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Water Resources of Colorado


GREEN RIVER BASIN

404417108524900 GREEN RIVER ABOVE GATES OF LODORE, CO

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

LOCATION.--Lat 40°44'17", long 108°52'49", in NE14SE14 sec.17, T.9 N., R.102 W., Moffat County. Hydrologic Unit 14040106, in Dinousaur National Monument, 0.83 mi upstream from the Lodore Ranger Station, and 18 mi west of Greystone.

DRAINAGE AREA.--Not determined.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1998 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=404417108524900

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.--

WATER TEMPERATURE: June 2002 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION.--Water-temperature sensor with satellite telemetry since June 2002.

REMARKS.--Daily record of water temperature is excellent. Natural flow regulated by Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Upstream diversions for an unknown amount of irrigation.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.--

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 26.1°C, July 13, 2002; minimum, 0.0°C, on many days in 2003.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 25.6°C, July 23; minimum, 0.0°C, on many days.

Temperature, water, degrees Celsius 
WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAY
MAX
MIN
MEAN
MAX
MIN
MEAN
MAX
MIN
MEAN
MAX
MIN
MEAN
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
1

---

---

---

23.7

18.0

21.0

21.6

16.8

19.5

21.0

14.4

17.7

2

---

---

---

23.4

17.7

20.7

20.2

17.8

18.8

21.5

15.0

18.4

3

---

---

---

21.2

18.2

19.6

22.2

16.6

18.9

19.5

15.5

17.3

4

---

---

---

23.0

17.4

20.2

22.7

17.0

19.9

20.1

14.3

17.2

5

---

---

---

22.9

18.0

20.8

22.1

17.7

19.9

20.5

15.6

18.1

6

---

---

---

25.0

17.8

21.3

21.9

18.1

19.9

19.9

16.2

18.0

7

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---

---

24.8

18.3

21.6

20.3

16.8

18.5

18.5

16.1

17.3

8

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---

---

25.3

19.1

22.2

22.2

16.6

19.1

18.1

15.4

16.6

9

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---

---

25.3

18.9

22.2

21.8

14.3

18.0

19.3

13.6

16.4

10

---

---

---

25.6

18.9

22.3

21.9

14.3

18.2

19.8

14.0

17.1

11

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---

---

25.3

18.1

21.8

22.1

15.5

19.0

18.5

15.0

16.3

12

---

---

---

25.7

18.2

22.1

21.2

16.2

18.7

15.8

13.9

14.8

13

---

---

---

26.1

19.0

22.6

21.5

14.7

18.2

18.3

13.0

15.7

14

---

---

---

25.8

19.5

22.7

22.4

15.9

19.1

19.8

13.5

16.7

15

---

---

---

25.8

18.8

22.1

22.9

15.5

19.2

19.3

14.3

17.1

16

---

---

---

25.7

18.7

22.0

21.8

16.1

19.0

19.4

14.2

16.9

17

---

---

---

25.1

19.1

22.0

21.0

15.1

18.2

17.0

14.1

15.8

18

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---

---

24.5

19.0

21.8

21.3

15.5

18.3

15.6

13.3

14.4

19

21.3

---

---

22.8

18.8

20.7

21.3

15.3

18.3

16.0

11.3

13.9

20

22.8

16.9

19.8

20.8

17.6

19.1

21.9

17.4

19.5

17.5

11.8

14.9

21

20.5

16.4

18.6

23.7

16.6

20.0

21.9

16.8

19.3

17.0

12.5

14.8

22

21.0

16.2

18.6

23.5

17.9

21.1

21.9

15.9

19.0

17.4

11.0

14.3

23

22.9

15.9

19.4

22.4

18.9

20.6

20.8

15.6

18.3

17.9

11.8

15.0

24

24.1

17.2

20.8

21.5

16.3

19.1

21.8

15.7

18.7

16.6

12.3

14.7

25

24.0

18.3

21.3

20.7

17.2

19.1

21.1

15.3

18.5

15.2

12.7

14.0

26

22.2

18.6

20.7

20.7

16.9

19.0

21.2

15.0

18.2

16.8

11.7

14.2

27

22.0

16.8

19.6

19.5

16.1

18.0

21.5

15.7

18.5

16.4

11.3

14.1

28

23.3

17.4

20.4

21.1

14.8

17.9

21.5

15.1

18.3

16.2

12.3

14.4

29

23.5

17.7

20.6

23.4

15.6

19.3

19.3

15.2

16.7

15.3

12.4

13.8

30

23.5

17.2

20.5

24.4

17.1

20.8

19.4

13.1

16.3

15.6

11.7

13.5

31

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---

---

23.5

18.2

21.0

19.9

14.9

17.5

---

---

---

MONTH

---

---

---

26.1

14.8

20.8

22.9

13.1

18.6

21.5

11.0

15.8

Temperature, water, degrees Celsius-continued
WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAY
MAX
MIN
MEAN
MAX
MIN
MEAN
MAX
MIN
MEAN
MAX
MIN
MEAN
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
JANUARY
1

