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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

09026500 ST. LOUIS CREEK NEAR FRASER, CO

LOCATION - Lat 39°54'36", long 105°52'40" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.34, T.1 S., R.76 W., Grand County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14010001, on left bank 300 ft downstream from West St. Louis Creek, and 4.1 mi southwest of Fraser.

DRAINAGE AREA - 32.9 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 2124: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1933 to current year. Prior to August 1934, monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1313. Records for May 1956 to September 1959, equivalent to earlier records if diversion to Moffat water tunnel is added to flow past station.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 8,980.17 ft above NGVD of 1929.

REMARKS - Water year 2014; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Transmountain diversions upstream from station to Moffat water tunnel not known since 1959. Annual runoff (ac-ft) is significantly affected by upstream diversions into the Moffat water tunnel.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 3.21 ft, June 10, 1952, backwater from log on control.