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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

06634060 Little Medicine Bow River above Sand Creek, near Shirley Basin, WY

LOCATION - Lat 42°19'52", long 106°09'19" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.11, T.27 N., R.78 W., Carbon County, WY, Hydrologic Unit 10180005, on left bank 170 ft downstream from bridge on Shirley Ridge Road, 3.3 miles northeast of Shirley Basin, and 4.5 mi upstream of Sand Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA - 163 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY -

Drainage area was revised on September 16, 2016.  
Estimates of discharge during the period of Oct. 18, 2019 to Dec. 27, 2019 were revised on Jan. 3, 2020.

Drainage area was revised on November 3, 2020.  Datum correction from levels was applied from April 1, 2020 to October 5, 2020.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - April 30, 2015 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 6,971 ft above NGVD of 1988, from topographic map. U.S. Geological Survey data collection platform with satellite telemetry at station.

REMARKS -

DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND
YEAR 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
DAILY MEAN VALUES
[e, Value has been estimated.]

Day	Oct
	2022
1	1.49
2	1.55
3	1.50
4	1.52
5	1.68
6	1.75
7	1.87
8	1.90
9	1.97
10	2.09
11	2.06
12	2.12
13	1.63
14	1.57
15	1.91
16	2.47
17	2.57
18	2.60
19	2.61
20	2.66
21	2.64
22	2.64
23	2.72
24	2.86
25	2.99
26	2.99
27	3.07
28	3.13
29	2.75
30	2.75
31	2.96
Total	71.0
Mean	2.29
Max	3.13
Min	1.49
Ac-ft	141

Day	Nov
2022
1	2.81
2	2.86
3	3.04
4	2.80
5	2.82
6	3.06
7	3.19
8	3.38
9	3.31
10	2.92
11	2.67
12	2.50
13	2.48
14	2.65
15	2.59
16	2.67
17	e2.71
18	e2.46
19	e2.30
20	e2.24
21	e2.18
22	e2.19
23	e2.52
24	e2.77
25	e3.28
26	e3.47
27	3.57
28	3.86
29	3.69
30	3.61
--
Total	86.6
Mean	2.89
Max	3.86
Min	2.18
Ac-ft	172

Day	Dec
2022
1	3.39
2	3.41
3	3.41
4	3.19
5	3.31
6	3.43
7	e3.23
8	3.11
9	e2.96
10	e2.89
11	2.70
12	e2.77
13	e2.81
14	2.98
15	2.93
16	2.70
17	2.39
18	2.15
19	2.11
20	2.17
21	2.21
22	2.00
23	1.72
24	1.70
25	1.80
26	1.94
27	2.10
28	2.25
29	2.31
30	2.31
31	2.39
Total	80.8
Mean	2.61
Max	3.43
Min	1.70
Ac-ft	160

Day	Jan
2023
1	2.48
2	2.57
3	2.67
4	2.73
5	2.73
6	2.87
7	2.97
8	3.03
9	e3.14
10	e3.09
11	e3.42
12	3.34
13	3.47
14	3.56
15	3.56
16	3.56
17	3.53
18	3.59
19	3.47
20	3.48
21	3.41
22	3.68
23	3.63
24	3.52
25	3.55
26	3.61
27	e3.67
28	e3.28
29	e3.73
30	3.64
31	3.09
Total	102
Mean	3.29
Max	3.73
Min	2.48
Ac-ft	202

Day	Feb
2023
1	e3.84
2	4.03
3	3.91
4	4.13
5	4.16
6	4.11
7	4.05
8	4.05
9	4.06
10	e3.73
11	e3.93
12	e4.00
13	e4.02
14	e4.02
15	e3.93
16	e3.50
17	e3.73
18	e4.33
19	e4.45
20	e4.45
21	e4.45
22	e4.45
23	e4.48
24	4.43
25	4.39
26	4.34
27	4.40
28	4.38
--
--
--
Total	116
Mean	4.13
Max	4.48
Min	3.50
Ac-ft	230

Day	Mar
2023
1	4.28
2	4.22
3	4.22
4	4.13
5	4.20
6	4.17
7	4.23
8	4.30
9	4.35
10	4.54
11	4.53
12	4.53
13	4.54
14	4.65
15	e4.76
16	e4.76
17	e4.96
18	e5.20
19	e5.20
20	5.20
21	5.21
22	5.23
23	5.24
24	5.24
25	5.25
26	5.25
27	5.32
28	5.29
29	5.44
30	e5.85
31	e6.14
Total	150
Mean	4.85
Max	6.14
Min	4.13
Ac-ft	298

