DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES
As the number of streams on which streamflow information is likely to be desired far exceeds the number of stream-gaging stations feasible to operate at one time, the Geological Survey collects limited streamflow data at sites other than stream-gaging stations. When limited streamflow data are collected on a systematic basis over a period of years for use in hydrologic analyses, the site at which the data are collected is called a partial-record station. Data collected at these partial-record stations are usable in low-flow or floodflow analyses, depending on the type of data collected. In addition, discharge measurements are made at other sites not included in the partial-record program. These measurements are generally made in times of drought or flood to give better areal coverage to those events. Those measurements and others collected for some special reason are called measurements at miscellaneous sites.
Records collected at partial-record stations are presented in two tables. The first is a table of discharge measurements at low-flow partial-record stations, and the second is a table of annual maximum stage and discharge at crest-stage stations.
LOW-FLOW PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS
Measurements of streamflow in the area covered by this report made at low-flow, partial-record stations are given in the following table. Most of these measurements were made during periods of base flow when streamflow is primarily from ground-water storage. These measurements, when correlated with the simultaneous discharge of a nearby stream where continuous records are available, will give a picture of the low-flow potentiality of the stream. The column headed "Period of record" shows the water years in which measurements were made at the same, or practically the same, site.
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS MADE AT LOW-FLOW PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS DURING WATER YEAR 2003
| Station no |
Station name |
Location |
Drainage
area
(mi2) |
Period of
record |
Date |
Discharge
(ft3/s) |
| PINEY RIVER BASIN |
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Lat 39°43'37", long 106°28'50", in Eagle County, on left bank 1.5 mi upstream from mouth, 7.5 mi north of Minturn. |
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*Also a crest-stage partial-record 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.
For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09058900
