134 DIRTY DEVIL RIVER BASIN 09330000 FREMONT RIVER NEAR BICKNELL, UT ° ° 1 1 1 LOCATION.--Lat 38 18'25", long 111 31'05", in SW ⁄4NE ⁄4NW ⁄4 sec. 7, T. 29 S., R. 4 E., Wayne County, Hydrologic Unit 14070003, on left bank 150 ft upstream of county road bridge, 1.2 mi downstream of Pine Creek, and 2.9 mi southeast of Bicknell. DRAINAGE AREA.--751 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1909 to December 1912 (published as "near Thurber") October 1937 to September 1958 (1944-46, fragmentary), October 1976 to current year. REVISED RECORDS.--WDR UT-78-1: Drainage area. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Crest-stage gage since September 10, 2003. Elevation of gage is 6,920 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. May 1909 to December 1912, staff gage near present site. October 1937 to June 28, 1949, staff gages on two canals and river station about 0.25 mi downstream. June 28, 1949 to April 29, 1958, water-stage recorders on river and canal site. April 29 to September 30, 1958, staff gage on river at site 600 ft further downstream from water-stage recorder. October 1, 1976 to April 2, 1990, water-stage recorder at site about 150 ft downstream at datum 3.00 ft higher. Gages at different datums prior to 1976. REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of heavy aquatic growth in the channel from June to November and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation of about 10,600 acres above station. Flow regulated by Fish Lake, Johnson, Forsyth, and Mill Meadow Reservoirs (combined capacity about 232,000 acre-ft). EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 1,200 ft3/s, Apr 4, 1942, gage height, 5.8 ft, site and datum in use from floodmarks and rating curve extended above 700 ft3/s, maximum gage height, 7.59 ft Apr 24, 1998; minimum observed discharge, 18 ft3/s, Jun 2, 4, 13-15, 17-18, 1912. EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, 176 ft3/s, Oct 2, gage height, 4.94 ft; minimum daily discharge, 53 ft3/s, Jun 7, 8, 9. DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004 DAILY MEAN VALUES DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP 1 58 73 80 79 e72 80 74 77 58 60 56 58 2 68 74 83 79 74 83 87 73 59 58 62 59 3 82 74 83 79 76 82 95 70 60 58 66 57 4 73 74 83 e72 76 82 97 70 60 58 62 57 5 69 75 85 e67 76 81 85 68 56 58 65 58 6 68 75 86 e67 75 85 83 67 55 60 62 57 7 65 77 90 72 76 87 101 70 53 56 59 58 8 64 77 88 74 e73 88 95 67 53 55 57 58 9 64 78 e80 74 e71 88 85 67 53 58 57 59 10 64 77 81 75 76 88 81 65 55 57 57 58 11 64 80 83 74 e73 86 82 64 56 55 58 59 12 65 79 82 74 e70 86 80 66 56 56 58 59 13 64 86 83 75 e71 86 79 66 55 58 57 58 14 64 82 86 74 76 85 78 65 55 59 55 56 15 63 79 e77 76 76 85 77 65 58 59 55 56 16 63 79 e72 75 77 84 77 65 61 60 61 57 17 66 79 73 75 77 85 76 67 60 67 58 56 18 66 76 79 75 79 85 77 68 62 71 59 55 19 66 78 82 77 81 84 77 66 59 76 56 57 20 66 79 83 77 80 84 77 62 59 108 56 56 21 66 81 84 76 83 84 78 59 58 74 58 57 22 66 e70 83 74 85 85 84 59 59 67 61 58 23 66 e63 80 75 87 85 85 58 58 69 58 59 24 66 63 83 76 94 85 76 58 56 67 57 59 25 66 71 84 e73 89 83 73 60 58 64 56 59 26 67 72 86 e70 88 79 73 59 60 64 55 59 27 69 72 e75 74 85 76 71 58 61 66 56 60 28 69 72 e67 77 83 74 67 57 