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Water year 2017: 2016-10-01 to 2017-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2017

06274300 BIGHORN RIVER AT BASIN, WY

LOCATION - Lat 44°23'00", long 108°02'08" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.21, T.51 N., R.93 W., Big Horn County, WY, Hydrologic Unit 10080007, on left bank 10 ft downstream from county bridge on E Street, 0.2 mi northeast of Big Horn County Courthouse in Basin, and 1.8 mi downstream from Antelope Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA - 13,223 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY -

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1983 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 3,821.29 ft above NGVD of 1929. U.S. Geological Survey data collection platform with satellite telemetry at station.

REMARKS - Diversions for irrigation occur upstream from station.

DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND
YEAR 2016-10-01 to 2017-09-30
DAILY MEAN VALUES
[e, Value has been estimated.]

Day	Oct
	2016
1	1,510
2	1,560
3	2,870
4	10,300
5	6,060
6	2,530
7	2,290
8	2,050
9	1,810
10	1,770
11	1,800
12	1,710
13	1,640
14	1,600
15	1,560
16	1,520
17	1,490
18	1,480
19	1,470
20	1,430
21	1,440
22	1,440
23	1,410
24	1,400
25	1,410
26	1,400
27	1,390
28	1,380
29	1,400
30	1,450
31	1,470
Total	64,040
Mean	2,066
Max	10300
Min	1380
Ac-ft	127,000

Day	Nov
2016
1	1,460
2	1,440
3	1,420
4	1,400
5	1,390
6	1,370
7	1,370
8	1,360
9	1,350
10	1,350
11	1,350
12	1,330
13	1,330
14	1,330
15	1,330
16	1,330
17	1,420
18	1,410
19	1,400
20	1,420
21	1,470
22	1,660
23	1,870
24	1,590
25	1,510
26	1,470
27	1,460
28	1,440
29	1,420
30	1,380
--
Total	42,830
Mean	1,428
Max	1870
Min	1330
Ac-ft	84,950

Day	Dec
2016
1	1,380
2	1,460
3	1,440
4	1,420
5	1,450
6	1,380
7	1,370
8	1,250
9	1,250
10	1,300
11	1,420
12	1,490
13	1,500
14	1,440
15	1,410
16	e1,500
17	e1,380
18	e1,120
19	e1,250
20	e1,430
21	e1,410
22	e1,380
23	e1,260
24	e1,410
25	e1,400
26	e1,410
27	e1,230
28	e1,230
29	e1,270
30	e1,260
31	e1,380
Total	42,280
Mean	1,364
Max	1500
Min	1120
Ac-ft	83,860

Day	Jan
2017
1	e1,300
2	e1,320
3	e1,260
4	e1,280
5	e1,380
6	e1,350
7	e1,240
8	e1,240
9	e1,220
10	e1,230
11	e1,270
12	e1,220
13	e1,150
14	e1,160
15	e1,140
16	e1,130
17	e1,150
18	e1,160
19	e1,180
20	e1,240
21	e1,230
22	e1,290
23	e1,300
24	e1,320
25	e1,260
26	e1,260
27	e1,300
28	e1,220
29	e1,310
30	e1,230
31	e1,170
Total	38,510
Mean	1,242
Max	1380
Min	1130
Ac-ft	76,380

Day	Feb
2017
1	e1,180
2	e1,210
3	e1,240
4	e1,150
5	e1,210
6	e1,090
7	e1,090
8	e1,150
9	e1,020
10	e1,170
11	e3,150
12	e3,360
13	e3,740
14	e2,050
15	e1,610
16	e1,870
17	e2,040
18	e2,460
19	e2,950
20	e3,420
21	e3,210
22	e4,690
23	e4,430
24	e2,810
25	e1,790
26	e1,530
27	e1,480
28	1,480
--
--
--
Total	59,580
Mean	2,128
Max	4690
Min	1020
Ac-ft	118,200

Day	Mar
2017
1	1,250
2	1,320
3	1,550
4	1,800
5	2,430
6	3,130
7	3,190
8	3,080
9	3,180
10	3,160
11	3,130
12	3,160
13	3,130
14	3,090
15	3,030
16	3,040
17	3,020
18	2,990
19	3,000
20	2,960
21	2,940
22	2,960
23	2,990
24	3,280
25	3,070
26	3,010
27	3,030
28	3,040
29	5,050
30	4,240
31	4,160
Total	92,410
Mean	2,980
Max	5050
Min	1250
Ac-ft	183,300

Day	Apr
2017
1	4,340
2	4,410
3	5,000
4	e5,170
5	e4,640
6	e4,750
7	e5,120
8	e5,700
9	5,720
10	5,190
11	4,690
12	4,540
13	4,530
14	4,890
15	6,220
16	6,340
17	6,340
18	6,320
19	6,380
20	6,530
21	6,630
22	7,920
23	7,780
24	7,140
25	7,280
26	9,430
27	8,760
28	8,040
29	8,820
30	8,110
--
Total	186,700
Mean	6,223
Max	9430
Min	4340
Ac-ft	370,400

