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<br />USGS stream gage for Saguache Creek near Saguache, CO (ill #08227000), which has a <br />drainage area of 595 square miles (See Gage Summary in Appendix C), The total drainage area <br />of the Fourmile Creek Drainage upstream of the Forest Service Boundary is approximately 20 <br />square miles. The period of record for this gage was 1910 to 2000, the period ofrecord used by <br />staff in their analysis was 1910 - 2000, or 83 years of record. Table 2 below displays the flow of <br />Fourmile Creek upstream of the Forest Service Boundary (Table 2), in terms of a percentage of <br />exceedence. <br /> <br />Table 2: Fourmile Creek Estimated Flow at Forest Service Boundary. <br />Exceedences Janua Februa March ArlI M. J,~ J, "" ,. 50 ember October November ~cember <br />,% 1.18 1.38 '.00 9.92 18.02 16.70 10.22 7.82 5.71 J.67 2.42 1.48 <br />,% 1.01 1.16 2.12 5.38 13.55 13.67 7.24 '" 3.97 2.72 '-" '" <br />''"' '.01 '.08 '-" 3.80 10.72 11.63 '" .... 2.89 2.32 '-'" 1.18 <br />''"' 0.91 1.01 1.51 2.76 7.33 8.", 4.61 3.39 2.15 '-'" '.51 "" <br />''"' 0.77 0.64 1.18 1.75 4.03 4.74 2.68 ,.'" '" 1.31 1.14 0,"' <br />8'"' 0.61 0.74 0," 1.31 2.25 2.32 1.38 1.26 1.01 0.97 0." 0.67 <br />9'"' 0.57 0.84 0." 1.11 1.75 '.58 1.01 0.97 OS, 0," 0.71 0.54 <br />90% 0.47 0.54 0.14 0.97 1.38 0.97 0.79 0.61 0.61 0.74 0," 0.50 <br />99% 0.37 0,44 0." 0.71 0," 0" 0.57 0.57 0,47 ". 0.47 0.40 <br /> <br />Fourmile Creek upstream of USFS Boundary Estimated Stream Flow <br /> <br />J!! <br />" <br /> <br />5.00 <br />4.00 <br />3.00 <br />2.00 <br />1.00 <br /> <br />- - - -- <br />0.00 <br />':,~ <<~ ~~ <br /> <br /> <br />~<<:- <br />"" <br /> <br />-t <br />~ <br /> <br />~~ ~v <br /> <br />~J~ ~ <br />"" g <br /> <br />0-<" <br />o <br /> <br />o~ <br />~ <br /> <br />~CJ <br />Q <br /> <br />Month <br /> <br />Table 2 shows that the summer and winter recommendation of 0.20 cfs IS available for all <br />months. <br /> <br />Precipitation Data <br />Staff reviewed local precipitation data sets from 2 different sites located around the Fourmile <br />Creek Drainage (see Precipitation Data in Appendix C). These sites include Saguache and <br />Center. Table 3 shows the water year and the percent of average precipitation recorded at each <br />site. <br /> <br />- 4- <br />