15.0

11.6

13.3

5.2

1.8

3.5

5.1

1.7

3.5

2.4

0.1

1.1

2

13.6

10.1

11.9

4.9

2.2

3.7

4.8

2.0

3.6

1.1

0.0

0.5

3

12.7

10.4

11.4

4.9

0.8

3.1

4.5

1.6

3.3

2.3

0.0

1.2

4

12.8

9.6

11.1

5.1

1.3

3.3

4.5

2.5

3.7

2.2

0.2

1.3

5

14.6

10.5

12.3

6.0

1.9

4.1

5.0

3.0

4.1

2.1

0.2

1.2

6

14.4

9.6

12.1

6.8

2.6

4.9

5.3

3.3

4.4

3.2

0.7

2.0

7

15.5

10.2

12.9

7.0

3.2

5.1

4.0

2.0

3.1

2.7

0.1

1.4

8

15.6

10.5

13.2

7.2

4.2

5.7

3.5

0.8

2.3

1.1

0.0

0.5

9

15.1

10.2

12.9

6.9

4.6

6.0

2.9

0.1

1.8

0.5

0.0

0.2

10

13.8

10.0

12.3

5.6

3.3

4.4

2.0

0.0

1.1

0.3

0.1

0.1

11

12.6

10.1

11.3

6.1

3.2

4.6

2.3

0.0

1.1

1.5

0.0

0.6

12

11.8

7.2

9.6

5.6

1.7

3.9

3.8

1.5

2.6

2.6

0.0

1.2

13

11.9

6.6

9.4

5.4

3.8

4.8

3.5

1.0

2.5

2.6

0.2

1.6

14

12.2

7.1

9.8

5.7

3.9

4.7

3.2

1.0

2.4

2.2

0.1

1.4

15

12.5

7.4

10.1

5.6

2.8

4.3

4.2

2.0

2.9

2.0

0.5

1.3

16

12.8

7.9

10.4

4.6

2.1

3.5

2.7

0.4

1.8

2.1

0.0

0.9

17

12.6

7.6

10.3

3.6

1.8

2.8

3.9

2.4

3.0

3.0

0.1

1.6

18

12.6

7.6

10.3

4.9

1.8

3.4

2.5

0.6

1.6

2.1

0.1

1.1

19

12.1

7.1

9.8

5.5

2.3

4.1

0.7

0.0

0.3

2.3

0.1

1.2

20

12.0

7.1

9.7

6.3

2.8

4.7

0.7

0.0

0.3

2.5

0.1

1.3

21

11.9

7.3

9.8

6.5

3.0

5.0

0.6

0.0

0.2

2.9

0.0

1.5

22

11.0

7.1

9.2

6.5

3.1

5.0

1.6

0.0

0.6

3.7

0.1

2.1

23

10.2

7.4

8.4

7.1

3.5

5.5

0.8

0.0

0.2

5.4

2.6

4.0

24

8.6

6.6

7.6

6.5

3.2

4.8

0.3

0.0

0.1

4.7

2.5

3.8

25

10.0

5.5

7.7

3.7

1.6

2.7

0.2

0.0

0.1

5.3

2.6

4.0

26

8.7

5.8

7.6

2.7

0.0

1.3

0.2

0.0

0.1

4.4

2.5

3.7

27

10.1

6.4

8.3

2.7

0.0

1.2

0.5

0.0

0.2

5.0

2.0

3.7

28

8.9

6.4

7.7

3.2

0.0

1.8

1.4

0.1

0.7

5.6

3.8

4.7

29

6.8

4.3

5.7

3.6

0.3

2.2

2.1

0.3

1.2

4.9

2.1

3.7

30

5.0

2.8

3.9

3.7

0.7

2.4

1.8

0.0

0.8

5.1

1.9

3.6

31

5.5

2.4

3.8

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---

---

1.4

0.1

0.7

6.8

3.7

5.1

MONTH

15.6

2.4

9.8

7.2

0.0

3.9

5.3

0.0

1.8

6.8

0.0

2.0

FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
1

5.8

3.3

4.8

5.2

3.0

4.1

13.1

8.0

10.4

11.6

7.5

9.7

2

4.8

1.8

3.3

5.8

1.3

3.7

10.0

6.5

8.3

13.3

8.1

10.6

3

3.6

0.7

2.1

6.5

2.2

4.5

6.5

4.0

