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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

06711565 SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT ENGLEWOOD, CO

LOCATION - Lat 39°39'54", long 105°00'13" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.33, T.4 S., R.68 W., Arapahoe County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 10190002, on right bank 0.3 mi downstream from Dartmouth Avenue bridge at Englewood, and 1.4 mi downstream from Bear Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA - 3,391 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2011: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - February 1983 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,250 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

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 estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2021; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2022; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2023; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water year 2024; records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Natural flow of stream affected by transmountain diversions, storage and flood control reservoirs, power developments, diversions for irrigation and municipal use, and return flow from irrigated areas. Flow regulated by Chatfield Dam since May 29, 1975, and Bear Creek Dam since July 1979.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 9,710 ft³/s, June 4, 1995, from rating curve extended above 3,800 ft³/s, gage height, 7.21 ft.