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Water-Year Summary for Site 09261700

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
09261700 BIG BRUSH CREEK ABOVE RED FLEET RESERVOIR, NEAR VERNAL, UT
LOCATION - Lat 40°35'20", long 109°27'53" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.05, T.3 S., R.22 E., Uintah County, UT, Hydrologic Unit 14060002, on right bank 950 ft below State Highway 44, 5.5 mi upstream from Little Brush Creek, and 10.5 mi northeast of Vernal.
DRAINAGE AREA - 77.2 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1979 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 5,630.26 ft. above NAVD of 1988 from a Level II GNSS survey conducted on September 21, 2022. Prior to September 1980, water-stage recorder at site 250 ft upstream at different datum.
REMARKS - Records good except estimates which are fair. Water from Oaks Park Reservoir (capacity 6,250 acre-ft), near headwaters, is diverted through Oaks Park Canal to Ashley Creek basin.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 423 ft³/s, May 22, 2005, gage height, 2.46 ft; maximum gage height, 3.06 ft, May 23, 1980 at different datum; minimum daily, 5.8 ft³/s estimated due to ice on Jan. 2, 2019.