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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09134000 MINNESOTA CREEK NEAR PAONIA, CO
LOCATION - Lat 38°52'12", long 107°30'13" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.01, T.14 S., R.91 W., Delta County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14020004, on right bank 0.25 mi downstream from South Fork, 6 mi upstream from mouth, and 4.5 mi east of Paonia.
DRAINAGE AREA - 41.7 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2011: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1936 to September 1947, October 1985 to December 2013 (discontinued).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,200 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Apr. 1936 to Oct. 1941, staff gages at different datums. Oct. 1941 to Sept. 1947, water-stage recorder at different datum. Dec. 1985 to present, water-stage recorder, at datum 2.0 ft lower.
REMARKS - Water year 2014; records poor. Natural flow of stream affected by two small storage reservoirs, one of which obtains water from the East Muddy Creek Basin. Small transbasin diversions from Coal Creek into Minnesota Creek. Diversions upstream from station for irrigation of about 100 acres.