5.3

14.8

9.4

12.2

4

3.3

0.5

2.1

5.6

3.1

4.2

7.7

2.2

5.0

13.1

10.1

11.5

5

2.5

0.0

1.2

5.7

1.4

3.5

7.8

3.7

5.9

11.6

8.1

9.9

6

1.1

0.0

0.3

5.3

1.6

3.5

7.5

3.3

5.6

13.8

6.5

10.1

7

0.4

0.0

0.1

7.1

1.9

4.6

9.7

3.7

6.6

12.0

9.1

10.5

8

0.3

0.0

0.1

7.9

3.1

5.6

11.2

4.2

7.6

11.8

8.1

9.8

9

0.8

0.0

0.3

7.7

3.6

5.9

12.6

6.0

9.4

10.7

8.7

9.8

10

1.7

0.0

0.7

7.7

4.0

5.9

13.6

6.7

10.3

11.9

7.5

9.3

11

2.9

0.0

1.3

9.1

4.5

6.9

14.0

7.8

11.0

13.4

8.1

10.8

12

3.3

0.2

2.0

9.3

5.1

7.5

12.3

8.1

10.3

15.7

8.9

12.3

13

3.5

2.0

2.8

10.4

5.0

7.9

13.8

7.5

10.5

15.6

10.8

13.4

14

7.1

3.1

4.8

10.3

6.0

8.3

13.1

8.3

10.9

17.9

11.2

14.6

15

6.0

4.0

5.1

10.2

5.9

8.3

12.4

8.6

10.3

16.6

13.0

14.1

16

4.8

2.3

3.1

8.8

6.1

7.3

12.5

6.0

9.2

17.8

11.5

14.4

17

4.1

0.7

2.5

6.1

4.6

5.6

12.7

7.2

10.1

15.8

12.4

14.4

18

4.6

1.7

3.2

4.6

2.8

3.5

11.3

8.4

9.9

17.2

12.3

14.5

19

5.2

1.3

3.4

4.7

2.2

3.4

9.7

7.6

8.7

14.5

8.9

11.9

20

5.2

1.6

3.4

5.7

2.5

4.1

11.8

6.2

9.1

12.2

10.1

11.0

21

4.6

2.0

3.4

8.6

3.1

5.8

12.0

6.7

9.6

11.0

9.8

10.4

22

3.4

1.0

2.5

9.7

5.5

7.6

11.4

8.7

10.2

12.0

10.3

11.0

23

2.5

0.1

1.1

9.7

6.3

8.0

10.2

7.6

8.7

12.6

10.2

11.3

24

0.3

0.0

0.2

8.5

5.9

7.3

13.2

6.1

9.4

12.1

11.0

11.5

25

2.7

0.1

1.3

9.1

3.9

6.6

15.1

8.4

11.9

12.4

10.6

11.6

26

4.0

1.8

2.9

8.5

5.2

6.8

15.7

10.3

12.8

12.6

10.3

11.5

27

5.7

2.5

4.0

5.6

2.5

3.4

14.4

8.7

11.8

13.4

10.7

12.0

28

5.3

2.5

3.8

5.7

1.8

3.4

13.8

10.0

12.2

13.9

11.5

12.6

29

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---

---

8.2

1.9

4.8

13.7

9.2

11.6

13.1

12.1

12.5

30

---

---

---

9.6

3.5

6.6

12.4

8.5

10.2

14.9

11.5

12.9

31

---

---

---

---

5.7

---

---

---

---

14.6

12.3

13.4

MONTH

7.1

0.0

2.4

---

1.3

---

15.7

2.2

9.4

17.9

6.5

11.8

JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
1

15.4

12.4

13.8

23.2

17.9

20.7

23.4

17.4

20.4

20.9

15.8

18.5

2

15.7

13.0

14.3

23.6

17.0

20.4

22.6

18.9

21.0

20.5

16.1

18.3

3

16.6

12.5

14.5

23.9

17.5

20.7

21.2

18.3

19.7

21.2

15.8

18.4

4

17.0

13.0

15.3

23.7

17.2

20.3

22.0

