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Summer Precipitation Data from Selected BLM and USGS Gaging Stations in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska, 2003-07 Fish Creek gaging station, photo taken 08.04.06 by R.Kemnitz. by Jeff Derry, Richard Kemnitz, Daqing Yang, Michael Lilly November 2007 Bureau of Land Management and North Slope Lakes Hydrologic Projects Report No. INE/WERC 07.20 Summer Precipitation Data from Selected BLM and USGS Gaging Stations in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska, 2003-07 By: Jeff Derry1, Richard Kemnitz2, Daqing Yang3, and Michael Lilly1 A report on research sponsored by: • Bureau of Land Management Additional support provided by: • Geo-Watersheds Scientific November 2007 Bureau of Land Management Hydrology and North Slope Lakes Projects Report Number INE/WERC 07.20 1Geo-Watersheds Scientific, Fairbanks, Alaska 2Bureau of Land Management 3University of Alaska Fairbanks, Water and Environmental Research Center Recommended Citation: Derry, J.E., Kemnitz, R.T, Yang, D., and Lilly, M.R., 2007. Summer precipitation data from selected BLM and USGS Gaging Stations in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska, 2003-07. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Water and Environmental Research Center, Report INE/WERC 07.20, Fairbanks, Alaska, 15 pp. Fairbanks, Alaska November 2007 For additional information write to: For Project Information write to: Publications, Daqing Yang – Project Manager Water and Environmental Research Center Box 5860, WERC. UAF University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK 99775-5860 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 907-474-2468 www.uaf.edu/water/ [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ......................................................................................................................... i LIST OF TABLES.......................................................................................................................... ii DISCLAIMER ...............................................................................................................................iii CONVERSION FACTORS, UNITS, ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS .............................iii PROJECT COOPERATORS......................................................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS........................................................................................................... iv INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 SITE LOCATIONS ........................................................................................................................ 2 DATA COLLECTION METHODS............................................................................................... 4 SELECTED RESULTS .................................................................................................................. 7 SUMMARY.................................................................................................................................. 14 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................. 15 APPENDIX................................................................................................................................... 16 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Location of gaging stations in NPR-A, Alaska. .............................................................. 1 Figure 2. Colville River at Umiat. Photo taken 06.02.07 by J. Eash. ............................................ 3 Figure 3. Ikpikpuk River gaging station, photo taken 09.01.06 by R. Kemnitz............................. 3 Figure 4. Fish Creek gaging station, photo taken 08.31.06 by R. Kemnitz.................................... 4 Figure 5. Typical precipitation gage, photo by J. Derry. ................................................................ 6 Figure 6. 2003-07 summer daily and cumulative precipitation for the Colville River at Umiat gaging station.......................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 7. 2003-07 summer daily and cumulative precipitation for the Ikpikpuk River gaging station.................................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 8. 2003-07 summer daily and cumulative precipitation for the Fish Creek gaging station. ............................................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 9. 2003 annual cumulative precipitation comparisons between the three gaging stations. ............................................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 10. 2004 annual cumulative precipitation comparisons between the three gaging stations. ............................................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 11. 2005 annual cumulative precipitation comparisons between the three gaging stations ............................................................................................................................................... 13 i Figure 12. 2006 annual cumulative precipitation comparisons between the three gaging stations. ............................................................................................................................................... 13 Figure 13. 2007 annual cumulative precipitation comparisons between the three gaging stations. ............................................................................................................................................... 14 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Precipitation gage specifications ..................................................................................... 4 Table 2. Period of precipitation record collected for Colville River at Umiat, Ikpikpuk River, and Fish Creek gaging stations for the 2003-07 summers............................................................. 7 Table 3. Monthly summer precipitation for Colville River at Umiat gaging station for the 2003- 07 summers. ............................................................................................................................ 8 Table 4. Monthly summer precipitation for Ikpikpuk River gaging station for the 2003-07 summers. ................................................................................................................................. 8 Table 5. Monthly summer precipitation for Fish Creek gaging station for the 2003-07 summers.8 Table 6. Cumulative summer precipitation in inches for Colville River at Umiat, Ikpikpuk River, and Fish Creek gaging stations averaged over the 2003-07 summers and for the three sites. 8 ii DISCLAIMER The contents of this report reflect the views of the authors, who are responsible for the accuracy of the data presented herein. This research was funded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Geo-Watersheds Scientific (GWS). The contents of the report do not necessarily reflect the views of policies of the BLM, GWS, or any local sponsor. This work does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. The use of trade and firm names in this document is for the purpose of identification only and does not imply endorsement by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, BLM, GWS, or other project sponsors. CONVERSION FACTORS, UNITS, ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS Conversion Factors Multiply By To obtain Length inch (in) 25.4 millimeter (mm) inch (in) 2.54 centimeter (cm) foot (ft) 0.3048 meter (m) mile (mi) 1.609 kilometer (km) Units For the purposes of this report, only English units were employed. Physical and Chemical Water-Quality Units: Vertical Datum: In this report, "sea level" refers to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD of 1929), a geodetic datum derived from a general adjustment of the first-order level nets of both the United States and Canada, formerly called Sea Level Datum of 1929. Horizontal Datum: The horizontal datum for all locations in this report is the North American Datum of 1983. iii Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols BLM Bureau of Land Management hr hour in inches ft feet GWS Geo-Watersheds Scientific mm millimeters NPR-A National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska QA quality assurance QC quality control UAF University of Alaska Fairbanks USGS U.S. Geological Survey WERC Water and Environmental Research Center WWW World Wide Web PROJECT COOPERATORS This project was developed in coordination with the North Slope Lakes project, which covers a large area of the North Slope and benefits from a number of positive partnerships. All project partners contribute to the overall project objectives. ¾ BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. ¾ Conoco Phillips Alaska (CPA) ¾ Geo-Watersheds Scientific ¾ Bureau of Land Management ¾ Alaska Department of Natural Resources ¾ The Nature Conservancy ¾ Northern Alaska Environmental Center ¾ Mineral Management Service ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bureau of Land Management sponsored this project, including field coordination and logistics support. Additional support was provided by other project cooperators, and Geo-Watersheds Scientific (GWS), in the form of financial and in-kind match. iv Summer Precipitation Data from Selected BLM and USGS Gaging Stations in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska, 2003-07 INTRODUCTION The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Water and Environmental