HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 06426500 BELLE FOURCHE RIVER BELOW MOORCROFT, WYO.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 1643 sq.mi.                            Datum is 4119.20 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 10120201 at Latitude: 44:17:44N  Longitude: 104:58:35W
Station is in the state of WY (county code 011) and serviced by the WY office.
Channel slope is 8.68 feet/mile
Stream length is 78.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 4810.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.30%     Lakes: 0.30%        Forests: 2.00%      Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 3.70 inches
Annual precipitation is 13.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 1.70 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 5.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Many small water-supply ponds and generally fair records; however, this is the most suitable station to represent
   the geographic and climatic region of the Plains area of north-east Wyoming.


Daily and longer averages for 37 water years are acceptable (all years except partial years).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
......................................................................***************************.....********..**.

The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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