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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09372000 McELMO CREEK NEAR COLORADO-UTAH STATE LINE
LOCATION - Lat 37°19'27", long 109°00'54" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 sec.02, T.35 N., R.20 W., Montezuma County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14080202, on right bank 1.5 mi upstream from Colorado-Utah State line, 2.0 mi upstream from Yellowjacket Creek, and 2.0 mi west of former town of McElmo.
DRAINAGE AREA - 345 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1925: 1951-52 (M), 1957 (M). WDR-US-2011: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1951 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 4,899.58 ft above NAVD of 1988, from GNSS survey. Prior to Sept. 15, 2021, the elevation of gage was reported as 4,890 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 fair 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. Water year 2024; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation of about 1,780 acres upstream from station. One diversion upstream from station for irrigation of about 60 acres downstream from station. Part of flow is return water from irrigated lands of Montezuma Irrigation District (water imported from Dolores River Basin).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge; 3,040 ft³/s, Aug. 7, 1967, from rating curve extended above 2,100 ft³/s, gage height, 7.58 ft, from floodmarks in gage well.
