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Water-Year Summary for Site 10172200

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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
10172200 RED BUTTE CREEK AT FORT DOUGLAS, NEAR SALT LAKE CITY, UT
LOCATION - Lat 40°46'48", long 111°48'19" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.35, T.1 N., R.1 E., Salt Lake County, UT, Hydrologic Unit 16020204, on right bank 0.4 mi upstream from dam forming Red Butte Reservoir, and 1.7 mi northeast of Fort Douglas.
DRAINAGE AREA - 7.25 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1963 to current year. Monthly discharges for January 1942 to September 1963, collected by Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, available in files of Utah Water Science Center Office, U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 5,403.38 ft. above NAVD of 1988 from a Level II GNSS survey conducted on January 14, 2021.
REMARKS - Records are generally good except for estimates which are fair to poor. 
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 105 ft³/s, May 28, 1983, maximum gage height, 3.81 ft, May 17, 1984; minimum discharge, 0.03 ft³/s, Aug 10, 2018, minimum gage height, 0.09 ft, Aug 10, 2018. 
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1964 to September 1995, October 1998 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 1999 to September 2002. WATER TEMPERATURE: April 1964 to September 1978, October 1998 to September 2002, February 2012 to current year.
REMARKS - Quality of data for specific periods can be obtained by contacting the Utah Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 777 microsiemens/cm, Dec 16, 2001; minimum, 372 microsiemens/cm, Feb 3, 2001. WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum 24.0°C, Jul 29, 31, Aug 1, 3, 4, 1969; minimum, -0.20°C, January 15, 2022.