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 147
07081200 ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR LEADVILLE, CO
LOCATION.--Lat 39015'26N, long 106020'35N. in NW1/4NW1/4 sec. 21, T.9 S. R.80 W.. Lake County, Hydroloolc
Unit 11020001, on right banle, 500 ft do....nstream from confluence of E",.::;.t Fork Arkansas River and Tennessee
Creek,0.5 mt downstream from highway bridge, and 2.8 mi northwest of Leadville.
DRAINAGE AREA.--98.8 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD or RECORO.--October 1967 to September 1983. April 1990 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CO-91-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 9,730 ft above Nation~l Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS.--EstImated daily dIscharges: Qet. 29 to Apr. 7. Records good except for estimated dally discharges,
....hich are poor. Transmountain diversions from Colorado River Basin enters above this station (see elsewhero
in this report). Small diversions upstream for lrrlQatlon and municipal use, amounts unknown.
DISCHARGE. CUBIC fEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1991 TO SEPTEMBER 1992
DAILY MEAN VALUES
OAY oeT NO'.) DEe JAN ". MAR A'R MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 '2] 16 15 14 17 15 17 110 1BB 165 57 52
2 26 16 15 l' 17 15 17 110 171 147 55 53
3 25 15 15 15 16 15 16 114 176 127 " 49
4 2< 16 16 15 15 14 17 120 101 122 53 47
5 23 16 16 15 15 14 16 132 21' 123 52 ..
6 23 17 16 14 16 14 17 139 211 123 55 '5
7 23 1" 17 14 16 15 19 156 219 126 55 "
B 22 lB 17 l' 15 15 22 167 197 159 51 '0
9 23 16 17 15 15 14 2< 198 209 156 47 37
10 22 19 l7 16 15 14 29 170 20B 129 52 36
11 22 19 16 17 15 15 31 143 222 116 57 35
12 22 19 16 16 15 15 34 153 23B 113 57 34
13 22 19 15 15 15 15 41 150 253 121 52 34
14 22 19 15 15 14 15 47 162 255 110 50 33
15 22 16 16 15 15 16 51 172 244 103 " 34
16 21 16 16 16 l' 16 57 lBO 216 100 47 35
17 21 16 16 16 13 15 61 163 188 89 59 37
lB 21 16 16 16 14 15 55 20B 199 B3 57 35
19 21 16 16 16 14 15 " 229 217 Bl " 34
20 21 17 16 17 14 15 39 250 226 Bl 41 39
21 20 17 15 17 14 15 37 262 22< 75 41 39
22 20 17 15 16 15 16 37 284 216 71 40 36
23 21 15 15 15 15 15 36 270 220 69 50 33
2< 22 15 16 16 14 15 33 274 23' 73 93 32
25 " 16 16 16 14 15 3B 243 228 92 100 34
26 " 17 16 17 14 14 51 249 2<0 107 B3 36
27 21 18 06 17 15 15 76 283 219 B2 6B 34
28 21 17 16 17 15 15 94 239 189 71 58 32
29 17 16 15 17 15 16 9B 215 192 67 54 32
30 16 16 15 17 16 107 204 175 64 51 31
Jl 16 15 17 17 199 60 50
TOTAL 671 513 489 487 431 466 1264 600B 6377 3207 1732 1138
MEAN 21.6 17.1 15.8 15.7 14.9 15.0 42.1 194 213 103 55.9 37.9
MAX 27 19 17 17 17 17 107 284 255 165 100 53
MIN 16 15 15 14 13 14 16 110 171 60 40 31
AC-FT 1330 1020 970 966 855 924 2510 11920 12650 6360 3440 2260
STATISTICS or MONTHLY MEAN DATA ,OR WATER 'tEARS 196B - 1992, BY WATER YEAR (WYJ
MEAN 25.6 20.1 16.0 14.2 13.9 14.5 29.4 154 330 129 57.6 33.2
MAX 38.3 28.9 21. "} 18.1 20.5 20.8 52.9 334 634 256 130 55.8
IW'l) 1971 1971 1983 1983 1973 1971 1989 1970 1980 1983 1983 1982
MIN 16.5 11.6 11. 6 9.15 7.93 8.82 12.1 55.3 114 35.9 23.8 16.7
IW'l) 1978 1977 1978 1977 1978 1974 1970 1981 1977 1977 1977 1974
SUMMARY STATISTICS ,OR 1991 CALENDAR YEAR ,OR 1992 WATER YEAR HATER 'fEARS 1968 - 1992
ANNUAL TOTAL 23606 22783
ANNUAL MEAN 64.7 62.2 70.7
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 101 1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.4 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 464 Jun 12 284 May 22 9~O Jun 11 1980
LOWEST DAILY MEAN a14 Mar 7 13 ,eb 17 7.0 reb 3 1978
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 15 Mar 6 14 ,eb 14 7.0 ,eb 3 1918
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK fLOW 314 May 27 1090 Jun 21 1983
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE c3.17 May 27 4.30 Jun 21 1983
ANNUAL RUNOff (AC-F'T) 46820 45190 51240
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 206 197 204
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 21 22 26
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 16 15 12

a-Also occurred Mar 8.
b-Also occurred Feb 4-20, 1978.
c-Maximum gage height, 3.29 ft, Dec 17, backwater from ice.