USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07099060 BEAVER CREEK ABOVE HIGHWAY 115 NEAR PENROSE, CO
LOCATION - Lat 38°29'21", long 104°59'49" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.16, T.18 S., R.68 W., Fremont County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020002, on left bank 240 ft downstream from Beaver Park Irrigation Company diversion dam, 1.8 mi upstream from State Highway 115, and 4.7 mi north of Penrose.
DRAINAGE AREA - 138 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1991 to current year (seasonal records only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,660 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Feb. 27, 2004, at site 60 ft downstream, at same datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 6,960 ft³/s, July 5, 2006, on basis of flow-over-dam computation of peak flow, gage height, 16.66 ft, from floodmarks.