Day	May
2017
1	7,710
2	7,550
3	7,360
4	7,050
5	6,720
6	6,760
7	7,090
8	7,550
9	7,900
10	8,030
11	8,000
12	8,020
13	8,310
14	8,960
15	7,950
16	5,720
17	5,330
18	5,510
19	7,280
20	7,710
21	7,540
22	7,450
23	7,370
24	7,820
25	8,570
26	8,840
27	8,620
28	8,420
29	8,340
30	8,270
31	8,360
Total	236,100
Mean	7,616
Max	8960
Min	5330
Ac-ft	468,300

Day	Jun
2017
1	8,680
2	9,370
3	9,690
4	9,840
5	10,100
6	10,200
7	10,300
8	10,200
9	10,400
10	10,800
11	10,500
12	10,200
13	10,800
14	10,600
15	10,100
16	9,580
17	9,690
18	9,960
19	9,590
20	e9,650
21	e10,200
22	e10,600
23	e10,600
24	e10,000
25	e9,790
26	e9,750
27	e9,760
28	9,790
29	9,850
30	9,780
--
Total	300,400
Mean	10,010
Max	10800
Min	8680
Ac-ft	595,800

Day	Jul
2017
1	9,640
2	9,540
3	9,540
4	9,480
5	9,430
6	9,560
7	9,350
8	9,230
9	9,170
10	9,150
11	9,070
12	8,410
13	7,800
14	7,270
15	6,970
16	6,910
17	6,960
18	6,870
19	6,540
20	6,220
21	e5,970
22	e5,740
23	e5,670
24	e5,560
25	5,200
26	4,730
27	4,390
28	4,160
29	3,670
30	3,320
31	3,290
Total	218,800
Mean	7,058
Max	9640
Min	3290
Ac-ft	434,000

Day	Aug
2017
1	2,860
2	2,580
3	e2,390
4	2,070
5	1,830
6	1,790
7	1,820
8	1,740
9	1,670
10	1,670
11	1,420
12	984
13	1,250
14	1,720
15	1,750
16	1,800
17	1,810
18	1,810
19	1,720
20	1,680
21	1,660
22	1,610
23	1,600
24	1,600
25	1,610
26	1,610
27	1,620
28	1,640
29	1,570
30	1,590
31	1,610
Total	54,079
Mean	1,744
Max	2860
Min	984
Ac-ft	107,300

Day	Sep
2017
1	1,650
2	1,700
3	1,700
4	1,740
5	1,740
6	1,290
7	964
8	843
9	845
10	920
11	925
12	931
13	935
14	971
15	1,540
16	2,140
17	1,770
18	1,510
19	1,310
20	1,300
21	1,230
22	1,320
23	1,430
24	1,790
25	1,720
26	1,560
27	1,450
28	1,460
29	1,480
30	1,430
--
Total	41,590
Mean	1,386
Max	2140
Min	843
Ac-ft	82,500

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1984 - 2017, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
Mean	1,343	1,229	1,127	1,075	1,144	1,377	1,408	2,651	4,197	2,302	1,026	1,126
Max	2,346	2,439	1,933	1,975	2,128	2,980	6,223	7,616	11,210	8,574	2,627	2,326
(WY)	(1984)	(1984)	(1985)	(1992)	(2017)	(2017)	(2017)	(2017)	(1991)	(1995)	(1997)	(1998)
Min	582	564	522	533	504	634	574	690	850	357	380	531
(WY)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2004)	(1989)	(1989)	(2003)	(2002)	(2006)	(1988)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
	Water Year 2017		Water Years 1984 - 2017
Annual total	1,377,000
Annual mean	3,774		1,668
Highest annual mean			3,774	2017
Lowest annual mean			686.4	2004
Highest daily mean	10,800	Jun 10	16,600	Jun 08, 1991
Lowest daily mean	843.0	Sep 08	276.0	Jul 27, 1988
Annual 7-day minimum	909.0	Sep 07	292.1	Jul 24, 1988
Maximum peak flow	11,400^a	Oct 04	19,500^a	Jun 07, 1991
Maximum peak stage	11.23^b,c	Feb 20	11.23^b,c	Feb 20, 2017
Annual runoff (cfsm)	0.285		0.126
Annual runoff (inches)	3.87		1.71
10 percent exceeds	9,394		3,090
50 percent exceeds	1,790		1,170
90 percent exceeds	1,236		600.0

^a Discharge affected by Regulation or Diversion
^b Gage height affected by backwater
^c Max gage height not associated with peak discharge

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