17.3

19.6

21.3

16.5

19.0

5

18.0

13.0

15.4

23.1

16.8

20.0

21.6

16.2

19.2

20.1

16.7

18.1

6

17.5

13.1

15.3

23.3

16.7

20.0

22.0

17.3

19.8

17.5

15.2

16.5

7

18.8

12.1

15.3

22.4

17.2

19.9

20.6

17.8

18.7

19.1

14.8

16.9

8

20.7

14.0

17.3

22.3

16.9

19.6

21.8

16.4

19.1

18.0

15.2

16.8

9

18.9

16.1

17.4

23.6

15.7

19.6

23.1

18.1

20.6

17.3

14.2

15.8

10

18.0

14.3

16.3

24.9

17.5

21.2

22.0

17.5

19.9

15.6

13.0

14.1

11

16.5

14.4

15.7

22.6

17.6

20.7

23.3

17.4

20.2

16.3

11.8

13.8

12

17.6

13.5

15.4

23.7

17.8

20.8

---

18.0

---

17.6

13.2

15.3

13

17.6

13.6

16.0

22.9

17.4

20.3

23.0

18.1

20.6

16.7

11.8

14.4

14

21.2

13.7

17.4

23.9

17.0

20.7

23.6

17.8

20.7

16.4

11.2

14.0

15

21.9

16.4

19.4

23.1

18.4

20.9

22.4

17.4

20.0

16.9

12.1

14.6

16

20.6

17.2

19.0

24.4

18.6

21.5

23.2

17.9

20.4

16.1

13.7

15.1

17

21.9

15.6

18.7

23.8

19.1

21.5

22.0

17.8

19.7

15.5

10.4

13.1

18

22.5

16.8

19.6

24.7

17.8

21.1

20.3

16.5

18.6

14.1

8.3

11.1

19

20.9

16.6

18.9

24.0

18.5

21.5

21.6

16.2

19.1

14.6

9.4

11.7

20

19.2

16.6

17.8

24.9

19.0

22.0

22.0

16.9

19.6

15.3

10.8

13.1

21

18.2

15.0

16.6

24.0

18.6

21.5

21.5

17.6

19.8

15.4

10.7

13.2

22

19.8

14.1

16.6

25.1

18.9

22.2

23.2

18.3

20.7

16.1

10.8

13.6

23

18.0

14.2

16.0

25.6

19.5

22.5

23.4

19.2

21.1

16.0

11.6

14.0

24

14.7

11.3

13.2

24.8

19.6

22.1

20.8

18.0

19.5

15.9

11.2

13.8

25

16.8

11.8

14.2

24.4

19.7

22.1

21.3

17.2

19.2

15.9

10.9

13.6

26

20.4

12.8

16.6

25.4

20.0

22.3

21.5

17.0

19.3

16.3

11.7

14.1

27

22.4

15.5

19.0

24.3

19.3

21.7

20.6

17.1

18.5

17.1

12.3

14.7

28

23.0

16.5

19.8

23.6

18.4

21.2

20.4

15.3

17.8

17.4

12.3

15.0

29

23.8

16.9

20.4

24.4

19.0

21.5

19.4

15.9

17.9

18.3

12.4

15.4

30

23.5

17.8

20.8

24.6

18.0

21.3

18.2

15.8

17.2

18.1

13.1

15.8

31

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22.7

17.8

20.3

20.4

15.0

17.6

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MONTH

23.8

11.3

16.9

25.6

15.7

21.0

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15.0

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21.3

8.3

15.1


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