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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09371492 MUD CREEK AT HIGHWAY 32, NEAR CORTEZ, CO
LOCATION - Lat 37°18'46", long 108°39'38" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.06, T.35 N., R.16 W., Montezuma County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14080202, on left bank 1 mi. upstream from mouth, and 4.5 mi. southwest of Cortez.
DRAINAGE AREA - 34.5 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2011: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1981 to September 1986, August 1993 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,765 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Aug. 25, 1993, gage at present site and datum.
REMARKS - Water year 2014; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2015; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2016; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records good except for flows above 20 ft³/s, which are fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records good except for flows above 20 ft³/s, which are fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records good except for flows above 20 ft³/s, which are fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records good except for flows above 20 ft³/s, which are fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Some small diversions upstream from station for irrigation. Most of flow is from diversion of water from Dolores River through Dolores Project and Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 880 ft³/s, Sept. 29, 2005, peak flow determined by culvert computation, gage height, 10.70 ft, from floodmark.
