USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 09110000

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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

09110000 TAYLOR RIVER AT ALMONT, CO

LOCATION - Lat 38°39'52", long 106°50'41" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.22, T.51 N., R.1 E., Gunnison County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14020001, on left bank at Almont, 15 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 306, and 800 ft upstream from confluence with East River.

DRAINAGE AREA - 476 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1213: 1911. WDR-US-2011: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1910 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1313.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 8,010.76 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Apr. 16, 1922, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

REMARKS - Water year 2014; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records fair 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. Flow partly regulated since September 1937 by Taylor Park Reservoir (station 09108500), 24 mi upstream from station. Diversions for irrigation of about 360 acres upstream from station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 3,760 ft³/s, June 9, 1920, from rating curve extended above 2,300 ft³/s, gage height, 5.00 ft.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO REGULATION - Minimum discharge observed for period of record, before storage began in Taylor Park Reservoir, 50 ft³/s for several days in Aug 1913, gage height, 1.2 ft.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - August 2018 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - Air-temperature sensors with satellite telemetry. Datum of gage is 8,010.76 ft above NGVD of 1929.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum instantaneous air temperature, 31.4 deg C, July 17, 2023. Minimum instantaneous air temperature, -29.8 deg C, Feb. 5, 2020.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - Water temperature: July 2018 to current year. Specific Conductance: April 2022 to current year.