USGS Streamgage 06713500
Cherry Creek at Denver, CO
Cherry Creek at Denver, CO is USGS streamgage 06713500 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10190003. It drains a watershed of about 410 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1885. Typical flow runs near 17.2 cfs in July and 23.9 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 410 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 5,209 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10190003
- Coordinates
- 39.74249, -104.99998
- USGS site number
- 06713500
- Records begin
- 1885-07-26 (141 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 84 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 | 4.4 | 11.7 | 35.5 | |
| February | 4.3 | 16.6 | 45.4 | |
| March | 4.3 | 20.1 | 73.5 | |
| April | 4.9 | 23.9 | 100.2 | |
| May | 6.2 | 25.5 | 125.6 | |
| June | 6.4 | 21.9 | 98.9 | |
| July | 6.2 | 17.2 | 72.7 | |
| August | 5.9 | 16.7 | 81.2 | |
| September | 5.6 | 14.8 | 40.6 | |
| October | 5.8 | 14.6 | 39.1 | |
| November | 5 | 13 | 36.1 | |
| December | 4.5 | 11.4 | 34.3 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- South Platte River at 64Th Ave. Commerce City, CO
- Sand Creek above Burlington Ditch near Commerce City, CO
- First Creek Bel Buckley Rd, at Rocky Mtn Arsenal, CO
- Big Dry Creek at Westminster, CO
- Big Dry Creek at Mouth near Fort Lupton, CO
- South Platte River at Fort Lupton, CO
- Cherry Creek near Parker, CO
- Toll Gate Creek above 6Th Ave at Aurora, CO