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<br />07083700 ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR MALTA, CO <br /> <br />LOCATION.--Lat 39010'08", long 106019'23", in NEl;;NWl;; sec.22, T.10 S., R.BO W., <br />Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 11020001, on left bank 40 ft (12 m) downstream <br />and 30 ft (9 m) shoreward of left end of bridge on U.S. Highway 24, 3.5 mi <br />(5.6 km) downstream from Lake Fork, 4.4 mi (7.1 km) southeast of Malta, and <br />5.7 mi (9.2 km) south of Leadville. <br /> <br />DRAINAGE AREA.--228 mi2 (590 km2). <br /> <br />AVERAGE DISCHARGE.--8 years (water years 1975-82), 235 ft3/s (6.655 m3/s), <br />170,300 acre-ft/yr (210 hm3/yr), subsequent to enlarging Turquoise Lake in <br />1968. <br /> <br />GAGE DATUM.--9,300 ft (2,835 m). <br /> <br />MEASUREMENT SECTION LOCATION.--At cableway 60 ft downstream of Highway 24 <br />bridge. <br /> <br />52 <br />