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Water-Year Summary for Site 09246500

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
09246500 ELKHEAD CREEK NEAR CRAIG, CO.
LOCATION - Lat 40°31'52", long 107°26'08" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.25, T.7 N., R.90 W., Moffat County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14050001, on right bank 25 ft upstream from U.S. Highway 40 bridge, 1.0 mi upstream from mouth, and 6.3 mi east of Craig.
DRAINAGE AREA - 222 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2008: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April to September 1906 (monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1313), October 1909 to December 1918, July 2008 to current year. Records for 1909-18 furnished by State Engineer of Colorado.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 6,230 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to July 2008, nonrecording gage at different datum.
REMARKS - Water year 2014; records poor. Water year 2015; records good except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records good except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records good except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records good except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records good except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records good except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records good except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records good except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records good except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated by Elkhead Reservoir, 9.3 mi upstream, since 1974, total capacity, 25,450 acre-ft. Diversions upstream from station for irrigation.