USGS Streamgage 09085500
Canyon Creek near New Castle, CO
Canyon Creek near New Castle, CO is USGS streamgage 09085500 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 14010005. It drains a watershed of about 55 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1954. Typical flow runs near 27.3 cfs in July and 32.7 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 55 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 5,616 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 14010005
- Coordinates
- 39.57454, -107.44792
- USGS site number
- 09085500
- Records begin
- 1954-10-01 (72 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 71 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 | 10.4 | 19.2 | 24.6 | |
| February | 10.4 | 17 | 21.8 | |
| March | 11.7 | 17.5 | 22.9 | |
| April | 20.5 | 32.7 | 68.5 | |
| May | 74.5 | 182.9 | 373.9 | |
| June | 91.4 | 244.5 | 605.4 | |
| July | 8.9 | 27.3 | 289.6 | |
| August | 1.3 | 6.3 | 34.5 | |
| September | 0.8 | 8.1 | 27.5 | |
| October | 4.5 | 16 | 31.4 | |
| November | 13.7 | 21 | 30.2 | |
| December | 12.3 | 20.2 | 27.5 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Elk Creek at New Castle, CO
- Divide Creek near Silt, CO
- Parachute Creek at Parachute, CO
- Colorado River near Cameo, CO
- Plateau Creek near Cameo, CO
- Colo River below Grand Valley Diversion near Palisade, CO
- Colorado River. above Gunnison River. at Grand Junction, CO
- Little Salt Wash below Greenway Drive at Fruita, CO