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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

07103780 MONUMENT CREEK ABOVE NORTH GATE BOULEVARD AT U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, CO

LOCATION - Lat 39°01'51.7", long 104°50'47.8" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.01, T.12 S., R.67 W., El Paso County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on U.S. Air Force Academy, on right bank 300 ft downstream from Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad bridge, 0.7 mi upstream from North Gate Boulevard, and 1.7 mi downstream from Beaver Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA - 81.4 mi².

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

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1985 to September 2003, October 2003 to September 2006 (seasonal records only), October 2006 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and a crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 6,640 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to January 19, 2012, at site 400 ft upstream at datum 3.78 ft higher.

REMARKS - Water year 2014; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records fair except for flows above 100 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records good except for flows above 70 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records fair except for flows above 15 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records fair except for flows above 22 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records fair except for flows above 35 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records poor. Natural flow of stream affected by storage reservoirs, diversions for irrigation and municipal use, groundwater withdrawals, return flows from irrigated areas, and flows from sewage-treatment plants.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 1,790 ft³/s, Apr. 30, 1999, from slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height, 9.01 feet, from floodmarks, site and datum then in use.