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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

07099050 BEAVER CREEK ABOVE UPPER BEAVER CEMETERY NEAR PENROSE, CO

LOCATION - Lat 38°33'42", long 105°01'17" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.20, T.17 S., R.68 W., Fremont County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020002, on downstream side of bridge on Fremont County Road 132, 1 mi downstream from Banta Gulch, 1.3 mi northeast of Upper Beaver Cemetery, and 9.2 mi north of Penrose.

DRAINAGE AREA - 122 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1991 to November 2005 (seasonal records only), March 2010 to current year (seasonal records only).

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,020 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Mar. 1, 2010, at site on left bank 55 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 flows above 500 ft³/s, which are fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records good except for flows above 500 ft³/s, which are fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records good except for flows above 500 ft³/s, which are fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; no estimated daily discharges. Records fair except for flows above 100 ft³/s, which are poor. Water year 2019; records fair except for flows above 100 ft³/s and below 800 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records fair except for flows above 70 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records fair except for flows above 70 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records fair except for flows above 70 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by storage reservoirs, diversions for irrigation, and diversions for municipal use by the City of Colorado Springs.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 1,690 ft³/s, Jul. 21, 2019, from rating curve extended above 750 ft³/s, gage height 7.38 ft.