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

LOMER MISSISSIPpI RIVER BASIN
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
07081Z00 ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR LEADVILLE. CO

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LOCATION.--Lat 39015'Z6". 10n9 L060Z0'35". in NW:NW~ sec.Z1. T.9 S.. R.80 W., Lake County. Hydrologic
Unit 110Z0001. 500 ft (150 m) do~nstream from confluence of East Fork Arkansas River and Tennessee Creek,
0.5 mi (0...8 km) do..nstream from highway bridge, and Z.8 Illi (01..5 kml west of Leadvi lie..

DRAINAGE AREA..--91..2 miZ (251.7 km2J.

PeRIOD OF RECORD.--October 1967 to current year.
GAG[.--Mater-Sla~e recorder. Altitude of ga~e is 9,730 (t (2,966 m), from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records ~ood except those Nov. 18 to Apr. 29, ~hich are poor. Transmountain diversion from Colorado
River basin to Arkansas River basin enters above this station (see elsewhere in this report I. Saall diversions
upstredlll for irrigation and municipal use. Several ovservations. of specific conduct.mce and water telllperature
~ere obtained and are published elsewhere in this report.

AVERAGE DISCHARGE.--15 years. 70.4 ftJ/s (1.993 m3/s), 51,000 acre-ft/yr (62.9 hm'/yrl.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 1,030 ft'/s (29.2 m3/sl June II, 12, 1980, gage height,
4..21 ft (1.283 1111; ~inimum daily, 7.0 ft3/s (0.20 m3/s) Feb. 3-20. 1978.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT y~AR.--Haximum discharge, 560 ft:ll/s (15.9 0I3/S) at 1100 June 18. gage l1eight. 3.59 ft
(1.094 ml; minimum daily. 10 ftJ/s (0.28 mJ/s) Feb. 5~10.
OlSCHARGE. IN CUBIC FEET PER SECONO, WA TER YEAR OCTOBER 1981 TO SEPTEH6ER 1982
MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOY OEC JAN FEe HAR APR HAY JUN JUL AUO SEP
1 26 " 17 " 14 I) 12 " 2.6 368 115 60
2 " " 16 2l !j 1) 12 124 275 337 107 '6
3 29 20 16 2CJ 12 LJ 12 1" 26' 296 103 53
4 26 20 17 20 11 1) 12 1)3 210 213 96 "
, 26 19 18 20 10 12 12 123 246 237 9' 57
6 26 19 20 20 10 12 12 107 292 217 90 67
7 " 19 2l 19 10 12 12 91 2bS 197 67 56
6 15 19 n 19 10 12 12 " H2 166 61 54
9 15 19 23 19 10 12 Il " 35J 19' 79 53
10 24 10 24 19 10 12 13 6' 360 162 76 .6
11 24 16 13 19 11 12 " 91 313 176 " 52
12 23 16 23 19 11 12 17 93 402 1.- 76 60
13 23 16 " 16 11 12 20 B4 436 172 104 13
14 n 17 II 1B 12 12 23 76 414 166 113 74
15 15 17 n 17 13 12 30 76 412 16' 91 66
16 30 17 21 17 14 11 30 60 364 1" 9. 62
17 30 lb 21 17 " 11 29 82 413 148 BO ,.
ld 28 17 20 17 17 11 26 76 513 141 94 54
19 26 16 20 17 19 12 15 76 406 1)6 91 >5
20 " 14 19 17 19 LL 15 79 34b 1)2 106 58
21 24 14 lO 17 19 LL 30 61 347 126 111 5B
n n " 2l 17 16 Il " 91 "6 122 96 53
13 II 17 n 17 16 12 35 114 355 122 119 51
24 13 La " 16 " 12 30 131 316 '" 96 49
15 n 20 21 16 " 12 l8 I)b 399 113 69 46
26 n 20 n 16 14 ,2 3D 1)1 399 119 104 46
21 23 20 23 lb 14 " 33 "9 360 liB 91 47
26 13 19 23 ,. 14 ,2 31 117 406 161 67 46
,9 13 IB 23 I. ,2 43 225 404 176 17 46
30 II 16 23 16 ,2 50 240 362 188 71 46
31 20 n " " ao 13B 66
rUTAL 766 5" 6.9 >52 317 313 714 3566 10733 5541 2869 Ib15
MEAN 24.7 17..8 20..9 17.8 13.5 12..0 23.1.1 1 " "6 179 92.5 55.8
!o4AX 3D 21 24 2l 19 " '0 240 'I) 36B 119 60
H1N 20 " 16 " 10 ,I 12 16 no 113 66 46
AC-FT 1520 1060 1290 1090 146 ,.0 1420 1010 21290 11000 569Q 3320
(AL YR 1981 Tl)TAl 133)0 MEAN 36.5 HAX 128 HIN II AC-FT lb440
W7R YR 1982 TurAl 283~S MEAN 77.7 I-;AX '13 H1N 10 A(-FT 56240