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	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Max.,Min.,Med.)
	80154 Suspnd sedmnt conc(Mean)
	80155 Suspnd sedmnt disch(Mean)

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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

07103700 FOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

LOCATION - Lat 38°51'17", long 104°52'39" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.03, T.14 S., R.67 W., El Paso County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on left bank 200 ft upstream from diversion, 0.5 mi east of bridge on U.S. Highway 24, 1.0 mi downstream from Sutherland Creek, and 3.3 mi northwest of courthouse in Colorado Springs.

DRAINAGE AREA - 102 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR CO-99-1: 1997 (M). WDR-US-2011: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1958 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, crest-stage gages, and V-notch weir. Sloping crest-stage gage added to left bank during Water year 2023. Elevation of gage is 6,110 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Feb. 4 to Apr. 15, 1992, gage temporarily located 80 ft upstream, at same datum.

REMARKS - Water year 2014; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records poor. Water year 2016; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records poor. Water year 2018; records poor. Water year 2019; records fair except for flows above 120 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records fair except for flows above 120 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records fair except for flows above 120 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records fair except for flows above 120 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records fair except for flows above 75 ft³/s and below 4 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by storage reservoirs, power developments, transmountain diversions, diversions for irrigation and municipal use, groundwater withdrawals, and return flows from irrigated areas.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 2,630 ft³/s, Aug. 4, 1964, from slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height 5.27 ft.