USGS Streamgage 09050700
Blue River below Dillon, CO
Blue River below Dillon, CO is USGS streamgage 09050700 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 14010002. It drains a watershed of about 334 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1960. Typical flow runs near 283.2 cfs in July and 98.4 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 334 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 8,788 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 14010002
- Coordinates
- 39.62556, -106.06583
- USGS site number
- 09050700
- Records begin
- 1960-01-01 (66 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 64 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 | 51.5 | 74.5 | 106.3 | |
| February | 52.2 | 74.4 | 108.4 | |
| March | 50.9 | 78.4 | 118.7 | |
| April | 49.4 | 98.4 | 240.5 | |
| May | 50.1 | 211.1 | 764.5 | |
| June | 51.6 | 561.6 | 1,488 | |
| July | 54.5 | 283.2 | 858.8 | |
| August | 58.1 | 150.1 | 436.7 | |
| September | 54.4 | 109.8 | 244.6 | |
| October | 53.8 | 103.2 | 190.3 | |
| November | 52.7 | 92.3 | 149.7 | |
| December | 52.2 | 77.3 | 111.9 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Straight Creek below Laskey Gulch near Dillon, CO
- Blue River above Green Mountain Reservoir, CO
- Elliott Creek Feeder Canal to Green Mtn Reservoir, CO
- Blue River below Green Mountain Reservoir, CO
- Monte Cristo Diversion near Hoosier Pass, CO
- Bemrose-Hoosier Diversion near Hoosier Pass, CO
- McCullough-Sp-Crys-Diversion near Hoosier Pass, CO
- Blue River at Blue River, CO