USGS Streamgage 06710150
Big Dry Creek below C-470 at Highlands Ranch, CO
Big Dry Creek below C-470 at Highlands Ranch, CO is USGS streamgage 06710150 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10190002. It drains a watershed of about 11 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2003. Typical flow runs near 1.5 cfs in July and 1.7 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 11 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 5,685 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10190002
- Coordinates
- 39.56333, -104.92722
- USGS site number
- 06710150
- Records begin
- 2003-10-01 (23 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 22 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 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.3 | |
| February | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.2 | |
| March | 1.1 | 1.5 | 6 | |
| April | 1.2 | 1.7 | 12.9 | |
| May | 1.2 | 2.1 | 13.8 | |
| June | 1 | 1.6 | 10 | |
| July | 0.8 | 1.5 | 9.5 | |
| August | 0.8 | 1.6 | 9.6 | |
| September | 0.9 | 1.4 | 5.8 | |
| October | 1 | 1.6 | 4.5 | |
| November | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.4 | |
| December | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- South Platte River below Union Ave, at Englewood,C
- Bear Creek above Evergreen, CO
- Bear Creek above Bear Creek Lake near Morrison, CO
- 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