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	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	80154 Suspnd sedmnt conc(Mean)
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

07126480 BENT CANYON CREEK AT MOUTH NEAR TIMPAS, CO

LOCATION - Lat 37°35'21", long 103°38'52" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.23, T.28 S., R.65 W., Las Animas County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020010, on Comanche National Grassland, on left bank 0.5 mi upstream from mouth, 0.6 mi southwest of Rourke Ranch house, 0.9 mi upstream from Iron Canyon, and 17 mi southeast of Timpas.

DRAINAGE AREA - 56.1 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2011: 2009 (M), drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1983 to September 1990, October 1990 to May 2000 (annual maximum only), June 2000 to October 2020 (seasonal records only) (discontinued).

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gages. Elevation of gage is 4,402 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS - Water year 2014; no estimated daily discharges. Records poor. Water year 2015; no estimated daily discharges. Records poor. Water year 2016; no estimated daily discharges. Records poor. Water year 2017; no estimated daily discharges. Records poor. Water year 2018; no estimated daily discharges. Records poor. Water year 2018; Records poor. Water year 2019; no estimated daily discharges. Records good. Water year 2020; no estimated daily discharges. Records fair. Natural flow of stream affected by erosion-control and livestock-watering reservoirs.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 2,640 ft³/s, Aug. 21, 1984, from slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height, 12.56 ft, from floodmark.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - June 2000 to October 2020 (seasonal records only) (discontinued).

INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily precipitation, 2.69 inches, June 11, 2015.

REMARKS - Gage operated seasonally, April through October. Unless otherwise noted, records are not rated, and periods of missing record are not estimated. Water year 2014; records during the period Oct. 1-31 are less accurate than the rest of the published records, because there was no calibration at seasonal closure of the gage. Water year 2015; records fair.