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Water-Year Summary for Site 09073300

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00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00095 Specific cond at 25C(Mean,Max.,Min.)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
09073300 ROARING FORK RIVER ABOVE DIFFICULT CREEK NEAR ASPEN, CO
LOCATION - Lat 39°08'28", long 106°46'25" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Pitkin County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14010004, on left bank in the White River National Forest at Difficult Creek Campground, 0.45 mi upstream from Difficult Creek, and 4.25 mi southeast of Aspen.
DRAINAGE AREA - 75.8 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1979 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 8,120 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS - Water year 2014; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records fair except for the period June 9 to Aug. 25, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Transmountain diversion 11 mi upstream through Twin Lakes Tunnel to Arkansas River Basin since May 24, 1935. Prior to 2014, annual mean discharge for years 1980-2013 was adjusted to include Twin Lakes Tunnel diversions.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 2,350 ft³/s, June 8, 1985, from rating curve extended above 910 ft³/s, gage height, 5.10 ft.