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<br /> <br />PLATTE RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />06733000 BIG THOMPSON RIVER 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.--137 mi². <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: Oct. 30-31; Nov. 1-5, 19-30; <br />Dec. 1, 1993-Feb. 24, 1994 when the flume was frozen.. Gage height was estimated May 16-17, 1994 due <br />to inlet problems. Discharge was affected by ice Oct. 27-29; Nov. 6-10, 14-18, 1993; Feb. 25-Mar. <br />13, 1994. Graphic chart was used Apr. 19-22, 1994 and Aug. 19, 1994 when the DCP was off. Record <br />is good, except for periods of no gage-height record and ice effect, which is poor. Station <br />maintained and records developed by Merlin Friedrichsen. <br /> <br />RATING TABLE.--BTABESCO09 USED FROM 01-OCT-1993 TO 30-SEP-1994 <br /> <br />DISCHARGE, IN CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1993 TO SEPTEMBER 1994 <br />MEAN VALUES <br /> <br /> DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP <br /> <br /> 1 43 35 20 13 12 13 18 76 634 217 106 94 <br /> 2 42 28 20 13 12 13 20 76 621 211 123 108 <br /> 3 41 28 20 13 12 14 19 76 552 210 113 91 <br /> 4 39 29 20 12 11 14 21 73 584 207 108 88 <br /> 5 38 26 20 12 11 14 20 84 534 192 115 79 <br /> 6 38 21 20 12 11 14 19 129 516 175 100 73 <br /> 7 38 23 19 12 11 14 19 183 471 164 95 65 <br /> 8 41 23 19 12 11 15 18 222 428 143 89 61 <br /> 9 42 21 19 12 10 15 19 222 382 127 86 57 <br /> 10 43 24 19 12 10 15 19 243 328 120 88 54 <br /> 11 40 24 18 12 11 15 19 267 330 121 95 50 <br /> 12 44 24 18 12 11 15 20 354 359 122 98 49 <br /> 13 44 24 18 12 12 15 23 388 344 124 102 49 <br /> 14 43 23 18 12 12 15 25 379 321 125 110 53 <br /> 15 46 22 17 12 12 16 22 326 324 123 99 51 <br /> 16 46 21 17 13 12 18 25 332 329 121 90 48 <br /> 17 47 22 17 13 12 18 33 421 324 112 83 45 <br /> 18 50 21 17 13 12 19 39 400 357 110 80 41 <br /> 19 46 22 16 13 12 21 50 396 396 105 80 43 <br /> 20 43 22 16 13 12 20 66 417 382 114 82 49 <br /> 21 39 22 16 13 12 21 85 388 389 117 77 51 <br /> 22 39 22 16 13 12 18 113 373 415 110 74 52 <br /> 23 37 22 15 13 13 19 159 380 421 108 71 46 <br /> 24 36 22 15 13 13 17 181 363 334 125 67 41 <br /> 25 36 21 15 13 13 18 175 370 299 117 63 38 <br /> 26 36 21 15 13 13 15 131 398 280 117 60 36 <br /> 27 30 21 14 13 13 15 105 405 271 116 58 33 <br /> 28 34 21 14 13 13 15 89 472 251 113 82 31 <br /> 29 29 21 14 13 --- 15 80 479 228 106 103 30 <br /> 30 25 21 14 12 --- 17 75 512 216 100 98 30 <br /> 31 37 --- 13 12 --- 17 --- 531 --- 95 89 --- <br /> <br /> TOTAL 1232 697 529 389 331 500 1707 9735 11620 4167 2784 1636 <br /> MEAN 39.7 23.2 17.1 12.5 11.8 16.1 56.9 314 387 134 89.8 54.5 <br /> AC-FT 2440 1380 1050 772 657 992 3390 19310 23050 8270 5520 3240 <br /> MAX 50 35 20 13 13 21 181 531 634 217 123 108 <br /> MIN 25 21 13 12 10 13 18 73 216 95 58 30 <br /> <br /> CAL YR 1993 TOTAL 48074.5 MEAN 132 MAX 1090 MIN 9.5 AC-FT 95360 <br /> WTR YR 1994 TOTAL 35327 MEAN 96.8 MAX 634 MIN 10 AC-FT 70070 <br /> <br /> MAX DISCH 775 CFS AT 0100 02-JUN-1994 GH 5.05 FT. SHIFT 0.00 FT. MAX GH 5.05 FT. AT 0100 02-JUN-1994 <br /> <br />0 <br />200 <br />400 <br />600 <br />800 <br />OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep