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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09118450 COCHETOPA CREEK BELOW ROCK CREEK NEAR PARLIN, CO
LOCATION - Lat 38°20'14", long 106°46'25" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.17, T.47 N., R.2 E., Saguache County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14020003, on left bank 0.75 mi downstream from Rock Creek, and 12 mi south of Parlin.
DRAINAGE AREA - 334 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1981 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 8,457.54 ft above NAVD of 1988, from GNSS survey. Prior to Aug. 11, 2021, the elevation of gage was reported as 8,470 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
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 the period Aug. 6 to Sept. 13, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records good except for the period Jan. 16 to Apr. 25, and 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. Water year 2024; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation of hay meadows upstream from station. Transmountain diversion by Tarbell Ditch exports water upstream from station to Saguache Creek, since 1913.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 2019 to current year (seasonal records only).
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry. Datum of gage is 8,457.54 ft above NAVD of 1988, from GNSS survey.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - (seasonal only) Maximum daily precipitation, 1.21 inches, July 28, 2022.
