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<br />The other stream gaging station currently in operation in former <br /> <br />Water District No.9 is at the Town of Morrison and is referred to in water <br /> <br />,res,ources data publications as "Bear Creek at Morrison, Colorado". This <br /> <br />station has a contributing drainage area of 164 square miles and a period <br /> <br />of record of 1890-91, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1900-01, 1919 to current year. <br /> <br />Altitude of the gage is 5780 feet. Extremes for the period of record are: <br /> <br />Maximum Discharge - 8600 cfs (July 24, 1896) <br />Minimum Discharge 0.8 cfs (November 26, 1939) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />The average discharge for 57 years of record ([919-72) is 53.3 cfs or 38,620 <br /> <br />ac-ft per year. <br /> <br />During the period 1942-53 there was a stream gaging station <br /> <br />located on Turkey Creek two miles above the confluence with Bear Creek. <br /> <br />This station had a contributing drainage area of 50.1 square miles and was <br /> <br />at an altitude of 5718 feet. Extremes for the period of record are: <br /> <br />Maximum Discharge - 1200 cfs (August 24, 1946) <br />Miriimum Flow - No flow on several occasions <br /> <br />The average discharge for the 10 years of record is 4.25 cfs or 3080 ac-ft <br /> <br />per year. <br /> <br />Mean monthly and yearly runoff values with standard deviations <br /> <br />for the three above mentioned gaging stations are presented in Table 10. <br /> <br />Monthly mean flows for the three stations are presented in Appendix A. <br /> <br />Table II presents the monthly mean discharge that was equaled or exceeded <br /> <br />for the indicated percentage of time and Figures 2 and 3 graphically display <br /> <br />the same information. <br /> <br />-21- <br /> <br />._~ ...,,~._... <br /> <br />~---- - ---. <br /> <br />~".:...~.........;.,;,~- .;.;.....-:-...:. _ -.,,~;;........:,-. ,"7" -....-:--- -.,....,;;-;:..:,.;....~..:..~.-~~ - <br /> <br />.-....... <br />