62 64 57 60 29 70 74 68 77 81 74 66 67 65 59 57 63 30 69 78 74 77 --- 72 75 61 63 57 56 66 31 71 --- 81 76 --- 75 --- 58 --- 55 57 --- TOTAL 2,067 2,267 2,504 2,315 2,280 2,566 2,411 2,002 1,743 1,953 1,804 1,748 MEAN 66.7 75.6 80.8 74.7 78.6 82.8 80.4 64.6 58.1 63.0 58.2 58.3 MAX 82 86 90 79 94 88 101 77 65 108 66 66 MIN 58 63 67 67 70 72 66 57 53 55 55 55 AC-FT 4,100 4,500 4,970 4,590 4,520 5,090 4,780 3,970 3,460 3,870 3,580 3,470 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1977 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 85.0 90.3 86.4 88.7 95.5 111 117 85.7 70.2 67.4 73.7 76.3 MAX 145 140 133 131 135 243 412 163 174 135 139 119 (WY) (1985) (1985) (1985) (1985) (1984) (1997) (1987) (1985) (1984) (1984) (1984) (1984) MIN 54.1 59.7 63.7 66.1 70.0 66.4 63.3 58.7 46.1 50.7 46.3 51.4 (WY) (1980) (1980) (1979) (1980) (1980) (1980) (1980) (1981) (1980) (1980) (1980) (1978) DIRTY DEVIL RIVER BASIN 135 09330000 FREMONT RIVER NEAR BICKNELL, UT—Continued SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1977 - 2004 ANNUAL TOTAL 29,729 25,660 ANNUAL MEAN 81.4 70.1 87.2 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 138 1985 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 60.2 1980 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 549 Mar 14 108 Jul 20 965 Mar 21, 1997 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 52 Jul 11 53 Jun 7 34 Jul 31, 1986 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 53 Jul 10 54 Jun 5 38 Jul 29, 1986 ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 58,970 50,900 63,200 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 97 85 113 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 74 70 82 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 57 57 57 e Estimated 110 100 90 80 DISCHARGE, 70 IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND 60 50 O N D J F M A M J J A S 2003 2004 136 DIRTY DEVIL RIVER BASIN 09330230 FREMONT RIVER NEAR CAINEVILLE, UT ° ° 1 1 1 LOCATION.--Lat 38 16'45", long 111 03'54", in NE ⁄4NE ⁄4NE ⁄4 sec. 20, T. 29 S., R. 8 E., Wayne County, Hydrologic Unit 14070003, on right bank 2.3 mi downstream from Pleasant Creek, 4.5 mi southwest of Caineville, and 9.8 mi east of Fruita. DRAINAGE AREA.--1,208 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1967 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Crest-stage gage since July 11, 2001. Elevation of gage is 4,760 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topo- graphic map. Prior to May 16, 1996 at site 500 ft upstream at datum 6.0 ft higher. REMARKS.--Records good. EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 8,800 ft3/s, Jul 24, 1984, gage height, 10.20 ft, from rating curve extended above 640 ft3/s on basis of slope-area measurement at gage heights of 6.90 ft and 7.20 ft datum then in use and slope-conveyance study; minimum discharge, 8 ft3/s, Jun 29, 1994. EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Peak discharges greater than base discharge of 500 ft3/s and maximum (*): Discharge Gage height Discharge Gage height Date Time (ft3/s) (ft) Date Time (ft3/s) (ft) Oct 2 2215 *5,030 *10.14 Aug 3 1900 775 6.73 Jul 17 2030 2,420 7.69 Sep 29 2205 682 6.63 Jul 18 2020 2,930 8.14 Minimum daily discharge, 15 