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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

09260000 LITTLE SNAKE RIVER NEAR LILY, CO

LOCATION - Lat 40°32'56.46", long 108°25'27.56" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.20, T.7 N., R.98 W., Moffat County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14050003, on left bank, downstream abutment of County Road 10 bridge, 6.0 mi north of Lily, and 10 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA - 4,034 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1713: 1959. WDR-US-2011: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - June to August 1904 (published as "near Maybell"), October 1921 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1313.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,685 ft above NGVD of 1929, from river-profile map. June 9 to Aug. 14, 1904, nonrecording gage, and May 5, 1922 to Nov. 30, 1935, water-stage recorder, at site 130 ft upstream at different datums. Nov. 30, 1935 to Nov. 3, 2008, water-stage recorder, at site 170 ft downstream at same datum.

REMARKS - Water year 2014; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records good except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records good except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records good except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records good except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records fair except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records good except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records fair except for flows below 5 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation of about 21,000 acres upstream from station.