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Water year 2016: 2015-10-01 to 2016-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2016

05287890 ELM CREEK NEAR CHAMPLIN, MN

LOCATION - Lat 45°09'48", long 93°26'11" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.35, T.120 N., R.22 W., Hennepin County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 07010206, on left bank, 33 ft downstream from bridge on Elm Creek Road, 2.5 mi southwest of Champlin.

DRAINAGE AREA - 86 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-MN-02-1: Maximum discharge; 1982, 85, 86, 94, 96, 97, and 99.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1978 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 850.70 ft above sea level (NGVD of 1929). Prior to March 16, 1979, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.

COOPERATION - Streamflow and water-quality data collected in cooperation with the Elm Creek Watershed Management Commission.

REMARKS - Occassional regulation from headwaters regulation of lakes.

Discharges good except those for estimated daily-mean discharges, which are poor.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge 1,220 ft³/s Sept. 24, 2016, gage height 10.25 ft. Minimum discharge, 0.29 ft³/s, July 9, 1989.

DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND
YEAR 2015-10-01 to 2016-09-30
DAILY MEAN VALUES
[e, Value has been estimated.]

Day	Oct
	2015
1	8.04
2	7.15
3	6.66
4	6.12
5	5.73
6	5.46
7	5.16
8	6.33
9	5.98
10	5.83
11	6.03
12	6.43
13	6.64
14	6.04
15	6.09
16	5.91
17	5.85
18	5.79
19	5.84
20	5.54
21	5.51
22	5.33
23	7.07
24	12.0
25	13.3
26	12.4
27	12.1
28	23.9
29	41.1
30	46.0
31	53.6
Total	355
Mean	11.4
Max	53.6
Min	5.16
Ac-ft	704

Day	Nov
2015
1	66.4
2	71.1
3	72.0
4	70.4
5	65.8
6	58.7
7	50.5
8	42.6
9	36.0
10	30.7
11	28.0
12	50.3
13	62.8
14	67.9
15	74.8
16	84.1
17	107
18	159
19	217
20	257
21	275
22	277
23	262
24	235
25	203
26	176
27	e153
28	e132
29	e114
30	e101
--
Total	3,600
Mean	120
Max	277
Min	28.0
Ac-ft	7,141

Day	Dec
2015
1	e89.3
2	79.5
3	72.1
4	e65.9
5	e63.5
6	63.3
7	62.2
8	61.7
9	62.8
10	64.8
11	67.6
12	67.2
13	66.8
14	68.1
15	e70.5
16	e72.0
17	e74.3
18	e73.8
19	e71.0
20	e65.7
21	e58.5
22	e53.2
23	e49.5
24	e46.7
25	e40.0
26	e38.9
27	e35.4
28	e32.7
29	e31.1
30	e30.0
31	e29.1
Total	1,827
Mean	58.9
Max	89.3
Min	29.1
Ac-ft	3,624

Day	Jan
2016
1	e27.3
2	e25.5
3	e23.9
4	e22.4
5	e21.3
6	e19.9
7	e19.2
8	e18.9
9	e18.6
10	e18.1
11	e17.7
12	e16.8
13	e14.9
14	e14.0
15	e13.3
16	e12.1
17	e10.5
18	e8.80
19	e7.49
20	e7.69
21	e8.15
22	e8.74
23	e8.41
24	e7.89
25	e7.49
26	e7.44
27	e7.49
28	e7.49
29	e7.44
30	e7.40
31	e7.35
Total	424
Mean	13.7
Max	27.3
Min	7.35
Ac-ft	840

Day	Feb
2016
1	e7.30
2	e6.98
3	e6.02
4	e5.64
5	e5.39
6	e5.60
7	e6.21
8	e5.60
9	e4.90
10	e4.71
11	e4.65
12	e4.53
13	e4.56
14	e4.68
15	e4.90
16	e5.06
17	e5.20
18	e5.38
19	e5.61
20	e5.89
21	e6.18
22	e6.50
23	e6.63
24	e6.71
25	e6.79
26	e7.08
27	e7.69
28	e8.42
29	e8.52
--
--
Total	173
Mean	5.98
Max	8.52
Min	4.53
Ac-ft	344

Day	Mar
2016
1	e8.52
2	e8.52
3	e8.52
4	e9.04
5	e13.3
6	e18.2
7	e31.2
8	44.4
9	55.0
10	58.3
11	61.0
12	e62.1
13	e63.8
14	e64.8
15	e65.2
16	e64.8
17	e62.2
18	e59.5
19	e56.1
20	e52.8
21	e50.2
22	e47.1
23	e43.7
24	e40.7
25	e38.0
26	35.6
27	34.9
28	33.0
29	30.6
30	34.2
31	44.1
Total	1,298
Mean	41.9
Max	65.2
Min	8.52
Ac-ft	2,577

