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

192 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07081200 ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR LEADVILLE, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39"lS'26~, long 106"20'3S", in NW1/4NW'/4 sec. 21, T.9 S, R.BO w., Lake County, Hydrologic
Unit 11020001, on right bank, 500 ft downstream from confluence of East fork Arkansas River and Tennessee
Creek,O.5 mi downstream from highway bridge, and 2.8 mi northwest of Leadville.

DRAINAGE AREA. - -98.8 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECQRD."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 sea level, from
topographic map.

REMARKS.--Estimated
which are fair.
in this report}.

daily discharges: oct. 31 to May 2. Records good except for estimated daily discharges,
Transmountain diversions from Colorado River Basin enters above this station (see elsewhere
Small diversions upstream for irrigation and municipal use, amounts unknown.

DISCHARGE, CUBIC fEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1994 TO SEPTEMBER 1995
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEe JAN FEB O<AR APR MAY JUN JUL AUO SEP
1 " 19 18 14 13 15 18 " 204 550 178 74
2 " 19 16 14 13 14 15 2B 233 516 164 71
3 23 20 16 14 12 14 15 29 247 511 154 68
4 23 19 18 12 10 14 15 29 271 459 147 65
5 " 19 18 12 13 15 18 35 272 386 147 59
6 26 20 18 13 13 14 20 l3 357 390 139 57
7 25 " 16 13 12 12 " " 38] 443 131 60
8 " 20 14 12 13 12 23 32 351 479 128 72
9 24 19 12 13 13 12 23 ;0 339 517 117 72
10 23 18 l4 13 13 15 20 l5 2iHi '" 110 64
11 23 19 16 14 12 15 20 " 1.13] 545 103 58
12 22 20 14 12 10 15 18 48 358 558 105 54
13 22 19 16 12 10 14 20 " 452 'l25 119 51
14 21 18 18 14 10 14 22 OJ '1'1i'l 499 109 52
15 23 16 16 14 12 14 21 n. iJ63 434 97 49
16 24 18 18 14 12 16 20 89 707 404 87 47
17 23 20 17 12 10 17 22 88 907 40' 81 45
18 23 23 16 12 10 17 20 31 1010 388 78 45
19 22 23 18 14 10 18 21 ill '" 356 79 46
20 21 24 16 12 12 16 21 129 724 344 81 45
21 21 24 16 12 12 17 21 152 '145 .309 " 49
22 21 22 16 12 14 17 20 204 772 287 122 45
2) 20 20 14 12 15 16 21 2.36 720 268 110 42
24 20 16 14 14 14 16 20 226 644 248 161 40
25 20 18 l4 14 15 17 20 195 r,n2 235 118 39
26 20 20 12 16 15 16 21 17~ ~::l8 229 132 38
27 20 18 14 l4 15 16 22 t8.: 62; 220 112 37
28 19 20 12 12 16 16 25 ]62 '" 209 103 39
29 19 18 14 12 16 26 160 &05 203 98 48
30 21 16 14 12 16 26 153 5f,] 198 87 49
31 19 15 14 17 169 197 81
TOTAL 684 58; 480 404 349 473 615 30n 15830 118'17 3570 1580
MEAN 22.1 19.5 15.5 13.0 12.5 15.3 20.5 9'L7 Si.8 382 115 52..7
MAX 26 24 18 16 16 18 26 236 1810 558 178 74
MIN 19 16 12 12 10 12 15 24 2.04 197 78 37
AC.FT 1360 1160 952 801 692 938 1220 6130 31400 23520 10BO 3130
STATISTICS Of MO~~HLY MEA~ DATA fOP. WATER YEARS 196B 1995, BY WATER YEAR. (WYJ
MEAN 25.7 20.5 16.1 14.3 13.9 14.6 28.7 ,55 340 138 59.0 33.9
MAX 38.3 28.9 21.7 lB. 1 20.5 20.8 52.9 334 6.:4 382 130 55.8
(WY) 1971 1971 1983 19B3 1973 1971 1989 1970 :no 1995 1983 1982
MIN 16.5 11. 6 11.6 9.15 7.93 8.82 12.7 55.3 1 ~ 4 35.9 23.8 16.7
(WY) 1978 1977 1978 1971 1978 1974 1970 1981 197" 1977 1977 1974
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1994 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1995 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1968 1995
ANNUAL TOTAL 22044 39519
ANNUAL MEAN 60.4 108 72.7
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 108 1995
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.4 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 563 Jun 2 1010 Jun 18 1010 Jun 18 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 12 Dee 9 ',0 Feb 4 b7_0 Feb 3 1978
ANNUAL SEVEN. DAY MINIMUM 13 Dee 23 11 Feb 12 7.0 Feb 3 1978
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 1280 Jun 18 c1280 Jun 18 1995
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 4_38 Jun 18 4.38 Jun ,. 1995
ANNUAL RUNOfF (AC.FTJ 43720 78390 52660
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 207 383 212
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 22 22 26
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 15 13 13
a-Also occurred Feb 12-14, 17-19.
b"Also occurred Feb 4-20, 1978.
c-F'rom rating curve extended above 730 ft)/s.

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