Day	Apr
2023
1	5.94
2	5.86
3	e5.83
4	e5.87
5	5.66
6	5.56
7	5.80
8	5.68
9	e5.83
10	e5.75
11	e6.15
12	e7.83
13	e4.37
14	e3.31
15	e3.64
16	e8.58
17	25.4
18	80.1
19	57.0
20	46.0
21	39.2
22	33.2
23	31.0
24	29.2
25	40.0
26	53.1
27	86.7
28	88.7
29	90.8
30	178
--
Total	970
Mean	32.3
Max	178
Min	3.31
Ac-ft	1,923

Day	May
2023
1	203
2	199
3	203
4	215
5	263
6	274
7	213
8	188
9	202
10	212
11	248
12	265
13	266
14	224
15	197
16	183
17	161
18	150
19	128
20	105
21	90.7
22	83.3
23	76.4
24	83.7
25	88.2
26	69.3
27	61.8
28	51.5
29	41.5
30	36.2
31	32.6
Total	4,814
Mean	155
Max	274
Min	32.6
Ac-ft	9,549

Day	Jun
2023
1	28.0
2	33.1
3	45.5
4	39.2
5	35.0
6	30.4
7	74.6
8	49.6
9	29.8
10	28.3
11	23.4
12	33.5
13	64.6
14	51.4
15	31.9
16	34.4
17	45.3
18	35.1
19	28.5
20	24.7
21	48.0
22	57.5
23	42.5
24	27.5
25	21.6
26	18.6
27	17.1
28	15.8
29	14.1
30	15.4
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Total	1,044
Mean	34.8
Max	74.6
Min	14.1
Ac-ft	2,072

Day	Jul
2023
1	17.7
2	16.7
3	14.7
4	12.5
5	12.4
6	12.5
7	11.6
8	11.7
9	11.0
10	9.49
11	8.25
12	7.18
13	6.55
14	6.22
15	5.95
16	4.60
17	3.75
18	3.37
19	3.09
20	3.16
21	3.59
22	4.61
23	4.47
24	4.10
25	3.37
26	3.01
27	3.00
28	3.43
29	3.65
30	3.83
31	4.03
Total	224
Mean	7.21
Max	17.7
Min	3.00
Ac-ft	443

Day	Aug
2023
1	3.76
2	9.46
3	6.09
4	5.11
5	5.20
6	4.80
7	4.90
8	4.15
9	3.73
10	3.39
11	3.06
12	2.83
13	2.78
14	2.78
15	2.68
16	2.53
17	2.36
18	2.05
19	1.75
20	1.74
21	1.93
22	1.97
23	1.95
24	1.92
25	2.20
26	2.30
27	2.26
28	2.90
29	4.66
30	6.48
31	3.33
Total	107
Mean	3.45
Max	9.46
Min	1.74
Ac-ft	212

Day	Sep
2023
1	2.58
2	2.49
3	2.43
4	2.86
5	3.18
6	3.18
7	3.05
8	2.76
9	2.48
10	2.91
11	5.46
12	4.00
13	3.72
14	4.10
15	4.15
16	3.56
17	3.31
18	3.24
19	3.19
20	3.17
21	3.19
22	3.42
23	3.56
24	3.89
25	4.16
26	4.04
27	4.08
28	4.51
29	4.66
30	4.56
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Total	106
Mean	3.53
Max	5.46
Min	2.43
Ac-ft	210

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2015 - 2023, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
Mean	2.77	3.35	3.42	3.12	4.36	15.1	53.6	83.5	17.6	7.42	2.29	1.61
Max	6.37	5.55	6.16	6.43	9.58	37.5	131	155	45.7	34.4	8.08	3.53
(WY)	(2022)	(2022)	(2020)	(2020)	(2018)	(2017)	(2019)	(2023)	(2019)	(2021)	(2021)	(2023)
Min	.95	1.51	1.26	1.19	.70	2.24	9.77	15.4	5.45	.71	.40	.49
(WY)	(2016)	(2016)	(2019)	(2019)	(2019)	(2019)	(2018)	(2018)	(2021)	(2016)	(2016)	(2018)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
	Water Year 2023		Water Years 2015 - 2023
Annual total	7,872
Annual mean	21.6		17.0
Highest annual mean			26.5	2019
Lowest annual mean			6.18	2018
Highest daily mean	274.0	May 06	406.0	May 08, 2016
Lowest daily mean	1.49	Oct 01	0.190	Aug 11, 2016
Annual 7-day minimum	1.62	Oct 01	0.209	Aug 10, 2016
Maximum peak flow			1,730^a	Jul 30, 2021
Maximum peak stage			5.15	May 07, 2016
Annual runoff (cfsm)	0.132		0.104
Annual runoff (inches)	1.80		1.41
10 percent exceeds	54.7		49.1
50 percent exceeds	3.91		3.72
90 percent exceeds	2.25		1.08

^a Discharge affected by Regulation or Diversion

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