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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

09306222 PICEANCE CREEK AT WHITE RIVER, CO

LOCATION - Lat 40°04'41", long 108°14'09" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.02, T.1 N., R.97 W., Rio Blanco County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14050006, on right bank 150 ft downstream of box culvert on County Road 5, 1.0 mi southwest of White River City, 1.3 mi upstream from mouth, and 17 mi west of Meeker. Prior to Sept. 21. 2023, gage located 50 ft. upstream at same datum (REVISED).

DRAINAGE AREA - 652 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR CO-82-3: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1964 to September 1966, October 1970 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,730 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Oct. 1, 1964 to Sept. 30, 1966, at site 65 ft upstream at different datum. Oct 1, 1970 to Nov. 14, 1972, at site 150 ft upstream at different datum. Nov. 15, 1972 to July 12, 1974, at site 50 ft upstream at different datum. July 13, 1974 to Nov. 17, 1994 at site 0.9 mi downstream at different datum. Nov. 18, 1994 to Oct. 8, 2002, at site 150 ft upstream at same datum. Prior to Sept. 21, 2023, gage located 50 ft. upstream at same datum.

REMARKS - Water year 2014; records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records fair 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 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 estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records good except for the period Mar. 1-15, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records good except for the period Apr. 14 to May 8, which is fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation of about 5,500 acres upstream from station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 628 ft³/s, Sept. 7, 1978, on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height, 7.04 ft.