USGS Streamgage 06752280
Cache La Poudre River Ab Boxelder Creek near Timnath, CO
Cache La Poudre River Ab Boxelder Creek near Timnath, CO is USGS streamgage 06752280 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10190007. It drains a watershed of about 1,244 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1979. Typical flow runs near 82.7 cfs in July and 11.4 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 1,244 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 4,866 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10190007
- Coordinates
- 40.55194, -105.01083
- USGS site number
- 06752280
- Records begin
- 1979-10-01 (47 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 47 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 | 2.1 | 5 | 86.5 | |
| February | 2.1 | 6 | 84.7 | |
| March | 2.4 | 7.7 | 88.4 | |
| April | 2.7 | 11.4 | 297.5 | |
| May | 15.6 | 179.3 | 1,489.6 | |
| June | 61.4 | 435 | 2,083.3 | |
| July | 7.7 | 82.7 | 536.2 | |
| August | 4.1 | 28.6 | 167.5 | |
| September | 2.9 | 15 | 111.3 | |
| October | 2.7 | 10.4 | 138.7 | |
| November | 1.8 | 5.6 | 91.9 | |
| December | 2 | 5.1 | 97.1 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).