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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07126415 RED ROCK CANYON CREEK AT MOUTH NEAR THATCHER, CO
LOCATION - Lat 37°30'55", long 103°43'30" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Las Animas County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020010, on left bank 200 ft downstream from Welsh Canyon Creek, 0.3 mi upstream from mouth, and 21 mi east of Thatcher.
DRAINAGE AREA - 48.7 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2011: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1983 to September 1990, October 1990 to April 2000 (annual maximum only), April 2000 to October 2020 (seasonal records only) (discontinued).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gages. Elevation of gage is 4,510 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS - Water year 2014; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records poor. Water year 2016; no estimated daily discharges. Records good. Water year 2017; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records poor. Water year 2019; records poor. Water year 2020; records poor. Natural flow of stream affected by erosion-control and livestock-watering reservoirs.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 3,430 ft³/s, June 13, 2002, from slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height, 11.46 ft, from floodmarks.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 2000 to October 2020 (seasonal records only) (discontinued).
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily precipitation, 4.22 inches, July 21, 2019.
REMARKS - Gage operated seasonally, April through October. Unless otherwise noted, records are not rated, and periods of missing record are not estimated. Water year 2014; records during the period Oct. 1-31, and estimated daily precipitation, are less accurate than the rest of the published records, because there was no calibration at seasonal closure of the gage. Water year 2015; records during the period June 25 to Sept. 30 are less accurate than the rest of the published records.
