7049

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7049
• Author: Andrews, E. D.
• Title: Present and Potential Sediment Yields In THe Yampa River Basin, Colorado and Wyoming.
• USFW Year: 1978.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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O;,~ (~!2~-~ r3c~,'~i-)nent data f'01'"1 .se Zect:ec:.: sl.:y'e...-::..Y?7-

'0 IG2~ado and L'z.ior:ir:a- - Con tin ued
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Site
nUl;lber
on fig-
u re 11-

U.S. Geolog-
ical SUI-vey
station
nUlnber

S ta t i on
name

Per i od 0 f
s t reamf 10l-J
record s
('.>Jater
years)

1 CJS4-77

1966-77

1959-66

1905-6,
1310-2]
1911-22,
1931-77

1905-6,
1910-77

Sediment-load records

Per i ad
of
record
(moot.h/
year)

Fre-
,que_ncy

Source
of
dataL

..~_...

43

_9,,~.?.#-5 0 0 0

Elkhead Creek near
El khead, CO.

10175-
9/77
10/75-
9/77

Inter-
mittent

B

47

09244410
1.; ( 09 2 4 4 Ij 00)

Yampa River belO\'J
divers i,on, near
Hayden\ CO.

--do---

B

43

09244300

Grassy Creek near
Mount Harris, CO.

10/75-
9/77

10/75-
9177

10175-
9/77

7/58-
8/58
10/25-
9/77

--do---

B

c:,O
-'u

09242 50D .

Elk River nedr
Trull, CO.

Elk River at Clark,
co.

--do---

B

59

09241000

--do---

B

64

0923950~

Yainpa River at
Steamboat Springs,
CO.

- -do---

c

B

'Site-designation codes used by Steele, Bauer, Wentz, and Warner (1978).
2Sources: A, U.S. Geological Survey (1950-63); B, U.S. Geological Survey
(1976-77); C, torns, Hembree, Phoenix, and Oakland (1964); and D, U.S. Geo-
logical Survey (1972-76),
3Streamflow records were col lected at 09249500, and sediment concentra-
tions were collected at 09249750.
~Publ ished record 1966-71 water years for 09244400 and 1970 to the pres-
ent for 09244410.

tl-!O subbasins (fiC]. 1). In CirlciiticH1 to these t'.vO gaging stations ",ith
relatively long periods of measured dai 1y sediment loads, dai ly sediment
measurements for periods as long as several weeks, as well as intermittent
instantaneous measurements, have been made at several other qaging stations
throu<Jhcdt the 'tampa River basin (fig, 1), , The frequency and period of
r"ccnr:i of these f'H'c,c,lIU'nil'!1['; ,->1-(' "0t(-~ ;'1 t,d,le 1. Sevl21-al Cla~ilng st,HioWi
have differ-ent per-ioc!s of sUean:flO\'1 record. Suspended-sedil'lent samples ,'Iere
collected intermittently at most of t"1e active gaging stations durina the
197~ and 1977 water years as part of the Yampa River Basin Assessment. In
addition, suspended-sediment samples were collected intermittently at several
gaging stations prior to Ig60 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Iorns and

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