USGS Home
Contact USGS
Search USGS

National Water Information System: Web Interface

USGS Water Resources   

Data Category:
Home Current Conditions Site Information Mapper Surface Water Groundwater Water Quality Water Use Revisions Geographic Area:
United States Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas British Columbia California Canton and Enderbury Islands Colorado Connecticut Delaware Dist. of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Johnston Atoll Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Midway Islands Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island Ryukyu Islands, Southern South Carolina South Dakota Swan Islands Tennessee Texas Trust Territories, Pacific Is U.S.Misc Caribbean Islands U.S.Misc Pacific Islands Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Wake Island Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Page Loading - Please Wait...

This page will be decommissioned in early 2026. Please find the modernized pages in WDFN that suit you best. Learn more about our modernization plans and timeline.

DESCRIPTION:

Latitude 38°59'00",   Longitude 108°27'00"   NAD27

Mesa County, Colorado, Hydrologic Unit 14020005

Drainage area: 7,923 square miles

Datum of gage: 4,631.33 feet above   NAVD88.

AVAILABLE DATA:

Data Type	Begin Date	End Date	Count
Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)	1986-06-21	2026-01-24
Daily Data
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	1991-10-01	2026-01-23	24718
Precipitation, total, inches	2019-04-01	2025-09-30	1152
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1896-10-01	2026-01-23	42846
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	1975-09-05	2026-01-23	17214
Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter	2021-06-30	2026-01-23	4952
pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units	2021-06-30	2026-01-23	4996
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)	2021-06-30	2026-01-23	4544
Daily Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1896-10-01	2025-11-12	42774
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	1975-09-05	2025-05-19	16966
Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter	2021-06-30	2025-05-19	1402
Monthly Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1896-10	2025-11
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	1975-09	2025-05
Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter	2021-06	2025-05
Annual Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1897	2026
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	1975	2025
Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter	2021	2025
Peak streamflow	1897-05-09	2025-06-01	117
Field measurements	1966-08-24	2026-01-15	435
Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP)	1931-10-03	2024-02-15	3756
Water-Year Summary	2005	2025	21
Revisions	Loading...

OPERATION:

Record for this site is maintained by the USGS Colorado Water Science Center

Email questions about this site to Colorado Water Science Center Water-Data Inquiries