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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09059500 PINEY RIVER NEAR STATE BRIDGE, CO
LOCATION - Lat 39°47'44.60", long 106°34'27.65" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.16, T.3 S., R.82 W., Eagle County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14010001, on left bank at old bridge crossing, 1.2 mi downstream from Rock Creek, and 6.0 mi southeast of State Bridge.
DRAINAGE AREA - 84.7 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2011: Drainage area. August 2016: 2014 Maximum peak flow.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1944 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 7,276.22 ft above NAVD of 1988, from GNSS survey. Prior to Aug. 9, 2021, the datum of gage was reported as 7,272.35 ft above NGVD of 1929 from levels. Prior to July 29, 1944, nonrecording gage, and July 29, 1944 to Oct. 24, 1947, water-stage recorder, at datum 2.38 ft higher.
REMARKS - Water year 2014; records poor. Water year 2015; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2024; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions upstream from station for irrigation of about 400 acres of hay meadows upstream and downstream from station.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 2019 to current year (seasonal records only).
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 7,272.35 ft above NGVD of 1929.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily precipitation, 0.85 inches, July 16, 2022.
REMARKS - Gage operated seasonally, April through September.
