DWR_2669031

• Title: STREAM FLOW DATA FOR COLORADO
• Year: 1994
• Document Type - Publications and Reports: Streamflow Report

PLATTE RIVER BASIN

06763980 SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT JULESBURG, CO. CHANNEL NO 4 (INCLUDES FLOW FROM CHANNEL NO 3)

LOCATION.--Lat 40°58'46", long 102°15'15", in NW¼NE¼ sec. 33, T.12 N., R.44 W., Sedgwick County, Hydrologic
Unit 10190018, on left bank of channel No 4 (left channel) 215 ft downstream from bridge on U.S.
Highway 385, 0.9 mi southeast of Julesburg, 3.0 mi upstream from Colorado-Nebraska State line, and 8
mi downstream from Lodgepole Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA.--23,193 mi².

GAGE.--Water-stage graphic recorder with satellite telemetry. Supplemental outside chain gage. DCP is
primary record with chart as backup.

REMARKS.--Gage-height record is complete and reliable except for the following period: Feb. 8-10, 1994
when recorder pen was not inking and DCP record was missing and had low values. The stage-discharge
relationship was affected by ice on the following days: Jan. 30-31; Feb. 1-7, 1994. Graphic chart
record was used for the following periods: Dec. 10-20, 30-31, 1993; Jan. 1-11, 31; Feb. 1-15, 23;
Jul. 9-10, 20; Aug. 31; Sep. 1-8, 13-20, 1994. Record is good, except for period of no gage-height
record, ice affected record, and period of stage fluctuation which is fair. This record is part of
combined flow with channel No. 1 and 2. Station maintained and records developed by Fred Renner.

RATING TABLE.--PLAJULCO20 USED FROM 01-OCT-1993 TO 30-SEP-1994

DISCHARGE, IN CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1993 TO SEPTEMBER 1994
MEAN VALUES

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

1 6.8 0.60 25 1.5 50 11 3.8 1.8 2.1 14 9.9 1.4
2 3.9 0.58 30 1.0 45 6.6 3.9 1.8 1.3 6.1 11 1.2
3 2.7 0.45 7.6 0.75 65 6.2 3.5 1.9 1.9 4.9 11 1.4
4 1.6 0.46 1.7 0.75 60 6.4 3.7 1.8 2.0 6.2 13 0.60
5 1.1 0.46 1.2 0.75 55 7.5 4.0 1.7 1.8 8.8 9.4 0.75
6 0.82 0.45 1.1 0.75 75 9.2 4.0 1.5 1.1 13 13 0.60
7 0.81 0.41 0.91 0.75 100 9.4 3.7 1.4 0.61 24 19 0.90
8 0.88 0.40 0.82 0.75 70 11 3.2 1.4 0.43 16 15 1.0
9 0.70 0.36 0.70 0.75 50 14 2.5 1.3 0.38 15 9.9 0.69
10 0.75 0.38 0.75 0.60 20 15 2.2 1.3 0.52 10 10 0.76
11 0.75 0.39 0.75 0.75 14 15 2.6 1.1 0.47 13 7.2 0.77
12 0.66 2.4 0.75 0.68 22 15 3.0 1.0 0.51 20 7.1 0.79
13 0.60 0.34 0.75 0.77 56 16 4.0 1.0 0.37 18 4.8 0.0
14 0.61 0.50 0.75 0.81 68 16 2.9 0.99 0.34 30 4.1 0.0
15 0.60 0.31 0.75 0.81 88 12 2.3 0.93 0.29 4.9 7.7 0.0
16 0.60 0.26 0.75 0.82 111 8.2 2.4 0.95 0.38 1.6 7.8 0.0
17 0.75 0.20 0.75 0.75 88 6.0 2.6 0.99 0.17 1.4 5.8 0.0
18 1.8 0.18 0.75 0.81 75 4.1 2.8 0.86 0.55 2.8 4.5 0.0
19 0.80 0.16 0.75 1.0 73 2.8 2.9 0.75 0.26 6.7 4.3 0.0
20 1.8 0.17 0.75 1.2 67 2.2 3.0 0.66 0.35 15 6.0 0.0
21 0.94 0.19 0.80 2.6 42 1.8 2.8 0.78 1.1 15 5.2 0.15
22 0.75 0.15 0.82 2.3 45 2.5 2.6 0.67 3.8 12 4.1 0.15
23 0.75 0.15 0.82 1.6 39 3.7 2.3 2.2 4.3 10 3.8 0.15
24 0.74 0.15 0.86 1.1 57 4.1 2.2 1.7 6.2 10 3.7 0.15
25 0.79 0.15 0.85 1.0 24 4.5 2.8 0.96 10 12 3.3 0.15
26 0.75 0.16 0.98 1.00 19 5.0 3.2 0.82 11 12 3.8 0.15
27 0.73 0.29 1.4 0.75 22 5.4 1.5 0.89 16 14 3.0 0.0
28 0.68 0.30 4.1 0.81 16 4.3 1.5 0.75 13 16 3.0 0.0
29 0.63 0.76 7.3 0.98 --- 4.3 1.6 0.75 17 15 3.1 0.0
30 0.61 5.2 6.1 15 --- 4.0 1.6 0.60 18 9.4 1.5 0.15
31 0.60 --- 3.0 35 --- 3.9 --- 1.1 --- 8.0 1.4 ---

TOTAL 36.98 16.93 104.32 78.89 1516 237.1 85.1 36.35 116.24 364.8 216.4 11.91
MEAN 1.19 0.56 3.37 2.54 54.1 7.65 2.84 1.17 3.87 11.8 6.98 0.40
AC-FT 73 34 207 156 3010 470 169 72 231 724 429 24
MAX 6.8 5.2 30 35 111 16 4.0 2.2 18 30 19 1.4
MIN 0.60 0.15 0.70 0.60 14 1.8 1.5 0.60 0.17 1.4 1.4 0.0

CAL YR 1993 TOTAL 11340.23 MEAN 31.1 MAX 219 MIN 0.15 AC-FT 22490
WTR YR 1994 TOTAL 2821.01 MEAN 7.73 MAX 111 MIN 0.00 AC-FT 5600

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