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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
06764000 SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT JULESBURG, CO
LOCATION - Lat 40°58'30", long 102°15'05" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.33, T.12 N., R.44 W., Sedgwick County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 10190018, on right bank of channel no. 2, 5 ft downstream from southeast side of bridge on U.S. Highway 385, on left bank of channel no. 1, 5 ft downstream from northeast side of bridge on U.S. Highway 385, and on left bank of channel no. 4 (left channel), 215 ft downstream from bridge, 0.9 mi southeast of Julesburg, 3.0 mi upstream from Colorado-Nebraska State line, and 8 mi downstream from Lodgepole Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 22,824 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1310: 1902, 1906-7, 1948 (P). WSP 1440: 1903-4. WDR-US-2011: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1902 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1310. Published as "near Julesburg" 1903-8, 1915-16, and as "at Ovid" 1922-24.
GAGE - Three water-stage recorders with satellite telemetry. Datum of channels nos. 1 and 2 gages is 3,449.80 ft above NAVD of 1988. See WSP 1710 or 1730 for history of changes prior to Oct. 1, 1956. Since Oct. 1, 1956, water-stage recorders on channels nos. 2 and 4. Channel no. 2: Oct. 1, 1956 to Sept. 22, 1965, at site 300 ft downstream at present datum. Channel no. 4: Oct. 1, 1956 to Dec. 10, 1958, at site 135 ft downstream at present datum. Since May 11, 1973, supplementary water-stage recorder on channel no. 2 at bridge 800 ft upstream at same datum. Since Aug. 16, 1996, water-stage recorder on channel no. 1; satellite telemetry installed Oct. 24, 1996.
COOPERATION - Records collected and computed by Colorado Division of Water Resources and reviewed by Geological Survey.
REMARKS -

Water year 2014; records good except for Apr. 18, which is fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records good except for the period Nov. 12-21, which is fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records good except for the periods Oct. 16-18, Dec. 25 to Jan. 16, and Feb. 2-8, which are fair, and Oct. 19-20, and Dec. 9-10, which are poor. Water year 2017; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records good except for the period Dec. 21 to Feb. 2, which is poor, and Sept. 20-30, which is fair. Records also include Town of Julesburg effluent and water from the Stateline Ditch. Natural flow of stream affected by transmountain diversions, storage reservoirs, power developments, groundwater withdrawals and diversions for irrigation of about 1,200,000 acres upstream from station, and return flow from irrigated areas.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 37,600 ft³/s, June 20, 1965, gage height, 10.44 ft, from floodmarks in gage well.