GREEN RIVER BASIN

09306222 PICEANCE CREEK AT WHITE RIVER, CO

LOCATION (revised).--Lat 40°04'41", long 108°14'09", in SE14SE14 sec.2, T.1 N., R.97 W., Rio Blanco County, Hydrologic Unit 14050006, on right bank 150 ft downstream of box culvert on county highway, 1.0 mi southwest of White River City, 1.3 mi upstream from mouth, and 17 mi west of Meeker.

DRAINAGE AREA.--652 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1964 to September 1966, October 1970 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09306222

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-82-3: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 5,730 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Oct. 1, 1964 to Sept. 30, 1966, at site 65 ft upstream at different datum. Oct 1, 1970 to Nov. 14, 1972, at site 150 ft upstream at different datum. Nov. 15, 1972 to July 12, 1974, at site 50 ft upstream at different datum. July 13, 1974 to Nov. 17, 1994 at site 0.9 mi downstream at different datum. Nov. 18, 1994 to Oct. 8, 2002, at site 150 ft upstream at same datum

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation of about 5,500 acres upstream 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	5.2	5.5	e5.2	e6.0	e7.5	17	7.4	e3.4	2.8	2.1	3.4	4.8
2	5.4	5.1	e5.5	e5.9	e7.1	16	7.5	e3.0	2.4	2.5	3.5	4.1
3	7.0	4.9	e5.8	e5.4	e8.0	17	7.2	e2.8	2.6	2.4	3.9	4.1
4	6.5	5.1	e5.5	e5.4	e8.8	17	7.3	e2.4	2.4	2.0	4.2	4.2
5	6.4	5.8	e5.3	e6.0	e8.4	17	6.7	3.1	2.5	1.9	4.7	5.0
6	5.7	6.0	e6.1	e6.2	e9.5	17	7.6	3.6	2.6	2.2	4.1	5.1
7	5.2	5.7	e5.5	e5.7	e11	19	8.0	3.4	2.6	2.3	4.2	4.0
8	4.9	5.7	e6.0	e6.0	e12	20	7.7	3.5	2.2	1.9	4.0	3.7
9	e4.9	6.0	e5.7	e5.6	e11	23	6.0	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.6	4.3
10	4.3	5.9	e5.1	e5.5	e14	25	5.2	4.5	2.4	1.9	3.2	5.6
11	4.4	5.9	e5.4	e6.1	e13	29	4.7	3.3	2.5	2.0	3.5	6.4
12	4.4	5.7	e5.1	e5.9	e15	36	3.7	2.9	2.5	2.2	3.4	5.5
13	4.5	5.5	e5.4	e5.7	e16	35	3.1	2.5	2.6	2.3	3.3	5.4
14	4.5	6.4	e5.1	e6.1	e15	31	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.4	3.4	5.1
15	4.4	5.7	e6.3	e6.0	e18	19	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.6	3.4	5.0
16	4.4	5.6	e5.2	e5.5	19	13	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.6	3.5	4.8
17	4.4	5.5	e6.2	e5.2	16	12	2.5	2.4	2.6	2.4	4.1	4.6
18	4.4	5.7	e6.2	e5.4	15	13	2.7	2.7	3.0	2.3	4.8	4.0
19	4.5	5.7	e6.2	e5.6	14	12	2.6	2.8	3.1	2.5	3.9	4.0
20	4.5	5.8	e6.1	e5.6	14	12	2.8	2.9	3.3	2.7	3.4	4.0
21	4.6	5.7	e5.7	e4.7	13	13	2.7	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.7	3.5
22	4.6	5.7	e6.2	e6.2	11	12	2.7	2.7	2.6	3.4	4.1	3.6
23	4.7	5.7	e5.4	e5.8	10	11	2.6	2.7	2.4	3.8	4.5	3.6
24	4.6	5.7	e5.6	e6.1	13	11	2.6	2.9	2.4	4.3	4.9	3.4
25	4.8	5.7	e5.2	e5.7	16	9.5	2.5	3.3	2.3	4.7	5.2	3.2
26	4.7	6.9	e5.2	e5.0	16	8.6	2.4	3.2	2.2	4.6	4.4	3.4
27	4.6	e5.4	e5.5	e5.5	16	9.3	e2.3	3.6	2.1	4.6	4.8	3.6
28	4.7	e5.1	e5.9	e5.6	17	9.3	e2.5	3.1	2.0	4.0	4.6	3.3
29	4.8	e5.3	e6.0	e6.3	---	9.3	e2.7	2.6	1.9	3.6	4.6	3.2
30	4.9	e5.5	e5.7	e6.1	---	7.9	e3.1	2.5	1.8	3.4	5.1	3.4
31	5.3	---	e5.7	e6.4	---	7.0	---	2.7	---	3.4	4.7	---
TOTAL	152.2	169.9	175.0	178.2	364.3	507.9	126.2	92.8	74.3	87.7	126.1	127.9
MEAN	4.91	5.66	5.65	5.75	13.0	16.4	4.21	2.99	2.48	2.83	4.07	4.26
MAX	7.0	6.9	6.3	6.4	19	36	8.0	4.5	3.3	4.7	5.2	6.4
MIN	4.3	4.9	5.1	4.7	7.1	7.0	2.3	2.3	1.8	1.7	3.2	3.2
AC-FT	302	337	347	353	723	1,010	250	184	147	174	250	254
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1965 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	27.9	32.9	28.8	26.0	30.4	45.5	58.8	76.4	36.2	27.2	32.8	24.3
MAX	86.1	76.9	72.0	64.9	86.6	123	284	369	247	125	109	75.4
(WY)	(1986)	(1986)	(1986)	(1986)	(1986)	(1986)	(1998)	(1998)	(1983)	(1984)	(1984)	(1984)
MIN	1.60	5.66	5.65	5.75	13.0	16.4	3.54	2.27	1.40	1.56	1.67	2.03
(WY)	(1965)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(1972)	(1972)	(1994)	(1972)	(1990)	(1966)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1965 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	2,932.9	2,182.5
ANNUAL MEAN	8.04	5.98	37.3
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			110 1985
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			5.98 2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	22 Feb 23	36 Mar 12	539 May 7, 1998
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	2.6 May 19	1.7 Jul 9	a0.50 Jul 21, 1966
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	2.8 May 17	2.0 Jul 4	0.84 Jul 30, 1971
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		54 Mar 12	b628 Sep 7, 1978
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		c2.63 Mar 12	7.04 Sep 7, 1978
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	5,820	4,330	27,030
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	18	12	75
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5.6	4.8	25
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3.4	2.5	3.8

e Estimated. a Also occurred Jul 22, 1966. b On basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow. c Maximum gage height, 4.33 ft, Feb 14, backwater from ice.