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00060 Discharge(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
06426130 DONKEY CREEK NEAR GILLETTE, WY
LOCATION - Lat 44°16'00", long 105°26'17" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.31, T.50 N., R.71 W., Campbell County, WY, Hydrologic Unit 10120201, on left bank 0.3 mi upstream from Stonepile Creek and 3.0 mi southeast of Gillette.
DRAINAGE AREA - 63.4 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 2000 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 4,460 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. U.S. Geological Survey data collection platform with satellite telemetry at station.
REMARKS - 
10-01-2014 to 01-04-2016: records are fair, except estimated records are poor.
10-01-2013 to 09-30-2014: records are fair, except records less than 0.20 ft³/s and estimated records 
are poor. 

Natural flow of stream affected by numerous small reservoirs and diversions for irrigation and 
coalbed methane production water.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak flow from on basis for slope-area measurement.