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Water-Year Summary for Site 09143500

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Available Parameters
00045 Precipitation(Sum)  
00060 Discharge(Mean)  

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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
09143500 SURFACE CREEK AT CEDAREDGE, CO
LOCATION - Lat 38°54'06", long 107°55'14" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.20, T.13 S., R.94 W., Delta County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14020005, on left bank at Cedaredge, 700 ft east of State Highway 65, and 8.5 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 38.5 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2011: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1916 to September 1999, October 1999 to September 2012 (seasonal records only), October 2012 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1313.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, crest-stage gage and concrete control. Elevation of gage is 6,220 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to June 8, 1917, nonrecording gage at present site at datum 0.50 ft higher.
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. Natural flow of stream affected by diversions to and from nearby streams, many small storage reservoirs, diversions for irrigation, and return flow from irrigated areas.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 1,190 ft³/s, May 13, 1941, from rating curve extended above 640 ft³/s, gage height, 2.50 ft.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 2019 to current year (seasonal records only).
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,220 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. 
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - (seasonal only) Maximum daily precipitation, 1.36 inches, Aug. 19, 2021.
REMARKS - Gage operated seasonally, April through September. Water year 2022; due to failed calibrations, all precipitation records were deleted.