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The average June high flows for the 1965-1977 period of <br /> record is 1131 cfs,and the average February low flow is <br /> 48 cfs . <br /> Stream monitoring data summarizing flow measurements taken <br /> by Mid-Continent Resources on Coal Creek, Broderick Creek, <br /> Bear Creek, Dutch Creek, North and South Forks of Dutch <br /> Creek, and Oilwell Creek is presented on Table 783. 16-6 and <br /> Figure 783 . 16-3. Plate III shows the location of these <br /> various stations . A review of the flow data indicates that, <br /> on a smaller scale, the same pattern of spring snowmelt <br /> occurs, resulting in a peak runoff during late spring and <br /> early summer months with a marked decrease in flow during <br /> winter months. This range of flow is illustrated in Figure <br /> 783. 16-4a-4d, Peak Flow Hydrographs , 1978 , for some of the <br /> monitoring stations along Coal Creek. A significant differ- <br /> ence between the Coal Creek drainage and a larger drainage <br /> such as the Crystal River is that the smaller drainages <br /> freeze to a minimum discharge during winter months with nearly <br /> all of the available precipitation being retained as snow <br /> pack. Readings taken during the winter of 1977 to 1978 <br /> indicate a flow of only 2. 0 cubic feet/second for the entire <br /> Coal Basin area. Discharge measurements have been taken from <br /> 1976 to the present . The data for 1979 is not available at <br /> the time of this writing. <br /> Flood discharges for Coal Creek and several larger tributaries <br /> to Coal Creek have been calculated and are tabulated in Table <br /> 8 <br />