Board Meeting 12/09/1998

• Board Meeting Date: 12/9/1998
• Description: ISF Section - Additional Information Regarding the Water Availability Analysis for the Tennessee Creek Instream Flow Recommendation
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

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7..0812. Arkansas Rivel: near Leadville, Colo.

~.--Lat 39-15'Z6", long 106-Z0'35", in NW\NWl;: see.Zl. T.9 S.. R.80 W., on right bank 500 ft downstream from confluence of East
Fork Arkansas River and Tennessee Creek, 0.5 mile dClWtlstream from highw:.:' bridge, and 3 lIIiles northwest of Leadville.

Drainalte area.--97.2 sq 1lIi.
Records available. ~-october 1967 to September 1968.

~.--Water-stage J:eeOl:der. Altitude. of gage is 9,730 ft (from topogl:aphic IIlap).

~.~ooMaxi.rnulll discharge recorded during year, 671 cfs June 6 (gage height, 3.97 ft); minimum daily, 9.6 ds Mar. ZO.

Remarka..-Records Soocl except those for winter pel:iod. which are fair. TranslllOWltain diversion frOlD. Colorado River basin to Arkansas
River basin enters above this atation (sea elsewhere in this report). SlIlall diveralons upstre8lll for irrigation and tIlunicipal use.
Recorda of ehe1llicai analyses for the water year 1968 are published in Part Z of this report.

Day Oot, Nov. Do,. J=, Feb, """ Apr. """ .;1.C".e ~ --, A::... Sept.
1 27 21 18 17 D 11 16 31 295 131 109 46
, 27 22 18 16 D 10 16 36 352 120 95 45
3 26 24 20 16 14 10 15 40 439 120 95 57
4 27 20 20 16 12 10 16 57 489 122 81 66
s 30 22 18 15 12 12 16 75 4A8 127 72 57
6 28 19 18 15 12 12 16 78 4AO 118 95 52
7 28 22 18 15 D D 15 63 450 109 131 47
6 27 24 18 15 12 D 15 57 J20 111 184 43
9 26 22 17 15 12 D 15 66 260 118 lEn 41
10 26 22 16 15 12 13 16 66 250 118 196 40
11 26 19 15 15 14 12 17 66 250 109 229 39
12 26 20 18 15 16 12 17 Al 280 100 175 38
13 25 21 17 15 15 D 18 75 3?Q lO? 145 38
14 24 22 17 15 16 14 18 62 320 95 148 41
15 24 22 18 15 15 D 18 67 330 92 151 40
,. 22 20 18 15 14 12 18 56 340 81 118 40
17 21 20 17 15 D D 18 47 360 73 102 44
16 22 19 17 15 D D 18 50 388 69 93 44
19 21 19 17 15 D 11 18 55 382 75 85 .,
20 20 19 17 15 12 9,6 17 67 376 E9 71 40
211 20 20 17 15 12 11 17 78 388 63 75 38
22 20 19 16 15 11 D 16 lD 335 63 70 36
23 20 19 17 15 12 14 16 131 300 70 65 34
24 19 18 17 15 11 D 17 115 272 65 62 33
25 20 18 17 15 10 13 18 95 258 61 59 32
26 20 17 17 14 12 13 18 97 199 75 56 32
2? 18 16 17 14 11 13 18 95 196 109 60 32
26 20 17 17 14 12 12 17 113 202 124 86 31
29 20 18 17 14 10 D 20 160 190 100 63 32
30 20 20 17 14 - - - - - 14 25 190 160 85 56 32
31 20 - - --- 17 13 - - --- 15 - - --- 233 - - - -- 107 50 .- - --
Total 720 601 538 463 367 38:5.6 515 2.615 9.668 2.981 J.243 1.233
Me= 23.2 ZO.O 17.4 14.9 12.7 12.4 17.2 84.4 J22 96.2 105 41.1
Max 3. 24 2. 17 16 15 25 2JJ 488 13l 229 66
Mi. 18 16 15 13 ,. 9.6 15 Jl 16. 61 5. Jl
"".ft 1,430 1.190 1,070 918 728 761 1,020 5.190 19,180 5,910 6,430 Z,45O

Discharge, in cubic :feet per second, water year OCtober 1967 to Sc:;:~~~r 1968

Cat yr 1967: Total
Wtr yr 1968: Total

23,327.6

Me=
Me=

63.7

Max
Max 488

M1n
Min 9.6

Ac-ft
Ac-ft

46,Z70