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USGS 094196557 LAS VEGAS CK AT MEADOWS DETN BSN OUT AT LAS VEGAS

 

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  STATION.--094196557 LAS VEGAS CREEK AT MEADOWS DETENTION BASIN AT LAS VEGAS, NV
LOCATION.--Lat 36°10'30", long 115°10'50", in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.29, T.20 S., R.61 E., Clark County, Hydrologic Unit 15010015, on right bank upstream of box culvert, 0.1 mi. downstream of Las Vegas Valley Water District reservoir, and 0.4 mi east of intersection of U.S. Highway 95 and Rancho Boulevard.
DRAINAGE AREA.--6.57 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1989 to March 20, 2002. Gage temporarily discontinued due to rehabilitation project on detention basin. Records prior to October 1993 not published but are available in files of U.S. Geological Survey.
REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR NV-99-1: 1996-98 (m).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and recording tipping bucket rain gage with 0.04 inch increment. Elevation of gage is 2,100 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 195 ft3/s, July 15, 1996, gage height, 11.44 ft; maximum gage height, 11.76 ft., June 10, 1990; minimum daily, 0.02 ft3/s, many days November 1997 to February 1998. Maximum daily precipitation, 1.72 inches, February 8, 1993.
 
 

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Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 10.00   11-19-2004  08:30
Graph of  Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 01

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 6.0   11-19-2004  08:30
Graph of  Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 02
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 13 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
6.0  .04 .39 .79 .14 .45 .60

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 11/19 have been greater than the value shown.


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