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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

06720460 FIRST CREEK BELOW BUCKLEY ROAD AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL, CO

LOCATION - Lat 39°48'29", long 104°47'36" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.08, T.3 S., R.66 W., Adams County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 10190003, in Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, on right bank 0.38 mi downstream of east Arsenal boundary at Buckley Road, and 5.5 mi east of Commerce City Municipal Building.

DRAINAGE AREA - 28.2 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2011: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1991 to current year. Spring 1982 to September 1992, published in reports of U.S. Army. Daily discharge data for October 1992 to September 2010 also published separately in USGS project reports.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, compound broad-crested concrete weir, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 5,289.63 ft above NGVD of 1929.

REMARKS - Water year 2014; records good except for flows above 100 ft³/s, which are fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records good except for the period May 7-15, which is fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records good except for flows above 100 ft³/s, which are fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records good except for flows above 100 ft³/s, which are fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 2,000 ft³/s, Aug. 3, 2013, from slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height, 6.33 ft, from crest-stage gage.