WSP05420

• File Number: 8407.500
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Missouri River
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 8/1/1966
• Author: Missouri Basin IAC
• Title: Missouri River Basin Comprehensive Framework Study - Streamflow Characteristics - Platte-Niobrara Basins - For Selected Stations through 1963
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Data

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FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF STREAMS
IN THE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

Sub-basin 5 - The Platte-Niobrara Basin

ABSTRACT

Prerequisite to comprehensive planning for the development of the
water resources in a river basin is knowledge of the flow characteristics
of streams in the basin, Streamflow records, summarized in a format
that emphasizes high-flow, low-flow and variability characteristics, are
presented in this report for streams in the Platte-Niobrara basin.

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This report is one of a nine-part series, each part of which summa-
rizes flow characteristics at selected streamflow measuring stations in
a major sub-basin of the Missouri River basin. The names of the sub-
basins, identifYing the complete set of reports, are as follows:

Sub-basin 1 - upper Missouri River Tributaries

Sub-basin 2 - The Yellowstone Basin

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Sub-basin 3 - Western Dakota Tributaries

Sub-basin 4 - Eastern Dakota Tributaries

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Sub-basin 5 - The Platte-Niobrara Basin

Sub-basin 6 - Middle Missouri River Tributaries

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Sub-basin 7 - The Kansas Basin

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Sub-basin 8 - Lower Missouri River Tributaries

Sub-basin 9 - The Missouri River Main Stem
(Also includes data for areas in upper and Lower
Mississippi and Hudson Bay basins)

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For each gaging station selected for inclusion in this series of
reports, there is a brief description of its location, size of drainage
area, and average discharge followed by tables of flow duration and high
and low-flow sequences. Also listed for each year of record are the
average discharge and the instantaneous peak discharge for each station.

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