USGS Station 06710500
BEAR CREEK AT MORRISON, CO
PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Latitude: 39^39'11"; Longitude: 105^11'43"
Hydrologic Unit Code: 10190002
Drainage area: 164 square miles.
Location: In SE1/4SW1/4 sec.35, T.4 S., R.70 W., Jefferson County, on left bank at Morrison, 180 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 8 and 0.2 mi upstream from Mount Vernon Creek.
Period of Record: Streamflow records, September 1887 to September 1891, May 1895 to December 1901, February 1902 (gage heights only), October 1919 to current year. No winter records for water years 1888-90, 1896, 1898, 1900. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1310. Published as "near Morrison" 1900- 1902, as "at Starbuck" 1919-28, and as "at Idledale" 1929-34. Water-quality data available, October 1976 to September 1981. 1898, 1935(M). WSP 1730: Drainage area.
Gage Information: Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Datum of gage is 5,780.43 ft above sea level. See WSP 1710 or 1730 for history of changes prior to Oct. 1, 1934. Oct. 1, 1934, to Oct. 10, 1961, water-stage recorder at site 80 ft downstream at present datum.
Use these links to retrieve
Monthly Streamflow hydrograph for this station,
;
Table of Current Streamflow conditions, or
tab-separated ASCII file of monthly data.
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