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USGS 06759500 SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT FORT MORGAN, CO

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 40°16'06.25",   Longitude 103°48'04.29"   NAD83
Morgan County, Colorado, Hydrologic Unit 10190012
Drainage area: 14,648 square miles
Datum of gage: 4,246.09 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    2001-12-07  2025-11-05  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1943-10-01  2025-11-04  14207 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1943-10-04  1948-09-29  1823 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1943-10-01  2025-06-24 14079 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1943-10-04  1948-09-29 1823 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1943-10  2025-06  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1943-10  1948-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1944  2025  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1944  1948  
 Peak streamflow 1935-05-31  2024-04-29  39 
 Field measurements 2001-12-06  2025-09-10  269 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1983-11-02  2013-09-21  11 
 Water-Year Summary 2005  2024  20 
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