Day	Apr
2016
1	46.7
2	47.3
3	46.5
4	43.9
5	e41.0
6	e38.1
7	e36.1
8	33.9
9	31.7
10	29.3
11	26.6
12	24.2
13	22.8
14	21.8
15	21.2
16	19.8
17	18.3
18	16.9
19	16.8
20	16.9
21	18.1
22	19.0
23	21.7
24	29.5
25	61.8
26	79.2
27	89.2
28	105
29	131
30	142
--
Total	1,296
Mean	43.2
Max	142
Min	16.8
Ac-ft	2,571

Day	May
2016
1	145
2	144
3	138
4	126
5	110
6	94.6
7	78.9
8	65.7
9	57.0
10	59.7
11	60.2
12	59.9
13	58.7
14	57.0
15	52.6
16	47.7
17	42.2
18	36.9
19	32.3
20	27.7
21	23.8
22	21.3
23	18.9
24	37.7
25	43.0
26	45.3
27	47.9
28	56.1
29	57.2
30	55.0
31	48.8
Total	1,949
Mean	62.9
Max	145
Min	18.9
Ac-ft	3,866

Day	Jun
2016
1	42.0
2	35.7
3	30.7
4	28.9
5	26.6
6	24.7
7	22.7
8	20.6
9	20.3
10	19.3
11	18.0
12	16.3
13	52.9
14	69.0
15	85.3
16	83.9
17	77.9
18	74.7
19	68.9
20	60.9
21	52.3
22	44.8
23	38.2
24	32.9
25	27.9
26	23.6
27	19.8
28	16.9
29	14.4
30	12.6
--
Total	1,163
Mean	38.8
Max	85.3
Min	12.6
Ac-ft	2,306

Day	Jul
2016
1	10.9
2	9.35
3	8.20
4	7.07
5	8.57
6	26.9
7	42.4
8	47.3
9	50.9
10	55.5
11	58.2
12	58.6
13	53.3
14	47.4
15	43.3
16	37.2
17	32.2
18	27.0
19	22.2
20	18.6
21	16.2
22	13.7
23	14.6
24	31.8
25	37.4
26	37.2
27	38.6
28	40.5
29	40.6
30	38.5
31	36.3
Total	1,010
Mean	32.6
Max	58.6
Min	7.07
Ac-ft	2,004

Day	Aug
2016
1	32.7
2	27.8
3	23.0
4	33.6
5	63.9
6	68.6
7	68.4
8	63.8
9	56.0
10	50.8
11	95.3
12	144
13	188
14	237
15	266
16	277
17	275
18	251
19	250
20	263
21	265
22	261
23	255
24	249
25	234
26	211
27	192
28	178
29	163
30	158
31	151
Total	5,052
Mean	163
Max	277
Min	23.0
Ac-ft	10,020

Day	Sep
2016
1	145
2	140
3	137
4	132
5	139
6	170
7	218
8	232
9	238
10	235
11	222
12	203
13	183
14	166
15	152
16	141
17	128
18	115
19	102
20	89.0
21	86.9
22	451
23	901
24	1,160
25	1,150
26	969
27	822
28	701
29	613
30	548
--
Total	10,690
Mean	356
Max	1160
Min	86.9
Ac-ft	21,200

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1979 - 2016, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
Mean	30.3	22.5	10.9	5.50	8.50	59.0	101	84.7	64.7	42.0	30.3	33.7
Max	240	120	58.9	22.0	99.1	189	414	355	391	157	163	356
(WY)	(1986)	(2016)	(2016)	(1992)	(1984)	(2011)	(2001)	(2014)	(2014)	(1993)	(2016)	(2016)
Min	1.13	1.03	.92	.74	.85	3.48	5.31	3.54	1.34	.76	1.36	1.03
(WY)	(1990)	(1990)	(1990)	(1991)	(2014)	(2014)	(1987)	(2000)	(1988)	(1988)	(2008)	(2013)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
	Water Year 2016		Water Years 1979 - 2016
Annual total	28,840
Annual mean	78.8		41.2
Highest annual mean			90.0	2014
Lowest annual mean			4.54	1988
Highest daily mean	1,160	Sep 24	1,160	Sep 24, 2016
Lowest daily mean	4.53	Feb 12	0.310	Jun 30, 1988
Annual 7-day minimum	4.70	Feb 09	0.347	Jun 26, 1988
Maximum peak flow	1,220	Sep 24	1,220	Sep 24, 2016
Maximum peak stage	10.25	Sep 24	10.25	Sep 24, 2016
Annual runoff (cfsm)	0.916		0.478
Annual runoff (inches)	12.5		6.50
10 percent exceeds	189.2		114.0
50 percent exceeds	40.8		12.0
90 percent exceeds	6.40		1.50

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