USGS Streamgage 06752260
Cache La Poudre River at Fort Collins, CO
Cache La Poudre River at Fort Collins, CO is USGS streamgage 06752260 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10190007. It drains a watershed of about 1,128 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1975. Typical flow runs near 123 cfs in July and 19.5 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 1,128 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 4,946 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10190007
- Coordinates
- 40.58808, -105.06922
- USGS site number
- 06752260
- Records begin
- 1975-04-08 (51 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 51 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 | 2.9 | 19 | 89.4 | |
| February | 2.6 | 20.5 | 94.6 | |
| March | 2.1 | 14.8 | 103.3 | |
| April | 2.6 | 19.5 | 280.3 | |
| May | 28.6 | 233.3 | 1,493.7 | |
| June | 108.8 | 501.3 | 2,046.2 | |
| July | 29 | 123 | 475.2 | |
| August | 13.9 | 54.9 | 174.6 | |
| September | 5.1 | 27.3 | 114.9 | |
| October | 3.2 | 16.7 | 165 | |
| November | 3 | 9.4 | 82 | |
| December | 3 | 13.3 | 86.5 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).