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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07096250 FOURMILE CREEK BELOW CRIPPLE CREEK NEAR VICTOR, CO
LOCATION - Lat 38°39'50", long 105°13'39" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.09, T.16 S., R.70 W., Teller County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020002, on left bank 500 ft from Teller County Route 88, 0.2 mi downstream from Cripple Creek, and 5.5 mi southwest of Victor.
DRAINAGE AREA - 271 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2011: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1992 to November 2003, April 2004 to September 2005 (seasonal records only), October 2005 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 6,870 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS - Water year 2014; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records good except for flows above 125 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records fair except for flows above 125 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records fair except for flows above 125 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records fair except for flows above 125 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records fair except for flows above 125 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records 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 flows above 50 ft³/s and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by small diversions for irrigation, flows from Cripple Creek sewage treatment plant, and releases from Wrights Reservoir.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 3,620 ft³/s, Aug. 2, 2010, from rating curve extended above 149 ft³/s on basis of step-backwater analysis of peak flow at gage height 6.50 ft, gage height, 6.91 ft.
