USGS Streamgage 06712000
Cherry Creek near Franktown, CO
Cherry Creek near Franktown, CO is USGS streamgage 06712000 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10190003. It drains a watershed of about 169 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1939. Typical flow runs near 2.3 cfs in July and 9.5 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 169 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 6,179 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10190003
- Coordinates
- 39.35582, -104.76331
- USGS site number
- 06712000
- Records begin
- 1939-11-21 (87 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 87 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 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 8.8 | |
| February | 3 | 6.7 | 16 | |
| March | 4.1 | 9.5 | 34.6 | |
| April | 3 | 9.5 | 35.3 | |
| May | 2.1 | 6.1 | 34 | |
| June | 1.3 | 3.5 | 18.2 | |
| July | 0.9 | 2.3 | 12.7 | |
| August | 1 | 2.2 | 13.6 | |
| September | 1 | 1.8 | 6.7 | |
| October | 1.2 | 2.8 | 8.3 | |
| November | 1.8 | 4.1 | 10 | |
| December | 1.9 | 4.1 | 8.9 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Cherry Creek below Cherry Creek Lake, CO
- Cherry Creek at Denver, CO
- 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