GREEN RIVER BASIN

09306290 WHITE RIVER BELOW BOISE CREEK NEAR RANGELY, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 40°10'47", long 108°33'53", in SW14SE14 sec.36, T.3 N., R.100 W., Rio Blanco County, Hydrologic Unit 14050007, on left bank at bridge on County Road 73, 0.5 mi downstream from Boise Creek, and 16.4 mi east of Rangely.

DRAINAGE AREA.--2,530 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1982 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09306290

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 5,395 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 of about 31,500 acres.

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	323	351	384	e313	e294	e275	323	656	3,220	660	205	241
2	319	334	378	e280	e257	e309	350	581	e4,220	657	184	238
3	408	338	390	e339	e279	e306	378	550	e3,620	629	196	223
4	421	296	322	e312	e261	e346	378	558	3,300	642	204	222
5	376	298	319	e329	e243	e324	361	651	2,960	599	193	234
6	338	305	282	e297	e241	e326	355	555	2,520	566	175	242
7	321	307	269	e264	e218	e337	358	496	2,320	569	157	277
8	328	322	256	e279	e206	e332	342	486	2,030	534	153	314
9	312	359	272	e300	e212	e339	324	486	1,890	437	155	310
10	310	369	214	e297	e254	e346	324	527	1,880	406	179	331
11	300	331	e284	e290	e257	e353	344	468	1,880	401	164	511
12	288	322	e305	e295	e264	e356	395	419	1,720	389	154	451
13	295	291	e304	e306	e280	e354	431	385	1,650	395	158	430
14	292	316	e288	e284	e260	e355	504	508	1,520	380	189	424
15	310	336	e300	e285	e285	e370	615	771	1,460	343	178	421
16	298	319	e279	e289	e274	e375	626	1,020	e1,400	315	169	396
17	296	287	e317	e277	e277	e369	533	1,360	e1,350	320	179	378
18	300	318	e300	e283	e293	e375	521	1,730	e1,290	319	218	330
19	303	309	e307	e321	e281	390	494	1,910	1,280	325	238	326
20	307	290	e254	e298	e294	360	477	1,790	1,440	338	224	336
21	297	323	e328	e291	e297	364	445	1,880	1,490	324	203	329
22	304	318	e325	e288	e340	375	457	e2,120	1,250	297	186	319
23	330	315	e310	e279	e337	359	451	e2,250	1,130	285	206	312
24	393	324	e213	e276	e319	380	501	e2,380	1,040	258	221	306
25	399	336	e250	e281	e300	404	486	e2,520	1,000	275	258	299
26	342	341	e251	e280	e270	358	461	e2,650	939	274	242	288
27	341	308	e286	e272	e275	364	502	e2,700	860	287	217	280
28	338	283	e300	e267	e234	360	663	2,760	786	268	211	278
29	333	350	e287	e273	---	327	726	2,980	733	240	237	279
30	349	363	e272	e289	---	325	740	3,160	692	228	229	292
31	344	---	e284	e288	---	323	---	3,260	---	232	216	---
TOTAL	10,215	9,659	9,130	9,022	7,602	10,836	13,865	44,567	52,870	12,192	6,098	9,617
MEAN	330	322	295	291	272	350	462	1,438	1,762	393	197	321
MAX	421	369	390	339	340	404	740	3,260	4,220	660	258	511
MIN	288	283	213	264	206	275	323	385	692	228	153	222
AC-FT	20,260	19,160	18,110	17,900	15,080	21,490	27,500	88,400	104,900	24,180	12,100	19,080
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1983 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	530	504	438	403	400	515	757	1,766	1,964	848	483	446
MAX	858	710	663	572	531	752	1,512	3,434	4,572	2,175	1,117	944
(WY)	(1985)	(1986)	(1986)	(1986)	(1986)	(1986)	(1985)	(1984)	(1984)	(1995)	(1984)	(1997)
MIN	330	322	295	260	268	324	370	449	209	120	154	206
(WY)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(1991)	(1991)	(1995)	(1995)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1983 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	114,723	195,673
ANNUAL MEAN	314	536	755
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			1,345 1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			333 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	721 Apr 17	a4,220 Jun 2	6,170 May 26, 1984
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	53 Jul 17	153 Aug 8	53 Jul 17, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	72 Jul 14	160 Aug 7	72 Jul 14, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		unknown	6,440 Jun 7, 1984
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		unknown	8.45 Jun 7, 1984
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	227,600	388,100	547,300
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	494	1,260	1,610
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	325	323	495
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	124	233	300

e Estimated. a Estimated during period of indefinite stage-discharge relationship, Jun 2-3, 2003.