DWR_2669027

• Title: STREAM FLOW DATA FOR COLORADO
• Year: 1991
• Document Type - Publications and Reports: Streamflow Report

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PLATTE RIVER BASIN

06711500 BEAR CREEK AT MOUTH, AT SHERIDAN, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°39'08", long 105°01'57", in NW¼NW¼ sec.5, T,5 S., R.68 W., Arapahoe County, Hydrologic Unit 10190002 on
left bank just downstream from bridge on South Lowell Blvd., at Highway Department maintenance building at
northwest city limits of Sheridan, 1.3 mi upstream from mouth, and 2.l mi west of city hall in Englewood.

DRAINAGE AREA.--260 mi2.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, Elevation of gage is 5,295 ft above National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929, from topographic map. See WSP 1710 or 1730 for history of changes prior to Oct. 9, 1953. Oct. 9,
1953, to Aug. 6, 1969, water-stage recorder at present site at datum 1.0 ft, higher. Levels were run to the
inside gage on August 09, 1991 using RM No. 5 as base. The gage was found to read 0.01 ft. low. No correction
was made as the gage was within the limits of +-0.02 feet.

REMARKS.--The record is complete and reliable. The stage-discharge relation was affected by ice on December 20, 1990;
January 5-31; February 1-3, 1991. Record is good except for periods of ice affect which is fair. Station
maintained and records developed by Rodger L. Burcher.

RATING TABLE.--BCRSHECO31 USED FROM 01-OCT-1990 TO 30-SEP-1991

DISCHARGE, IN CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1990 TO SEPTEMBER 1991
MEAN VALUES

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

1 49 24 28 31 23 23 8.0 27 334 40 49 55
2 53 29 31 28 23 22 8.0 23 318 42 64 54
3 53 30 24 28 23 23 8.0 24 223 55 172 58
4 47 25 18 28 23 23 8.0 30 178 44 203 59
5 41 30 25 28 23 27 8.0 38 187 44 154 52
6 32 38 30 28 23 27 8.6 32 194 40 127 49
7 32 31 29 28 23 25 10 26 245 38 126 47
8 34 28 32 28 23 22 16 29 220 53 115 48
9 29 35 34 28 22 20 16 35 192 70 107 48
10 27 30 32 28 23 20 13 43 173 74 107 44
11 28 28 32 28 23 21 12 55 177 63 107 45
12 28 24 32 28 22 22 18 56 162 61 107 46
13 28 22 34 28 22 23 20 49 162 63 110 57
14 27 22 33 27 21 23 17 45 172 52 107 58
15 25 36 32 27 23 23 15 55 166 43 103 50
16 24 42 24 27 24 26 14 106 163 38 95 45
17 24 42 30 27 24 26 14 120 176 32 84 42
18 24 42 32 27 23 27 15 101 147 31 80 42
19 25 42 31 27 22 35 14 125 127 35 94 43
20 36 39 30 26 21 36 13 119 112 41 90 42
21 32 36 42 26 21 31 13 113 122 41 80 40
22 32 30 42 26 22 16 14 102 127 48 71 39
23 31 26 42 26 22 15 15 126 98 82 63 39
24 32 32 43 26 22 16 9.7 129 84 107 64 39
25 30 32 44 26 21 16 9.5 133 75 116 61 38
26 28 32 41 26 21 20 11 147 57 104 61 37
27 25 32 37 26 22 16 13 144 46 92 62 36
28 26 29 35 25 23 18 17 166 52 79 81 34
29 26 22 32 25 --- 13 19 123 45 68 93 35
30 24 26 34 24 --- 8.4 43 96 43 55 71 44
31 25 --- 32 24 --- 8.5 --- 99 --- 51 61 ---

TOTAL 977 936 1017 835 628 671.9 419.8 2516 4577 1802 2969 1365
MEAN 31.5 31.2 32.8 26.9 22.4 21.7 14.0 81.2 153 58.1 95.8 45.5
AC-FT 1940 1860 2020 1660 1250 1330 833 4990 9080 3570 5890 2710
MAX 53 42 44 31 24 36 43 166 334 116 203 59
MIN 24 22 18 24 21 8.4 8.0 23 43 31 49 34

CAL YR 1990 TOTAL 16472.2 MEAN 45.1 MAX 180 MIN 8.5 AC-FT 32670
WTR YR 1991 TOTAL 18713.7 MEAN 51.3 MAX 334 MIN 8.0 AC-FT 37120

MAX DISCH 1646 CFS AT 2030 01-JUN-1991 GH 5.91 FT. SHIFT -0.03 FT. MAX GH 5.91 FT. AT 2030
01-JUN-1991