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 09128500 SMITH FORK NEAR CRAWFORD, CO.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 42.8 sq.mi.                            Datum is 7091.00 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 14020002 at Latitude: 38:43:40N  Longitude: 107:30:22W
Station is in the state of CO (county code 029) and serviced by the CO office.
Channel slope is 250.00 feet/mile
Stream length is 12.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 9200.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.00%     Lakes: 0.00%        Forests: 80.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 23.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 1.40 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 1.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Water years 1936, 1940, 1941, 1944, and 1945 have periods of constant estimated flow that fall short of the
   criteria for estimated flow discussed in the text.


Daily and longer averages for 53 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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