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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

09022000 FRASER RIVER AT UPPER STATION NEAR WINTER PARK, CO

LOCATION - Lat 39°50'45", long 105°45'05" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in sec.26, T.2 S., R.75 W., Grand County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14010001, on left bank 0.8 mi upstream from Parsenn Creek, 2.5 mi south of Winter Park, and 7.8 mi southeast of Fraser.

DRAINAGE AREA - 10.5 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - May to September 1908, July to November 1909 (published as "at upper station near Fraser"), October 1968 to September 1973, August 1984 to current year. January to September 1911, gage heights only (published as "near Fraser"). Records for August to December 1910, published in WSP 289 as "near Fraser" are unreliable and should not be used.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, crest-stage gage, and concrete control. Elevation of gage is 9,520 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Oct. 1, 1968, nonrecording gage at site 0.9 mi upstream at different datum.

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 good except for the period May 23 to June 12, which is fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records good except for the period Nov. 2 to Apr. 26, which is fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records good except for the period Dec. 11 to Mar. 14, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Transmountain diversions upstream from station through Berthoud Pass Ditch to West Fork Clear Creek Basin.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 309 ft³/s, June 7, 2010, from rating curve extended above 140 ft³/s, gage height, 2.28 ft.