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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07124200 PURGATOIRE RIVER AT MADRID, CO
LOCATION - Lat 37°07'46", long 104°38'22" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.35, T.33 S., R.65 W., Las Animas County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020010, on left bank 70 ft downstream from county road bridge, 0.3 mi northeast of Madrid, 1.0 mi downstream from Burro Canyon, and 9 mi west of Trinidad.
DRAINAGE AREA - 505 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1972 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 6,261.61 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark).
REMARKS - Water year 2014; records good except for flows above 250 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records fair except for flows above 350 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records good except for flows above 350 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records fair except for flows above 822 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records good except for the periods July 23-25 and Aug. 3-9, flows above 822 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records fair except for the period Nov. 28 to Feb. 28, flows above 822 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records fair except flows above 822 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records fair except for flows above 400 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records good except for flows above 400 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records fair except for flows above 250 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2024; records fair except for estimated discharges and flows greater than 250 ft³/s, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by storage reservoirs, diversions for irrigation and municipal use, groundwater withdrawals, and return flows from irrigated areas.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 14,300 ft³/s, July 20, 1976, from timed-drift measurement of peak flow, gage height, 12.80 ft, from floodmarks.
