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 09241000 ELK RIVER AT CLARK, CO.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 216 sq.mi.                             Datum is 7267.75 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 14050001 at Latitude: 40:43:03N  Longitude: 106:54:55W
Station is in the state of CO (county code 107) and serviced by the CO office.
Channel slope is 98.00 feet/mile
Stream length is 24.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 9000.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 1.00%     Lakes: 1.00%        Forests: 80.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 37.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 1.70 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 0.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Water years 1911 and 1912 have periods of constant estimated flow that fall short of the criteria for estimated
   flow discussed in the text.


Daily and longer averages for 65 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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