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<br /> <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br /> PLATTE RIVER BASIN <br /> <br /> 06711500 BEAR CREEK AT MOUTH, AT SHERIDAN, CO <br /> <br />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 <br />left bank just downstream from bridge on South Lowell Blvd., at Highway Department maintenance building at <br />northwest city limits of Sheridan, 1.3 mi upstream from mouth, and 2.l mi west of city hall in Englewood. <br /> <br />DRAINAGE AREA.--260 mi2. <br /> <br />GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, Elevation of gage is 5,295 ft above National Geodetic Vertical <br />Datum of 1929, from topographic map. See WSP 1710 or 1730 for history of changes prior to Oct. 9, 1953. Oct. 9, <br />1953, to Aug. 6, 1969, water-stage recorder at present site at datum 1.0 ft, higher. Levels were run to the <br />inside gage on August 09, 1991 using RM No. 5 as base. The gage was found to read 0.01 ft. low. No correction <br />was made as the gage was within the limits of +-0.02 feet. <br /> <br />REMARKS.--The record is complete and reliable. The stage-discharge relation was affected by ice on Oct. 28-31; Nov. 1, <br />16-30; Dec. 1-4, 1991; Jan. 14-16, 19-21, 23, 1992. The satellite record is the primary record. Record is good <br />except for periods of ice affect which is fair. Station maintained and records developed by Rodger L. Burcher. <br /> <br />RATING TABLE.--BCRSHECO31 USED FROM 01-OCT-1991 TO 30-SEP-1992 <br /> <br /> DISCHARGE, IN CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1991 TO SEPTEMBER 1992 <br /> MEAN VALUES <br /> <br />DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP <br /> <br /> 1 47 29 28 25 26 27 59 92 117 50 17 17 <br /> 2 41 30 27 24 27 27 54 92 79 58 15 18 <br /> 3 39 28 26 24 27 26 53 89 66 47 14 18 <br /> 4 41 29 32 24 26 100 55 83 60 39 13 16 <br /> 5 41 40 41 25 24 64 75 77 58 38 14 14 <br /> 6 40 41 40 25 24 41 74 79 59 35 13 14 <br /> 7 39 42 40 27 24 34 80 75 65 31 13 15 <br /> 8 36 39 39 26 24 44 96 75 66 32 13 14 <br /> 9 34 37 37 25 25 58 100 74 59 31 13 12 <br /> 10 33 40 34 26 25 49 100 81 59 29 12 21 <br /> 11 31 40 34 25 25 50 114 73 59 29 20 21 <br /> 12 30 38 32 27 26 53 118 64 67 45 28 17 <br /> 13 30 36 32 26 25 51 123 58 70 48 38 15 <br /> 14 30 34 30 26 24 51 127 56 60 40 44 14 <br /> 15 29 39 28 26 21 47 142 53 57 40 44 12 <br /> 16 32 38 30 26 21 48 159 47 52 41 43 10 <br /> 17 34 37 31 26 23 49 167 42 48 49 49 8.5 <br /> 18 28 37 30 26 21 51 157 46 44 42 57 9.5 <br /> 19 29 36 30 26 20 41 148 51 50 34 61 11 <br /> 20 28 35 31 25 23 32 138 48 48 38 49 11 <br /> 21 30 34 30 25 22 28 120 47 44 43 47 11 <br /> 22 29 33 30 24 21 31 113 68 37 34 48 10 <br /> 23 28 33 30 25 25 23 104 61 33 34 50 10 <br /> 24 34 32 29 25 24 19 96 51 36 29 296 11 <br /> 25 33 31 24 26 25 16 88 63 42 32 175 11 <br /> 26 27 30 24 26 24 15 89 67 57 45 70 11 <br /> 27 23 30 22 26 25 45 82 71 61 32 44 13 <br /> 28 24 29 22 27 25 86 79 64 66 24 33 12 <br /> 29 25 28 22 27 26 58 80 63 59 20 24 13 <br /> 30 26 27 23 26 --- 52 89 57 52 21 22 14 <br /> 31 28 --- 23 27 --- 59 --- 72 --- 19 18 --- <br /> <br />TOTAL 999 1032 931 794 698 1375 3079 2039 1730 1129 1397 404.0 <br />MEAN 32.2 34.4 30.0 25.6 24.1 44.4 103 65.8 57.7 36.4 45.1 13.5 <br />AC-FT 1980 2050 1850 1570 1380 2730 6110 4040 3430 2240 2770 801 <br />MAX 47 42 41 27 27 100 167 92 117 58 296 21 <br />MIN 23 27 22 24 20 15 53 42 33 19 12 8.5 <br /> <br />CAL YR 1991 TOTAL 18745.7 MEAN 51.4 MAX 334 MIN 8.0 AC-FT 37180 <br />WTR YR 1992 TOTAL 15607.0 MEAN 42.6 MAX 296 MIN 8.5 AC-FT 30960 <br /> <br />MAX DISCH 490 CFS AT 1630 24-AUG-1992 GH 4.37 FT. SHIFT -0.05 FT. MAX GH 4.37 FT. AT 1630 <br />24-AUG-1992 <br />