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USGS 09152500 GUNNISON RIVER NEAR GRAND JUNCTION, CO.

  Stream Site

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  2025-10-22  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1991-10-01  2025-10-21  24528 
    Precipitation, total, inches  2019-04-01  2025-09-30  1151 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1896-10-01  2025-10-20  42751 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1975-09-05  2025-10-20  17119 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2021-06-30  2025-10-21  4663 
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  2021-06-30  2025-10-21  4707 
    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  2025-10-21  4255 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1896-10-01  2025-04-09 42557 
    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  2025-04  
    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  2025  
    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  2024-05-22  116 
 Field measurements 1966-08-24  2025-08-08  433 
 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  2024  20 
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