USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07160000 CIMARRON RIVER NEAR GUTHRIE, OK
LOCATION - Lat 35°55'14", long 97°25'32" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.29, T.17 N., R.2 W., Logan County, OK, Hydrologic Unit 11050002, on downstream side left bank of State Highway 77 bridge, 1.6 mi downstream from Cottonwood Creek, 2.5 mi north of Guthrie, 6.1 mi upstream from Skeleton Creek, and at mile 121.4.
DRAINAGE AREA - 17,006 mi² of which 4,074 mi² probably is noncontributing. from automated delineation using 10-meter National Elevation Dataset digital elevation model data dated 10/01/2006 and Watershed Boundary Dataset dated 10/01/2006, using Albers Equal-Area Projection, North American Datum 1983.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1341: Drainage area, WDR 2012: Drainage area. Recorded gage height and computed discharge from 12/12/2019 to 3/29/2022 revised due to datum correction. Measurements
1584-1600 revised due to datum correction. Water Year 2020 and 2021 peak gage height and peak streamflow revised due to datum correction.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1937 to September 1976, October 1983 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP's 1311 and 1731.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 891.98 above NAVD of 1988 determined by GNSS Level II Survey using Alltera network with RTK Trimble R-10 tied to RM-11 by USGS Personnel on 11-19-2019. Prior to 11-19-2019 Datum of gage was 891.50 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' bench mark). Prior to Mar. 19, 1939, nonrecording gage at railway bridge 1,200 ft upstream at datum 9.00 ft higher. From Mar. 19, 1939, to Sept. 21, 1967, the datum was 9.00 ft higher, from Sept. 21, 1967, to Sept. 30, 1976, the datum was 7.00 ft higher at recording gage 125 ft upstream from railway bridge. From Sept. 14, 1967, to Sept. 30, 1976, supplementary water-stage recorder at present site. From Sept. 14, 1967 to Sept. 24, 2012, the datum was 5.00 ft higher.