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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06708690 WEST PLUM CREEK AT SEDALIA, CO
LOCATION - Lat 39°25'45.4", long 104°58'04.0" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.23, T.7 S., R.68 W., Douglas County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 10190002, on right bank West Plum Creek 8 ft upstream of state highway CO67, 0.2 mi southeast of county road 105, and 0.6 miles southeast of the railroad crossing in Sedalia, CO.
DRAINAGE AREA - 137 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 2015 to current year (seasonal records only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,840 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS - Water year 2015; records fair except for flows above 230 ft³/s and below 1.0 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records fair except for flows above 250 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; no estimated daily discharges. Records fair except for flows below 1.0 ft³/s, which are poor. Water year 2018; records fair except for flows below 1.0 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records poor. Water year 2020; records fair except for flows below 1.0 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 2015 to current year (seasonal records only).
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 5,840 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily precipitation, 4.23 inches, May 11, 2023.
REMARKS - Gage operated seasonally, April through September.
