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Colorado gage height, discharge, water temperature, and barometric pressure data, 2020 to 2022

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Mission Area (WMA) - Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) EcoDrought project is comprised of interdisciplinary teams across the United States focused on the nexus between drought and ecosystem processes. To characterize streamflow conditions in EcoDrought study areas, gage height (stage) and water temperature data were collected using submersible pressure transducers (PTs) in eleven small streams across the US. During various durations from 2019 to 2024, assorted configurations of vented (In-Situ TROLL® 700H) and unvented (Onset HOBO® U20L-04) submersible PTs were installed as “compact” streamgages with minimal infrastructure at thirteen sites in four states: 2 sites in Massachusetts (MA); 2 sites in Colorado (CO); 3 sites in Idaho (ID); 6 sites in Oregon (OR). Corresponding regional USGS Water Science Centers installed and operated the compact streamgages following USGS reference streamgage procedures (for example, hydraulically stable infrastructure and regular sensor check measurements and drift corrections; Sauer and Turnipseed, 2010). Additionally, the compact streamgages in MA, CO, and ID were collocated with existing USGS reference streamgages, permitting 1) the application of reference gage height-discharge rating models to compact gage height data to produce compact discharge data and 2) the comparison of compact and reference gage height (and discharge) data. This documentation describes a set of CSV files. A single file contains the TROLL® gage height and discharge data (2022-03-16 to 2022-09-30) and HOBO® gage height, discharge, water temperature, and barometric pressure data (2020-11-18 to 2022-09-30) for USGS station 07103970 (Monument CR Abv Woodmen RD at Colorado Springs, CO) and the HOBO® gage height, discharge, water temperature, and barometric pressure data (2021-02-11 to 2022-09-30) for USGS station 07105000 (Bear Creek Near Colorado Springs, CO). In addition, the reference gage height-discharge rating models are provided for each site in separate files. References: Sauer, V.B., and Turnipseed, D.P., 2010, Stage measurement at gaging stations: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 3-A7, https://doi.org/10.3133/tm3a7.

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Author(s) Maxwel F Schwid orcid, Kyle W Blasch orcid, Jennifer B Fair orcid, Brandon T Overstreet orcid, Laura A Hempel orcid, Michael J Allen, Max Q Price
Publication Date 2026-02-09
Beginning Date of Data 2020-11-18
Ending Date of Data 2022-09-30
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P136YH7X
Citation Schwid, M.F., Blasch, K.W., Fair, J.B., Overstreet, B.T., Hempel, L.A., Allen, M.J., and Price, M.Q., 2026, Colorado gage height, discharge, water temperature, and barometric pressure data, 2020 to 2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P136YH7X.
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