Colorado River Flow, Stage and Sediment Model (CRFSS) 

Data Access Page

instructions for GCMRC Discharge Download Page

instruction for USGS Real Time Provisional Data

instruction for WAPA SCADA Data

Revised Feb. 2006

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GCRMC Discharge Download Page

Go to GRMRC discharge download page

Go to GCMRC web site

Instruction for GCMRC discharge data download

1. Go to the GCMRC data page.

2. Select the “Unit Value” option from the top of the page.

3. From the List Box titled “Please select a single water location” select a location of the discharge data i.e. “093800000-COLORADO R AT LEES FERRY, AZ.”.

4. From the “Begin” and “End” sections of the page select a time period for the file.

5. Once you have selected the appropriate gage and time period click the button title “Download Tab-Delimited Data” for a tab separated file or “Download Comma-Delimited Data” for a comma separated file. CRFSS is capable of converting either type of file.

6. You will be prompted with a “File Download” options dialogue box. Click the “Save” button and save the file to your computer. You can rename the file at this time or accept the default name of “Discharge.txt”.

USGS Real Time Provisional Data

Links to Real Time Provision Data Pages

Map of Real-Time Data for Arizona

Table of Real-Time Data for Arizona

Instructions for Data Retrieval

1. Go to one of the ‘Real Time Provisional Data’ pages listed above.

2. In the ‘Available Parameters’ list select the ‘00060 DISCHARGE’ option.

3. In the ‘Output format’ drop-down list select the ‘Tab-separated’ option.

4. In the ‘Days’ text-box specify the number of days you wish to retrieve.

5. Click on the ‘get data’ button. The data will be loaded into your Browser.

Once the data has completed loading into your Browser it must be saved to your computer.

1. In your Browser go to the menu ‘File>Save As…’.

2. Navigate to a directory on your computer where you want to save the file.

3. In ‘File name’ text-box accept the default of ‘uv’ or rename the file.

4. ‘Save as Type’ can be as a Web Page (*.html) or a Text File (*.txt).

5. Click on the ‘Save’ to save the file to your computer.

• Note: The data must contain the ‘00060 DISCHARGE’ column and be in a ‘Tab-separated’ format for it to be readable by CRFSS. Other columns may be included in the file but they will be ignored.

WAPA SCADA Data for Glen Canyon Dam

Go To WAPA SCADA data page

Instruction for SCADA data retrieval

1. Go to the WAPA SCADA data page above.

2. Open one of the weekly data files from the list. CRFSS is not capable of loading the monthly files at this time.

Once the data has completed loading into your Browser it must be saved to your computer.

1. In your Browser go to the menu ‘File>Save As…’.

2. Navigate to a directory on your computer where you want to keep the file.

3. In ‘File name’ text-box accept the default name or rename the file.

4. The ‘Save as Type’ must be as a Web Page (*.html).

5. Click on the ‘Save’ to save the file to your computer.