USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

07161450 CIMARRON RIVER NEAR RIPLEY, OK

LOCATION - Lat 35°59'09", long 96°54'43" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.31, T.18 N., R.4 E., Payne County, OK, Hydrologic Unit 11050003, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 33, 2.2 mi upstream from Stillwater Creek, 2.5 mi south of Ripley, 2.8 mi downstream from Sand Creek, 7.0 mi east of Perkins, and at mile 79.2.

DRAINAGE AREA - 18,117 mi² of which 4,075 mi² probably is noncontributing. from automated delineation using 10-meter National Elevation Dataset digital elevation model data dated 10/01/2006 and Watershed Boundary Dataset dated 10/01/2006, using Albers Equal-Area Projection, North American Datum 1983.

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR 2012: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1987 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 796.29 feet above NAVD of 1988 determined by GNSS Level II Survey using Alltera network with RTK Trimble R-12i tied to RM-1 by USGS personnel on 10/05/2023.

REMARKS - 10/01/2022- 09/30/2023: records rated poor. Quality of data for other periods can be obtained by contacting the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center. 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak flow 141,000 cfs on May 10, 1993. Maximum peak stage 28.36 on May 10,1993.