ft3/s, Jul 6, 8. DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004 DAILY MEAN VALUES DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP 1 32 69 77 87 64 85 62 e63 29 27 21 30 2 604 66 75 83 68 89 70 e61 28 23 24 28 3 171 69 75 80 86 87 93 e51 29 20 102 28 4 96 67 73 59 83 90 86 e45 28 21 53 29 5 50 68 75 46 80 88 66 e37 27 18 33 30 6 46 69 78 e50 79 89 54 e38 24 15 37 30 7 43 71 80 e60 77 100 70 e41 22 16 30 30 8 40 72 89 e70 77 102 110 e38 18 15 27 29 9 41 72 65 79 71 104 87 e37 19 17 26 29 10 39 78 72 79 73 104 77 e35 20 20 25 32 11 41 73 75 79 72 100 e70 e27 26 18 24 30 12 41 74 74 73 62 96 e64 e24 24 18 25 32 13 42 101 76 76 e60 98 e63 28 23 17 27 29 14 39 87 82 68 e70 94 e61 28 23 18 27 21 15 39 76 73 89 78 94 e58 30 21 21 28 17 16 37 75 47 86 83 89 e56 30 28 22 40 20 17 38 76 59 82 83 87 e52 30 35 134 39 22 18 40 71 66 76 85 87 e52 30 36 206 42 24 19 37 70 82 85 90 87 e49 31 36 62 37 25 20 39 73 87 84 89 86 e46 32 32 94 35 25 21 38 73 87 79 91 84 e50 27 31 56 38 22 22 38 69 86 60 95 83 e52 27 31 32 40 25 23 38 37 77 60 98 84 e71 27 28 33 37 29 24 39 71 79 68 106 83 e63 27 26 34 32 32 25 40 65 85 81 112 80 e54 24 25 28 31 32 26 42 75 134 e65 98 77 e52 25 53 61 31 32 27 44 69 69 68 99 71 e49 24 31 37 32 31 28 46 68 49 87 93 58 e45 25 32 30 34 33 29 47 72 68 85 88 64 e42 30 43 26 34 73 30 48 74 73 81 --- 61 83 37 38 27 33 65 31 50 --- 85 81 --- 61 --- 31 --- 25 31 --- TOTAL 2,025 2,150 2,372 2,306 2,410 2,662 1,907 1,040 866 1,191 1,075 914 MEAN 65.3 71.7 76.5 74.4 83.1 85.9 63.6 33.5 28.9 38.4 34.7 30.5 MAX 604 101 134 89 112 104 110 63 53 206 102 73 MIN 32 37 47 46 60 58 42 24 18 15 21 17 AC-FT 4,020 4,260 4,700 4,570 4,780 5,280 3,780 2,060 1,720 2,360 2,130 1,810 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 68.9 87.2 88.9 91.5 97.3 107 94.1 60.7 41.1 44.9 57.4 58.5 MAX 122 133 134 136 143 197 334 213 155 171 162 161 (WY) (1985) (1985) (1986) (1985) (1985) (2003) (1987) (1973) (1983) (1985) (1971) (1997) MIN 38.0 58.6 66.7 60.2 82.5 79.3 50.5 26.6 20.4 23.0 24.0 23.8 (WY) (1980) (1982) (1969) (1975) (1979) (1981) (1996) (1974) (1997) (1994) (1978) (1978) DIRTY DEVIL RIVER BASIN 137 09330230 FREMONT RIVER NEAR CAINEVILLE, UT—Continued SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2004 ANNUAL TOTAL 26,804 20,918 ANNUAL MEAN 73.4 57.2 74.7 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 133 1985 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 56.6 1978 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1,050 Aug 23 604 Oct 2 1,200 Jul 19, 1985 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 16 May 29 15 Jul 6 12 Jun 27, 1980 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 18 Jul 5 17 Jul 5 13 Jun 9, 1981 ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 53,170 41,490 54,090 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 99 88 109 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 54 52 74 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 26 25 29 e Estimated 700 600 500 400 DISCHARGE, 300 IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND 200 100 0 O N D J F M A M J J A S 2003 2004 138 DIRTY DEVIL RIVER BASIN 09330500 MUDDY CREEK NEAR EMERY, UT ° ° 1 1 1 LOCATION.--Lat 38 58'55", long 111 14'55", in NE ⁄4NW ⁄4NE ⁄4 sec.