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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

07105500 FOUNTAIN CREEK AT COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

LOCATION - Lat 38°48'59", long 104°49'20" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.19, T.14 S., R.66 W., El Paso County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, near middle of span on upstream side of Nevada Avenue bridge at Colorado Springs, 41 ft downstream from Cheyenne Creek, and 1.3 mi downstream from Monument Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA - 392 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1921 to September 1924, January 1976 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1311. Statistical summary computed for 1976 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,900 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to June 24, 2009, at site 31 ft upstream on left bank at same datum. Prior to Sept. 9, 2015, at datum 5.00 ft lower.

REMARKS - Water year 2014; no estimated daily discharges. Records fair. Water year 2015; records fair except for flows above 400 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records fair except for flows above 450 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records fair except for flows above 1,036 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records fair except for flows above 1,040 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records fair except for flows above 1,040 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records fair except for flows above 1,040 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records fair except for flows above 1,040 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; no estimated daily discharges. Records fair except for flows above 1,040 ft³/s, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by storage reservoirs, power developments, transmountain diversions, diversions for irrigation and municipal use, groundwater withdrawals, return flows from irrigated areas, and flows from sewage-treatment plants.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 10,100 ft³/s, Sept. 2, 1994, from slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height, 12.12 ft, from floodmark.