DWR_2669013

• Title: STREAM FLOW DATA FOR COLORADO
• Year: 1995
• Document Type - Publications and Reports: Streamflow Report

PLATTE RIVER BASIN

06696000 SOUTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR LAKE GEORGE, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°54'18", long 105°29'24". in SW¼ sec. 20, T.13 S., R.72 W., Park County, Hydrologic Unit
10190001, on left bank 700 ft downstream from Elevenmile Canyon Reservoir and 8.2 mi southwest of
town of Lake George.

DRAINAGE AREA.--963 mi².

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and satellite monitoring in a wooden shelter at a 15' Parshall flume with
outside staff gage. Elevation of gage is 8,458 ft from topographic map. Station is owned and
maintained by the Denver Water Dept.

REMARKS.--Hourly satellite data was used for primary record, except for the following periods when encoder
data was unreliable or missing: July 14-Aug. 21, 1995 when mean daily gage heights from chart used;
Sep. 3-30, 1995 when mean daily gage heights from chart used. Record is good. Record is developed
by Robert E. Cooper.

RATING TABLE.--PLAGEOCO04 USED FROM 01-OCT-1994 TO 30-SEP-1995

DISCHARGE, IN CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1994 TO SEPTEMBER 1995
MEAN VALUES

DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP

1 101 50 27 42 71 47 88 145 59 885 253 313
2 101 50 31 42 72 50 89 159 58 937 283 308
3 140 51 34 42 69 51 89 150 60 958 298 304
4 147 56 37 43 69 50 92 141 60 976 302 309
5 146 57 40 45 68 48 96 131 60 954 293 283
6 141 58 44 47 67 51 98 122 58 898 292 272
7 124 59 47 49 64 52 99 108 54 824 290 262
8 123 56 49 50 63 50 107 102 54 753 288 246
9 116 56 51 50 63 50 115 90 60 739 278 241
10 108 55 53 50 60 50 126 79 55 734 273 233
11 101 53 56 51 59 49 133 75 55 746 281 232
12 55 53 56 52 63 49 128 74 54 793 285 232
13 31 51 57 54 64 47 130 66 54 838 305 230
14 33 47 55 56 63 45 135 58 55 885 314 225
15 40 45 53 57 61 45 128 57 106 933 316 216
16 43 46 51 59 59 46 129 55 258 957 318 187
17 48 45 49 59 58 54 131 74 397 974 318 172
18 48 38 48 60 57 54 134 85 465 981 313 157
19 54 38 45 61 56 54 131 82 493 903 314 152
20 54 40 42 62 55 53 127 80 505 960 311 154
21 55 35 40 64 55 53 130 75 484 905 314 157
22 52 35 37 64 54 57 128 70 471 875 326 162
23 53 34 43 65 53 59 125 65 530 815 343 157
24 49 32 46 65 52 64 129 63 586 788 355 157
25 49 32 46 66 51 66 131 62 630 730 391 157
26 50 32 45 67 50 72 144 63 659 638 460 154
27 54 32 45 68 48 73 148 62 686 541 460 152
28 54 29 44 68 47 78 148 60 722 455 491 145
29 49 28 43 71 --- 83 145 59 769 392 480 142
30 52 27 43 72 --- 86 149 62 812 343 448 135
31 51 --- 42 70 --- 87 --- 64 --- 259 367 ---

TOTAL 2322 1320 1399 1771 1671 1773 3682 2638 9369 24369 10360 6246
MEAN 74.9 44.0 45.1 57.1 59.7 57.2 123 85.1 312 786 334 208
AC-FT 4610 2620 2770 3510 3310 3520 7300 5230 18580 48340 20550 12390
MAX 147 59 57 72 72 87 149 159 812 981 491 313
MIN 31 27 27 42 47 45 88 55 54 259 253 135

CAL YR 1994 TOTAL 36089 MEAN 98.9 MAX 244 MIN 27 AC-FT 71580
WTR YR 1995 TOTAL 66920 MEAN 183 MAX 981 MIN 27 AC-FT 132700

MAX DISCH 869 CFS AT 1400 04-JUL-1995 GH 5.37 FT. SHIFT 0.07 FT. MAX GH 5.37 FT. AT 1400 04-JUL-1995
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