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 08029500 BIG COW CREEK NR NEWTON, TX


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 128 sq.mi.                             Datum is 134.69 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 12010005 at Latitude: 30:49:08N  Longitude: 093:47:07W
Station is in the state of TX (county code 351) and serviced by the TX office.
Channel slope is 12.00 feet/mile
Stream length is 20.80 miles
Mean basin elevation is 325.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.40%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 78.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 53.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 5.10 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 40.50 degrees Fahrenheit

Daily and longer averages for 36 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.

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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