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USGS 09371520 MCELMO CREEK ABOVE TRAIL CANYON NEAR CORTEZ, CO

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 37°19'36",   Longitude 108°42'00"   NAD27
Montezuma County, Colorado, Hydrologic Unit 14080202
Drainage area: 234 square miles
Datum of gage: 5,690 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1993-10-01  2025-10-21  22509 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1993-08-01  2025-10-21  11770 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1993-09-30  2025-10-21  10629 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1993-08-01  2025-03-16 11551 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1993-09-30  2025-05-08 10463 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1993-08  2025-03  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1993-09  2025-05  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1993  2025  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1993  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1994-02-19  2024-09-17  31 
 Field measurements 1993-02-20  2025-08-11  304 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1990-10-25  2024-02-22  241 
 Water-Year Summary 2005  2024  20 
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