HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 06318500 CLEAR CREEK NEAR BUFFALO, WYO.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 120 sq.mi.                             Datum is 5184.83 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 10090206 at Latitude: 44:19:58N  Longitude: 106:46:36W
Station is in the state of WY (county code 019) and serviced by the WY office.
Channel slope is 211.00 feet/mile
Stream length is 23.30 miles
Mean basin elevation is 8860.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.70%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 56.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 6.00 inches
Annual precipitation is 17.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.30 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 10.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Water supply diversion of up to 12 cfs started in 1988.


Daily and longer averages for 59 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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