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ROARING FORK RIVER BASIN
<br /> 09091550 Crystal River at Placita, Cola.
<br /> LOCATION.--Lat 39*08134", long 107°15'25", in SEh sec.31, T.10 S., R.88 W., Pitkin County, on right bank
<br /> 0.1 mile downstream from highway bridge, 0.4 idle upstream from Bears Gulch, 0.7 mile north of Placita,.
<br /> and 3 miles upstream from Coal Creek.
<br /> DRAINAGE AREA.--107 sq mi.
<br /> PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1959 to current year.
<br /> GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 7,371.89 ft above mean sea level (levels by U. S. Bureau of
<br /> Reclamation).
<br /> AVERAGE DISCHARGE.--il years, 214 cfs (155,000 acre-ft per year).
<br /> EXTREMES.--Current year: Maximum discharge, 1,690 cfs June 25 (gage height, 5.91 ft); minimum daily, 30 cfs
<br /> Jan. 30.
<br /> Period of record: Maximum discharge, 1,880 cfs June 20, 1968 (gage height, 6.00 ft); minimum daily,
<br /> 12 cfs Mar. 3, 1965.
<br /> REMARKS.--Records good except those for winter period, which are poor. A few small diversions above station
<br /> for irrigation of hay meadows.
<br /> DISCHARGE, 14 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, 'WATER YEAR OCTOBER 19b9 TO SEPTEMBER 1970
<br /> DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEa MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
<br /> 1 91 85 65 48 40 39 31 86 920 826 170 141
<br /> 2 85 a0 60 48 40 38 30 82 880 752 164 L41
<br /> 3 9b 74 60 46 40 38 30 93 1,010 746 170 110
<br /> 4 94 79 60 44 33 39 29 136 1.100 710 190 105
<br /> 5 .41 79 55 40 36 36 30 186 1.000 696 172 149
<br /> 6 90 74 50 38 38 34 33 238 1.080 644 164 480
<br /> 7 90 76 48 36 40 34 39 293 1.110 812 159 223
<br /> 6 40 36 40 279 1,140 704 159 18,
<br /> 8 90 76 48 3
<br /> 9 90 76 50 36 38 36 48 238 1.030 650 148 155
<br /> 56 222 929 590 134 136
<br /> 10 98 76 55 40 38 38
<br /> 11 100 73 55 42 40 36 64 276 770 520 127 123
<br /> 12 96 72 55 42 44 36 56 408 638 470 121 141
<br /> 13 94 70 50 40 48 34 50 465 596 426 116 586
<br /> 14 93 66 SO 38 46 34 49 465 656 394 110 416
<br /> 15 98 64 50 38 44 36 46 440 710 349 109 276
<br /> 16 93 67 48 40 44 39 44 578 734 344 107 215
<br /> • 65 48 42 17 99 44 39 53 764 010 316 98 184
<br /> L8 LUS 61 48 42 38 36 56 864 1,010 316 105 1h8
<br /> 19 115 55 44 42 36 32 52 1.000 1.160 312 101 152
<br /> 47 1.013 1,240 279 121 139
<br /> 20 90 55 46 40 36 34
<br /> 21 91 60 48 38 40 36 46 1,110 1,310 265 152 132
<br /> 22 94 65 50 38 38 36 44 1,200 1,320 256 145 132
<br /> 23 93 60 50 38 38 36 44 11210 1.320 286 123 123
<br /> 24 90 55 48 40 38 38 44 L.250 1.330 244 110 L14
<br /> 25 90, 60 46 40 40 38 55 1,270 1,450 218 103 112
<br /> 26 91 60 46 38 38 36 82 1.320 1,380 225 94 103
<br /> 27 93 55 46 38 36 34 119 1,340 1,320 212 93 196
<br /> 28 91 50 44 42 3b 34 132 1,300 1.320 201
<br /> 29 86 55 40 36 --- 36 109 1.070 1.190 102 88 91
<br /> 30 85 60 42 30 —^- 34 94 1.060 992 182 86 `-86
<br /> 31 82 44 3a ---- 32 ----- 11110 ----- Lao 112
<br /> TOTAL 2,873 2.003 1,549 1,236 1,112 1.112 1.652 21,363 31,543 13,315 3,942 5.309
<br /> MEAN 92.7 66.8 50.0 39.9 39.7 35.9 55.1 689 1.051 430 1Z7 177
<br /> NAX ins 85 65 48 48 38 132 11343 1.4511) 826 190 586
<br /> MIN 92 50 40 30 36 32 29 R2 596 180 86 96
<br /> AC-FT 5,700 3,970 3,070 2.450 2,210 2,210 3,280 42,37C 62,570 269410 7,820 10,530
<br /> CAL YA 1969 TOTAL 68,356 MEAN 242 MAX 1,300 MIN 26 ACFT 175,300
<br /> WAT YR 1970 TOTAL 87,009 MEAN 238 MAX 1,450 A;N 29 ACFT 172.600
<br /> PEAK DISCHARGE (RASE, 1,200 CPS).--Mav 28 (21301 1,540 cfs (5.63 ft); June 25 (2200) 1,690 cfs (5.91 ftT
<br /> NOTE.--No gage-height record Dec. 3 to Mar. 30.
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