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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06741510 BIG THOMPSON RIVER AT LOVELAND, CO
LOCATION - Lat 40°22'43.46", long 105°03'38.94" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.24, T.5 N., R.69 W., Larimer County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 10190006, on right bank 830 ft downstream from S. St. Louis Ave., 1.7 mi south of sugar refinery in Loveland, and 1.9 mi downstream from Farmers Ditch diversion.
DRAINAGE AREA - 531 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2011: Drainage area. April, 2014: Location.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1979 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 4,906 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Apr. 9, 2014, at site 140 ft upstream, at same datum.
REMARKS - Water year 2014; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; no estimated daily discharges. Records good. Water year 2017; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records good except for the period Aug. 7 to Sept. 30, which is fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records good except for the periods May 5-6, July 31 to Aug. 8 and Aug. 14 to Sept. 1, which are fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records good except for the periods Aug. 1-10, and Oct. 21-29, which are fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records fair except for the period Aug. 16 to Sept. 6, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records good except for the period May 1 to Sept. 30, which is fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by transmountain diversions, storage reservoirs, power developments, diversions for irrigation, and return flow from irrigated areas.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 19,000 ft³/s, Sept. 13, 2013, from indirect measurement of peak flow, gage height, 11.93 ft., from high-water mark.
