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<br />Hydrologic Data <br /> <br />After receiving the cooperating agency's biologic recommendation, the CWCB staff conducted <br />an evaluation of the stream hydrology to determine if water was physically available for an <br />instream flow appropriation. There are no currently operated or historically operated streamflow <br />gages for this reach. The closest gage CWCB staff found was the gage located on the San <br />Miguel River 4.0 miles west of the Bear Creek drainage. The hydrograph was derived from data <br />collected by the USGS stream gage for the San Miguel River near Telluride, CO (ID <br />#09171200), which has a drainage area of 42.8 square miles. The drainage area of Bear Creek is <br />approximately 6.4 square miles. Staff used a basin apportionment method to estimate stream <br />flows for Bear Creek (See Gage Summary in Appendix C). The period of record for this gage <br />was 1959 to 1965, the period of record used by staff in their analysis was 1959 - 1965, or seven <br />years of record. Table 2 below displays the estimated flow of Bear Creek, in terms of a <br />percentage of exceedence. <br /> <br />Table 2: Estimated Stream Flow on Bear Creek <br />Exeeedenee Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dee <br />10/0 2.6 2.9 7.4 15.3 59.5 68.9 61.3 30.2 13.6 7.1 4.9 3.4 <br />50/0 2.5 2.8 4.5 13.2 51.3 61.0 52.7 17.7 10.7 5.8 4.3 2.9 <br />10% 2.4 2.8 3.4 11.5 35.1 52.9 39.5 13.8 9.6 5.6 4.1 2.8 <br />20% 2.4 2.6 2.9 9.0 27.2 45.6 29.6 11.2 8.2 4.9 3.8 2.6 <br />80% 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.2 10.3 19.4 8.1 5.7 4.0 3.4 2.9 2.4 <br />90% 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.4 6.4 17.1 6.6 4.9 3.8 3.2 2.8 2.4 <br />95% 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.4 5.3 14.7 5.9 4.3 3.7 3.2 2.8 1.9 <br />99% 1.9 2.1 1.8 2.3 4.3 11.8 4.8 4.0 3.5 3.1 2.6 1.9 <br /> <br />Table 2 shows that the summer recommendation of 6.2 cfs is available at least 50% of the time <br />from May 15th - August 14th, the summer recommendation was reduced to 4.0 cfs August 15th_ <br />October 14th based on limited water availability. The winter recommendation of 2.0 cfs is <br />available October 15th - May 14th. <br /> <br />Estimated Stream Flow on Bear Creek <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />lJ) <br />- <br />u <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oet Nov Dee <br />Month <br />