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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

07105000 BEAR CREEK NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

LOCATION - Lat 38°49'21", long 104°53'17" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.21, T.14 S., R.67 W., El Paso County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on left bank 30 ft east of 26th Street, 0.6 mi southwest of Bear Creek Nature Center, 3.4 mi upstream from mouth, and 3.5 mi west of courthouse in Colorado Springs.

DRAINAGE AREA - 6.89 mi².

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

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1992 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,520 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Sept. 13, 2013, at datum 4.00 ft higher. Prior to July 16, 2015, at site 400 ft downstream at datum 4.00 ft lower.

REMARKS - Water year 2014; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records poor. Water year 2017; records poor. Water year 2018; records poor. Water year 2019; records poor. Water year 2020; records poor. Water year 2021; records poor. Water year 2022; records poor. Water year 2023; records poor. Natural flow of stream affected by diversion for municipal use.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 222 ft³/s, Sept. 13, 2013, from rating curve extended above 122 ft³/s, gage height, 6.70 ft, from floodmarks.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - March 2012 to current year (seasonal records only).

INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily precipitation, 6.39 inches, Sept. 12, 2013.

REMARKS - Gage operated seasonally, March through October. Unless otherwise noted, records are not rated, and periods of missing record are not estimated. Water year 2014; estimated daily precipitation are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2015; estimated daily precipitation are less accurate than the rest of the published records.