PLATTE RIVER BASIN

06710992 TURKEY CREEK NEAR INDIAN HILLS, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°37'03", long 105°13'24", in SE14NE14 sec.16, T.5 S., R.70 W. , Jefferson County, Hydrologic Unit 10190002, on left bank 0.5 mi downstream from Parmalee Gulch and 1.0 mi east of Indian Hills.

DRAINAGE AREA.--45.9 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 2001 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=06710992

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,620 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records fair, except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second 

WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

DAILY MEAN VALUES

DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP
1	0.78	1.1	e0.36	e0.22	e0.32	e1.5	e43	56	17	3.0	0.62	1.2
2	3.7	1.1	e0.31	e0.22	e0.32	e2.0	e63	43	16	2.5	0.37	0.72
3	3.3	1.1	e0.27	e0.24	e0.32	e1.5	e60	31	15	2.1	0.47	0.85
4	2.1	1.1	e0.25	e0.24	e0.32	e2.0	e51	27	14	1.9	1.7	0.85
5	1.7	e1.2	e0.21	e0.25	e0.32	e2.0	e42	23	18	1.6	1.3	0.58
6	1.5	e1.1	e0.19	e0.26	e0.31	e2.0	e36	e38	16	1.6	0.86	0.42
7	1.3	e0.95	e0.18	e0.26	e0.32	e2.0	e29	e37	18	1.5	0.62	0.53
8	1.3	e0.95	e0.17	e0.27	e0.34	e3.5	e29	e38	14	1.5	0.40	0.79
9	1.3	e0.95	e0.17	e0.29	e0.33	e3.3	e29	e41	12	1.2	0.41	0.67
10	1.2	e0.95	e0.16	e0.31	e0.33	e3.0	e34	e64	12	1.0	0.25	0.47
11	1.1	e1.0	e0.16	e0.32	e0.33	e2.9	e36	e55	10	0.88	0.14	0.34
12	1.0	e1.0	e0.15	e0.32	e0.36	e2.9	e45	e52	8.9	0.79	0.11	0.25
13	0.99	e1.1	e0.15	e0.32	e0.37	e3.2	e48	e52	8.2	0.66	0.11	0.28
14	1.0	e1.0	e0.14	e0.34	e0.41	e3.5	e68	e49	8.2	0.56	0.11	0.38
15	1.1	e0.95	e0.13	e0.32	e0.43	e3.6	e70	e50	7.2	0.48	0.10	0.40
16	1.0	e0.88	e0.13	e0.34	e0.41	e3.9	e62	63	6.9	0.44	0.10	0.29
17	1.0	e0.88	e0.14	e0.35	e0.41	e4.3	e60	41	6.8	0.41	0.10	0.19
18	1.0	e0.81	e0.17	e0.34	e0.42	e9.4	e63	40	6.5	0.32	0.46	0.21
19	0.96	e0.74	e0.19	e0.35	e0.42	e46	76	40	6.1	0.93	0.19	0.21
20	0.95	e0.81	e0.16	e0.34	e0.42	e28	142	40	5.9	0.83	0.10	0.19
21	0.94	e0.74	e0.17	e0.33	e0.44	e11	120	32	5.9	0.61	0.08	0.16
22	0.95	e0.74	e0.18	e0.34	e0.43	e8.3	97	25	4.8	0.37	0.08	0.13
23	1.0	e0.81	e0.17	e0.32	e0.42	e10	90	23	4.3	0.26	0.08	0.11
24	0.95	e0.78	e0.17	e0.32	e0.43	e10	98	22	4.3	0.22	0.08	0.10
25	1.0	e0.72	e0.18	e0.31	e0.44	e12	84	21	4.8	0.20	0.26	0.09
26	1.2	e0.59	e0.18	e0.31	e0.43	e17	79	20	4.3	0.19	0.15	0.06
27	1.1	e0.45	e0.19	e0.31	e1.0	e20	73	19	3.7	0.18	0.08	0.05
28	1.1	e0.41	e0.19	e0.30	e0.89	e17	73	19	3.2	0.79	0.06	0.05
29	1.2	e0.41	e0.20	e0.32	---	e16	74	18	3.1	0.76	0.06	0.06
30	1.1	e0.39	e0.21	e0.31	---	e19	70	17	4.0	1.1	0.98	0.09
31	1.1	---	e0.21	e0.32	---	e27	---	17	---	1.1	2.4	---
TOTAL	39.92	25.71	5.84	9.39	11.69	297.8	1,944	1,113	269.1	29.98	12.83	10.72
MEAN	1.29	0.86	0.19	0.30	0.42	9.61	64.8	35.9	8.97	0.97	0.41	0.36
MAX	3.7	1.2	0.36	0.35	1.0	46	142	64	18	3.0	2.4	1.2
MIN	0.78	0.39	0.13	0.22	0.31	1.5	29	17	3.1	0.18	0.06	0.05
AC-FT	79	51	12	19	23	591	3,860	2,210	534	59	25	21
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2001 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	0.85	0.84	0.36	0.32	0.51	5.49	33.3	18.4	4.14	0.68	0.65	0.55
MAX	1.29	0.86	0.54	0.33	0.60	9.61	64.8	35.9	8.97	1.07	1.52	0.70
(WY)	(2003)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2001)	(2001)	(2002)
MIN	0.42	0.83	0.19	0.30	0.42	1.38	1.90	1.65	0.43	0.000	0.001	0.36
(WY)	(2002)	(2002)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2003)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 2001 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	283.34	3,769.98
ANNUAL MEAN	0.78	10.3	5.53
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			10.3 2003
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			0.73 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	5.8 May 26	142 Apr 20	142 Apr 20, 2003
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Jun 26	0.05 Sep 27	a0.00 Jun 26, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Jun 26	0.07 Sep 24	0.00 Jun 26, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		264 Apr 20	264 Apr 20, 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		5.38 Apr 20	5.38 Apr 20, 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	562	7,480	4,010
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2.0	40	16
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.64	0.95	0.63
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00	0.17	0.01

e Estimated. a No flow on many days in 2002.