# //UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY http://water.usgs.gov/ # //NATIONAL WATER INFORMATION SYSTEM http://water.usgs.gov/data.html # //DATA ARE PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE UNTIL PUBLISHED BY USGS # //RETRIEVED: 2023-04-13 01:11:02 # //WARNING # //WARNING The stage-discharge rating provided in this file should be # //WARNING considered provisional and subject to change. Stage-discharge # //WARNING ratings change over time as the channel features that control # //WARNING the relation between stage and discharge vary. Users are # //WARNING cautioned to consider carefully the applicability of this # //WARNING rating before using it for decisions that concern personal or # //WARNING public safety or operational consequences. # //FILE TYPE="NWIS RATING" # //DATABASE NUMBER=01 DESCRIPTION=" Standard data base for this site." # //STATION AGENCY="USGS " NUMBER="06188000 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="Lamar River nr Tower Ranger Station YNP" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="12.0" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="Rating developed due to significant scour on the upper along w/ fill on the lower end. Changes to the channel were due to the historic 2022 floods. Due to the changes only measurements made after the event were used in developing the rating. Meas. no 696 was an indirect from the event. An offset of 0.3 was determined to best fit. More definition is needed, along w/ GZF measurements.Start rating just before sharp rise when significant rain on top of snowmelt event occurred. Rating approved by AW 02/14/2022." # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING OFFSET1=3.000000E-01 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20220612191559 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=None # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="start rating as stage begins to exceed old rating - scour occurred on way up to peak of historic flood" INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 6.4000000E-01 2.6500000E+00 * 1.2400000E+00 5.3100000E+01 * 2.1000000E+00 3.6000000E+02 * 3.4000000E+00 1.6015000E+03 * 4.1700000E+00 2.6881300E+03 * 4.7600000E+00 3.6400000E+03 * 5.4100000E+00 4.8400000E+03 * 5.9600000E+00 5.8836400E+03 * 7.0600000E+00 8.0756500E+03 * 9.0500000E+00 1.2353940E+04 * 1.7510000E+01 3.4481340E+04 *