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30 <br /> <br />PLATTE RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />06733000 BIG THOMPSON RIVER(above Lake Estes) AT ESTES PARK, CO <br /> <br />LOCATION.--Lat 40°22'42", long 105°30'48", in NW¼NW¼ sec. 30, T.5 N., R.72 W,, Larimer County on right bank <br />in Estes Park, 600 ft downstream from bridge on State Highways 7 and 66, 900 ft downstream from <br />Black Canyon Creek, and 0.3 mi northwest of Estes Power Plant. Station is upstream from Lake Estes. <br /> <br />DRAINAGE AREA AND PERIOD OF RECORD.--137 mi². October 1946 to current year. <br /> <br />GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, at 15' Parshall flume with overflow weirs and <br />supplemental outside gage. DCP is the primary record. Datum of gage is 7,492.5 ft above National <br />Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. <br /> <br />REMARKS.--Record is complete and reliable except for the following periods: Dec. 2-31, 1996-Mar. 18, 1997 <br />when the flume was frozen. Gage height was estimated Aug. 1, 1997 due to the inlets being left <br />closed. Discharge was affected by ice Nov. 7-8; Apr. 24-25, 27, 1997. Record is good, except for <br />periods of no gage-height record and ice effect, which is poor. Station maintained and record <br />developed by Merlin Friedrichsen. <br /> <br />RATING TABLE.--BTABESCO09 USED FROM 01-OCT-1996 TO 30-SEP-1997 <br /> <br />DISCHARGE, IN CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997 <br /> MEAN VALUES <br /> <br /> DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP <br /> <br /> 1 73 36 16 19 17 15 27 90 883 462 297 128 <br /> 2 67 34 16 19 17 15 26 81 1030 400 256 126 <br /> 3 79 34 17 19 17 15 30 79 1080 389 234 124 <br /> 4 91 34 18 20 16 15 34 81 1080 372 229 131 <br /> 5 83 33 19 20 16 15 30 105 1180 362 284 124 <br /> 6 75 30 20 20 16 15 25 135 1110 338 401 118 <br /> 7 70 33 21 20 15 15 27 170 1030 329 346 114 <br /> 8 65 33 21 20 15 15 27 189 990 333 265 109 <br /> 9 62 34 21 20 15 15 27 187 1090 317 240 97 <br /> 10 59 31 21 20 14 15 21 212 931 321 567 91 <br /> 11 55 30 21 20 14 15 25 241 1040 325 551 86 <br /> 12 53 29 21 20 14 15 27 213 906 290 411 84 <br /> 13 51 28 21 20 13 15 27 204 814 286 342 81 <br /> 14 50 28 20 21 13 15 26 242 846 277 308 81 <br /> 15 48 29 20 21 13 15 27 258 876 267 256 77 <br /> 16 49 24 20 20 13 15 31 351 722 264 235 77 <br /> 17 44 26 20 20 14 15 35 452 725 249 238 72 <br /> 18 39 36 20 20 14 15 41 532 818 255 228 76 <br /> 19 46 38 20 20 14 20 50 557 992 260 233 117 <br /> 20 45 33 20 20 14 24 59 513 1100 270 211 257 <br /> 21 32 30 19 20 14 27 79 568 998 262 196 249 <br /> 22 48 30 19 20 14 27 64 852 922 246 180 194 <br /> 23 43 30 19 19 15 29 60 726 836 239 172 185 <br /> 24 40 24 19 19 15 30 58 662 709 266 162 187 <br /> 25 38 25 19 19 15 24 61 564 645 256 161 157 <br /> 26 37 25 19 19 15 26 67 457 591 230 165 143 <br /> 27 38 19 19 19 15 28 69 369 573 217 163 154 <br /> 28 37 25 19 19 15 27 87 339 527 207 158 138 <br /> 29 37 26 19 19 --- 27 120 398 510 224 150 125 <br /> 30 39 23 19 18 --- 24 103 456 483 239 134 115 <br /> 31 39 --- 19 18 --- 26 --- 614 --- 339 125 --- <br /> <br /> TOTAL 1632 890 602 608 412 609 1390 10897 26037 9091 7898 3817 <br /> MEAN 52.6 29.7 19.4 19.6 14.7 19.6 46.3 352 868 293 255 127 <br /> AC-FT 3240 1770 1190 1210 817 1210 2760 21610 51640 18030 15670 7570 <br /> MAX 91 38 21 21 17 30 120 852 1180 462 567 257 <br /> MIN 32 19 16 18 13 15 21 79 483 207 125 72 <br /> <br /> CAL YR 1996 TOTAL 48957 MEAN 134 MAX 858 MIN 13 AC-FT 97110 <br /> WTR YR 1997 TOTAL 63883 MEAN 175 MAX 1180 MIN 13 AC-FT 126700 <br /> <br /> MAX DISCH 1337 CFS AT 0245 05-JUN-1997 GH 6.25 FT. SHIFT 0.09 FT. MAX GH 6.25 FT. AT 0245 05-JUN-1997 <br /> <br /> FOR MORE COMPLETE OR DETAILED INFORMATION SEE DAILY OR MONTHLY RECORD. <br /> <br />0 <br />200 <br />400 <br />600 <br />800 <br />1000 <br />1200 <br />1400 <br />OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep