1997 Colorado Stream Flow Report (c.f.s.)

Date

Gore Creek

(mouth)

Eagle

(Gypsum)

Colorado

(Kremmling)

Roaring Fork

(Glenwood)

Blue

(Dillon)

Williams Fork

(dam outflow)

Normal Late July Flow

75

510

900

1200

150

40

5/15

       

598

252

5/18

       

1220

252

5/21

735

2750

4680

4540

1220

250

5/23

851

3550

5730

4960

1230

250

5/26

654

2750

5250

3940

1030

245

6/3

1520

4590

7010

6680

1150

344

6/4

1730

4890

7360

6980

1320

435

6/6

1390

5180

7850

7580

1710

454

6/8

1340

4920

7910

7750

1710

464

6/10

1010

3980

7840

5760

1720

477

6/12

1070

4120

8120

5910

1720

628

All rivers

are now

past peak

flows - with

exception of

the

Colorado.

6/14

968

3530

8170

6010

1760

692

6/17

891

3240

6190

5460

1750

711

6/19

1060

3700

6570

6110

1580

815

7/2

500

1980

3940

4490

1120

493

7/3

450

1890

3220

3960

866

496

7/8

368

1340

2280

3040

866

414

7/11

292

1240

2020

2500

622

330

Streams are

dropping

rapidly.

Most can

be waded

by

July 22.

7/14

292

1070

1770

2200

399

231

7/16

252

978

1710

2320

201

228

7/17

243

894

1750

2130

138

231

7/18

237

878

1510

2200

147

231

7/20

254

1060

1400

2200

168

231

7/22

216

861

1250

2000

151

233

7/24

222

797

1180

2410

144

222

7/25

201

805

1100

2100

131

167

7/26

195

704

991

1950

122

167

7/28

168

869

967

1870

110

176

7/31

188

853

1270

2120

306

165

8/1

163

781

2020

1930

410

167

8/3

144

637

2120

1620

508

167

8/6

199

797

2030

1840

579

167

Monsoonal

rains are

creating

stream flows

far above

normal

this year.

8/8

155

894

2020

1740

641

169

8/10

145

659

1830

1590

573

167

8/12

158

765

2700

1950

561

169

8/14

147

886

2560

1970

508

169

8/18

107

551

1600

1460

420

169

  8/22

81

375

1890

1250

369

167

8/24

69

346

1780

1140

339

169

8/28

60

357

1270

1100

334

167

9/3

50

289

1170

998

258

169

Last report

of the

year.

Stream

flows

are

stabilized.

Orv Petersen
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