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 aASIN

01081200 ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR LEADVILLE, CO

LOtATION.--lat 39015'26-, long 106020'35-, in NW~NW~ se~.lI. T.9 S., R.aO w.. Lake County. Hyd~olo9ic
Unit 11020001, 500 ft (150 m) downstream fro. confluence of East Fork Arkansas River a~d Tennessee Creek,
0.5 mi (0.8 kml do~nstream from highway bridge, and t.8 mi (4.5 kml west of leadville.

DRAINAGE AREA.--97.Z ~i~ (251.1 kmZ).

PERIOD OF RE(ORD.--Oc~ober 19b1 to current year.

GACE.--Water-stage re~order. Altitude of gage is 9,130 ft (2.966 m). from topographic map.

REMARKS.--RecordS good except those for periOdS of no 9~ge-hei9ht record, whiCh are poor. Transmouota;n diversion
froa Colorado Rive; b~s;n ~o Ark~ns~s River b~$in en~ers ~bove this sta~ion (see elsew~ere in this report).
S.al1 diversions upstream for irrigation and .unic;p~1 use. Several Observations of specific condUCtanCe
and water temperature ~ere Obtained and are published elsewhere in this report.

AVERAGE OI5CHARGE.--l~ years. 69.9 ft~/s fl.980 .~/sJ. ,0.640 acre-ft/yr Ib2.4 hm3/yr).

EXTREMES FOR PERIOO OF RECORO.--MaxirnUm diSCharge. 1.030 ft3/s (29.Z m3/s) June 11. lZ. 1980. gage height.
4.21 ft (1.283 ml; minimum daily. 7.0 ft3/s (0.20 m3/S) Feb. 3-Z0. 1978.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT yEAR.--Haximu. discharge. 300 ft3/s ~8.50 .~/s) at 0400 June 7 and at 0400 June 8. gage
height. 3.30 ft 11.00b II); minimum Claily. II ft3/s (0.34 m~/s) many days during winter.
OISCHARGE. IN CUSIC FEET PER SECONO. WA fER YEAR OCTOBER 1980 TO SEPTEMBER 1981
~EAN VALUES
OAV OCJ "OV OE( JAN FE8 "'R APR "" JU" JUL 'UG SE_
1 II ZZ " 15 II II 14 >5 147 64 45 45
1 II 2l 14 15 II II 15 bO 15' 12 4l 3.
3 l4 II 14 15 II II lb 70 170 b4 3' 40
4 l3 II '4 15 II II lb 70 15b 55 38 40
5 II II 14 15 II II 17 bO 1.. 5l 41 37
b II 21 14 15 II II 17 50 1.8 4. 38 40
7 II II '4 15 II II 18 45 ll8 44 37 45
8 lO lO 14 15 II II 18 39 llb 4' 3b 40
. lO ,0 14 15 II II 1. 34 ll8 4' l5 35
10 lO lO 14 15 II II lO 3l III 50 38 30
11 lO l' 14 15 II II lO 33 184 44 4l 35
II lO .. 14 15 II II lO 19 1bl 47 41 40
13 II 18 '4 15 II 13 lO " 138 7l 50 38
14 l3 .8 14 15 II 13 lO 2' "8 b4 44 35
15 l5 t1 14 15 II D lO 34 .7 58 43 30
lb l4 ,7 15 15 II D II 34 8. ba 50 ,.
17 l3 .. 15 15 II D II 37 81 7l 4b l8
18 l3 .. 15 15 II D l3 37 7. 17 37 l8
l' l5 15 15 15 II D l5 3b 12 b3 35 "
lO lb 15 15 15 II 13 l5 3. 74 54 35 30
11 l6 15 15 '4 II D l5 40 17 4b 40 30
II 25 15 15 '4 II D 25 3b ,. 48 45 ,.
l3 lb .5 15 '4 12 D l5 3b 13 45 50 l8
l4 l5 15 15 '4 II D '8 37 69 4l 40 21
l5 13 15 15 14 II 13 3l 4b b5 .. 45 l4
lb l2 15 15 14 II 14 38 b. b7 b4 55 21
21 II 15 15 13 II 14 4l 13 70 b9 bO l8
l8 l4 14 15 D 12 14 4l 105 81 59 50 28
29 l4 .4 15 II '4 45 14l 80 50 45 21
30 13 " 15 II 14 50 Dl b3 4b 50 28
31 II 15 ll, 14 154 43 50
TOTAL 708 526 450 44b 33b ,97 138 1714 3b97 1123 1342 988
MEAN 22.8 17.5 110.5 110.4 12.0 12.8. 24.6 55.3 123 55.6 43.3 32.9
"AX lb II 15 15 II 14 50 154 118 17 60 45
"'N lO 14 14 II II II 14 19 b3 4l 35 l4
4C-FT 11000 1040 893 885 "b 187 1460 31000 1330 H2O 2660 1960
(AL VR 1980 TOTAL 310669 MEA1\i <;14.7 "AX 9bO HIN II .6.C-FT 68770
WTR VR 1981 TOTAL 13065 MEAN 35.8 HAX ll8 "I" II AC-FT 25910
NOTE.--NO GAGE-HEIGHT RECORD NOV. 15 TO HAY .6. AUG. 19 TO SEPT. l4.

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