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 06620000 NORTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR NORTHGATE, CO


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 1431 sq.mi.                            Datum is 7810.39 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 10180001 at Latitude: 40:56:15N  Longitude: 106:20:16W
Station is in the state of CO (county code 057) and serviced by the WY office.
Channel slope is 7.00 feet/mile
Stream length is 91.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 8900.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.00%     Lakes: 0.00%        Forests: 40.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 18.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 1.20 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is N.A. degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Significant diversions for irrigation during the summer months, but the practice has remained substantially
   unchanged over the period of record.


Daily and longer averages for 73 water years are acceptable (all years except partial years).
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.

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