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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09081600 CRYSTAL RIVER ABOVE AVALANCHE CREEK NEAR REDSTONE, CO
LOCATION - Lat 39°13'57.5", long 107°13'39.0" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.33, T.9 S., R.88 W., Pitkin County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14010004, on left bank 1.2 mi upstream from Avalanche Creek, and 3.6 mi north of Redstone.
DRAINAGE AREA - 167 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1955 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 6,906.78 ft above NAVD of 1988, from GNSS survey. Prior to May 5, 2021, the elevation of gage was reported as 6,905 ft above NGVD of 1929, from river-profile map. Prior to May 16, 2012, at site 150 ft upstream, on right bank, at same datum.
REMARKS - Water year 2014; no estimated daily discharges. Records good. Water year 2015; no estimated daily discharges. Records good. Water year 2016; no estimated daily discharges. Records good. Water year 2017; no estimated daily discharges. Records good. Water year 2018; no estimated daily discharges. Records good. Water year 2019; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; no estimated daily discharges. Records good. Water year 2021; no estimated daily discharges. Records good. Water year 2022; no estimated daily discharges. Records good. Water year 2023; no estimated daily discharges. Records good. Water year 2024; no estimated daily discharges. Records good. A few small diversions for irrigation upstream from station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 4,840 ft³/s, June 10, 2010, from rating curve extended above 3,000 ft³/s, gage height, 6.01 ft, from crest-stage gage.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 2019 to current year (seasonal records only).
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,905 ft above NGVD of 1929, from river-profile map.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - (seasonal only) Maximum daily precipitation, 1.33 inches, Sept. 29, 2021.
REMARKS - Gage operated seasonally, April through September.
