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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

09044800 MCCULLOUGH-SPRUCE-CRYSTAL DIVERSION NEAR HOOSIER PASS, CO

LOCATION - Lat 39°22'51", long 106°04'14" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.02, T.8 S., R.78 W., Summit County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14010002, on left bank at entrance to Hoosier Pass Tunnel, 1.4 mi northwest of Hoosier Pass, 1.6 mi downstream from diversion point on McCullough Gulch, and 7 mi southwest of Breckenridge.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1957 to current year (seasonal records only). Prior to October 1961, published as McCullough Diversion near Hoosier Pass.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and Parshall flume. Elevation of gage is 10,986 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

COOPERATION - Gage-height record collected in cooperation with City of Colorado Springs.

REMARKS - Water year 2014; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records good except for 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 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 good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. This is a transmountain diversion from McCullough Gulch and Spruce and Crystal Creeks in Blue River Basin through Hoosier Pass Tunnel to South Platte River Basin from which it is again diverted to South Catamount Creek in the Arkansas River Basin. Diversion points are in secs.14, 23, and 26, T.7 S., R.78 W. The entire flow is regulated by diversion gates.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 151 ft³/s, June 6, 2010.