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USGS 09242500 ELK RIVER NEAR MILNER, CO.

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 40°30'53",   Longitude 106°57'12"   NAD27
Routt County, Colorado, Hydrologic Unit 140500010306
Drainage area: 448.0 square miles
Datum of gage: 6,582.42 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-04-01  2026-01-20  
 Daily Data
    Precipitation, total, inches  2019-04-25  2025-09-30  1141 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1904-10-01  2026-01-19  19716 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1904-10-01  2025-04-14 19436 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1904-10  2025-04  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1905  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1904-05-24  2024-06-06  56 
 Field measurements 1989-11-03  2026-01-13  382 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1947-06-21  2024-01-09  252 
 Water-Year Summary 2005  2025  21 
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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