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Water-Year Summary for Site 09129550

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Available Parameters
00045 Precipitation(Sum)  
00054 Reservoir storage(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
09129550 CRAWFORD RESERVOIR NEAR CRAWFORD, CO
LOCATION - Lat 38°41'29", long 107°36'20" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.13, T.51 N., R.7 W., Delta County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14020002, in gate house of Crawford Dam, 1.2 mi south of Crawford.
DRAINAGE AREA - 74.6 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2003 to September 2006, October 2017 to current year. 
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Datum of gage is 6,553.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U. S. Bureau of Reclamation).
COOPERATION - Capacity tables provided by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
REMARKS - Reservoir is formed by an earthfill dam. Dam completed September 1962. Capacity 14,398 acre-ft at elevation 6553.00, crest of spillway. Dead storage below elevation 6,469.0 ft, 269 acre-feet. Figures given are total contents.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 14,720 acre-ft, June 3, 2023, elevation, 6,553.79 ft; minimum contents, 747.1 acre-ft, Oct. 17, 2018, elevation, 6483.25 ft.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2017 to current year (seasonal records only).
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry. Datum of gage is 6,553.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - (seasonal only) Maximum daily precipitation, 1.30 inches, August 26, 2022.
REMARKS - Gage operated seasonally, April through September.