USGS Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow

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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 09153270 BIG SALT WASH AT FRUITA, CO.

Mesa County, Colorado

Hydrologic Unit Code 140100051613

Latitude 39°09'51", Longitude 108°45'00.94" NAD83

Drainage area 142.0 square miles

Gage datum 4,490.0 feet above NAVD88

Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
1972	1972-09-19	13.08^R	3,940^7,R
1973	1973-07-21	8.77	881
1974	1973-10-12	3.77	166⁵
1975	1975-06-07	5.00	445⁵
1976	1976-04-07	3.75	175⁶
1977	1977-07-04	8.76	1,730
2021	2021-09-29	10.67	1,440⁵
2022	2022-08-17	7.98²	443⁵
2023	2022-10-01	8.17	488⁵
2024	2024-08-26	10.48	1,380⁵

Peak Gage-Height Qualification Codes.

Peak Streamflow Qualification Codes.

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
Title: Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow
URL: https://staging.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/peak?

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