WSP09225

• File Number: 8407.600
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Kansas General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 7/1/1975
• Author: Kansas Water Resourc
• Title: Temperatures of Kansas Streams - Technical Report Number 12
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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06863300 BIGCREEKNEARQb6.LlAH,KS

lOCATJON.--Lat 38054'40". long 99044'40", on west line of see.l3, T.13 S.. R.22 W., Trego County, at downstream side of bridge on
State Highway 147,5.0 m1 south of Ogal1ah, 9.0 1111 upstream from Ogallah Creek, ilnd 10 m1 west of El11s.
DRAINAGE AREA.~_297 m12,
WATER TEMPERATURE RECORD AVAILABlE.--Spot observations at times of discharge measurflllleTlts during period Hovelllber 1955 to Septeriler 1968.

PERIOD Of RECORD TEMPERATURES (OCI ~ONTHLY TEMPERATURES lOCI
MEAN S.D. RANGE N MONTH NIN "" RANGE MEAN S.D. N
12.8 9.4 30.5 161
JANUARY 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.5 2.3 15
~EBRUAHY 0.0 9.0 '.0 2.4 2.' 12
MARCH 0.0 12.0 12.0 4.3 3.4 16
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES APRIL 1.0 16.0 15.0 10.8 4.4 16
NAY '.0 i!3.5 1~.5 18.8 4.0 17
TEMP TIME DSCHRG " 0 , TEMP TlHE OSCHRG " 0 Y JUNE 15.5 30.5 15.0 23.4 3.1 15
JUl.Y 20.S 30.0 '.5 25.0 2.6 16
1 0.0 1540 1 112955 30.5 1445 0 063064 AUGUST 19.0 29.0 10.0 24.5 2.8 10
2 0.0 1100 1 120855 230.0 1350 0 071268 SEPTEMBER 14.5 24.0 o.s 19.3 3.1 12
3 0.0 1335 1 122955 3 30.0 1445 0 071166 OCTOBER 10.5 20.0 '.5 15.6 3.2 12
4 0.0 0845 3 022058 429.0 1045 0 080156 NOYEMBER 0.0 11.5 11.5 6.1 3.4 12
5 0.0 1605 5 031158 527.0 13<!5 1 060768 OECEMSER 0.0 6.5 6.5 2.S 2.3 14

TIME OF OBSERVATION
FREQUENCY OISTRIBUTION

OISCHARGE tCFSI TEMPERATURE tOCl
FREQUENCY OISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS NUHBER OF OBSERVATIONS
25 SO Y' 100 N 15 30 OS 60 N
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48. 0 T 26' 4
55. 1 U 30. 0
61. 1 R 34. 0
b8. 0 E 38. 0
71.. 11 42. 0
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TOTAL 161 TOTAL 16T

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