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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
06712000 CHERRY CREEK NEAR FRANKTOWN, CO
LOCATION - Lat 39°21'21", long 104°45'46" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 sec.15, T.8 S., R.66 W., Douglas County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 10190003, on right bank 1.3 mi downstream from Castlewood Dam site, 1.5 mi upstream from Russellville Gulch, and 2.5 mi south of Franktown.
DRAINAGE AREA - 169 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1730: Drainage area. WDR CO-87-1: 1983-85 (P).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 1939 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 6,150 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. See WSP 1730 for history of changes prior to Oct. 1, 1953.
REMARKS - Water year 2014; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records fair except for flows above 400 ft³/s, 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. Many small diversions upstream from station for irrigation of about 800 acres. Water year 2022; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.  Water year 2023; records fair except for flows above 400 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Many small diversions upstream from station for irrigation of about 800 acres.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Aug. 3, 1933, caused by Castlewood Dam failure, exceeded all other observed floods at this location.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 9,170 ft³/s, Aug. 5, 1945, from float measurement, gage height, 4.91 ft, site and datum then in use.