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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07105945 ROCK CREEK ABOVE FORT CARSON RESERVATION, CO
LOCATION - Lat 38°42'27", long 104°50'46" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.36, T.15 S., R.67 W., El Paso County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on right bank 20 ft upstream from county road bridge, 0.6 mi northwest of Rock Creek Park, 1.2 mi upstream from State Highway 115, and 3.2 mi southwest of Fort Carson Military Reservation.
DRAINAGE AREA - 6.77 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR CO-85-1: 1982 (M). WDR-US-2011: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1978 to September 2018, March 2023 to September 2023.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,390 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Oct. 10, 1997, at site 50 ft downstream.
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; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records poor. Water year 2018; records fair except for the period Dec. 21, 2017 to Feb. 26, 2018, which is poor. Water year 2023; records poor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 805 ft³/s, Sept. 12, 2013, from rating curve extended above 412 ft³/s on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow at gage height 7.30 ft, gage height, 7.30 ft, from floodmarks.
