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Water-Year Summary for Site 07099238

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
07099238 TELLER RESERVOIR SPILLWAY NEAR STONE CITY, CO
LOCATION - Lat 38°26'20", long 104°49'15" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.31, T.18 S., R.66 W., Pueblo County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020002, on Fort Carson Military Reservation, on right bank 0.4 mi southeast of Teller Reservoir Dam on Turkey Creek, and 1.2 mi southeast of Stone City.
DRAINAGE AREA - 71.5 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2000 to September 2004. October 2004 to September 2012, April 2016 to September 2022 (seasonal records only). October 2022 to current year (stage only) (seasonal records only). 
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, crest-stage gage, and broad-crested weir. Elevation of gage is 5,480 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS - Water year 2016; no overflow from Teller Reservoir or local storm runoff. Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; no overflow from Teller Reservoir or local storm runoff. No estimated daily values. Records good. Water year 2018; no overflow from Teller Reservoir or local storm runoff. No estimated daily values. Records good. Water year 2019; records poor. Water year 2020; records poor. Water year 2021; records poor. Water year 2022; records poor.  Water year 2023; records fair. Site dry most of the year. As of Oct. 1, 2022, stage only published at site. Records represent uncontrolled overflow from Teller Reservoir and local storm runoff.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 65 ft³/s, July 12, 2007, gage height, 4.35 ft, from rating curve based on open-channel flow computations.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 2001 to March 2006 (seasonal records only).
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - (seasonal only) Maximum daily precipitation, 1.38 inches, June 20, 2001.
REMARKS - Records during Sept. 5-30 may be less accurate than the rest of the published records.