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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06660000 LARAMIE RIVER AT LARAMIE, WY
LOCATION - Lat 41°19'40.0", long 105°36'26.7" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.29, T.16 N., R.73 W., Albany County, WY, Hydrologic Unit 10180010, on left bank 60 ft downstream from bridge on Curtis St./Wyo. State Hwy 322, 0.4 mi east of Interstate 80 in the City of Laramie, and 5 miles downstream from Fivemile Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,071 mi² of which 151 mi² probably is noncontributing.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1710: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1933 to October 1971, April to September 1972, September 2014 to current year. Irrigation seasons only prior to 1952. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1310.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 7,132 ft, referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988. April 1933 to April 1936 nonrecording gage on bridge on State Highway 130 and 230, 1.4 mi upstream at different datum. April 1936 to April 1951 nonrecording gage and April 1951 to September 1972 water-stage recorder at site 500 ft upstream at different datum. U.S. Geological Survey data collection platform with satellite telemetry at station.
REMARKS - Natural flow of stream affected by transbasin diversions, storage reservoirs, diversions for
irrigation of about 45,000 acres above station, and return flow from irrigated areas.
