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

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LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN

ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07081200 ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR LEADVILLE, COLO.

LOCATION (REVISED).uLat 39015'26". long 106"20'35", in NWltNW~ see.2l, T.9 S., R.BO W.o Lake County, on right bank
SOD ft (ISO m) downstream from confluence of East Fork Arkansas River and Tennessee Creek, 0.5 mi (0.8 km) down-
stream from highway bridge, and 2.8 mi (4.5 km) west of Leadville.

DRAINAGE AREA.~-97.2 mi2 (251.7 km2).

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1967 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 9,730 ft (2,966 m) from topographic map.

AVERAGE DISCHARGE.--7 years, 72.7 ftl/s (Z.OS9 ml/s), 52,670 acre-ft/yr (64.9 hmlfyr).

EXTREMES.--Current year: Maximum discharge, 415 ftl/s (11.8 ml/s) May 30 (gage height, 3.70 ft or 1.128 m);
minimum daily, 8.5 ft3/s (0.24 m'/s) Mar. 21 to Apr. 14.
Period of record: ~Iaximurn discharge, 803 ftl/s (22.7 ml/s) June 12, 1973 (gage height, 4.34 ft or
1.323 m); minimum daily, 8.5 ftl/s (0.24 m]/s) Mar. Z1 to Apr_ 14, 1974"

REMARKS.--Records good except those for winter period, which are POOT. Transmountain diversicn from Colorado
River basin to Arkansas River basin enters above this station (see elsewhere in this report). Small diver-
sions upstream for irrigation and municipal use.

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WTA YA 1974 TOTAL 20.291.2 MEAN 55.6

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