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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07121500 TIMPAS CREEK AT MOUTH NEAR SWINK, CO
LOCATION - Lat 38°00'11", long 103°39'20" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.35, T.23 S., R.56 W., Otero County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020005, on right bank at downstream side of 23rd Road bridge, 1.7 mi southwest of Swink, and 2.9 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 506 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR CO 76-1: 1975. WDR-US-2011: Drainage area. April 2020: daily mean discharge, Aug. 13 to Oct. 7, 2019.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1922 to September 1925, March 1968 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1311.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 4,120 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Jan. 1922 to Sept. 1925 at several sites downstream at different datum. Mar. 1968 to May 29, 1975, at site 140 ft downstream at datum 0.13 ft lower. May 30, 1975 to Nov. 25, 1980, at site on left bank at same datum.
REMARKS - Water year 2014; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; no estimated daily discharges. Records fair. Water year 2017: no estimated daily discharges. Records good. Water year 2018; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; no estimated daily discharges. Records fair. Water year 2020; records fair except for flows below 25 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records fair except for flows above 200 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records fair except for flows above 200 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; no estimated daily discharges. Records fair except for flows above 200 ft³/s, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by erosion-control and livestock-watering reservoirs, diversions for irrigation, groundwater withdrawals, and return flows from irrigated areas and from Catlin and Rocky Ford Highline Canals.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge since at least 1922, 21,400 ft³/s, June 17, 1965, gage height unknown.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 12,300 ft³/s, July 10, 1978, from contracted-opening measurement of peak flow, gage height, 21.11 ft, from floodmark.
