USGS Streamgage 06710605
Bear Creek above Bear Creek Lake near Morrison, CO
Bear Creek above Bear Creek Lake near Morrison, CO is USGS streamgage 06710605 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10190002. It drains a watershed of about 176 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1986. Typical flow runs near 26.4 cfs in July and 20.3 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 176 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 5,658 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10190002
- Coordinates
- 39.65203, -105.17325
- USGS site number
- 06710605
- Records begin
- 1986-05-01 (40 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 40 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.9 | 14 | 26.7 | |
| February | 2.3 | 14.6 | 25.5 | |
| March | 1.2 | 12.1 | 47 | |
| April | 3 | 20.3 | 112.3 | |
| May | 10.3 | 59.6 | 325 | |
| June | 6.4 | 54.6 | 222.6 | |
| July | 3.1 | 26.4 | 91.5 | |
| August | 2.4 | 16.3 | 74.4 | |
| September | 3.1 | 10.9 | 38.2 | |
| October | 3.8 | 13.8 | 34.5 | |
| November | 0.8 | 9.8 | 32.6 | |
| December | 2.9 | 14.6 | 29.9 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Turkey Creek above Bear Creek Lake near Morrison C
- Little Dry Creek near Arapahoe Rd at Centennial, CO
- Little Dry Creek above Englewood, CO
- South Platte River at Englewood, CO
- Harvard Gulch at Colorado Blvd. at Denver, CO
- Harvard Gulch at Harvard Park at Denver, CO
- Weir Gulch Upstream From 1St Ave. at Denver, CO
- Dry Gulch at Denver, CO