	300	e302	e243	348	352	684	3,180	559	258	264
5	355	325	317	314	e239	314	332	693	2,790	530	242	257
6	327	310	300	289	218	324	333	593	2,430	511	196	280
7	333	322	281	254	178	350	323	524	2,140	514	178	358
8	328	347	275	267	173	372	303	512	1,950	445	179	362
9	315	377	e254	e280	247	364	312	524	1,890	389	195	346
10	319	369	e248	e267	253	369	342	532	1,930	389	190	514
11	309	355	e274	e270	260	390	396	462	1,870	375	199	579
12	309	322	e295	e275	274	418	456	427	1,760	380	215	480
13	309	320	302	291	323	405	517	422	1,660	370	240	480
14	310	362	e278	e264	e272	422	647	620	1,430	365	236	496
15	310	350	e289	e265	e274	420	726	866	1,390	326	225	445
16	310	309	274	e269	e277	407	745	1,090	1,340	327	222	434
17	311	311	312	e257	e283	387	739	1,570	1,230	330	247	404
18	309	357	e290	254	e271	383	656	1,960	1,190	344	296	411
19	313	323	e292	287	e284	336	535	1,980	1,190	366	287	400
20	308	334	231	e259	306	319	490	1,900	1,430	373	260	396
21	305	323	e285	e288	349	325	485	2,050	1,290	341	226	383
22	309	322	e236	e279	342	323	472	2,230	1,110	333	228	388
23	327	328	207	e276	325	315	499	2,600	1,000	304	274	397
24	370	329	186	e281	295	351	534	2,780	932	308	299	388
25	337	328	268	e280	286	347	528	2,840	887	291	302	375
26	325	292	256	e272	277	326	564	2,820	823	307	274	360
27	320	249	288	e267	277	333	700	2,830	757	312	260	355
28	315	254	e316	e273	271	303	783	2,900	697	274	291	346
29	330	312	e300	e279	---	281	828	3,300	641	266	282	360
30	334	351	e272	289	---	289	857	3,540	619	272	257	363
31	334	---	285	293	---	313	---	3,380	---	257	269	---
TOTAL	10,076	9,745	8,645	8,642	7,594	10,695	15,483	48,705	51,186	11,944	7,571	11,408
MEAN	325	325	279	279	271	345	516	1,571	1,706	385	244	380
MAX	405	377	323	319	349	422	857	3,540	4,240	612	302	579
MIN	299	249	186	254	173	271	303	422	619	257	178	250
AC-FT	19,990	19,330	17,150	17,140	15,060	21,210	30,710	96,610	101,500	23,690	15,020	22,630
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1962 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	453	412	365	337	340	391	595	1,572	1,844	735	416	392
MAX	793	638	536	493	457	586	1,141	2,979	3,904	2,155	837	821
(WY)	(1985)	(1985)	(1985)	(1986)	(1986)	(1986)	(1985)	(1985)	(1983)	(1995)	(1984)	(1997)
MIN	260	282	266	230	251	285	393	374	258	123	172	211
(WY)	(1978)	(1978)	(1964)	(1976)	(1977)	(1981)	(1977)	(1977)	(2002)	(2002)	(1990)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1962 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	112,198	201,694
ANNUAL MEAN	307	553	655
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			1,069 1985
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			290 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	769 May 8	4,240 Jun 2	6,060 Jun 26, 1983
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	75 Jul 14	173 Feb 8	75 Jul 14, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	83 Jul 12	193 Aug 6	83 Jul 12, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		4,560 Jun 2	6,590 Jun 26, 1983
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		6.08 Jun 2	a4.97 Jun 26, 1983
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	222,500	400,100	474,500
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	495	1,140	1,480
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	309	325	410
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	150	256	280

e Estimated. a At datum then in use. Maximum gage height, 6.08 ft, Jun 2, 2003, at present datum.